"Would you want to take a guess at the age of the pipe?" a trustee asked. "The age of the infrastructure in the area is 1908," the superintendent confirmed. "So we're thinking it could very well be over a hundred years."

The break punctuated what was already shaping up to be an infrastructure-heavy evening. The board spent nearly an hour walking through the DPW budget line by line for fiscal year 2026-27, with the superintendent explaining changes in everything from …

So the age of the infrastructure in the area is nineteen o eight. So we're thinking that's Yep. Yep. I I didn't go back and look at if that those were one of the original mains, but it it It could well be. It could very well be. Oh, yeah. It looked l…

Because, you know, you hear you know, we we typically talk about 100 year old infrastructure,

Yeah. For no. Two more hubs, but, you know, those are paid for by by project mover. And there's there's, you know, there there's always some infrastructure funding out for more signage

So now we're out of water and into the sewer. Oh, let me just ask more water questions because and I don't know if they if it's more capital discussion which Sure. Is at another time. Yep. Right? But given the recent breaks, you know, and I I remembe…

Happens. But the guys and the team, they they do an amazing job. So Yeah. Yeah. They do. I mean, the most you can do is is is is is try to stabilize your current infrastructure, do leak detections, and and, you know, we flush our system twice a year.…

The capital plan doubles the road paving budget to $900,000, directs $3.5 million to infrastructure, and funds engineering design for a seawall at the train station — where the village just learned it may qualify for 50% county funding. Train station…

So then on to the water fund. The water fund, there's no, budgeted increase in the rates for this year. This is the second year in a row that we've been able to hold the rates steady. Alright. That's that's what the next slide says too. Then onto the…

Yep. Yep. And I think you reflected the residents' input from the budget survey Abs absolutely. You know, or earmarking more dollars toward infrastructure

Yes. Versus, right, other places. Absolutely. As we saw, you know, infrastructure has the highest allocation in the capital plan. And, you know, for example, with our road our road paving program, we normally allocate, you know, between 400 and $500,…

Will the proposed action result in a change in the use or intensity of use of land? No. No. Will the proposed action impair the character or quality of the existing community? No. No. Will the proposed action have an impact on the environmental chara…

Good evening. My name is Ed Riley from Drive. On the agenda, I noticed in a previous meeting under nine b, consider adopting a resolution for support of the village of legislative programs and project priorities. Most of these are directed to the sta…

know, continuing our lobbying efforts with the state and getting getting the what we need from an infrastructure perspective. And and in fact, trustee

Nicholson makes a really good point because, there actually is positive movement. When we went up to, the the NICOM meeting at the February, it was very clear that there was a focus on, three big issues, transportation, you know, through the CHIPS fu…

Yeah. Since it was, raised in, some of the public comment, I'd like to address it briefly, which is this discussion of, electrification. And, you know, obviously, you can have, difficulties with any particular product. There are a lot of, fossil fuel…

Thank you, mayor. Just some very brief comments on project mover. We'll start with a recap if we can. Project mover launched in Croton on July 9 and went into winter hibernation on December 19. So it was up and running a little more than five months …

How does how does that work? If you're you're talking about the infrastructure money? Yeah. Yeah. And it's, you know, without without, you know, thinking that we can just, you know, get get it instantaneously, it's enticing. There's about $600,000 le…

Well, it says it says funding for priority projects most in the infrastructure and public safety realms. Yeah. That was that's just the the Jilla brand is infrastructure. It's a Well, it's a water main. In keeping with the, same model, let's say, as …

I wanna express my opposition to the proposal to move the village court to the town of Cortland. While this move is intended to save cost, projected savings, minimal, compared to the significant inconvenience this would cause for both our residents a…

Okay. So if there are no other policies that people would like to review, I will proceed with the resolution. Whereas the village of Colonel Hudson has adopted a local waterfront revitalization program to guide the use of waterfront in adjacent areas…

Mhmm. Again, and, also some trail projects looking at, you know, especially in some of your parks if they wanna develop new trails or rehabilitation of some trails or expansion of trails, that seems to be a very big thing. And then also the local wat…

you know, just how we're building infrastructure in the village and

Okay. So it would be up at the end of the next fiscal year. The police are in contract until 2029. Onto benefits, as I said, they're approximately 202025% of our annual expenditures. Health insurance premiums increased by 8.8% for family plans and 8.…

this is this is the bottom line. Right? As of when I created this PowerPoint on February 20, the budget as it as it stands right now would increase the tax levy by 3.47% and then the tax rate by 3.59%. It would be a tax cap compliant budget if presen…

making sure that the parking lot doesn't flood in every storm. Right? I mean, you know, something like that, I think people are willing Well, but also that they're willing to pay they're willing to pay, you know, they're willing to pay more for the t…

give you a minute, but I just really appreciate it. And we had a whole bunch of seniors on Friday filling up by hand. So yeah. That that and that was fabulous. Yeah. And that their data was entered in here as well. That was fantastic. Thank you. Grea…

Croton’s Sustainability Committee met Sunday to confront a pair of frustrating infrastructure delays, even as the village notched a major emissions milestone by transitioning its entire municipal diesel fleet to renewable fuel.

