Brian Pugh

Alright. Good evening. I'm mayor Brian Pugh. Welcome to our regular Croton on Hudson Board of Trustees meeting. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge of allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America and to the republic for which…

Yeah. I mean, the one twenty nine is regularly part of our legislative packet. I don't wanna be unduly optimistic here, but, I think that, you know, there is some cause for hope in the sense that there... Next year will will be a new capital plan, an…

I think that we need to take the report seriously, but at the same time, you know, we can't outsource our own independent judgment as a board of trustees, to the consultant, not least of which is because of the inherently narrow scope, that the consu…

Well, I I think it's worth remembering that 99.9 something percent of the time, you know, this position will be acting as the manager's subordinate, not as the manager's replacement. And I think that having the board having them ultimately be respons…

I mean, from my perspective, right, I think the big concern for most people is proximity to schools Right. Or proximity to places where children congregate, which is to say the upper Village during lunchtime. Right. And therefore, I am basically fine…

Package package stores. Obviously, if we're preempted, we're preempted, but I would make it as as expansive as possible. You know, if you're a gas station, you're a gas station. Not you know, that's your business. Mhmm. It would be easy for any any e…

So keep keep moving through through the presentation. I think Yes. What would you like how would you like me to proceed? Yeah. Sure. I think it would be useful to just go over the application process, which is not just to say the application process,…

Yeah. I'm so interested. Nicholson, to your point, as you noted, you know, we are moving ahead with the Brook Street parking. Mhmm. And so that is to say just because, you know, the New York forward is not the be all and end all. We are just looking …

who are proposing housing development could make their applications. Nothing that would be I think that's an excellent point, attorney. And I think, you know, not to put words in, Valerie's mouth, but I think, you know, part of the reason why we wann…

of forty years of service. Now I would like to invite the board to come join me in presenting the So, again, the first one is for John from our water department. He is continuing a family tradition of service to our village. So I wanna, on behalf of …

Well said. And, out of respect for that engagement and those contributions, we will not be voting on this law tonight. We will be taking it back, for a work session for further review to be informed by the comments from our respective, you know, form…

Good folks have nothing to For those that are leaving, please proceed on your way out. Please. Please. You're staying, please regain your seat. Alright. Do I have a motion to, an opening of public hearing on local law number 11 of 2026?

Alright. Welcome to our August 19 combination work session and regular meeting. We'll do the pledge at the start of the regular meeting, which is estimated to be at around 7PM, and we'll start with our work session items. So the first is an update, f…

And while we're on that topic, I'll just note, and I meant to mention this in our earlier work session. Although there is authorization for red light cameras, the village has currently none deployed, and I agree that should probably be a work session…

Alright. Thank you all for your comprehensive review of the intervening weeks, and thank you to everyone that spoke to tonight's meeting. I want to thank the trail subcommittee to the Conservation Advisory Council for a cleanup on August 8. And, also…

To allow to reiterate what Nora said, like, the three probably most infamous cases of tree removal in the village. Have one that was legal, but pre the amendments to the code. One that was illegal and not successfully prosecuted for a variety of reas…

And I mean, in that case, you know, we we don't need to live in the past, but what went to the planning board and was approved was a very innovative and elaborate plan to minimize the environmental impact of construction on a difficult site. And then…

Describing a general area, but I think you can knit together. And if you wanna call it an overlay in a zone, again, in the general Riverside area where you would have know, again, light industrial, for instance, has an existing bar in it. Right? And …

Thank you. Yep. And I'll I'll also note that, you know, going back to our budget priority survey earlier this year or the yes. That was published on the village website earlier this year. It asks we asked residents, how should the village manage its …

Well, it's the July 18. Chapin. That's right. That's right. That's what he said. On July 18 is our Croton River Community Panel, at 10AM, and then coming up on August 1 because we don't have a meeting between now and then. I'll note that we also have…

Con Edison came a long way in the last few years from, you know, when they had that blue sky power outage in our village and not even to speak of the shambolic responses to the March 2018 so storms, and they made real investments in resilience and de…

Alright. Thank you. I wanna thank, you know, everyone who's helped with some of our, wonderful public events, whether that be the Juneteenth celebrations organized by IDEA or, by the conservatory. I also wanna thank the American Legion, for their hel…

Motion. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nachtaler. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Thank you very much. And, as my colleagues have also stated, with regards to Con Edison, I mean, yes, I was an eyewitness to some of their, misdeeds. You know,…

At the end of the day, we have extensive, fossil fuel, networks that run throughout most of the village. Those do need to be maintained, and they're being maintained by an entity that prioritizes the value to its shareholders rather than value to our…

having protests and pushing for a moratorium. I would also just note the actual history in our village, right, which is, you know, I was there for the public hearing on our best law. It was not an incredibly contentious affair. We have two best syste…

