Video for 1-27-14 Patchogue Village Board: AA5 Changes/Sandwich sign issues

New video from the Citizens Campaign for Open Village Government: Patchogue Village Board of Trustees meeting of 1/27/14. If you are a Patch viewer and you want to skip the narrative below you can go directly to our Website and see the video: www.patchoguevillagecitizens.com.
Shortest video in a while yet the most problems with its quality. As per our policy all videos are screened before being published to You Tube. This filming was plagued by two memory card failures. There is a two minute gap in one section and the final section of the Public To Be Heard section was not filmed at all. Where this occurs in the video is identified further in this narrative. A reminder to all that this is a volunteer effort subject to technical issues that do occur that however planned against may sometimes occur anyway. We are old school: when there problems we admit to them, take responsibility, learn from them so that we can and do avoid them in the future.
The video otherwise is a true account of the meeting. Filmed by this writer.

From left to right at the meeting table: Treasurer Ronald Krawczyk, Trustees Keyes and Ferb, Clerk Seal, Mayor Pontieri, Deputy Mayor Krieger, Trustees Devlin and Hilton, attorney Chris Bianco. Absent: Trustee Crean and Village attorney Egan.

And once again the time line narrative that follows does not track every single event that occurred at the meeting. We do try to track more important ones. As always seeing the whole video gives the complete picture.

In minutes and seconds
6:04 Mayor Pontieri clarifies that there will be public comment taken from speakers at the next meeting of the Board when the subject of sandwich board restrictions next appears on the agenda not while the subject is discussed during regular business. He does indicate that public comments can be made at the end of the meeting however. In the meantime written comments are welcomed.

10:17 Public Hearing: permit only parking on the east side of Railroad avenue from Church street to Gerard street proposed. Two public comments: Anthony Vasquez and Richard Kemp. Resolution is approved.

14:45 BID report by Dennis Smith Executive Director: various facade projects...sidewalk repair to front of Burlington's department store...new hanging baskets plan...grant initiative by Patchogue Arts Council...

21:08 BID report continues with extensive discussion regarding public toilets in the village with Mayor Pontieri, and other trustees...Mayor discloses that public toilets may be installed in proposed two story parking garage when such a structure may be approved in the future...other sites for public toilets also brought up by Trustees.

25:39 Chamber of Commerce report by Executive Director David Kennedy:...sandwich board restrictions discussed leading to extensive discussion by the Mayor and other trustees....dates for Alive at Five presented calendar drops request for one Friday date but issue of whether the event will begin at 6 and end at 10 a time change deferred...parking meetings and Parking Plus proposal referred to.
46:28 Deputy Mayor Krieger reports: theater event roundup...status of parking meter roll out....
55: 08 Trustee Keyes reports...BREAK IN VIDEO...
56:08 Trustee Ferb reports video picks up after he has started
57:24 Mayor Pontieri introduces resolution to upgrade position of Code enforcement head in terms of pay and civil service status
59:20 Trustee Devlin reports: various art events discussed

Now in hour, minute and seconds
1:01:40 Trustee Hilton reports
1:06:08 Public to be Heard section begins with Mark Siegel referring to garbage issues, SECOND break in video his final comments and all of the comments of the only other speaker of the night Richard Kemp not recorded.
Meeting ends.

For those interested in finding more information about those parts of the meeting not recorded minutes of the meeting will be available on line after they are approved at the next Board meeting. As well other parts of the meeting not included in the time are also tracked by the minutes and reading the minutes always adds to learning fully about all the meeting events of this meeting and any other.  Minutes are regularly posted and past minutes archived on the village Website soon after their approval: www.patchoguevillage.org.

And some new news: we are now on Facebook see Patchogue Village Citizens for Open Village Government. Like us if you do. Our Facebook page is meant to serve a number of purposes. We are regularly for example promoting links to videos and articles about village issues in addition to our videos. Plus Facebook does allow for comments and we are forging a public space for the discussion of public village issues where comments are not anonymous to encourage responsible and respectful public discussion.

Next video: 2-10-14 meeting of the Board of Trustees at which a continuation of the public hearing that began several weeks ago will occur: topic will be sandwich board restrictions.

And once again this video and video of other past meetings can be found at: www.patchoguevillagecitizens.com.