Jun 11, 2026 Legislative Session

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OKAY, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I

[ ROLL CALL]

LEGISLATOR GREENE? HERE.

LARIGO? HERE. MILLS? HERE.

TODARO? HERE. BARGNESI? HERE.

DUPRE? PRESENT.

GILMORE? HERE. KOOSHOIAN? HERE. MEYERS? HERE.

ST. JEAN TARD? YES.

LEGISLATOR VINAL, NOT PRESENT.

QUORUM PRESENT. THANK YOU.

PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION.

IT'LL BE LED BY LEGISLATOR GREENE. EXCUSE ME. THAT WAS LORD CALLING.

YEAH, THAT WAS CALLING FROM ABOVE. LORD, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER TODAY.

MAY YOU BLESS OUR HEARTS AND OPEN OUR MINDS TO DO THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT IN EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS AND ALL THE CITIZENS OF ERIE COUNTY.

IN HIS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.

OKAY, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE.

WILL BE LED BY LEGISLATOR KOOSHOIAN. 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. THANK YOU.

I WILL NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE FIRST SESSION OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE ASK THAT SPEAKERS KEEP THEIR COMMENTS RELATED TO ANY MATTER INVOLVING TODAY'S COUNTY AGENDA. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL SPEAKERS KEEP THEIR REMARKS LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES.

THE CLERK WILL RING THE BELL WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE START THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? OKAY, IS ANYBODY SIGNED UP? LAST CALL FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

OKAY, WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH OUR AGENDA.

TABLED ITEMS, THERE ARE NONE.

ITEMS FOR RECONSIDERATION, THERE ARE NONE. MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING, MAJORITY LEADER.

[ MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING]

JEAN-TARD. ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 7-0.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. PUBLIC HEARINGS, THERE ARE NONE.

[ MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS:]

MOVE TO CONSIDER. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER BY THE MAJORITY LEADER.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY THE MINORITY LEADER.

ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 10 TO CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THE MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS ARE NOW BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE.

MAJORITY LEADER.

MOVE TO AMEND TO INCLUDE ET AL. SPONSORSHIP.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE MAJORITY LEADER TO INCLUDE ET AL.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY LEGISLATOR ST. JEAN TARD.

ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? 10 TO 0. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. MAJORITY LEADER, MOVE TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED BY THE MAJORITY LEADER, SECONDED BY LEGISLATOR ST. JEAN TARD.

ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? 10 TO 0.

THE MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS ARE APPROVED AS AMENDED.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE A PAUSE. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY LEGISLATOR BARGNESI.

ALL RIGHT, IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW, PETER TRIPPI IS RETIRING. NOW, HE'S BEEN THREATENING TO RETIRE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING NOW. HE HAS A CAREER OF ALMOST 40 YEARS WITH THIS COUNTY, AND, I THOUGHT IT THIS IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO TO HONOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO THIS JOB.

AND I WANT TO, I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY BY EXAMPLE OF WHAT I MEAN BY THAT. OVER 20 YEARS AGO, I WON MY FIRST SEAT IN THE TOWN OF TONAWANDA, AS YOU WELL KNOW. THIS MAN TRACKED ME DOWN MY FIRST MONTH IN OFFICE AT MY BUSINESS, CAME AND GAVE ME THE WHOLE SPEECH ABOUT HOW WE HAVE TO FIGHT RODENTS IN ERIE COUNTY.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. EDUCATED ME ABOUT RODENT CONTROL AND ALL THE THINGS THAT HE DOES UNDER HIS DEPARTMENT.

CONVINCED ME TO SPEND $1 MILLION IN THE TOWN OF TONAWANDA FOR A TOTE PROGRAM.

FIRST SUBURB IN ERIE COUNTY.

IT'S THE REASON EVERYBODY IN ERIE COUNTY HAS TOTES BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAM THAT HE SOLD ME ON, THIS TO SPEND $1 MILLION IN 2005.

I WASN'T THE MOST POPULAR GUY IN THE WORLD. $1 MILLION IN 2005 ON GARBAGE CANS,

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BUT WE DID IT.

I HAD FAITH IN HIM. AND AS YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, EVERYBODY HAS FOLLOWED SUIT WITH THE TOTE PROGRAM BECAUSE OF PETER. DEDICATED, DEDICATED SERVANT, TOOK HIS JOB VERY SERIOUSLY.

