Good evening, and welcome to our first budget work session for the 02/2627 budget. Our first meeting will be this evening with the Department of Public Works. But before we get to that,

flow. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Okay. So just to quickly recap where we were this year, the budget is this budget, the 2025, 2026 budget was tax cap compliant. It had a flat tax rate compared to the previous year even though expenditures increased…

Couple of things. I just want to recognize once again the the work of our Department of Public Works who have been, continuing to come in at 04:00 every morning to address snow removal. You know, they did Brook Street on Monday. They did North Rivers…

The board also debriefed on a recent site visit to the Department of Public Works (DPW) Garage alongside Superintendent of Public Works Frank Balbi, and reviewed new recommendations from the Recreation Advisory Committee.

On the playground front, families waiting for the Dobbs Park replacement will be glad to hear that new equipment arrived on January 12. Bouchard said installation is scheduled to begin during the last week of January. At Gouveia Park, the sewer line…

Croton's fleet of Department of Public Works vehicles is going green. At the January 7 Board of Trustees meeting, Village Manager Bryan Healy announced the municipality will switch entirely to renewable diesel, a move expected to slash the Village's …

Duncan also delivered a reality check on the feasibility of a local softball program. He outlined a laundry list of logistical and financial hurdles: field availability, team scheduling, equipment costs, and umpire fees running $65 per game. The Depa…

In smaller updates, the council noted that new plant identification signs are now in the ground at the Garden Club circle, though larger signs are still held up over driver distraction concerns. Chair John Ealer said he will coordinate with the Depar…

On the infrastructure side, the Department of Public Works expects to finish sidewalk continuation projects at 61 Elmore and 40 Darby by the end of the year. Any additional sidewalk work will be evaluated in early 2026 once the village has a clearer …

A planned solar canopy for the Croton-on-Hudson Department of Public Works garage has hit a snag after the Board of Trustees rejected the only bid submitted for the project. During the October 15 work session, the board voted 3-0 to toss out the Sep…

Committee members fanned out across Croton to personally inspect local facilities. While the overall verdict was positive, the walkthrough yielded a targeted to-do list for the Department of Public Works. At Black Rock Park's dog park, John Sasso poi…