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The meeting opens with formalities, roll call, and the mayor’s update on the village public safety plan. The mayor also addresses an earlier social media mistake and then introduces the citizens forum rules.
Good evening.Uh, it's 6:01 and we're going to go ahead and start the village board meeting for Monday, June 8th, 2026.It's 6:01 p.m.and we're here in the village hall boardroom.Um, if everybody would please stand for the pledge of allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Trusty Va, I think you have the land acknowledgement.Can you please offer that?
Yes.Before we begin this evening, we would like to recognize the Senica nation on whose ancestral territory we are gathering.The present- day village of Fairport sits on traditional Senica land.The Senica nation with the Mohawk, Kauga, Anandaga, Onida, and Tuscarora make up the sovereign Hoden Ooni Confederacy.With respect, we acknowledge the people of the Senica nation on whose land we now live.We honor their past, present, and future contributions to and stewardship of this land.
Thank you.Megan, can you take roll call, please?
Trusty Briggs
here.
Trusty Bowski.
Hello.
Trusty WA.
Evening.
Trusty Nazarian
here.
Mayor Dra
here.Okay, we're going to move in just a moment to citizens forum.So, if there's anyone who's joined us who was uh hoping to make a public public comment during the citizens forum, if you would please sign up over on the sheet that's along the side of the room.But before we get to that, I'd like to give an update on the public safety plan that we talked about uh or that I talked about at our last village board meeting.So, uh, the first point in the public safety plan was that we would be collaborating with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, and we have already done that.So, we're adding additional four additional officers uh in the village of Fairport on Friday and Saturday evenings.Uh, this is a this is not a long-term contract.It's a temporary contract and we'll look at uh we'll look at how things are going on a month-by-month basis, but there are four officers who are working together with our two officers who are on staff on Friday evenings
to help provide community policing.So, they're out walking around in the community.Um, and it's been going very well so far.Um, at least as the feedback comes from our uh police department.Um, number two, our management team is actually working actual h actively working to fill several important positions.Uh, I don't have any further updates on the police chief, but we're expecting that to come to a conclusion in the very near future.Hopefully by the end of June.And as soon as I have uh a name that I can actually announce for that position, I will be it'll be out on our website.will be announcing at village board meetings.I I can update our code enforcement officer position has been filled and that will person will be coming on board very shortly.Uh two weeks, three weeks,
two weeks,
two weeks.Um so as soon as that person is actually on board, we will make sure that that announcement goes out uh for that position and it's filled.We have police officer vacancies which we will be working to fill.Um we're kind of waiting on having our um new chief in place to help with that and it's really tough to uh fill a position when the person who is applying for the job doesn't know who their bossis going to be.So we're looking forward to filling those positions very very soon.uh also in line with the civil service laws of the state of New York which we are required to follow.Um uh we will continue working with state agencies.I don't have any updates on that particular bullet but I wanted to make sure that I gave those other updates and our village board and staff will continue reviewing ideas and adding additional solutions as we move forward especially
as we get these key roles filled.uh in the next coming weeks.Uh in addition to that, there is something that I would like to share.Um village employees, whether police, DPW, village hall staff, Fairport Electric, the departments of planning and code are dedicated public servants who work each day to support the Fairport community and provide the best possible experience for those who live,work, and visit here.There are strong standards of ethics and conduct to keep employees away from political fray that can develop.In my desire to protect village employees from politics and in this case our police department, I made an error in judgment.I posted on my own personal page a picture which I removed the political component.The post was to thank not only the police department but also the DPW, the fire department, Parington and Parington Ambulance Corp for the planning and support that was delivered to vendors, attendees, and the volunteers of canal days.
The image has since be replaced again on my own personal social media page.And while I admit that I made this error, I stand by our employees.They should not be used as pawns in political posts whether those are in support of them or critical of them.They are not political and they have strong ethical guidelines that they are required to follow.With that, we will move forward to hearing from you.Um, and here's what we request from those wishing to participate during citizens forum.So, I'll read through our policy right now.Letters will not be read but will be added to the meeting minutes.The public may speak only during the meeting citizens form and at any other time that the majority of the board allows.Speakers must be recognized by the presiding officer.That would be me.Speakers must step to the podium in the front of the room.
They would say their name and their address.They must limit their remarks to five minutes unless a majority of the board allows them additional time.Speakers may not yield any remaining time that they have to another speaker.And board members with the permission of the mayor or the presiding officer interrupt the speaker during their remarks, but only for the purpose of clarification or further information.All remarks must be addressed to the board as a body and not to individual board members.Speakers must observe the commonly accepted rules of courtesy, decorum, dignity, and good taste.No cheering, imitating or im intimidating behavior or clapping.All written communications shall be submitted to our the clerk treasurer, Megan Mac, fairportny.com.Her email address is available on our website under the clerk treasurer's office.And with that, Megan, do you have the list of speakers?