I'VE BEEN AT MANY HEARINGS WITH HIM WHERE PEOPLE WERE COMING OUT TO DISSATISFIED WITH WHATEVER THE TOPIC MAY BE AT THE TIME. HELD HIS GROUND, HELD HIS GROUND AS A SERVANT TO THE COMMUNITY OF ERIE COUNTY AND ALWAYS PUT THE COMMUNITY FIRST. SO I COULDN'T LET THIS DAY GO BY AND LET HIM WALK OUT THE DOOR WITHOUT US EXTENDING OUR SINCERE THANKS TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, WHETHER IT'S YOUR RABIES CLINICS, YOUR, YOUR TOE PROGRAM, YOUR TALK ABOUT RODENT CONTROL.

I MEAN, IT GOES ON AND ON. IT GOES ON AND ON, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND THE DIFFERENT TITLES THAT YOU'VE HELD. SO ON BEHALF OF THIS BODY, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU PUBLICLY FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

PRESENT YOU WITH THIS IN OUR APPRECIATION. COME ON UP HERE, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. THANK YOU.

YEAH, YOU HAVE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. COME ON, SAY A FEW WORDS. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THIS HONOR.

THIS IS, IT'S NOT EASY. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE, I THOUGHT IT'D BE A LOT EASIER RETIRING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, BUT I TAKE MY JOB VERY SERIOUSLY. I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT SERVING THE PUBLIC, AND I HAVE BEEN A CIVIL SERVANT MY WHOLE ENTIRE TIME.

I KNOW MANY OF YOU, AND I KNOW MANY OF YOUR SPOUSES, RELATIVES, YOU KNOW, AND I PROBABLY DEALT WITH EVERYBODY. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE AISLE YOU'RE FROM. IF YOU GUYS CALLED ME, WE TOOK CARE OF IT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND HELP YOU SERVE YOUR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL.

IN REGARDS TO THE TOT PROGRAM, AT THAT TIME WE WERE RECEIVING NATIONAL ATTENTION FROM THE NEWS STATIONS THINGS LIKE THAT REGARDING SOME PRETTY BAD RODENT ISSUES WE WERE HAVING. AND IT KIND OF BECAME MY JOB OR WAS THRUST UPON ME TO GET SOMETHING DONE. AND TOWN BY TOWN, PEOPLE DID THE RIGHT THING AND IT WAS THE RIGHT THING.

AT ONE POINT, MAYBE SOMEBODY DIDN'T WANT ONE, BUT NOW YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO TAKE THAT TOTE AWAY FROM THEM, I'LL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.

AND WHATEVER MUNICIPALITY IT IS, SO IT WAS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT IT WASN'T ME, IT WAS ALL THE PEOPLE I WORKED WITH, INCLUDING MANY OF YOU THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS. AND I APPRECIATE THIS.

THIS IS BIGGER THAN I EVER THOUGHT, I CAN IMAGINE. AND I'M OFF TO BE HELPING DO SOME BABYSITTING. I HAVE 2 GRANDKIDS, AND ONE OF THEM IS MY NEWEST.

HIS NAME'S JACK AND THE OTHER ONE'S AMELIA. AND THAT'S GONNA BE MY FIRST PRIORITY COME THE END, AFTER THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

BUT I'LL STILL BE AROUND.

THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. VERY NICE.

THANK YOU, LEGISLATOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

CONTINUING ON NOW WITH OUR AGENDA. LOCAL LAWS.

LOCAL LAW INTRO 4-1, AS INDICATED. COMMITTEE REPORTS. REPORT NUMBER 7

[ LOCAL LAWS:]

[ COMMITTEE REPORTS:]

MAJORITY LEADER, MOVE FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL, UH, BY THE MAJORITY LEADER. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM LEGISLATOR TODARO.

ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? 10 TO 0.

THE REPORT IS APPROVED. REPORT NUMBER 9 FROM THE ENERGY ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.

LEGISLATOR BARGNESI? IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION APPROVAL BY LEGISLATOR BARGNESI, SECOND BY THE MAJORITY LEADER.

ALL IN FAVOR OR I'M SORRY, ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? THE REPORT IS APPROVED. REPORT NUMBER 8 FROM THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.

