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Let's discuss, let's have Mr. Giorgio discuss this flag raising ordinance, some of the issues with it as far as 3 weeks when you have to have permits in, different stuff like that that was sent out today.

51:41

Let's discuss, let's have Mr. Giorgio discuss this flag raising ordinance, some of the issues with it as far as 3 weeks when you have to have permits in, different stuff like that that was sent out today.

7:55

Thank you. Um, so I don't know about all you guys. Well, I do know that some of you's got a lot of calls about dangerous trees that aren't on city property. They keep telling me over and over that Rome has an ordinance, why can't we do it? So I had Marcus print me Rome's ordinance. He talked to the Codes Department out in Rome. I talked to Councilperson, Commissioner Sokolowski about it. And what I want to do in this discussion is to touch on aspects why we can do this, if why we can't do it. Um, I, I also invited Parks Commissioner Short because he is our arborist, but it doesn't look like he's coming. I didn't hear back from him. So, um, I'll just open it up to, um, Marques, if you want to start. We worked on this, so you know more Sure. The positives, and then I'll let legal go in and discuss it and what Mark's done. What I could just tell you about this right off the bat, there's a couple good things that they do right off the bat. Obviously our tree department, I think, what do we have, 2 or 4 guys?

10:00

And then they also have a professional arborist, right, that can go and say if it's dangerous or not. This legislation, a lot of it opens up— their legislation, I don't know how they do it, but to me it opens up a lot of cans of worms for lawsuits for the city. But I just wanted to discuss all of it before I wrote a piece of legislation and it couldn't go anywhere. So I'll open it up to you, and then, Steph, you jump in. You guys all jump in.

48:45

Yes. Right, but at the committee meeting, aren't you also going to discuss ordinance 2 from 2/9/26, ski rates?

52:01

Are you familiar with what I'm talking about? Yeah. Would you like to discuss that?

And then they also have a professional arborist, right, that can go and say if it's dangerous or not. This legislation, a lot of it opens up— their legislation, I don't know how they do it, but to me it opens up a lot of cans of worms for lawsuits for the city. But I just wanted to discuss all of it before I wrote a piece of legislation and it couldn't go anywhere. So I'll open it up to you, and then, Steph, you jump in. You guys all jump in.

Yes. Right, but at the committee meeting, aren't you also going to discuss ordinance 2 from 2/9/26, ski rates?

Are you familiar with what I'm talking about? Yeah. Would you like to discuss that?

Okay, well, I mean, we can— we have a meeting on Wednesday. Let's call a 5 o'clock meeting on Wednesday. Or, I mean, we could— I don't know, we can kind of discuss it tonight too, I mean, I guess. But whatever you guys want, I'm good with. But there's a couple important things. You shouldn't have to have legislation in committee to call a meeting to to discuss a topic.

48:55

No, this is for us to discuss, right?

48:55

No, this is for us to discuss, right?

2:14:56

Um, I'd like to go into executive sessions to discuss— this memo was put on my desk today, and, uh, I'd like to talk about it.

Um, the only other thing that I want to talk about is on, uh, Monday the 26th, um, is the North Utica, our monthly meeting. Um, guess what? I have— I'm reading here, I have Council at Large coming to speak about financial issues, um, and we also have the Mohawk Valley Hometown Hero representative, uh, coming to discuss their program. So I'd like to see everybody there, um, and that's at 6:30 Monday night. Thank you so much, I appreciate it.