I mean, it would there would be opportunity for public comment as part of the regular public comment? And, you know, going back to the land use process, this being both a special permit and also site plan, I mean, I don't know the specific statutory …

lines. Distribution lines that run through the village. They pass a number of private properties. Some of them owned by utility companies, not to speak that into existence. Right? But, like, anyone in there's already a private best on North Riverside…

how are we helping them, guiding them, supporting them in this work that we're asking them for? Well, you know, it was members of this board felt it was important that we take up the topic. It was the consensus of the board that we refer it to the CA…

Alright. Well, I wanna thank everyone that spoke out this evening on a variety of topics. I know that there was a suggestion made with regards to the placement of public comment on non agenda items. We will definitely consider that as we review our r…

Hoping to make a few appointments at our at the start or end of our next work session next week. And, again, on the point of outstanding people making contributions to our community, Patti Buchanan of Croton one hundred was who you may know from our …

Yep. Alright. Good evening, and welcome to our special June 9, regular special meeting rather of the Court on Hudson Board of Trustees. I'm mayor Brian Pugh, who's joining in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United Sta…

Chief, thank you, and thank you, officer DiMarco. And and thank, Havascob PD as well for Yeah. For their help. So would they since since it's on Havascob property,

One of the off at at on at the, commissioning day on Saturday, one of the officers just you know, because everyone was talking about it. One of the officers just pointed straight to Rockland. And said, I'm sure that's where it's There you go. Yeah. A…

Good afternoon. Welcome to our special meeting of the Court on Hudson Board of Trustees for June 2. I'm mayor Brian Pugh, who's joining me in the Pledge of Allegiance. With allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America and to the republic fo…

Motion by trustee Nicholson, second by trustee Nachtyler. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Okay. Next is we proceed to proposed resolutions, for readopting a home rule request to authorize the village of Croton on Hudson to establish a speed zone camera per d…

That's correct. Over the years, we've adopted a few or made a few different home rule rule requests. Sometimes they've been granted, though not always. And when we've received them, you know, in the case of residential parking systems, at least in on…

Second by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. Discussion? All in favor? Aye. Aye. Larry? Alright. Consider referring various correspondence received on the leaf below or law to the Conservation Advisory Council for their review. I think it wo…

Okay. Well I was gonna address that one. But, you know, there there may be some juror Yep. Entities that will be exempt. I you know? Metternority being one. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That that definitely is. Yes. Our attorney can look into it. And but I thin…

animals that are here Yeah. In our village. And and so that's kind of my concern. I I mean, I I guess, some could say I misinterpreted the provision about whether or not a domesticated animal is just pets or if a pet is a companion animal. But in any…

you know, this would be for the speed cameras, this would be down the road, by which I mean, typically, these bills get passed well, they have to get passed between now and the end between now and, like, the end of the session, which is the first wee…

what what is the next step? The next step would be for the board, it would be to wait for the governor to sign it. You know, it would be for the legislature to possibly pass it. The mere passage of, action by us doesn't guarantee it. In the past, we'…

No. Not at all. At own convenience. No time. Yeah. I mean, the the classic example here is some of our residential parking systems. I forget off the top of my head, but I I think in in I think we had two home rolls. Is that correct? For them? Yes. Ye…

If there are questions, please save them for public comment. That's not a problem. Okay. Alright. All in favor? Aye. Fantastic. Alright. We proceed to public comment on non agenda items wishing anyone wishing to speak on any topic, this is your oppor…

Thank you, Len. And thank you to everyone that spoke this evening. And as many people have, I I wanna extend our thanks to Eva Thaddeus and her capacity at CAC and for her, tenure on the planning board. A quick note with regards to the status of Eart…

ahead, we have on May 17, the Lorraine Hansberry birthday celebration that will be taking place starting at 2PM at Bethel Chapel and will feature among others KG KJ Denhardt, a very accomplished and renowned musician who was here with for our origina…

What does that mean? Garbage. So, like Well well, that when the lot is draining Yes. If there's garbage, it goes out with the water that's going out. I mean, the solution is for people not to litter. I mean, speaking bluntly. Right? It's like Yeah. I…

Alright. Great. Thank you. As is often the case, my colleagues have been very thorough in their, notices about upcoming events as well as their recollections of recent events. So I'll just briefly wish again everyone a happy Earth Day. I want to exte…

again, looking forward to a continued conversation on that front. Apologies if someone did mention this, but I I don't think anyone did, which is drug take back day on Saturday from 10AM to 2PM. Burton Commons, which is, I think, now a pretty familia…

Alright. Good evening and welcome to our April 16 work session. We'll begin by reviewing the capital plan and the first department will be the Department of Public Works. Superintendent Balbi, would you like to join us?

So going back to the $6.25, the the most important not the most important thing, but the first thing I think is, you know, I I appreciate the desire to gradually step down because the aging agent, the rating agencies, their financial analysts wanna s…