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Also attached to this agenda item: Local Law 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 #209-2024 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 terminate the Village’s status as an assessment unit; and WHEREAS, New York State law authorizes Villages to terminate 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, terminating the Village’s assessment status 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, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the Village Board of Trustees hereby schedules a Public Hearing to be held on November 20, 2024, at 7:00 PM in the Georgianna Grant Meeting Room of the Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building to consider the adoption of Local Law Introductory No. 14 of 2024, adding Chapter 8, Assessments, Real Property Tax, to the Code of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson to terminate the Village’s status as an assessment unit. Dated: November 6, 2024