Residents speak about speeding, traffic enforcement, and safer streets for cyclists and pedestrians. Several speakers support traffic calming measures and temporary bike lanes for upcoming events.
Um, I'm having a little bit of trouble reading, but the address is 187 South Maine.
Agnes Make sure the lights on for you.
Good evening, Randy.
Good evening.
I have some concerns.Uh it has to do primarily with speed enforcement in the village.Uh I live on 250 187 South uh South Main Street and every single day, every single night, people are speeding at excessive levels.and we have no coverage.And you say we have the people from Monroe County, but according to the foil agreement that I had the clear print for me, no one in Monroe County has been making addresses for speeding over the time period thatyou've you've had them working for us.That does not help.Um, also we're getting to the point where there's so many people speeding that we're going to have situations like what had occurred in in Pittsver where they actually had a bus car accident.Driver was killed, the passenger was completely disabled and the elementary kids had to go to trauma uh training to find to realize what had happened.
And I don't want that in our village.Okay?I want us to have a police force that is out there and enforces the speed limit.Specifically on 250, there are four separate 30 mph signs going into the village.There's a flashing sign that indicates the speed and there's two signs that are hard signs that show children at play.That doesn't that doesn't deter anything.has not been a deterrent because we don't have enough staff and we don't have people actually sitting there on the roadside as they do in other communities around us now in Pittsver, Massed and Pomemyra where they have this24 pages is probably twice as big because they have so many arrests for speeding to try and control it.We don't have that.In the 14 months that this foil agreement covers from 25 to 26, we have only had 18 arrests for speeding out of 24 pages of documents.
We're not enforcing the speed limit.We don't have the people to.I talked with one of the officers.They're working 13-hour days and they're getting burned out.And then they have to go to the to the town to basically go and be there for any kind of uh appearances for the tickets.In addition, you basically have dissolved the court.There's 24 pages of cash here that goes to the town instead of to the village.You tell me that there's not enough revenue and I'm saying there's not enough enforcement.In the month of 26, we only have six pages out of 24 filled with tickets.And as far as speeding tickets, one, this is not an acceptable way to run the village.You might think it is.You might think that you've done the enforcement, you've you've paid off the budget, but when I talk to the officers, they don't even have scanners that can can clearly identify the license plates of the vehicles that they're wanting
to pull over.If you're enforcing, you're obviously not enforcing the right things.And if you think that flashing sign is slowing everyone down, it's not.There's no physical cars on 250 or the other roads that lead into the village that are also 30 miles an hour.So, I don't know if we're going to have to do like what I I'm an OSHA person.What typically happens for people to change is a death.And that's what we're heading down because the frequency of people speeding is going to eventually catch up to end up being accidents and then serious accidents.And because there's no police enforcement, because we don't have enough members of police force, we have more vehicles than we do officers.And obviously Monroe County isn't arresting anyone for speeding.So that as much as you like that program, I don't think it's being really effective.
I saw so far in several nights on weekends and multiple weekends where I saw one officer in a car that just drove down the street 250.Now, if he would have just been parked at our house or close by, he could arrest every single car that was driving down on the weekends every single time.It's that bad.And and if you are bored, you think you're doing a good job.You're not.Maybe you got to do things like they did in Pittsver.They actually put in some slowdown bumps and some sidewalk raised areas so that way cars would have to slow down.you know, there's way too many buses that are dropping off kids on 250 and some of them have to cross the street and I don't want to see, you know, car children accidents because it'll come back to youbecause you haven't put the effort into enforcement as the three other communities around us that do and they have had an issue obviously in Pittsver which had to change how they do things, reduce the speed to 250 and
put in other features to try and slow down traffic in the other villages in in Mastin and Pomera, they just do enforcement.They don't care who it is, weekends, holidays, festivals, it doesn't matter.They arrest people and they obviously have more than enough money generated from that to have village courts running actively.We have 24 pages of lost revenue because we closed ours down.Thank you very much for your time.
Thank you.
Okay, I think that uh I said no clapping, please.
Thanks.I know you're new, but no clapping.
Okay, who's next on the list?Megan
Elizabeth King, 94 Potter Place.
Hi, Liz.
