Frank Balbi

So as this as this basically says, you know, this was a project that was approved in the capital budget. We need... You know, Frank Balbi, the superintendent of public works, needs some assistance in getting the the, documents ready to go out to bid,…

Whereas the village issued an invitation to bid on 07/23/2026 for maintenance services on the village's various HVAC equipment, and whereas three bids were submitted by the deadline of 08/13/2026. Whereas the lowest bid received was from HVAC now Inc…

Whereas The Village issued an invitation to bid on 08/06/2026 for the annual street resurfacing program, and whereas six bids were submitted by the deadline of 08/27/2026. Whereas the lowest bid received was from Lewis Ronald, the Inc. Of Ossining, N…

Two. Bless them. Thank you. Whereas the village of Cortlandt Hudson recently solicited sealed bids for trade labor services under bid number 22 of 2025. And whereas this bid was broken down into the following categories allowing vendors in individual…

Whereas the village issued an invitation to bid on 07/30/2026 for the purchase of a loader mounted snowblower, and whereas four bids were submitted by the deadline of 08/11/2026. And whereas the lowest bid received was from FDR Hitches of Roselle Par…

The Village Board hereby refers the Draft Law, the EAF and the CAF to the Westchester County Planning Board for review in accordance with law. 7. The Village Board hereby directs Village staff to make any other circulations and Village Board …

Whereas the village of Croton-on-Hudson contracts with a tree service provider in order to aid in the trimming and removal of village owned trees, and whereas on 04/30/2026, the village of Cortlandt And Hudson advertised bid number three of 2026 for …

on 04/30/2026, The Village published bid number 42026 for the 2026 lawn maintenance program. And whereas on 05/18/2026, the village received one bid for the 2026 lawn maintenance program, which includes spring cleanup, mowing, and trimming for select…

Whereas flooding issues along Brook Street have existed for many years in the village, and whereas in 2023, the village board of trustees adopted resolution one forty two dash 2023 to accept the proposal from D and B engineers to conduct an updated d…

Okay. Good evening, everyone, once again. Thank you for joining us tonight. My name is Bryan Healy. I am the village manager here, and I am joined by Frank Balbi, our superintendent of public works. And we are here tonight to talk about the Old Post …

Yeah. No. You you you basically heard all the all the all the major points there. So, you know, it started as a sort of a pedestrian safety project. So that's that's sort of the the the center of what the design was. And everything they proposed is i…

Sure. First, I just wanna touch on the the flashing beacons and and just the reason why they were even presented. As everybody knows, the the issue with there, as I said before, the roadway drama, the the curving roads and and the hills visibility is…

12 WHEREAS Frank Balbi, Superintendent of Public Works, has recommended moving 13 forward with the low bidder, and 14 WHEREAS the New York State Department of Transportation has reviewed the bid 15 documents and concurred with the recommenda…

24 Village Manager Healy explained that the Village received Federal funds in 25 2009 to raise the train station parking lot, but because the Village did not 26 want to wait for that funding to come through, the Villa…

K. The first section we're going through is the general general road repairs and curbs. So there's $910,000 that we're asking here. Typically, every year, we get it's a little different every year, but approximately $500,000 in chips. That's New York…

Okay. Yeah. Okay. So we'll jump down to the ventilation system in the firehouses. So $60,000. This this is so when we did the EMS edition, we put in a a ventilation system. Basically, it it hooks up to the exhaust of the vehicle so they can start the…

Municipal Building. First one is manager Healy's replacement vehicle. He has a vehicle that is, well, in need of replacement. He's had it for a while and, know, it it it's time. So that's the the first item there. The second one, don't think it's our…

Sure. Thank you, Mayor. So, yeah, this afternoon, about 01:45, we we started receiving many phone calls at the DPW office regarding, people all around the village actually experiencing no water. It's funny. Just a few minutes before that, one of our …

Very good. And with that, we return to the budget. So we get to kick off the budget season again, which is exciting. So, you know, as we've done in in years past, we have, I think, it's 16 line items in the budget itself that we go through. So I like…

The so the 1,200 line? Yes. That's the 60,000. Yep. Uh-huh. So we also added some funds in the 2,000 line, requesting to correlator system. Mhmm. So that's sort of a a a sort of up to date equipment to help when there is a water main break. A lot of …

WHEREAS Frank Balbi, Superintendent of Public Works, has reviewed the five proposals received and recommends moving forward with the lowest proposer, USG Water Solutions, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Village Manager is authorized to enter i…

Whereas on 10/30/2025, the village issued a request for proposals for qualified firms to evaluate and make recommendations for the repair, improvement, and or replacement of the Upper North Highland water storage tank. Whereas five proposals were rec…

Alright. So, thank you everyone. It's 07:02, so I think we'll get started here. Thank you everyone for joining us tonight. I'm Bryan Healy, village manager for Croton On Hudson, and I'm joined here by, trustee Norrell Nicholson and superintendent of …

Yeah. I mean, with the, you know, with the plans that are presented, there's no real easy way, to phase that work. And phasing it really wouldn't save save any money or or or, sort of help us, you know, operationally. So it doesn't really make sense,…

