On Saturday, I took part in a meeting of the drafting subcommittee on the Noise Ordinance Taskforce. This is the second of such meetings - which are separate from the once-every-two-weeks meetings of the Noise Ordiance Taskforce. At this session we were able to spend some time really talking about and workign through different sections of the proposed law and what they would mean in the the context of pre-existing laws and the comments we have received from the public. Councilman Sam Messina and Deputy Chief Tim Beebe from the Bethlehem Police Department were also there. We are really starting to reach a point where the overall scope of the ordinance is getting much more clear and the length of the ordinance is starting to really shorten up and become more solid.
I am really pleased to report that all signs indicate an earlier-than-expected conclusion to our work as a Task force and the delivery, to the Town Board, of a completed ordinance.