Good evening.Um yes, my name is Elizabeth King.I live at 94 Potter Place, um which is also at the corner of Potter and Halbert.Um I'm here tonight to um actually express my support for some initiatives that I hope are going to happen.Um I've been uh some representatives of the board have been kind enough to meet um with me and discuss some of these initiatives that could increase uh safety in the village on the streets and also um uh makeit possible for cyclists and other alternative transportation users um to uh use the streets more and and get into the village more um and generally make uh the village more accessible to residents um make Main Street more accessible.to residents.So, um some of those initiatives that we discussed were um either a ra some type of raised box intersection at the Potter intersection which most of you will know is the um it's the intersection where Manurva Dand and
uh Joanna schools are and it's you know just down the hill from Brooks Hill.So, it would make a huge difference to safety for something like that.Another uh initiative discussed in that area and also at the main street crossing at the top of uh Halbert was um non-permanent or even permanent installations that would narrow the lanes um to hopefully slow down drivers and maybeeven induce them to uh stop in intersections because there are already slowing down.Um and then we also talked about things like temporary bike lanes on Main Street um where uh we would actually um suspend on street parking in order to make safe bike lanes on uh particular uh days such asum the big uh canal ride that's coming through in just a few weeks.Um, if we could make Main Street safe for those hundreds of cyclists, they're going to be visiting uh the village on the canal, that would be an amazing first step and a way to show that we could be
a safe village for people for everyone and not just people who drive cars down Main Street.Um, so I want to express my thanks for people meeting with me and my support.I think these are really great first steps um to promote mobility and transportation equity within the village.and um you know, I look forward to these and and more.So, thank you.
Thanks for being here.
A resident raises concerns about the village sustainability plan, especially housing, parking, and zoning implications. Board members clarify that the document is still under review and no decisions have been made.
Who do we have next?
Uh Pamela Shielden, 131 South Main Street.
Good evening.Thanks for being here.
Thank you for having me.Um Pamela Sheldon, lifelong Pington resident, own 131 South Main Street.And what got me here was the village board work session agenda from last week, bottom of page seven, top of page eight.Um Fairport Fairport does not have much undeveloped land within its borders.Most undeveloped locations are, you know, so and so.And I'm kind of just very I mean I I don't even I don't come and speak at these.I don't think you'll answer the question here, but I don't know where when this idea came about, why it came about?
Um I think what you're referring to is the sustain
the low income housing
the low in it.
Are you talking about the sustainability plan that we're just reviewing?
Well, I'm just Yeah, I mean
Okay.We're only in a review process.
Okay.So, I'm just here to say I have concerns.When when would you like do you just push it to a vote or do people get to speak about their concerns?
No, no, no.Before you
I'm happy to hear your concerns and I think the rest of the board is happy to hear your concerns.What I'm just trying to explain is we're just going through it.We haven't done anything with it.We haven't adopted it.It's an update to an existing plan from 2010 and we're just starting the review process.So I I am grateful for your I just wanted to make it clear.
Good.No, because I did not know.So
we're just talking about it right now.Okay.
So please share the rest of your comments.I apologize
because kind of to what the first gentleman said.I mean Fairport's amazing.I've lived here my entire life.
There's a lot of people here.I feel like we need to take care of what we have here.I just got worried when I saw this wondering if it was like there's some push in the state that you we need x amount of low-income housing.Do we get some benefits for that?I feel like we have plenty of people here already.We need to do well and manage those that we have here.And parking has been an ongoing issue right now.I can only imagine if there was housing.I I mean, how big would the units be?How many residents?What type would these be military?Like what demographic would they be?You know, I mean, they're going to have visitors coming that are going to want to park somewhere even if they can walk to their jobs and might not drive.Like, it's a village, not a city.
So, I just personally kind of panicked when I saw that because I know all of you know parking has been a big thing and then those two locations proposed are places that people really rely on to park andso that that was kind of
please please don't let it get you worried.
I was I was worried.
We're just at the initial stages of going through.
So, I had to comment and say
well I'm glad you did.I'm really glad you gave feedback.I just want to reassure you, we are just starting the process of going through that and the village uh I totally understand your comments and I think the rest of the board understands your comments.Um but we've done nothing with that.We're just reviewing it.This was put together by a group of people who are the sustainability committee who met and they are giving suggestions to the village.We are going through it with our staff and for us chapter by chapter.Okay.
And as we go through it, some things are outside the scope of what we would do, some things are inside the scope, but we'll be discussing it probably at least for the next two months.
And if you don't mind, I'm kind of cutting you.How does any anything I mean that or something else?You know, you're in the it's baby baby not even stages.Um are there a series of like is resoning required?Is it already zoned for that if need be?I mean, like, you know, like how what kind of
I don't even know what's proposed in there.We haven't covered that section.
Okay.See, for one, I'm ahead of I'm ahead.
We're I don't I don't even know when you said like in a certain pos I'm like I don't know that we've even looked at that yet.
Okay.There's a lot.I know there's a lot.Yeah.
So, it's uh we would not propose resoning for that.That's meant to work with whatever we have going on in this village.
Okay.Um, and like I said, some of that will not even stay in there because it's outside the scope of what the sustainability plan is designed to do.
That helps.I appre I appreciate it because I did I mean truly
I hope that helps.It does.
What I would suggest is um we'll be talking about this at probably the next three work session meetings.So, our work session meetings are recorded.They're on our website and you're more than you're more than welcome to view tune in.I'm sure that there's somebody tuning in from tonight for a village board meeting.The work sessions are just us working through discussing topics.Um, you're more than welcome to go on our website and get the link and view it at your leisure.It's on YouTube.We have a YouTube channel as well as the village board meetings are always up there, too.