The agreement covers publicly funded infrastructure work, including a water main extension from Wayne Street to Croton Point Avenue and a new sewer line to South Riverside—work paid for by Westchester County's Housing Implementation Fund, not village…

The board also authorized a project labor agreement for the publicly funded portions of the 100-unit affordable housing development at Lot A on Croton Point Avenue. The PLA covers infrastructure work — including a water main extension and new sewer l…

I'll do this. I am gonna read from prepared letter because it has the weight of 45 signatures behind it, and these are folks who are, who are off on vacation because of the rescheduling. Can you please state your name and address? Oh, yeah. I'm sorry…

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…

Thank you, trustee Nixon. And just, just because you ended with that, I'll just, you know, say one word. The the approach we took on a lot of those issues, whether signage, time of day, even, you know, shrubbery for insulation, it was dog owners and …

Croton’s push to become a regional leader in green infrastructure hit a minor speed bump, but village officials are scrambling to keep a lucrative battery energy storage project on track before state incentives dry up further.

Meanwhile, major infrastructure projects at the train station are moving forward. Excavation for 18 new EV charge ports—handled by contractor PISO—is slated to begin in early March, requiring a new 100-300 kVA pole-mounted transformer. Additionally, …

was appointed to the Police Advisory Committee through December 2026, while James Nadeau and Dan Ozaruk joined the Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee to help guide local infrastructure improvements. Beyond the routine appointments, the board laid the grou…

Watch your priorities. So just in case, since you guys are sitting here and you're not watching it at home, so we have the multi view on with the new camera system. Mhmm. So people who are watching this at home are seeing the dais. They're seeing Bet…

Which of the five municipal services do you believe have should have its current funding reduced or held flat to create resources for higher priority areas? Right? So the first question will kind of inform the second question. And then on to revenue …

And then, I know because I've seen this on prior surveys where residents have requested, drainage in parks, for example. So my question is where it says spending priorities, which of the following, you know, service areas is your single highest prior…

Parks should be part of infrastructure. That was a that was a typo. Yeah. Recreation is supposed to be separate. Like, if you look at if you look at the next the next question there, recreation is separate. Yeah. So yeah. Yeah. So Alright. Yeah. That…

And then I don't I don't mean to get too, like, tactical on this, but I know infrastructure, there's two forms of it. One is maintaining what we have, you know, just maintaining what we have. And then the second part of it is expanding infrastructure…

I I mean, I don't know if we wanna get I don't know if we wanna get project specific in the in the the survey itself. I mean, you're gonna you're certainly gonna have a lot of time to talk about that as part of the the budget process. But I think the…

On the infrastructure front, an updated village trail map is essentially finished and has been shared with the team working on the village's Natural Resources Inventory (NRI). The NRI team will hold its next public meeting on March 11. Volunteer trai…

Monday night. So scope of work Sure. Yeah. Yeah. So there was a there was a webinar that was held on Monday. The video is available on the website for those who wanna watch it. It was about a forty minute presentation, so it's not too onerous. But, b…

On the infrastructure front, the board authorized a $701,000 intermunicipal agreement with Westchester County to fund long-sought drainage improvements along Brook Street and Terrace Place. The village also took a major step on the Half Moon Bay Brid…

The meeting also brought updates on the village’s expanding EV infrastructure. A contract with Plug-In Stations Online (PISO) was signed on November 18 to install 18 EV charging ports at the train station. Installation will focus on sections D and E,…

The Croton-on-Hudson Board of Trustees took a major step forward Tuesday night on the village’s largest affordable housing initiative, unanimously approving an agreement that could channel up to $6 million in Westchester County funding toward infrast…

The resolution authorizes Village Manager Bryan Healy to enter an Intermunicipal Developer Agreement with the county and WBP Development LLC. Under the agreement, the village acts as a pass-through fiscal agent for the Housing Implementation Fund mon…

On the infrastructure front, the committee reviewed a lucrative proposal to lease village land for a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS). A developer proposed building a ~5 MW system on the dirt plot behind the Municipal Place facility, …

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 …