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Also attached to this agenda item: Additional Public Comment Assessment Consolidation Webinar Assessment FAQ Assessment memo Public Comments - LL Intro 14 of 2024 Resolution 44-2025 LL 5 of 2025 Adoption

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 #26-2025 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, the Village Board wishes to schedule another public hearing to provide members of the public an additional opportunity to comment, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the Village Board of Trustees hereby schedules a Public Hearing to be held on March 12, 2025, 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 consolidate the Village’s assessment unit with the Town of Cortlandt. Dated: February 26, 2025