Okay.Thank you.
But I really appreciate you coming and sharing your concern.
Thank you.I appreciate it.
Thank you.
A speaker questions why the police department remains understaffed and argues that contract terms may be discouraging applicants. The mayor responds with an update that a tentative police agreement has been reached.
Jim Tollik, 136 West Church Street.
Hopefully we didn't make you late for your next engagement.
Light is relative these days.
This thing always looks like it's ready to take off.
SpaceX.
Good evening.
Good evening.Nice to be here again.I was thinking the other night as to why after almost one full year, the Fairport Village Police Department has yet to have a chief and remains understaffed.I don't sleep a lot some nights.Shouldn't qualified police officers want to work in Fairport?Pleasant village, good folks, great food, lots of bars.Why wouldn't someone drop jump at that opportunity?Has the village been actively trying to recruit qualified applicants?Have we no qualified applicants?I thought maybe it's the contract or the lack thereof.Contracts have been a big issue in Fairport.Last contract with our police department covered June 2020 through May 2025 and it was signed on May 15, 2023.The new contract was for two full years late was two full years late and expired a year ago.In anticipation of our Fairport Police contract expiring in June 2025, I would have believed that the village and our Fairport Police Department would have started to negotiate a new contract maybe, I don't know, early 2025, let's say.
As of June 2026, there is no agreement.Why are negotiations between the village and the Fairport and the police department so difficult?A unit without a contract is not happy.The longer there's no contract, the worse it gets.People get angry.They don't feel appreciated.Word gets around.Every police officer knows.So, I asked myself, what could be the big issues preventing an agreement?I looked over the current contract pretty well and thought for the most part, not too bad.I felt that way until I got to article 17, fringe benefits, section two, health insurance, where there was a distinction between officers hired before February 1, 2023 and those hired after February 1, 2023.Officers hired before February 1st, 2023 and retiring after 15 years or more of service in Fairport receive full retirement coverage until age 65.Officers hired after February 1, 2023, which was a while ago, must attain 20 years of service with the village to qualify for retirey health insurance.
There isn't an exception for an officer who turns 55 with 15 plus years experience in Fairport.Bingo, the lights go on.Five years makes a big difference.Any police officer hired by Fairport must plan to spend 20 years on the job here to collect full insurance benefits.Most local police officers in New York State retire between the ages of 45 and 50.This means for the most part officers over the age of 30 will never consider working in Fairport.That certainly reduces the pool of potential applicants to younger, less experienced candidates.Now, it's much easier to begin to sus out why our Fairport Police Department is not fully staffed.Consistent, prolonged, contractual negotiations signal a lack of respect for the department by village management who wants to work under those conditions.
Most local police retire between 45 and 50.So any officer over the age of 30 will in all probability not apply.The only exception would be an officer retired and receiving full benefits from their previous job.I understand management's desire to lower the crazy costs of health insurance.Who knows what health care will cost in 2040.Efforts to reduce health care costs is a sysophian task and just creates hard feelings, frustration, and anger.This February 1, 2023 line in the sand may may be keeping us from attracting our best candidates for our village.Incidentally, personally, I also feel I also object to selling out newborns for personal gain.I believe it's morally wrong.I also suspect the entire healthc care issue is what's prolonging negotiations.Face reality and get it done.talk about shooting yourself in the foot.Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for giving that information.We really appreciate it.And I have breaking news for you that I skipped over in my notes from the beginning of this when I was talking about our safety plan.We have a tenative agreement with our uh collective bargaining agreement with our police department and we are awaiting everything to go through so that it can be ratified and we can adopt it.
Thank you.
Have a great night.
Additional residents comment on traffic safety and the sustainability report, raising concerns about costs, public disclosure, and community impacts. Board members repeatedly clarify that the sustainability group was temporary and the document is still being reviewed.
Okay, who's next on the list?Megan
Jenny Mayor 51 Dwey.
Come on down, Jenny.
Hi, I'm Jenny Mayor 51 Dwey Avenue and um I just want to echo what uh Liz said earlier.Um we um I think actually these issues related to traffic safety, speeding and bicyclist and pedestrian safety are all related.Um the um the village is really designed for cars.Today I biked here uh along Dewey Avenue.While I was on Dwey Avenue, which is a side street, I was yelled at by a young man in a jeep telling me I should be on the sidewalk.So that's not true.The legal place for me to be everywhere in this village is on the road, including on Church Street and on Main Street, neither of which feel very safe.So you'll notice people all the time using the sidewalks.Um, one way that we can slow down both vehicle traffic, well, slow down vehicle traffic and make it safer for bicyclists and other people using two wheels, um, is to make protected bike lanes, which will narrow the lanes
for driving and provide a safe place for bicyclists to so that'll slow people down and it'll provide a safe place for bicyclists to ride.So, I just want to um reiterate what Liz said about the day that the cycle of the Erie Canal um participants come through here.This is hundreds of participants on bicyclists who are traveling from um Buffalo to Albany, I think, is they go to just to Albany um on an 8-day trip.They usually get here on the Monday of that week.I think that's Monday, July 13th.Um, when they get to Fairport, there's no bike lanes on Main Street, so they don't feel comfortable coming down Main Street.It's also fairly difficult to cross between Lift Bridge Lane East and Lift Bridge Lane.They're going, sorry, west to east.They're going to the um to the PCC and they're going to cross the canal at the bridge uh on the trolley trail.
