Editor’s note: This article previews a scheduled meeting based on the published agenda packet. After the meeting is held and video is released, coverage will be updated with the actual discussion and any votes taken. Croton trustees will consider a $57,750 police staffing study, hear comments on changes to waterfront review rules, and take up a demand for state action on Route 129 at their September 30 meeting. Cannabis zoning referrals and a 13-street resurfacing list are also on the agenda. The waterfront hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Georgianna Grant Meeting Room of the Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building. The agenda provides public-comment periods for agenda items and other village matters.

Police study would examine staffing and deployment

A proposed resolution would authorize 21st Century Policing Solutions, known as 21CP, to conduct the study. The resolution says a village working group reviewed 10 proposals and interviewed three finalists before recommending the firm. The proposal calls for examining calls for service, overtime, shift schedules, sworn and civilian staffing, and community feedback. It also offers an interactive dashboard for testing staffing choices and anticipated growth. The firm estimates roughly four to five months of work, contingent on timely access to data and personnel. The proposal describes the work as an assessment of Croton’s own department: “Our analysis is therefore framed around optimizing and right-sizing the Department as a standalone municipal agency.” It says the village is not seeking changes such as contracting with the county.

Waterfront hearing and cannabis referrals

The public hearing concerns Local Law Introductory No. 14, which would revise the process for checking land-use applications against Croton’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. The draft gives the Waterfront Advisory Committee 30 days to make its recommendation, subject to agreed extensions, while leaving the final consistency determination with the agency authorizing the action. Environmental and waterfront consistency reviews of the draft are separately listed on the agenda. Trustees will also consider a waterfront-consistency determination for the MTA’s Hudson Line signal upgrades. The Waterfront Advisory Committee’s September 17 memorandum recommends consistency after reviews in August and September; the village board’s determination is the action now proposed. The cannabis item would send Local Law Introductory No. 16 for county and village review, rather than approve it. The latest manager’s memorandum describes special-permit eligibility in specified commercial and light-industrial districts, including Riverside Commercial and the North End Gateway. The draft also addresses security, odor, visibility of products and operating hours. Separate agenda items would set October 21 hearings on proposed sign and site-plan rules.

Route 129 and village paving

A draft Route 129 resolution asks the state transportation department for immediate hazardous-tree work and expedited full pavement rehabilitation. It criticizes the state’s August response for “failing to commit to a definitive timetable”. This is a proposed demand to the state, not a repaving contract or announced construction schedule. For village streets, a September 28 DPW memorandum lists 12,759 feet of planned resurfacing across 13 roads: Radnor, Darby, Batten, Penfield, Kuney, Hastings, Elliot, Ridge, Melrose, Irving, Emerson, Thompson and Elmore. The memo specifies the segments; its accompanying historical map includes Cleveland Drive’s recent paving, but does not yet include this new list.

Other business to watch

The consent agenda includes Village Trustee Nora Nicholson’s resignation letter, effective September 18, and proposed authorization to apply for up to $30,000 for court-clerk security improvements. Trustees would also consider $5,000 in additional senior-program funding and formally affirm using $500,000 from water-fund balance, rather than long-term debt, for Lounsbury Road water-main relining. Other proposed resolutions include accepting the 21 Cook Lane parcel from Cortlandt, a $73,491.84 change order for the Van Cortlandt Manor entrance project, and engineering services of $13,500 for DPW garage HVAC work and $14,500 for the Harmon Firehouse vehicle-exhaust system. The entrance-project resolution assigns costs above state funding to Historic Hudson Valley. The engineering fees cover design, bidding and construction administration; they are not construction awards.

Source documents

This agenda preview draws on the linked packet documents above. Additional originals: September 30 hearing notice; sign hearing proposal; site-plan hearing proposal; court-security grant application resolution; senior-program transfer; water-main financing; 21 Cook Lane; Van Cortlandt Manor entrance change order; DPW HVAC services; firehouse exhaust services. All proposed actions remain subject to the board’s discussion and votes.