VILLAGE OF COLONIE EDWARD SIM DEPUTY MAYOR VILLAGE HALL 2 THUNDER ROAD PATTY SCHWARZ LOCKART COLONIE, NY 12205 TRUSTEE JAMES M. RUBINO (518) 869-7562 FAX (518) 464-0389 TRUSTEE THOMAS J. TOBIN ART WHITE MAYOR TRUSTEE jblot@colonievillage.org JAMIE BLOT www.colonievillage.org CLERK MINUTES BOARD OF TRUSTEES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2022 10:00 A.M. Mayor Tobin opened the meeting of the Mayor and Board of Trustees at 10:06AM. with the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call: Mayor Tobin Absent Deputy Mayor Sim Present Trustee Lockart Present Trustee Rubino Present Trustee White Present Treasurer Secor Present Attorney Neidl Present Public hearing Minutes for 2/7/2022 regarding Resolution 2021-94 were reviewed by the present members of the board. A motion was made by Trustee Lockart to approve the minutes, as presented. Motion seconded by Trustee White. VOTE: Trustee Lockart Yes Trustee Rubino Yes Trustee White Yes Deputy Mayor Sim Yes Mayor Tobin Yes Motion passed. Public hearing Minutes for 2/7/2022 regarding Local Law #1 of 2022 were reviewed by the present members of the board. A motion was made by Trustee White to approve the minutes, as presented. Motion seconded by Trustee Lockart. VOTE: Trustee Lockart Yes Trustee Rubino Yes Trustee White Yes Deputy Mayor Sim Yes Mayor Tobin Yes Motion passed. Minutes of the regularly scheduled board meeting that was held on April 7, 2021, were reviewed by the present members of the board. A motion was made by Trustee Lockart to approve the minutes, as presented. Motion seconded by Trustee White. VOTE: Trustee Lockart Yes Trustee Rubino Yes Trustee White Yes Deputy Mayor Sim Yes Mayor Tobin Yes Motion passed. Grievance meeting minutes 2/15/2022 were reviewed by the present members of the board. A motion was made by Trustee Rubino to approve the minutes, as presented. Motion seconded by Trustee White. VOTE: Trustee Lockart Yes Trustee Rubino Yes Trustee White Yes Deputy Mayor Sim Yes Mayor Tobin Yes Motion passed. New business: Treasurer Secor requested a vote for Local Law #1 of 2022 “To formalize procedures for certain Village procurements” A motion was made by Trustee Lockart to approve the resolution. Motion Trustee Lockart seconded by Trustee White. VOTE: Trustee Lockart Yes Trustee Rubino Yes Trustee White Yes Deputy Mayor Sim Yes Mayor Tobin Yes Page 2 of 5 Motion passed. Treasurer Secor requested a vote for Resolution 2021-99 “Appointment of sign review board member” A motion was made by Trustee White to approve the resolution. Motion seconded by Trustee Rubino. VOTE: Trustee Lockart Yes Trustee Rubino Yes Trustee White Yes Deputy Mayor Sim Yes Mayor Tobin Yes Motion passed. Treasurer Secor requested a vote for Fire Police Appointment- “Appointment of firefighter Robert Allen” A motion was made by Trustee Rubino to approve the resolution. Motion seconded by Trustee White. VOTE: Trustee Lockart Yes Trustee Rubino Yes Trustee White Yes Deputy Mayor Sim Yes Mayor Tobin Yes Motion passed. Treasurer Secor read public notice for the 2022 Village election of candidates Trustee Rubino mentioned how busy the DPW and Water department have been very busy. Deputy Mayor Sim advised the water department is currently working on their 16th water break this year which is a new record. He thanked the DPW, Water, Building & Fire department for their challenging work over the last couple of months and is hopeful for some more normalcy soon. Chief Kayser mentioned there was a structure fire on Vic’s Court last Tuesday at 1pm. The daytime crew got the pumper off in less than a minute and by the third minute they have water on the fire and were able to stop it. The Colonie Fire company was advised of a possible a learning-disabled male hiding in the house, but search turned up negative. Friday night they responded to an alarm malfunction call at 1653 Cube Smart. It took over 35 minutes to send someone to respond, within that time they had to break into because the Knox box was not working communications could not get it to work. A total of three fire department responded and walked all 3 floors. Portables did not work inside the building. Chief Kayser stated he hope this location will not be a troublesome alarm. The responder did not know how to work system and at this time he is still unsure of why the alarm went off. Sunday, they had a total of seven calls during the day-one witch was a request for nuisance alarm request which was already submitted Page 3 of 5 for Smokey Bones. Chief Kayser advised he has already addressed these concerns with Steve Meservey and stressing the fact that all of these calls can be avoided, the reason for the calls are Smokey plates & platter”. Chief Kayser stated before they could even finish getting their truck washed, they were dispatched to La Fiesta on Central Avenue for another steaming platter call. Chief Kayser advised on April 23, 2022, 10am-2pm the fire department will be participating in Recruit New York which is a statewide recruitment effort for fire department open houses. In the fall they have to postpone the Children’s Fire Prevention open house due to covid. Chief Kayser advised there will be a bouncy house, hot dogs & hamburgers for the kids/residents. The Colonie Fire Company was also able to secure the county Fire Training trailer in which you can participate in a simulated fire with hoses. He encouraged the board members to give it a try as this is our first opportunity to have access to the fire trailer. Trustee Rubino asked Chief Kayser how many fire men were out on the calls for Tuesdays calls. Chief Kayser advised a total of three fire engines and three firemen for each engine. Deputy Mayor Sim asked Chief Kayser why the Knox box didn’t work? Kayser advised that they had a working fire going on, fire console was busy. The supervisor’s desk was dispatching our fire channel and were unable to activate from the supervisor’s desk. Chief Kayser advised the Knox box is all done electronically, and everything is documented for records. The fire department will walk entire building if they get a fire call because there is no way to know where the smoke is coming from with all the storage containers. Steve Meservey advised he was not aware of the Knox box issue at Cube Smart on Central Avenue but will be following up with them about their responders. Mr. Meservey advised he has already been in contact with the corporate office of Smokey Bones about alarm calls. They have already been fined $200 and now has invoked an additional $200 fine and an invoice has already been sent. Mr. Meservey advised La Fiesta is on the list this month for a fire inspection so he will be addressing the alarm issues, making them aware of the nuisance alarm and the fees as well as some concerns of their basement. Deputy Mayor Sim gave a brief update of the current water break located behind Price Chopper; the valves would end up shutting off water. They are currently doing some valve testing to make sure it is the correct one and the plan is to go back later tonight around 9 pm to fix. Chief Kayser requested that they make Superintended Les Decker aware to shut off any fire alarms during the shutdown just in case there is a surge in pressure. Deputy Major Sim advised we will now need to go into executive session to deal with a personal matter. A motion was made by Trustee Rubino to enter executive session. Motion second by Trustee White. VOTE: Trustee Lockart Yes Trustee Rubino Yes Trustee Sim Yes Trustee White Yes Mayor Tobin Yes Page 4 of 5 Motion passed. Executive session begins at 10:25 a.m. A motion was made by Trustee Sim to adjourn the meeting. Motion seconded by Trustee Lockart. VOTE: Trustee Lockart Yes Trustee Rubino Yes Trustee Sim Yes Trustee White Yes Mayor Tobin Yes Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 11:04 a.m. Respectfully Submitted, Christina Secor Village Treasurer Village of Colonie Page 5 of 5