So, uh, it seems like the least we could do to be a welcoming village would be to provide protection at that crossing and also in addition to provide a one-day temporary bike lane along Main Street that would allowparticipants to visit the um the businesses along Main Street, see the new Main Street reconstruction that we've done, um, and provide an opportunity for the village, residents of the village to see what it would be like to tradepaid a little bit of parking on street parking for a safe bike lane.Um, I think it would be a good I think it's a good opportunity.I hope you would consider it.I know it's short notice, but um I think it would be a good um yeah, a good practice for what that might look like.A good uh way to look at what that might look like.
And also um what Liz said about putting in temporary uh narrow things that will narrow the roads at busy intersections, 250 and Hbert is an obvious choice.Hbert and Potter is another good choice to sort of slow people down as they come to these congested areas and protect the pedestrians nearby.So thank you.
Thank you, Jenny.
Okay, do we have somebody else?Renee Rico.
Hi, good evening.Thanks for the opportunity to speak.I am a former parenting resident and a um somebody who spends a lot of time in the village of Fairport.Okay.And
can you state your name and
I'm sorry.Renee Rico, 99 North Country Club Drive.Um I spend a lot of time in the village.I spend a lot of money in the village patronizing the good businesses, the restaurants.I think Fairport's the most fun village Rochester has.So, I and I've actually thought about moving back uh because I really enjoyed my time.But I I uh I am a financial person.I've run a financial practice.I'm also a current economic commentator.And I think it's very important that again I don't know anybody on the sustainability committee and I don't know what their background is but I think it's significantly important to the public in particular the taxpayers to understand thecosts of what looks like kind of a mini green new deal.Um although sometimes things are well-intentioned they sound good and they may feel good but they might not be economically sound.
and listening to the other comments here about traffic police officers very concerned about um integrating lowincome multistructure housing in this community where there's not a whole lot of space to do that.Two, I want to under I think everybody has a right to know the definition of a climate refugee and where people will be coming from and what their value system are.I I think that goes to public safety.Uh and how many young military age men, who is vetting these people, where are they coming from and who's paying for it?I think the public has a right to know.And if this hasn't been decided yet, you know, you're talking about adding another population.So, what does that do to the schools, the classes, the teachers, the current students?And a lot of Fairport is middle income.You know, there's some high income people, but a lot of it's middle and some are low.
Um, and anything if you if anybody's read the Green New Deal or the Paris Accord that has climate objectives, it's really respectfully a power grab by government to dictate who gets what.It's a redistribution of wealth and a lot of people work really hard for their money because I know I work for them, okay?And I think they have a right to know.And I would suggest the best thing you folks could do to Fairport, this community, is to have full disclosure.every survey.I think you need to get some business people, some of these owners on the sustainability committee because they're the ones going to bear the brunt of it.Okay?So, I just want
I'm just going to let you know there is no sustainability committee per se.That was a group of people who got together as a committee, sustainability committee.It was a short-term group of people who got together, created a document, and submitted it to the village.We're in the process of reviewing it.
Okay.Who who are these folks?I mean
they are vis village residents.
Okay.So I think it's really important to engage the businesses because the business people and taxpayers have a different view of government than government workers.So I just ask you that because I love it here and I spend a lot of money here and I won't come here if I don't feel safe.If I can't find a parking spot if uh and I I would think the teachers and the students and the parents ought to know if these classrooms are going to have extra people in them and how are theygoing to be accommodated.Just really want you folks to think about that because things sound good and compassion but sometimes it's suicidal empathy and I don't think this village the size that it is and and just the reputation it has.I mean it really could be take a major hit and people could just leave.
So I just want to say that to you only because I've seen this across the country and it has failed.So if you could reflect that to the sustainability committee, whoever these folks are, and be mindful of that respectfully as you're considering.
There is no sustainability committee.They existed in 2023.It was a group.
They're gone now.So
there all people who live in this village.
Okay.But they're not
there is no official sustainability committee at this point in time.That was a report that was submitted to us to ask us to review it and see if we would incorporate it into the 2010 sustainability plan.
