IDEA Committee

AT: re: minutes from the IDEA Committee -- minutes were from AI that were not checked. We should be vigilant of summaries of our work that gets presented. AB: no policy of AI in meetings and it will be a priority for the Policy Committee. AT: maybe…

It's a physically small classroom with a large class. Ed Riely spoke on things handled poorly by school districts, COVID epidemic and shutdown, aftermath of George Floyd and DEI frenzy. Wave of censorship resulted which is concerning. IDEA Committee…

"Personally, I'm grateful for the Croton Chronicle," she said. "While I get criticized from the Chronicle, I still appreciate that it's here." Pugh defended the volunteer bodies: "I think that our committees should be judged on their work product a…

competence and the abilities of our Department of Public Works operating under a licensed engineer with two incredible two or three incredible, managers and foremen that have built things that this village has never complicated contemplated building …

So I think I'll take this opportunity to note that our committees are comprised almost entirely of residents, all of whom are serving in a volunteer capacity. I think that our committees should be judged on their work product and not stray remarks or…

Name is Ed Riely from Drive. First comment I'd like to make is on the idea committee's presentation in the theater over in the center of town on June Juneteenth. And I I wanted to cry a tendency from that idea committee to be negative about history, …

The mayor was there as well for just a wonderful concert that they had on all of the June 10 themes, both adults and and kids, which is, of course, what you'd expect from from the Bennett conservatory. Just a great asset here in in Croton. And with r…

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…

Summerfest was a huge success and thanked everyone who worked on it, happy that more flags will be placed around the Village in celebration of our 250th, happy to report that the IDEA Committee had posted their agenda for t…

Trustee Nicholson stated that during the Recreation Advisory Committee meeting a question was raised regarding supervision at Black Rock Park, thanked the Arts and Humanities Committee for a beautiful Peace Pole dedication, as…

Trustee Nachtaler stated that one of the big concerns about data centers is the amount of energy they use and the trend to increase energy expenses around them and we need to understand how this would affect Croton, this past …

So obviously hate has no place in Croton, no place, in our schools. And I think that, you know, I've heard a lot in these four responses about setting policy and and, you know, the board's role and responsibility of doing that. What we're not talking…

Meeting Notes - Croton IDEA Committee Date: 5/7/26 Attendees: Faith, Kyla, Cara, Kathleen, Allison, Stacy, Amy, Lynda, Cristina 1. Women's History Month Placards (Historic Croton Women) Discussion Points: • CCOA (Croton Council on the Arts) is …

• Strong interest in involving local historical expertise and youth. 4. IDEA Committee Operations Discussion Points: • Kyla officially welcomed as Vice Chair. • Subcommittees for Juneteenth, SummerFest, and Pride Flag Raising were identified. •…

• Collaboration with high school and junior high school clubs (Social Action, History, Marketing, Women's Empowerment, school newspapers) is suggested for future involvement. Decisions Made: • The IDEA Committee will co-sponsor and co-chair next…

Ed Riely, 110 Truesdale Drive, Croton on Hudson, stated that it was difficult to read the information during the Budget hearings and suggested having larger screens to make it easier for the public to see the detailed information, …

The person gets credit for sending information, and the rest of the village who's attending in person or remotely knows what some people are concerned about. Because, that's the way people that's the way trustees' attention is drawn to problems, and …

I wanna welcome or welcome Kedra Flaherty to the exciting world of public service. I would like to appoint her to the arts and humanities committee and, also appoint, Kyla Black as vice chair of the idea committee at the request of the chair. I don't…

Okay. Next is, $80.40. So, the funding for IDEA and Lorraine Hansberry, those are the amounts that were requested by those committees, which are increased, I think, from last year. Sorry. Hold on. So idea committee had 3,000 last year and they've ask…

So And the idea committee, I mean, they kind of ran out of funds pretty early on this year, I think in January. So, you know, we kind of missed the opportunity to have some cultural events. We wanted to do a cultural event around Black History Month.…

No. Yeah. The web the old website will be active until the new one's ready. Yep. Great. Thank you. Yep. And I would just, you know, speaking on on behalf of the idea committee, you know, just making sure that we're, you know, using best practices to …

Right? I mean, I think that it and that this clarified that it was, like, a absolutely no. Right? I mean, how it reads. So I I think we need to have that conversation before we sort of say that, because there are committees, like, for example, the id…

I'm not accusing Hansberry of anything other than being a communist or very close to being a communist. And I'm not saying she was a violent person. I I don't believe she was. She wrote one of the most beautiful plays, probably the 10 best plays in t…

Thank you. So I'll just speak to, the idea committee. So, I'm the liaison for that committee. And, you know, it's interesting when two people can be in a room and have a very different sense of what happened in that room. But, you know, from my persp…

formations. Right? So it varies on committee. No. I mean, there's really no I mean, in terms of your advisory committees, there's really no legislated residency requirement. We did we had some, like, ambiguous well, there was some ambiguous language …

