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Update on Tonight's Village Board Meeting: Remote Participation Details

March 12, 2025
Submitted on March 12, 2025 - 12:30pm
Date: 
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 - 7:00pm
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Board of Trustees Meeting
The Village of Croton-on-Hudson is providing an update regarding tonight's Village Board meeting. Trustee Nora Nicholson will be participating remotely via Zoom due to extraordinary circumstances, as permitted under the Village's Videoconferencing Policy, adopted in compliance with Chapter 59 of the Village Code.
 
As outlined in the policy, if members of the Board are authorized to participate by videoconferencing from a private location due to extraordinary circumstances, the Board shall provide the opportunity for members of the public to view and participate in such meetings by videoconference. The link to participate is provided here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89890273302?pwd=oCzXf1EdiMODMk0vKUNJziVejxKL9a.1
 
The agenda for the March 12, 2025, Board of Trustees regular meeting and all associated backup materials is now available. You may view the agenda for the meeting below or by clicking here.
 
  1. Call To Order and Pledge of Allegiance
  2. Approval of Vouchers
  3. Public Hearing
    1. Public Hearing on Local Law Introductory No. 14 of 2024 to add Chapter 8, Assessments, Real Property Tax, to the Village Code and consolidate the Village's assessing unit with the Town of Cortlandt.
  4. Response To Questions Submitted by Email
  5. Public Comment - Agenda Items
  6. Consent Agenda
    1. Correspondence to the Board
      1.  Email from Brian Godleski, Croton Little League Secretary, requesting to hold the 2025 Little League Parade on Saturday, April 5th.
      2.  Membership Changes from the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department.
    2. Resolutions
      1. Consider authorizing the Village Manager to execute an Inter-Municipal Agreement with Westchester County to reimburse $4,438 in youth summer employment costs.
      2.  Consider authorizing the Village Manager to execute a Grant Disbursement Agreement with the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York for a dump truck in the amount of $100,000.
      3. Consider scheduling a public hearing on the 2025-2026 Village Budget for March 26, 2025, at 7 p.m. in the Georgianna Grant Meeting Room of the Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building.
      4. Consider scheduling a public hearing on Local Law Introductory No. 3 of 2025 to amend Chapter 116, Environmental Review, of the Village Code to update the list of additional Type II actions, for March 26, 2025, at 7 p.m. in the Georgianna Grant Meeting Room of the Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building.
      5.  Consider authorizing the Village Treasurer to make a budget transfer in the amount of $8,120 to provide additional funding for stenographic and interpreter services in the Village Justice Court.
    3.  Approval of Minutes
      1.  February 26th Regular Meeting
  7. Proposed Resolutions
    1. Consider the appointment of Joseph Cunningham as a Police Officer in the Croton-on-Hudson Police Department at an annual salary of $71,876.58, pending the passage of medical exams and approval from the Westchester County Dept. of Human Resources.
    2. Consider authorizing the Village Manager to execute the following documents with the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company related to the Croton-Harmon Train Station Parking Lot: Property Maintenance Agreement, Release of Right to Repurchase, Permanent Easement Agreement and Temporary Easement Agreement
    3. Consider signing onto a letter from the New York Conference of Mayors to support the increase of AIM funding in the New York State budget.
    4. Consider signing onto a letter from Local Progress encouraging Governor Hochul to add $100 million in funding for clean water infrastructure projects across the state.
    5. Consider authorizing the hiring of Joel R. Dichter of Dichter Law LLC to serve as special counsel for the Village of Croton-on-Hudson and other Westchester County municipalities in Con Edison's electric and gas rate case before the Public Service Commission at a cost not to exceed $5,000.
    6. Consider adopting a home rule request to permit the Village to lease certain sports field fences for advertisements.
  8. Public Comment
  9. Reports from the Mayor, Village Manager and Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees encourages community members to use the normal chain of command to get answers to questions or to resolve concerns. Please consult the Village's contacts directory for information on how to contact members of the Village staff about an issue.
 
Members of the community are provided two opportunities for public comment at regular board meetings: one on agenda items and one on non-agenda items. A member of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes during either or both opportunities.
 
Public comments will also be accepted for the regular meeting in writing via our online submission form, by email to [email protected] or by hand to the Village Manager’s Office. All written comments, except for comments regarding personnel matters, shall be added to the official record of the board meeting if received by noon on March 12, 2025. Written comments received after the deadline will be held until the next regular board meeting.