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1 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK : STATE OF NEW YORK
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TOWN BOARD
4 REGULAR BOARD MEETING
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Southold, New York
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October 24 , 2023
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15 B E F 0 R E :
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17 SCOTT A . RUSSELL, SUPERVISOR
18 LOUISA P . EVANS , JUSTICE
19 JILL DOHERTY, COUNCILWOMAN
20 BRIAN 0 . MEALY, COUNCILMAN
21 GREG DOROSKI , COUNCILMAN
22 SARAH E . NAPPA, COUNCILWOMAN
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OCTOBER 24, 2023 REGULAR MEETING 2
1 PUBLIC COMMENT
2 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : All
3 right . I ' m going to invite anybody up
4 that would like to comment on any of the
5 agenda items ?
6 ROBERT DUNN : The question is what
7 to ( inaudible ) ?
8 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Can you
9 give me the number?
10 COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: That ' s
11 the GPS one, is it? Those are the
12 GPS ' S , I think .
13 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : You know
14 what I believe, I ' m going to speculate
15 the trolleys might be for the license
16 plate readers on the sidecars . License
17 plate readers on the police cars are
18 equipped with, if I ' m not mistaken .
19 Although I can Google it right now and
20 find out how far off I am .
21 ROBERT DUNN : The answer to my
22 question is , you know --
23 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : That
24 would probably -- I probably should have
25 went there first .
OCTOBER 24, 2023 REGULAR MEETING 3
1 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : I would
2 assume that Scott is right . That it ' s
3 for the Chief --
4 ROBERT DUNN : I understand that .
5 But somebody reading this now in their
6 living room, kind of listening to this
7 in their living room, we ' re trying to
8 think, well , they ' re about $ 1 , 500 .
9 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Yeah,
10 speed reader . Because the chief did
11 talk to us about the -- that they had .
12 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : You know
13 what , you raised a good point . We
14 should have more -- more information on
15 each of the items . So the public knows
16 what they ' re reading . I ' ll agree with
17 you .
18 ROBERT DUNN : It ' s their, money .
19 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Yes , I
20 agree 1000 .
21 ROBERT DUNN : Thank you .
22 ANNE SMITH : Hi everyone . Anne
23 Smith, Mattituck . I ' m commenting on the
24 resolution to appoint Sonia Spar to the
25 position of part-time community service
OCTOBER 24, 2023 REGULAR MEETING 4
1 worker, and I think the job is liaison .
2 I just want to say how grateful I am as
3 a former superintendent and principal .
4 This is really a big step forward for
5 Southold Town to not only recognize the
6 need for this role in our town, but to
7 recognize the Hispanic, Latino, Latina
8 community . And saying that out loud and
9 recognizing that this is an important
10 part of who we are . I really
11 appreciate , Supervisor Russell , that I
12 know you ' re championing for this and the
13 work you ' ve done with so many of our
14 organizations in the Town . So I just
15 wanted to say thank you . And I also
16 wanted to let everyone know that the
17 person you ' re hiring is someone I can
18 vouch for . I ' m sorry, you already know
19 this , but Sonia is an exceptional
20 professional , and will take this job on
21 through a long series of long-term
22 commitments . And I think as you can
23 remember, I ' m thankful that you ' re doing
24 this . And I ' m very grateful to Sonia
25 that she ' s doing it .
OCTOBER 24, 2023 REGULAR MEETING 5
1 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Thank
2 you .
3 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : As a
4 clarification, actually the Town Board
5 has been very supportive of the effort
6 of basically taking town government,
7 make it more accessible . By making sure
8 everything we do isn ' t just in English .
9 The forms , the dialogue with the public,
10 to recognize that we have a very strong
11 bilingual community . Actually, we have
12 a multilingual community . And Sonia has
13 agreed to come to work for the Town, to
14 help promote that . To help the offices
15 do a better job communicating with
16 everybody in the community . And it ' s
17 more than just that , she ' s also gonna
18 help us establish bridges with the
19 community that could be a little bit
20 somewhat not included . Certainly, the
21 inclusionary component is very important
22 or sometimes when you ' re working
23 government is so busy, you forget about
24 others who are sort of left to the side .
25 So Sonia, I wanna congratulate you . Put
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1 it this way, I wanna thank you for you
2 coming forward and your willingness to
3 do this . I talked to you from the
4 beginning and you were more than happy
5 to do it . By all means .
6 SONIA SPAR : Sonia Spar, Southold .
7 I have to thank you because this is
8 leadership . This is what leadership
9 looks to a community, and to your
10 constituents . Because it ' s us standing
11 up for those who need to learn and to
12 hear, and to be served by our town . So
13 this is , you know, leading by example
14 and I appreciate that . I appreciate the
15 vote of the trust . And I think that the
16 more that we can engage our community
17 that we make sure that nobody falls
18 through the cracks . The better the Town
19 is served . So it is an honor for me to
20 be able to help the Town and to help the
21 community to establish a closure
22 relationship and that we can serve
23 better the residents of Southold Town .
24 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Thank
25 you . Anybody else?
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1 (No Response ) .
2 (Whereupon, the meeting continued
3 onto the Resolutions . )
4 COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: I make a
5 motion to adjourn and go into Executive
6 Session .
7 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Second .
8 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : All in
9 favor?
10 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
11 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
12 COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: Aye .
13 COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
14 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
15 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Aye .
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18 at this time and entered Executive
19 Session . )
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OCTOBER 24, 2023 REGULAR MEETING 8
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,
15 November 3 , 2023 .
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