Okay.Well, I hope that you've t I'm sure there's notes here that just reflect that.So, okay.Thank you very much for your time.Appreciate it.
Thank you.
The board approves prior meeting minutes, parade and block party permits, an audit contract, bill payments, and insurance premium authorizations. Discussion is brief and procedural, with each item passing unanimously.
Thanks for coming.Okay.Where are we next, Megan?
We're done.Okay.Last chance.All right.Then I will close citizens forum at uh 6:32 37 sorry and we'll move on to the rest of our agenda.
Okay.So if there was anybody who was here just for the citizens forum right now is a good time for you to leave before we move into the rest of the business.Thank you for coming this evening.
Are these folks done?
You're not done.
That was just citizens forum.Have a seat.
You're not done, guys.Friends, that was the That wasn't even any of the meeting.
Okay, just know I'm
I
I am not your teacher right now.I'm working.So, you decide what you're going to do.We have a meeting to conduct.
We We have a meeting to conduct.So, either choose to sit down or leave.That's your choice.Thank you.Okay.So, now we'll get on to the rest of the agenda.Um uh under unfinished business, item number one, a motion by the village board to approve the meeting minutes of May 11th, 2026 village board meeting.Can I have a motion, please?
So moved
by Trusty Nazerian.
Second
by Trusty Wa.Any questions or concerns about those meeting minutes?
All in favor?I
I.
Anyone opposed?That will take us to item number two.A motion by the village board to approve the meeting minutes of the June 1st, 2026 village board work session.
So moved
by Trusty WA,
second
by Trusty Brakes.Any questions about those meeting minutes?All in favor?
I.Anyone opposed?That will be unanimous as well.Takes us to new business.A motion by the village board to authorize the Fourth of July parade and race subject to final approval by the village manager.Can I have a motion, please?
So moved
by Trusty Bowski.
Second
by Trusty Nazerian.Uh questions or comments from the board?My only question is is it the same route as last year
essentially?
Okay.
Well, I think it's a little different because we don't
Main Street isn't closed.
It's it's the original route of the parade.
Original.Okay.Sorry.Yeah, I forgot about that from last year.Thank you.So, the parade will start at the corner of Whitney Road and Main Street, travel down Main Street, turn to the west on West Church Street, and then it will go all the way to Pington Park, and that's wherethe parade ends.
Okay.
Um, and the start time is, as it's been for at least 50 years, uh, 10:00 a.m.on July 4th.Do we have a route for the race?
That's what I was asking.Just
I thought that's what you but but we're good.
Okay.
Do we have a route for the race?
We just got some documents this morning on the race from the race folks.We'll be meeting with them to talk to them about that.But I think they are reverting back to the original route.So I think it goes from believe that's west end of Whitney kind of by uh uh Parenton Park to North Main Street to down south main street to West Church and then back around Okconor.I think it gets a 3.2 mile 5K.
Yep.Okay.Thanks.
And you're meeting with them?
We will be meeting with them as part of their
Okay.
plan the date.
Does anyone have any questions?Looking forward to the 4th of July.All right.Uh all in favor?
I.Anyone opposed?That will be unanimously approved.Item number two is a motion by the village board to authorize the James Street residents to close the street for their annual block party on Saturday, July 4th, beginning at 10:00 a.m.until 700 p.m.Barricades will be provided for a block area of James Street from Briggs A to Halbert A.Can I have a motion in a second?
So moved.Trusty WA
second
by Trusty Briggs.Any questions from the board?
Love a good block party.Um and Megan, they have assured you that everybody is signed off on this party and that uh they will the street will remain open for access for neighbors.
It's the same people who planned it every year, right?Y
okay.Um and we've never gotten any complaints about people not being able to get to their driveway or out of their driveway.Okay.Anything else from the rest of the board?All in favor?
I.Anybody opposed?
Then that will be unanimous.Item number three is a motion by the village board to engage BST and Company CPA's LLP to perform a financial statement audit of the village of Fairport for fiscal year ending May 31st, 2026 and to authorize Julian Damitzas mayor to sign the engagement letter.
So moved
by Trusty Briggs,
second
by Trusty Benoski.Um, questions for Megan or for Brian?Same company that we've used for I don't know how many years now since before I got here.Okay.Um, all right then.All in favor?
I.Anyone opposed?
That will be unanimous as well.Item number four is a motion by the village board to pay the to authorize payment of the audited bills.
So moved
by trustee Nazarian.
Second
by trustee Bowski.Any questions about the bills?
Okay.Who has
I reviewed them and found everything to be in order.Um there were a few uh just a few things that um stood out.Uh Trusty Briggs was uh pointed out a few things.Uh we have new chairs.Um so that's coming along well.And it's nice we have a um uh folks who provided those also have a contract with New York states who were able to get um this new the new seating at a at a rate that's much less thanthan we would if we had gone out and been able to or engaged with another set of folks.Um and we're working through um the debt service just for all, you know, for for Main Street and just making sure things are moving around and uh people are getting paid and we're getting the money we need tofrom all the different funding sources to to be able to do that.
