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Minutes of the Racial Equity Task Force of the Town of Mamaroneck
Held January 11, 2021 at 7:00 pm, via Zoom
Present: Jeffery King (Town Council member, Chairman), Sabrina Fiddelman (Town Council member),
Helen Horsham-Bertels, Diana Lovett, Andrew Tannenbaum, Gonzalo Zeballos, Lynne Murphy-Rivera,
Stephen Altieri (Town Administrator), Paul Creazzo (Chief of Police)
Chairman King called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm.
NEW BUSINESS
Diana Lovett asked the Task Force whether we should consider pausing survey and wait to hear from
our Legal Counsel on the issue FOILing the survey results.
Jeffery King stated that in Westchester, Dutchess and Sullivan counties, residents have the same access
to the survey. We should proceed forward with our timeline and not pause the survey unless advised
otherwise by Legal Counsel. Gonzalo Zeballos advised that there is nothing unusual about the survey
which suggests FOIL. Andrew Tannenbaum stated that while he is not a FOIL expert, his impression is
that there are exemptions on FOIL for law enforcement purposes.
Stephen Altieri advised that TOM gets about 2 or 3 FOILs per month.
As advised by our counsel, an unfounded complaint is not subject to FOIL.
Diana Lovett asked whether the documents generated for the Racial Equity Task Force meetings will be
published on the website. Unless documents are privileged, the Task Force Agenda and documents
presented for the meeting have been posted together.
Stephen Altieri stated that he will ensure that Lindsey uploads the documents to the website this week.
Additionally, will cross reference the links on the TOM website that reference the Task Force.
Review Recommendations
Jeffery King would like the opportunity to review recommendations from other counties to incorporate
into our draft. We will utilize a Google Doc to aggregate feedback from the Task Force on our
recommendations as drafted by Andrew Tannenbaum.
Diana will review Task Force recommendations and consolidate.
ABLE - Active By Stander program
Diana believes that the Village of Mamaroneck is considering this program and asked whether TOM
would also consider the program. Chief Creazzo does not think that this program is applicable for TOM.
Jeffery asks whether we can meet on January 21 (Thursday).
Open Issues
1. Resident who shared her experience on Zoom. What steps should we take in following up with
her? We will confirm whether or not she is a resident of the Village of Mamaroneck or Town of
Mamaroneck and Gonzalo and Diana will respond to her.
2. Survey data to be presented in an aggregated fashion with the report.