LEGISLATOR DUPRE? THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO MOVE

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OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM LEGISLATOR DUPRE, MULTIPLE SECONDS TO SEPARATE ITEM NUMBER 4.

UH, ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT IS APPROVED.

LEGISLATOR DUPRE. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 4 WITH YES. SO NOW WE TAKE THE REST INTO, OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY LEGISLATOR DUPRE TO, APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 4.

SECOND. SECOND BY THE MAJORITY LEADER.

ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.

ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 4 FROM THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT: LEGISLATOR GREENE, NO.

LORIGO, YES.

MILLS, TODARO, NO. BARGNESI.

YES.

DUPRE. YES. GILMORE.

YES. KOOSHOIAN. YES.

MEYERS. YES. ST.

JEAN TARD. YES. LEGISLATOR VINAL NOT PRESENT.

OKAY, ITEM NUMBER 4 IS APPROVED. UH, CONTINUING ON, REPORT NUMBER 8 FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. LEGISLATOR ST.

JEAN TARD. THANK YOU. MOVE TO SEPARATE ITEM NUMBER 3 AND 5 FROM THE REPORT AND APPROVE THE BALANCE.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SEPARATE ITEM NUMBER 3 AND 5 AND APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT BY LEGISLATOR ST. JEAN TARD, A SECOND BY THE MAJORITY LEADER.

ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT IS APPROVED.

LEGISLATOR ST. JEAN-TARD MOVES TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 3.

SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 3 BY LEGISLATOR ST. JEAN-TARD.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY THE MAJORITY LEADER. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 3 FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT, LEGISLATOR GREENE.

YES. LARIGO. EXPLAIN MY VOTE.

I'VE SINCE WILLOWDALE BECAME A COUNTY ASSET, I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, VOCAL ABOUT I JUST DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE ACQUIRING NEW ASSETS. I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OVER $100,000 ON A DESIGN WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO IMPLEMENT THE DESIGN DESIGNATED YET, SO FOR THAT REASON I WOULD KNOW.

THANK YOU.

LEGISLATOR MILLS? TODARO? NO.

BARGNESI? YES. DUPRE? YES.

GILMORE? YES. KASHYAP? MEYERS? YES. ST.

JEAN TARD? YES. LEGISLATOR BYNUM? NOT PRESENT. ITEM NUMBER 3 IS APPROVED.

LEGISLATOR ST. JEAN-TARD? MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 5.

SECOND.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 5 BY LEGISLATOR ST. JEAN TARD WE HAVE A SECOND BY THE MAJORITY LEADER.

ON THE QUESTION, ON THE QUESTION, LEGISLATOR LARIGO. I THINK THERE'S STILL SO MANY QUESTIONS OUTSTANDING ABOUT ERIENET. WE HAVE REQUESTED THAT ERIENET, THE BOARD COME IN AND THE DIRECTOR COME IN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN IT WILL ACTUALLY GO LIVE, WHAT WILL HAPPEN ONCE IT IS LIVE.

I DO THINK WE NEED TO MOVE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH MOVING COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE OVER TO A SYSTEM THAT HAS NO HISTORY OF OPERATION. I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN PUT THIS ON HOLD FOR TODAY AND MAYBE HAVE A LARGER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE'RE STILL ON THE QUESTION. ROLL CALL VOTE.

ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 5 FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT.

LEGISLATOR GREENE. NO.

LARIGO.

EXPLAIN MY VOTE. I'M A NO ON THIS. I REALLY THINK I'M SUPER CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE CAN VOTE YES ON THIS AND MOVE OUR 9/11 SYSTEMS OVER TO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST YET AND HOW THE COUNTY CAN EVEN ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WHEN OUR OWN COMMISSIONERS SIT ON THE BOARD THAT ADVOCATED FOR THIS.

I THINK IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE.

I'M A NO. THANK YOU.

LEGISLATOR MILLS. I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE ON THIS BECAUSE I'M A MEMBER, BOARD MEMBER OF THE PERIOD. I THINK IT'S BAD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

LEGISLATOR TODARO.

NO. LEGISLATOR BARGNESI? YES.

DUPRE? YES.

GILMORE? I'M GONNA SAY NO.

I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE I'M ON THE BOARD TOO, BUT WE'RE NOT PAID. AND MY QUESTION IS, RECUSING HIMSELF BECAUSE HE ALSO SITS ON THE SEWER AND WATER BOARD OR I'M SORRY, THE SOIL AND WATER BOARD AND HAS VOTED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FOR CONTRACTS WITH THEM.

SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S A CONFLICT. I THINK THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS ADVISED ME THAT I CAN VOTE, AND I'M VOTING YES.

THANK YOU.

LEGISLATOR KOOSHOIAN? YES.

MEYERS? YES. ST.

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THIS ERIENET HAS BEEN A TOPIC FOR A LONG TIME. WE'VE ALREADY INVESTED $34 MILLION OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN MONEY.

WE HAD MONEY IN OUR CAPITAL BOND, ABOUT $2.5 $34 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. I THINK WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO ALREADY.

SO FOR ME, ERIENET WAS CREATED TO HELP FILL IN GAPS. AND WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE FILLING IN GAPS, WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS. AND WE CAN'T CHANGE OUR DECISION AFTER SPENDING $34 MILLION.

SO FOR ME, IT'S A YES. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING UPDATES ON HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE INSTALLED. AND I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS, BUT I THINK WHEN WE HAVE SUCH A BIG PROJECT, WE HAVE TO COMMIT TO IT IF WE ALREADY DID EARLIER YEARS BEFORE.

SO YES. OKAY, ITEM NUMBER 5 IS APPROVED. LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTIONS, INTRO 11-1.

MAJORITY LEADER. MOVE FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL. OKAY, WE HAVE A

[ LEGISLATOR RESOLUTIONS:]

WE HAVE MULTIPLE SECONDS: LEGISLATOR ST. JEAN TARD, LEGISLATOR DUPRE.

ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? 10 TO 0.

THE MOTION CARRIES. THE RESOLUTION IS APPROVED. INTRO 11-2 FROM LEGISLATOR VINAL, MAJORITY LEADER.

MOVE FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL BY THE MAJORITY LEADER, SECONDED BY THE SENATOR DUPRE.

ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? 10 TO 0.

THE MOTION CARRIES. THE RESOLUTION IS APPROVED.

COMMUNICATIONS DISCHARGED FROM COMMITTEE, THERE ARE NONE.

SUSPENSIONS OF THE RULES,

[ COMMUNICATIONS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS:]

MOVE FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL BY THE MAJORITY LEADER. WE HAVE A SECOND BY LEGISLATOR ST.

JEAN-TARD. ON THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 10 TO 0.

THE MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS

[ COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS:]

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PEOPLE AND OTHER AGENCIES, COMMUNICATION 11M-1, THROUGH AND INCLUDING 11M-3 AS

[ COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PEOPLE AND OTHER AGENCIES:]

DURING THIS COMMENT PERIOD, WE ASK THAT SPEAKERS KEEP THEIR

[ PUBLIC COMMENT:]

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, ALL SPEAKERS KEEP THEIR REMARKS LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES. THE CLERK WILL RING THE BELL WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE BEGIN.

OKAY, WITH THAT, WE WILL BEGIN. TODD IS UP FIRST. TODD, COME ON UP.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. HERE WE GO.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE ALL SET. THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR AFFORDING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE THIS HONORABLE BODY.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF ILLUSTRATING MY POINT TODAY, SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A 20-OUNCE BOTTLE OF COCA-COLA. I BOUGHT THESE BOTTLES AT A LOCAL GROCERY STORE FOR $2.99 EACH.

BUT LET'S IMAGINE IF ITS PRICE VARIED DEPENDING UPON YOUR SHOPPING HABITS, YOUR BROWSING HISTORY, OR EVEN THE WEATHER. I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU TWO EXAMPLES.

EXAMPLE NUMBER ONE: FOLLOWING LAST MONTH'S SENIOR SOCIAL, LEGISLATORS DUPRE AND ST.

GUITART GO TO A LOCAL GROCERY STORE TOGETHER TO PICK UP LUNCH. THEY GRAB A COUPLE OF PRE-MADE SANDWICHES, A COUPLE BAGS OF CHIPS, AND TWO 20-OUNCE BOTTLES OF COCA-COLA. AND AS THEY LEAVE THE STORE AND COMPARE RECEIPTS, THE TWO LEGISLATORS LEARN THEY WERE CHARGED TWO DIFFERENT PRICES FOR THE SAME BOTTLE OF COKE.