We did not get an invoice from uh for our composting system.Uh but I'm going to guess it's somewhere around 2.2 and 2.4 tons.So everybody start composting more so we can we can get that number up.
Yeah.
Anything else?Okay.All in favor?
I.Anyone opposed?
That will pass unanimously.Item number five is a motion by the village board to amend a previously improved amount of $70,000 to pay health and dental insurance premiums paid in the month of June to $56,788.78.
So moved
by Trusty Briggs.
Second
by Trusty WA.This is pretty much the same thing we see every month.Any questions though?Okay.All in favor?I
I.
Anyone opposed?That'll be unanimous.Item number six is a motion by the village board to authorize the clerk treasurer to pay health and dental insurance premiums for the month of July uh at an initial estimated amount not to exceed $70,000 subject to auditand amending authorization by the village board at their regularly scheduled July meeting.
So move
by Trusty Manowski.Second
by Trusty Nazerian.
Seeing no questions that are glaring out there,
uh, I'll ask all in favor.
I I
Anyone opposed?That one will be unanimous.
The board considers two supplemental agenda items appointing junior members to the Dand Hose Company. Both appointments are approved, and the new members are welcomed.
Uh, okay.Before we move to announcements and committee reports, there was a supplemental agenda to this village board meeting um for two appointments to the junior members of the Dand Hose Company.So item number one is a motion by the village board to appoint Andrew Thomas Ozinski as a junior member of the Dand Hose Company of the Fairport Fire Department.Can I have a motion, please?
So moved.Uh, I'll give it to Trusty Briggs and then follow up by Trusty WA.Um, do we have any idea what the age range for junior members is?
High school.Okay, that's right.Sounds about right.Okay.All in favor?
I.
Anyone opposed?Congratulations, Andrew Trump Thomas Azinski as a the newest member of junior member of the Dand House Company of the Fairport Fire Department.Yay.Um I think it's similar to like Explorers was.
Yes.
Okay.Um item number two is a motion by the village board to appoint Ethan James Ozinski.Somehow I think they're probably related.As a junior member of the Dand Hose Company of the Fairport Fire Department.
So moved
by Trusty Nazarian.
Second
by Trusty WA.Any questions, comments?Okay.All in favor?
I.Anyone opposed?That will be unanimous.And welcome to the next newest member of the junior member of the Dand Hose Company of Fairport Fire Department, Ethan James Ozinski.
Board members share updates on Canal Days, fire department coordination, and the police contract process. They also discuss community events and confirm that a tentative police agreement is moving toward ratification.
And that will take us to announcements and committee reports.So, uh, want to start here and then we'll just work our way down.
Um, it was a successful canal days.We got lucky with the weather.I know we're all sweating it out a little bit.Um, it was nice to see so many people out and about.Um, I actually chatted with a couple of the uh, Department of Public Works um, workers this morning when I was stopping to pick up my coffee and I said, "So, how is it?"And they said, "Not bad."So, they were out cleaning up, running around, getting everything ready for work week and um, seemed in a good mood.So, that was good to see.Um this afternoon the fire department um representatives, the three chiefs from the fire department met with um Megan, Brian, the mayor, me, and with representatives from um uh Jen Townson from town of Harrington um to make sure we'reall on the same page with budgetary issues and stuff.
And that's one of the things that we're working on is making sure that everybody that's involved with the fire department is talking to one another on a regular basis.So that was a really successful, really useful meeting and I think everybody walked away with some good clarity.So it was nice to nice to see.Great.That's all for me.
Just wake up.
Uh I don't have any big announcements.I do want to thank everyone for their work for canal days, all the different groups that are involved from PD, DPW, village management to the merchants association, the art committee, everyone, all the volunteers, the volunteer coordinators.There are a lot of working pieces behind the scenes that go into making uh Canal Day successful.And I want to just state my appreciation for everyone that's involved with that.That's it.That's all I got.
Um right now, you know, the spring we uh we had our uh our tree planting and then uh the tree board doesn't meet until uh the fall.Um but in the meantime, you know, we could already see it's getting hotter out there.Make sure you keep hydrated.Check in on your neighbors.Um, school is getting out this month, so keep an eye out uh as well.Um, and congrats to graduates as as it's coming up.Uh, a few folks have mentioned the um uh the bike event coming through on July 15th um where they come along uh the Eerie Canal and um uh camp out.I think it's over by uh the rec center.