Riley from Truesdale Drive. Few few quick comments before we get down to business. The human rights presentation at the library, which was done by an outstanding presenter, mister Mayo Gregory Bartlett, a lawyer. And the Human Rights Commissioner was…

On motion by Trustee Simon and seconded by Trustee Nachtaler the Board approved the following appointments with a 3-0 vote. Village Board of Trustees January 21, 2026 Page 12 Adriana Zavala | IDEA Committee Term Ending 12/26 There being no further…

Okay. Very good. So tonight, I would like to appoint Shiloh Shade to the Conservation Advisory Council, Dana Nicholson to the Bicycle Pedestrian Committee, Syed Hosseini as the alternate to the planning board, and Adriana Zavala to the idea committee…

e "Croton Loves All" Campaign Proposal: Millie proposed a "Croton Loves All" campaign, aiming to build belonging through love, using public visibility (signs, decals, apparel), digital presence, and partnerships. This campaign is a direct response to…

Meeting Notes: Idea Committee Date: 1/9 Attendees: Cristina, Will, Millie, Cara, Kyla, Mr. Riley, Romy, Vanessa, Faith Key Points e Community Incident: A racist incident occurred on December 11th involving Millie's children at Shoprite. This incid…

Because the IDEA Committee operates as a village government body, it cannot directly run or finance the campaign. However, committee members agreed to support the initiative as private citizens, with members like Cara and Karen offering design and co…

e Mr. Delgado’s Facebook page reaches an audience beyond Croton and events may see a major upturn in attendance. Groups hosting events should be aware of possible large attendance from people outside of Croton if the event is advertised on Mr. Delgad…

Mayor Pugh stated that he had the honor of swearing in the new EMS officers and presenting Certificates of Appreciation to the outgoing officers. On Motion by Trustee Simon and seconded by Trustee Nicholson the Board of Trustees approved the followin…

So I had the honor of swearing in our EMS officers on Saturday and presenting certificates of appreciation to the outgoing officers, Richard Ellison, John Delaney, and Anita Domenello. So congratulations to the new officers and thank everyone in the …

And Riely and Truesdale Drive. This is a continuation of a previous meeting, but you're addressing it here in terms of the conduct of your committees. Perhaps that the village manager can address this. I've asked him to do so before. He's done everyt…

Word from the village manager. Yes. Thank you, mayor. So I will start with some of the questions that we just received. So the village has not been a member of ICLI for at least the eight years that I've been here. I think we were not a member even b…

REPORT BY THE VILLAGE MANAGER: Village Manager Healy addressed some questions raised this evening: The Village has not been a member of the ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability for at least 8 years and possibly longer. At the time when the Bo…

but not take away somebody's ability to attend both meetings in a meaningful way. So, like, for example, at the idea committee, there are a committee that has representation from the school Right. Right? So in this instance, the all the idea committe…

Because that's the other thing is Well, we wouldn't want to appoint someone to three committees where their terms start this year. Right? And then they have another three year term. Names. So Sally Jones is appointed to the idea committee this year. …

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Alright. We proceed to the appointment of village offices, boards, and officers rather, and boards and committee members. So I will start with the committee members. As was noted, there's going be a larger discussion about, you know, kind of our hand…

participate in the pension plan or the medical insurance plan. And a person is worthy of their hire. This village board, I believe, does everything plus and more probably than the town board does. But I believe you're paid one tenth of what they are …

My name is Ed Riely from Truesdale Drive. To bring attention to the trustees and to the village manor. Couple couple of unanswered questions I addressed before. One is the pay, current pay for mayor and trustee of the village program as compared to t…

Page 13 November 27 a very successful turkey trot was held at Spencer Field with proceeds going to the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, and welcomed back Mayor Pugh and Trustee Nicholson and welcomed Stacy Nachtaler to the Board. Mayor Pugh stated t…

Board Trustee Allison Samuels reported that the Village IDEA Committee met last Friday. They ran recent successful events (e.g., Hispanic Heritage month at the library, screening of The Arrivals re: recent immigrants). The village is considering stud…

have to confirm on the schedule. You can confirm on the schedule on that, but that that will be you know, they they he talked a lot about kind of the the work going on at the police department in terms of the accreditation and policy work. So I that …

Page 15 Police Advisory Committee met and we look forward to the Police Chief coming to one of our December meetings to update the Board on their various activities, the IDEA Committee is working on helping those in our community in need and they wil…

members of the public can attend. And Yeah. The language could be That's what you're saying. But that's not what it that's not what's happening right now. Right? There are certain committees that their board of education members are serving as board …

I mean, I think for trustee transparent when you look here. When you look, it's like, oh, I I see this. Well, I think I think for a good example would be the library. Right? So, like, the the mayor appoints yourself as the liaison to the library boar…

So the only two committees that we have liaisons from the board of ed are, like, Ed and the idea committee.