ROTTERDAM TOWN BOARD MAY 11, 2011 ROTTERDAM JUNCTION FIRE DEPARTMENT AGENDA 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE SUPERVISOR’S REPORT Dedication of New Monument Park at Town Hall on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 1 PM Presentation on the Brownfield Opportunity Area Program PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR FOR PERSONNEL AGENDA ITEMS PERSONNEL: Res. No. 184.11 Appoint individuals to seasonal part-time positions at the Highway Department & DPW effective immediately, on an as needed basis. 185.11 Appoint individuals to seasonal part-time positions at the Parks and Recreation Department effective immediately. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None PRIVILEGE OF FLOOR FOR AGENDA ITEMS Res. No 186.11 Award the bids opened on April 28, 2011, for the purchase of Highway Materials (Concrete Block, Caps, Manhole Blocks, Manhole Frames, Manhole Grates and Risers) to Cransville Block Co., for use by the Highway Department for the year 2011. 187.11 Award the bids opened on April 28, 2011, for the purchase of Highway Materials (Manhole Frames, Manhole Grates and Manhole Risers) to Otsego Iron, for use by the Town of Rotterdam Highway Department for the year 2011. 188.11 Authorize Supervisor to execute out-of-district sewer agreement with Long Pond LLC, 129 West Campbell Road, Schenectady, New York, , Tax Map No. 48.-2-18 189.11 Authorize the Supervisor to negotiate reimbursement of advanced life support fees billed, collected, and/or received by Rotterdam Emergency Medical Services for the Town of Rotterdam, or to commence legal action to recover such fees. 190.11 Authorize the Supervisor to accept the bid proposal dated April 6, 2011, submitted by Rotterdam Emergency Medical Services, and opened on such date, for the provision of ambulance transportation services for the Town of Rotterdam, and to enter into a contract with Rotterdam Emergency Medical Services for the provision of such services for the Town of Rotterdam as outlined in such proposal for a period of two years commencing from the date of execution of the contract. 191.11 Authorize the Supervisor to accept the bid proposal dated April 6, 2011, submitted by Mohawk Ambulance Services, and opened on such date, for the provision of ambulance transportation services for the Town of Rotterdam, and to enter into a contract with Mohawk Ambulance Services for the provision of such services for the Town of Rotterdam as outlined in such bid proposal for a period of two years commencing from the date of execution of the contract. CONSENT ITEMS: Res. No 192.11 Accept Town Clerk’s Report for the month of April 2010. 193.11 Budget transfers by the Town Comptroller to various accounts. DISCUSSION ITEMS COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLIC COMMENT PRIVILEGE OF FLOOR (Per Resolution No. 444.06) G General Rules of Procedure for Public Hearings & Privilege of the Floor: Each speaker will state his/her name and address for the record. To ensure each attendee has an equal and reasonable opportunity to address their concerns, he/she is afforded a maximum of four (4) minutes to address the Town Board. MISCELLANEOUS ADJOURNMENT FRANCIS DEL GALLO, Supervisor
189.11 Authorize the Supervisor to negotiate reimbursement of advanced life support fees billed, collected, and/or received by Rotterdam Emergency Medical Services for the Town of Rotterdam, or to commence legal action to recover such fees. 190.11 Authorize the Supervisor to accept the bid proposal dated April 6, 2011, submitted by Rotterdam Emergency Medical Services, and opened on such date, for the provision of ambulance transportation services for the Town of Rotterdam, and to enter into a contract with Rotterdam Emergency Medical Services for the provision of such services for the Town of Rotterdam as outlined in such proposal for a period of two years commencing from the date of execution of the contract. 191.11 Authorize the Supervisor to accept the bid proposal dated April 6, 2011, submitted by Mohawk Ambulance Services, and opened on such date, for the provision of ambulance transportation services for the Town of Rotterdam, and to enter into a contract with Mohawk Ambulance Services for the provision of such services for the Town of Rotterdam as outlined in such bid proposal for a period of two years commencing from the date of execution of the contract.
Gee, let's pass a resolution to sue REMS, then we'll sign a contract with REMS. Something there just doesn't seem right, and then sign a contract with Mohawk, also.
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192.11 Accept Town Clerk’s Report for the month of April 2010.
189.11 Authorize the Supervisor to negotiate reimbursement of advanced life support fees billed, collected, and/or received by Rotterdam Emergency Medical Services for the Town of Rotterdam, or to commence legal action to recover such fees.
To recover als fees from WHEN??? Will this include the $250K missing from the last administration?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
To recover als fees from WHEN??? Will this include the $250K missing from the last administration?
