Memo on FOIL policy
resolution
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From the meeting:
Board Of Trustees — 2025-12-01
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Agenda item: Consent Agenda — Resolutions — Consider amending the FOIL Policy of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson to designate the Village Manager as the FOIL Appeals Officer.
Resolution, 1 page. Attached to agenda item: “Consent Agenda — Resolutions — Consider amending the FOIL Policy of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson to designate the Village Manager as the FOIL Appeals Officer.”
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Also attached to this agenda item:
Resolution 289-2025 FOIL Appeals
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To:
From:
Date:
November 30, 2025
Re:
FOIL Policy Change
The Village Board is being asked to consider amending the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL)
Policy to re-designate the Village Manager as the FOIL Appeals Officer at tonight’s meeting.
The Village Manager previously served as the FOIL Appeals Officer from 2022 to 2024. In October
2024, a resolution was adopted to designate the Village Board as the FOIL Appeals Officer. At that
time, the Village Clerk’s office did not have appropriate staffing to address the requests coming in
and respond to them in a timely fashion. It was noted at the time that designating the Village Board
as the FOIL Appeals Officer was the best solution to allow me in my role as Deputy Village Clerk to
assist with FOIL responses.
Since that time, we have hired an additional staff member in the Village Clerk’s office who has been
training with Ms. DiSanto to learn the FOIL process and the software program we currently use to
track requests. Our law firm also has designated an individual who can work with the staff in the
Village Clerk’s office to address questions of redactions and what is legally required to be released to
the public. After discussing this with the Village Clerk, we both feel it would be an appropriate time
to return to the previous structure.
As was noted last year when we discussed this issue, there is a tight turnaround of 10 days from when
an appeal is filed to when a decision must be made. Allowing that review and decision to take place
administratively, rather than requiring a quasi-judicial review by the Board, is a much more
streamlined approach.
Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the above. Thank you.
Mayor
Brian Pugh
Trustees
Nora Moriarty Nicholson
Cara Politi
Len Simon
Maria F. Slippen
Village Manager
Bryan T. Healy
Village Treasurer
Genette Toone
Village Clerk
Pauline DiSanto
Village Engineer
Vincent Salanitro, P.E.
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