Annual report to the Village Manager for 2025
correspondence
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Board Of Trustees — 2025-12-17
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Agenda item: Consent Agenda — Correspondence to the Board — Annual reports from the following boards and committees: Advisory Board on the Visual Environment, Arts & Humanities Advisory Council & Sustainability Committee.
Correspondence, 1 page. Attached to agenda item: “Consent Agenda — Correspondence to the Board — Annual reports from the following boards and committees: Advisory Board on the Visual Environment, Arts & Humanities Advisory Council & Sustainability Committee.”
Retrieved 2026-04-15 from the village's meeting portal.
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Also attached to this agenda item:
2025 VEB ANNUAL REPORT
AHAC report final
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Accomplishments and activities of the Sustainability Committee during the course of the year
- promoted use of Renewable Diesel in all municipal diesel trucks
- developed and sought a contract for a ~60 kW DPW solar canopy
- secured contractor for installation of EV chargers at the train station
- enlisted and welcomed new committee members
- extended terms for NY DEC and NYSERDA grant contracts
- hosted Committee table and exhibit at Earth Day
- initiated a textile recycling booth at Earth Day
- continued oversight and operation of the food scrap program and community gardens
- supported and monitored another residential Solarize campaign
- researched options for new revenue: community solar for street lighting accounts, demand
response payments for new EV charger installation, leasing rent for new battery installation,
federal DirectPay incentive for solar installations
- held walking tour of train station canopies for Yonkers Groundwork Hudson Valley group
- held 9 zoom meetings of the Committee that addressed those and other issues
- secured/pursued various media coverage of our activities (e.g., Journal News 1/12/25 feature)
Recommendations made to the Village Board (via communications with the Village Manager)
- fund and expand the food scrap program to include a new scrap shed and equipment
- sign EV charger installation contract
- pursue installation of ~60 kW DPW solar canopy funded by NYSERDA grant
Areas of collaboration with other committees
- Earth Day participation via the CAC
- promoted and photographed CAC’s Repair Café
Goals and priorities for the upcoming year
- purchase and install 18 more EV charge ports at the train station parking lot
- award contract for and install a ~60 kW solar canopy at the DPW parking lot
- expand use of Renewable Diesel to all Village diesel trucks
- expand food scrap recycling program participation
- develop Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at or near the Municipal Place facility
- near year’s end, replace six old Harmon firehouse rooftop A/C units with heat pumps
Budget requests
- $6K appropriation for food scrap program expansion
- grant-funded Municipal Solar contract for assistance with DPW solar canopy development
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