Well, so, you know, we we haven't started with the landscape architect yet. That's one of the that's that's, you know, that's the initial design that we came up with. But once we once he's on board and we start working with him, you know, the reason …

- Other Programs Food Scrap Recycling: The two new toters (large green collection bins) were delivered to the site 2/19/26. Cheryl has prepped the announcements to notify the community of the program’s opening to all interested Croton residents. T…

The Village of Croton-on-Hudson has transitioned its municipal fleet to renewable diesel following a successful pilot program. This shift reduces the Village’s carbon footprint by 12.5%, cutting 186 metric tons of CO2 annually without taxpayer cost. …

Yeah. I I mean, you know, taking the like like Michael said, taking the flashing beacons out of the equation, it's not like a huge huge product. It's curbs and and some pedestrian ramps and some sidewalks. Not to diminish that, but it's not, you know…

Sure. Yes. So in our last discussion, I know one of the one of our sort of goals was to have a landscape architect take a look at it and come up with just an overall sort of site layout on on both what we have currently and what we can have, you know…

you know, we've been meeting with the the architect. We went with the structural engineer. So the structural engineer is coming up with the structure for the for the addition. They have to tie into the existing building and to the existing beams, col…

Renewable Diesel (RD): Len reported that the 3-month pilot test was successfully completed this month. RD will now fuel our 18 diesel vehicles, cutting the Village’s municipal carbon footprint by ~12.5%. He said DPW Supt. Frank Balbi was “upbeat” o…

- Other Programs Food Scrap Recycling: the two extra toters and other materials Frank Balbi ordered last month to expand the program are expected next week. Cheryl drafted announcements to be issued shortly thereafter regarding the expansion. They…

Yeah. Keeping Yeah. Up with the the keeping up renewable diesel is a great example. Right? Like, all this new stuff always comes up. Right? And and you see you see New York City do it. You see Yonkers do it. And and and and I'll say, in my experience…

The village website, the DPW page has, like, a request for service. And that's usually the most effective way to do you can always call, of course. Deborah always answers the phone. She always passes along messages. But the most effective is probably…

I I think there's a there's a couple. Right? There's buy in, having residents. You know, we there are like you said, there's a good core group that Yep. That are into it. They do it. That's that Yep. That's their thing. Getting everybody to me, it's …

5. REPORT FROM THE VILLAGE MANAGER: Village Manager Healy advised that the Village will be switching over all DPW vehicles to renewable diesel, the Village expects to see an annual reduction of approximately 186 metric tons of CO2 per year which acco…

And we have Bryan Healy, the village manager, and Frank Balbi, superintendent, DPW. And then, Brian, you indicated there's 14 people online? Yep. We're up to 17 now. 17? Is there a way for them to sign in or for you to record who shows up?

Just to add in, this is federal money coming through the state. Correct? Yes. Yep. And we're also working with Metro North for approvals and permits and whatever we're gonna need for this project.

And Okay. Yeah. And on top of that, as as you as you mentioned, we are in constant communication with all emergency services. So whatever changes in patterns or anything different that they should know about, we would definitely be letting them know.

Find a good summary at hitps://www.urbangreencouncil.org/decoding-new-york- states-all-electric-new-buildings-law/ - Other Programs Food Scrap Recycling: The old shed and all items in it were moved 11/29/25 to Lot G (far south end of train station p…

Whereas the village contracts with the cleaning services company to assist the Department of Public Works with maintaining village owned buildings and facilities, whereas the contract for the current cleaning company has expired, and whereas the vill…

WHEREAS, the contract for the current cleaning company has expired; and WHEREAS, the Village of Croton-on-Hudson recently solicited sealed bids for this work under Bid No. 17-2025; and WHEREAS, six bids were submitted by the deadline of November 10,…

Village Board of Trustees November 19, 2025 Page 5 WHEREAS, Santella Welding has agreed to honor its bid pricing for the upcoming year; and WHEREAS, Frank Balbi, Superintendent of Public Works, has recommended extending this contract, NOW THEREFORE B…

of New Windsor, New York, has been made by Frank Balbi, Superintendent of Public Works, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the Village Board hereby authorizes the Village Manager to award the contract for generator maintenance services to Gentech Ltd…

Next one is the Farrington Road steps. As you guys know, we did do a full design and bid on that project. Bids came in, unfortunately, much higher than the than the funding that we had. We believe a lot of that was because of the sort of the the rest…

So the the the circle and the islands are are in. They've been they they've been in. We did put some no parking there and met with residents. That's actually another we were out there every single day. Scott was out there every single day. I was out …

Sure. So everything depends on what we're doing at the time. And a good example is the EV chargers that we're going be putting at the train station parking lot. It's a relatively simple excavation project, putting in conduit and wiring. But we're run…

Thank you, mayor. A couple things. Our new engineer is starting tomorrow, so we're very excited to welcome him on board. His name is Vincent Salinitro, and he's coming to us from another municipality. And we are very happy to bring him on board and h…