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1 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK: STATE OF NEW YORK
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TOWN BOARD ANNUAL FISHERS ISLAND MEETING
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7 Southold , New York
8 August 2 , 2023
1 . 30 P .M.
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B E F O R E :
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SCOTT A. RUSSELL, SUPERVISOR
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LOUISA P . EVANS , JUSTICE
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JILL DOHERTY , COUNCILWOMAN
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BRIAN 0 . MEALY, COUNCILMAN
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GREG DOROSKI , COUNCILMAN
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SARAH E . NAPPA, COUNCILWOMAN
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1 PUBLIC COMMENTS
2 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Before
3 we go into the regular agenda, I am
4 going to ask Beth Cashel to come up and
5 give us an update . As you know, she ' s
6 been working very hard to have the
7 Department of Motor Vehicles have a
8 presence on this island for everybody ' s
9 benefit .
10 BETH CASHEL : Thank you, Scott . As
11 many of you know, the Town has agreed
12 months ago to go forward with a DMV
13 office here on Fishers Island . As many
14 of you know, we do not have access to
15 DMV and we need to go off to New York
16 State License in the Office . Thanks to
17 many people , and I ' d like to give a
18 shout-out to the Board and to
19 Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio, who actually
20 has been instrumental in being really an
21 impact in the DMV, to make this happen .
22 What has happened to date is we are
23 officially have been approved and have
24 technically a DMV designation here on
25 the Fishers Island . What has happened
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1 so far is four phases , if you will . The
2 first phase that has been completed was
3 the security phase . Where two people ,
4 IT and Security people come to the
5 island and have looked into where you ' re
6 going to put the DMV office . And our
7 next big thanks goes to the Fishers
8 Island Community Center . And
9 specifically , a huge shout-out to
10 ( inaudible ) and Linda Morocco who have
11 been instrumental in making this happen .
12 We will be utilizing the community
13 centers as our office . It ' s going to
14 be held when we have our hours in the
15 community center, at the bowling alley .
16 Because the IT has already been there .
17 They ' ve already put in the network, the
18 wires and the office hours will happen
19 there . So IT and Security is complete .
20 The second item that we ' re in the
21 process is almost complete , in fact , two
22 days ago, we got our first pieces of
23 equipment . It ' s very exciting . They
24 are -- thanks to my husband . And they
25 are -- and they ' re very secure . And we
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1 have everything we need here . It ' s
2 going to be a mobile sort of secure it
3 upstairs , but not in use , and bring it
4 down when in use . The next step is
5 going to be hiring staff . And as many
6 of you know, there will be three people
7 at a time to man the station . The Hours
8 of Operation will be not daily . Not
9 weekly . It will be probably be about
10 six hours a month . And it will work on
11 what makes sense for everyone involved .
12 And that is where we are . We are in the
13 process of getting the civil service
14 designation . So the hiring can begin .
15 That will happen in September .
16 Depending on the civil service process .
17 And then at that time , once we have the
18 staff , they ' ll be training . And again,
19 huge shout-out to DMV in Albany . They
20 have created a specific Fishers Island
21 training schedule . So that they
22 understand that we can ' t go to White
23 Plains for 10 straight days . They ' re
24 going to do it all online for nine days ,
25 one day in person . And it will be over
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1 a two month period . Also helping the
2 people on the island who have many other
3 jobs , and cannot give up 10 straight
4 days of training . And at that point ,
5 once the training is done , we will have
6 a DMV office up and running by
7 conservatively, I will say ( inaudible ) .
8 And again , a huge shout-out to the Town
9 Board, to the community center , and to
10 Assemblywoman Giglio . But also to the
11 DMV people , weekly on a call . And
12 there are probably about 10 people from
13 their offices , working incredibly hard
14 to make this happen . They have
15 purchased all the equipment . They have
16 shipped it . They have traveled here .
17 They have really got over and beyond,
18 and are all very, very happy . And thank
19 you all -- and all of you .
20 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : One last
21 thing . I want to thank, Steve . I
22 don ' t know who is here today . And I
23 want to thank you for working so hard
24 with the Chief Martin Flatley on
25 improving the 911 . I know there ' s a
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1 submission there and on behalf of the
2 island residents , you guys are working
3 very hard to improve that and close the
4 gaps . Thank you very much . Okay . By
5 all means .
6 STEVE HEAD : Thank you very much .
7 Just wanted to give everybody a kind of
8 update , you know, we talk about here
9 briefly . And working together for the
10 past 18 months to develop and improve
11 911 emergency services across . The old
12 system is connected through an
13 antiquated AT&T network and has
14 experienced decades of connectivity
15 issues on the route between Fishers
16 Island and Southold public service .
17 I ' m happy to announce that today those
18 problems are behind us . As of this
19 morning, the state-of-the-art operation
20 has been finalized to complete , to
21 increase the number of available systems
22 from one to forty . It also ( inaudible )
23 the decade of liability management ,
24 which is important . As of today, 911
25 calls will be directly to the Southold,
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1 where the agent can react in a timely
2 manner to the emergency service . If
3 there are multiple 911 calls , they will
4 be sent to the proper place for that .
5 ( Inaudible ) should be overloaded . They
6 overflow it to a number of staff that
7 take the call with all necessary . Thank
8 you to all for bringing this on to
9 Fishers Island . Thank you .
10 (Whereupon, the meeting continued
11 onto the Resolutions . )
12 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Motion to
13 adjourn .
14 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Second .
15 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : All in
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17 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
18 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
19 COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
20 COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: Aye .
21 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
22 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Aye .
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1 C E R T I F I C A T I O N
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3 I , Jessica DiLallo , a Notary Public
4 for and within the State of New York, do
5 hereby certify :
6 THAT , the within transcript is a
7 true record of said Board Meeting .
8 I further certify that I am not
9 related either by blood or marriage to
10 any of the parties to this action ; and
11 that I am in no way interested in the
12 outcome of this matter .
13 IN WITNESS WHEREOF , I have hereunto
14 set my hand this day, August 10 , 2023 .
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