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Also attached to this agenda item: Assessment Consolidation Webinar Assessment FAQ Assessment memo February 26th Resolution 26-2025 LL Intro 14 of 2024 PH Public Comments - LL Intro 14 of 2024

On motion of TRUSTEE -, seconded by TRUSTEE -, the following resolution was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson, New York with the following vote: Resolution #44-2025 WHEREAS, the Village Board of Trustees is considering the adoption of Local Law Introductory No. 14 of 2024, a local law to add Chapter 8, Assessments, Real Property Tax, to the Code of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson to consolidate the Village’s assessment unit with the Town of Cortlandt; and WHEREAS, New York State law authorizes villages to consolidate their assessment status and have towns provide this service; and WHEREAS, the Village of Croton-on-Hudson has been discussing this possibility since at least 2012; and WHEREAS, consolidating the Village’s assessment roll with the Town would provide a financial savings to the Village and provide residents with one assessed valuation for the entirety of their tax bill, as opposed to the current system of one valuation for Village taxes and one valuation for town/county/school taxes; and WHEREAS, the Village previously held a Public Hearing on Local Law Introductory No. 14 of 2024 on November 20, 2024; and WHEREAS, a second Public Hearing was opened and closed on March 12, 2025, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the Village Board of Trustees hereby adopts Local Law Introductory No. 14 of 2024 to add Chapter 8, Assessments, Real Property Tax, to the Code of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson to consolidate the Village’s assessment unit with the Town of Cortlandt, which upon adoption will become Local Law No. 5 of 2025. Dated: March 12, 2025