That's just it BT...we don't even know how long REMS has been keeping all of that money...but we do know they have been billing and collecting for ALS services for at least the last four or five years....so it's much more than 250K...and I wouldn't be surprised if it goes back much further than that. REMS didn't just suddenly realize they could easily embezzle another 100K or so from the Town every year, on top of the subsidies...others before them likely taught them to do it.
I spoke with FDG about this on Thursday and he said he was going to pursue that money...but he just won't get it through his head that there is no way to know exactly how much REMS pilfered....even though REMS probably knows, they are basically claiming amnesia...and they obviously weren't recording income generated by ALS when they intended to keep it....and their non-proposal makes it very clear they knew what they were doing....they are fully aware of the proper process for the billing and collection of that revenue and willfully ignored it and kept the money.
I also told him that to award an ems contract to REMS under the circumstances would be rewarding them for ripping us off with a guaranteed stream of steady business they have not earned by any standard. It was on this basis I proposed that Town residents should now be able to go out and sell swimming pools and keep the money...but he will have to install them at his expense. If the not-for-profit REMS can PROFIT from a service they do not finance, provide or administer, then why can't we all do the same to him when he imposes the same on us?? And when he asks how much we made we'll just tell him we don't know but can we have a contract with your company??? In fact, by FDG's twisted logic, everyone should be able to bill and collect payment for any product or service they like and then let someone else deliver the service or product.
Only in rotterdam, or should we say schenectady county, does corruption get rewarded.
Anyone with a half a brain can see thru this one!!
But ya can thank your incompetent elected officials. What the last administration started, this one is finishing!
VIVA RE-VITALIZE ROTTERDAM!!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
No mention of renewing the Challenger's lease of Woestina Fields for 2011.
No mention of the 1 year old proposed "Bicentennial Park" resolution.
No mention of the 6 month old proposed "Vision 2020" Town Parks and Recreation Plan.
No mention of the resolution to establish a restricted escrow account to receive the monetary donations that people are waiting to make in support of the town's parks and recreation program.
... and people wonder why the Supervisor did not get endorsed for a second term
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
Any word along the Parks Commission level about what's going on with the new Little League field, you know, the one that the Supervisor stated he would be down there working with his own equipment?
Any word along the Parks Commission level about what's going on with the new Little League field, you know, the one that the Supervisor stated he would be down there working with his own equipment?
The proposed new little league fields are not located in a town park .. and the Rotterdam Little League has not communicated with us on the proposed fields .. so the matter is essentially not on our agenda.
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
Any word along the Parks Commission level about what's going on with the new Little League field, you know, the one that the Supervisor stated he would be down there working with his own equipment?
The proposed new little league fields are not located in a town park .. and the Rotterdam Little League has not communicated with us on the proposed fields .. so the matter is essentially not on our agenda.
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
Baseball season is in full swing and now is not the time anyone would start to create new fields. There is a ton of site work that needs to be done before the league can even begin to think about starting on the fields.
The proposed new little league fields are not located in a town park .. and the Rotterdam Little League has not communicated with us on the proposed fields .. so the matter is essentially not on our agenda.
Why? I thought you ran everything with an iron glove in the world of parks?
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
So anyone who didn't make the agenda meeting get a load of this...our favorite confidential secretary will be going part time and getting a raise. She will be getting $20,000. Typically when one goes to part time status they make half their pay.
So anyone who didn't make the agenda meeting get a load of this...our favorite confidential secretary will be going part time and getting a raise. She will be getting $20,000. Typically when one goes to part time status they make half their pay.
So after 1 1/2years she's going part time? Why? What's the sudden change?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
No mention of renewing the Challenger's lease of Woestina Fields for 2011.
No mention of the 1 year old proposed "Bicentennial Park" resolution.
No mention of the 6 month old proposed "Vision 2020" Town Parks and Recreation Plan.
No mention of the resolution to establish a restricted escrow account to receive the monetary donations that people are waiting to make in support of the town's parks and recreation program.
... and people wonder why the Supervisor did not get endorsed for a second term
You have got to be kidding here, right???? Do you honestly think that rotterdam revolves around PARKS???? This is just another idea of why rotterdam is a sh!thole!!
And the reason why this super will not win a second term is FIRST, he was never qualified to begin with!! And the democons knew that when he uttered his first word! But they ran him anyways. He ain't gonna win because of PARKS!!
And SECOND, the democons have no other recourse but to discredit him since it is the DEMOCONS that endorsed him, ran him, supported him, campaigned for him, sheltered him from the public and sold him to the rotterdamians. The reps tried sh!t canning one of their own in the court of public opinion........and it just about killed 'em.....until now!! Now it's the democons turn.
Rotterdamians ain't fallin' for another endorsement from the democons!!!
VIVA REVITALIZE ROTTERDAM!!! Let's try it again!!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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