Yeah.Um I thought there was some interesting ideas there.um maybe kick them kick them around a little bit.Um find ways to get folks to come in and maybe um you know spend some more money in the village.Could be an interesting uh interesting forgive the pun avenue to explore.Um, I guess my my only thing uh here too is Brian I don't know if it's it's helpful for folks to know I don't know what all we can share about uh the negotiations um like when they startedfor the police department.Are we allowed to get into some of that or um or no?Because I know there are certain things we can
Yeah, I'm not going to get into the negotiations.Those are protected under law, but those commenced way before the termination of the existing agreement have been ongoing and productive
as of today.And we have a tenant agreement and there's not been any ill will or bad negotiations.These things take time and there's not a fault of management or this village board or anyone else.They're a collective process that factors in a lot of different things.Um, and this is a process.Officers don't lose by this.They're protected by the Taylor law and the tribal amendment.Your contract stays in place.Nothing goes by the wayside.Uh and everything's retroactive to the commencement date of the new agreement.So, um but we do have a tenative agreement.Uh it has been ratified by uh the police union and the village board has discussed this in private and has agreed with it as well.So, it's just a matter of time of uh um reddrafting the agreement to uh to verbalize the sentiment of the terms and conditions and the board within the next two weeks, two to four weeks will have the agreement
before them for your consideration.
The final reports cover Canal Days reflections, Cycle the Canal planning, new planters and hanging baskets, and corrected street signs. The board announces upcoming meetings, Juneteenth closure, and adjourns the meeting.
Thanks.
That's all.
Well, the advantage of going last um canal days um again it was a wonderful event.I was there Friday, Saturday and Sunday.We had um some wonderful weather and talked to a lot of the merchants and the vendors and it was really successful and it's kind of like that's our kickoff for summer.I mean, this was our 49th annual so everybody looks forward to it and it's kind of like summer's really here now that we've had canal days.Um when they did the duck drop it was a little odd.There was no current, so the ducks were were there for a while.We kind of came up to them versus them floating down.But again, the streets were just packed with people.It's really really exciting.Um, and then just a couple things about Cycle the Canal because I've been involved with that for the last um, few years.
At the parent and rec center, they do open up the pool and they bring in massuses.They bring in food trucks and they provide shuttle buses back and forth and our vendors off our um merchants offer very specific specials to get them in here.So whether they're biking back or not is is not really the point.They really put on entertainment, swimming, I mean massuses.So, and they get their tents all set up and the uh the merchants very much support that with bringing them back in for um with shuttle buses that run non-stop for them.So, looking forward to getting that on the calendar.Well, it's like you got to finish Canal Days and then we move on to the next.
Okay.Uh I have one last update that uh the planters are in.Um, not the hanging baskets.Those are still coming.But, uh, as part of our streetscape, there were a series roughly.Right.How many planters are there, Brian?
35 to 40.
Okay.And those will be up and down Main Street.Those are at ground level.And then the next layer of flowers that we wanted to wait until after canal days so that they didn't drip on anybody's tents.uh comes in another few weeks.That will
hanging baskets will be up this week.
They'll be up this week.Okay.So, the planters are starting to appear.Uh the hanging baskets will be up this week and um for the question that Sarah got.Uh there's as I how long ago that was.I said that uh there's at least two signs that are spelled wrong on Main Street.One of them is Packets Landing.The other one is Dand Dand.Uh, and Dand should be spelled capital D, lowercase E, capital L, A N D.That will be replaced.Packets Landing still has to be replaced.And there is one more sign that I believe is Dand Park A that hasn't been changed out at all.It's on the list for our vendor.As soon as the signs come in, they will replace those signs or put the first edition of the new sign up there.Uh, and we're waiting on them to show up with those signs to put them in.
So, yes, they are coming.They'll be here soon.That's all I can say.I don't know when they'll be here, but they'll be here soon.They'll be here before we get to the end of summer.How's that?Um, so they'll be taking care of those two signs.And um, that's the last thing I have.I think we're good to move on.Everybody got their announcements out?Okay.Um, so upcoming village board meetings, there's a village board work session u Monday, June 22nd, 2026 at 6 pm here in Village Hall.Uh, there's another village board uh meeting July 13th, 2026 at 6 p.m.Meetings will be held in Village Hall, 31 South Main Street.And I'm just going to throw this in here because it's the week before our next work session.So we will be celebrating or honoring or observing Junth Juneth which is June 19th this year um as part of our uh regular schedule and village hall and village offices and uh all village offices will be closed on
that day like we do for the 4th of July.So um that's it for those.The meetings are all held in this room.They're also carried on YouTube and uh will be posted on YouTube a at the completion of the meeting.And with that, I'd like to ask the village board for a motion to adjurnn.
So moved
by Trusty Briggs.
Second
by Trusty Nazerian.All in favor?
I.Anyone opposed?That will be it.Have a great evening.The meeting is over.For everybody in the first row, please feel Oh, in the second row as well.You are no under no obligation to stay here any longer.
Men and high school students, if you need an agenda, I will have it available in my office in the morning.
I got you.
Oh, I'd rat you out so fast.
Oh my gosh.Yes.Yes.