AS LEGISLATOR DUPRE BUYS COKE PRODUCTS EVERY WEEK FROM THAT STORE, AN ALGORITHM HAS DETERMINED HE WILL PAY MORE FOR THESE ITEMS AND CHARGES HIM $3.50 FOR THAT 20-OUNCE BOTTLE.

MEANWHILE, AS LEGISLATOR ST.

JEAN TARD DOESN'T QUITE HAVE THE SAME SWEET TOOTH AS LEGISLATOR LEGISLATOR DUPRE.

SHE IS CHARGED ONLY $2.50 FOR THAT SAME BOTTLE, AS THE ALGORITHM SEEKS TO ENTICE HER INTO BUYING MORE IN THE FUTURE.

EXAMPLE NUMBER 2: THE WEATHER IN WESTERN NEW YORK CAN VARY FROM MOMENT TO MOMENT. IT IS SPRINGTIME, BUT IT IS A COLD,

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SHE IS CHARGED ONLY $2.75, AS THE ALGORITHM HAS DETERMINED IT WILL NOT RAISE PRICES IN AN EFFORT TO MOVE STOCK.

THAT AFTERNOON, AS TEMPERATURES SOAR INTO THE 70S, LEGISLATOR TODARO HAS JUST FINISHED HIS OUTDOOR YOGA CLASS AT CANALSIDE.

EXHAUSTED AND IN NEED OF A COLD, REFRESHING DRINK, HE GOES TO, YOU GUESSED IT, THAT SAME LOCAL GROCERY STORE AND BUYS A THE SAME 20-OUNCE BOTTLE OF COCA-COLA. DUE TO INCREASED DEMAND AS TEMPERATURES SOARED, HE IS CHARGED A WHOPPING $4.

WHILE THESE EXAMPLES ARE MERELY HYPOTHETICAL RIGHT NOW, EXCEPT MAYBE FOR THE YOGA PANTS, IT COULD SOON BECOME REALITY DUE TO SOMETHING CALLED SURVEILLANCE PRICING.

SURVEILLANCE PRICING USES YOUR SHOPPING HABITS, YOUR BROWSING HISTORY, AND OTHER FACTORS TO DETERMINE WHAT YOU WILL PAY AT THE REGISTER. ITS PURPOSE IS SIMPLE: TO INCREASE PROFITS FOR RETAILERS EMPLOYING SUCH TECHNOLOGY AT THE EXPENSE OF THOSE WHO SHOP THERE.

PROPONENTS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY LIKE TO REFER TO IT AS, QUOTE, PERSONALIZED PRICING, WHICH ALL SOUNDS VERY NICE.

I'D LIKE TO CALL IT FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS: PREDATORY PRICING.

IT IS ARBITRARY, IT IS DISCRIMINATORY, IT IS COMING TO A GROCERY STORE NEAR YOU.

THAT IS WHY THE STATE LEGISLATURE RECENTLY PASSED THE ONE FAIR PRICE ACT.

IT NOW SITS ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK WAITING HER SIGNATURE, BUT THAT IS FAR FROM A GUARANTEE. AND THAT IS WHY I'M ASKING THIS HONORABLE BODY TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO ENCOURAGE THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN IT INTO LAW, OR IF SHE'S UNWILLING TO DO SO, CREATING ITS VERY OWN LEGISLATION TO PROTECT COUNTY RESIDENTS FROM SUCH PREDATORY PRACTICES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, AND, LEGISLATOR TODARO, YOU CAN KEEP THE BOTTLE.

THANK YOU, TODD. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS THAT'D LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? LAST CALL FOR ANY OTHER SPEAKERS.

OKAY, WE'LL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE

[ ANNOUNCEMENTS:]

THE NEXT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ANY LEGISLATORS? OKAY,

[ MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS:]

THANK YOU, CHAIR MEYER.

I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF PHIL LONGO.

HE IS A 47-YEAR VETERAN OF THE HARRIS HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'D LIKE TO CLOSE IN MEMORY OF DONALD CERRONE.

I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE IN THE MEMORY OF RALOA WILEY.

SHE IS SHE WAS AN AMAZING BLOCK CLUB REPRESENTATIVE. HER DAUGHTER IS FOLLOWING IN HER FOOTSTEPS.

IT'S HIT THE FAMILY PRETTY HARD, SO I'M PRAYING FOR THEIR FAMILY.

SORRY FOR THERE LOSS.

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