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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/05/2023 Board of Commissioners of Cutchogue - New Suffolk Park District Minutes of Regular Meeting October 5, 2023 Commissioners Present Absent Dave Bergen Chairman X Arthur Picchione Treasurer X Carl Vail Secretary X Officials Fred Kaelin Clerk X Lori Hulse Attorney X Comm. Bergen moved the minutes of the September 7, 2023 be approved. Comm. Picchione seconded the motion. The Motion was approved unanimously. Comm. Bergen asked for Public comments on Agenda (Resolutions) items. Mr. Jordon suggested to wait until after the election to do anything at Dave Allison Park. Pat Kelly asked about line items budgets. Are they in the budget? Resolutions: Resolution 23-0036 —Adopt the 2024 budget: Comm. Bergen moved to approve the 2024 Total Budget of $150,383.00, Amount to be raised by taxes $137,492.00.which is $5,074.00 below Tax Cap Limit. Comm. Picchione seconded the motion. Voting showed Comm. Bergen Yes, Comm. Picchione Yes, and Comm. Vail Yes. 2024 Budget approved unanimously. See Attached. Resolution 23-0037 —Advertise RFP for design/Build of Parking Area for Allison Park. Comm. Bergen moved to approve Resolution 23-0037. Comm. Picchione seconded to motion. Voting showed Comm. Bergen Yes, Comm. Picchione Yes and Comm. Vail No. Motion approved by majority vote. General Comments from the Public: Question regarding status of new slide? Comm. Bergen replied the slide was supposed to be delivered in September. He has made inquiries and has not received any replies. Chris Shashkin to look for new slide under state contract and obtain a quotation. Comm. Bergen asked for any other questions. Comment from audience regarding broken halyard on flagpole and flag is ripped. Comm. Bergen stated the park district will look into whether or not there is a halyard in supplies. If not, a new halyard will be obtained and a new flag ordered. Pat Kelly reported that the beach no longer exists at Allison Park. Comm. Bergen said he has talked with Suffolk County Dredging and dredge crew determines where material goes. Material is pumped onto the beach and moved around by bobcat. There is lots of material. Mr. Jordon asked if there is anything new on absentee ballots. Comm. Vail stated he had telephoned Suffolk County Board of Elections. He passed on the information to the other commissioners. Comm. Bergen asked Comm. Vail about specific process which absentee voting requires. Comm. Bergen mentioned that he understood that this involves a very specific mailing process with multiple steps, a staff member to handle confirming that each ballot sent adheres to this process, and each ballot received is received in the proper manner to be officially counted, and a specific process must be followed to record and maintain the ballots submitted. Comm. Vail had no information regarding this process so no further decision was made regarding a proposal for absentee balloting to be included for this year. Another member of the public asked if website was up and running and if so was election petition on the website? Comm. Bergen replied in the affirmative to both questions. Meeting adjourned at 6:15 P.M.