Len Simon

And I I would just say, manager, and thank you for the for the lead in just in terms of some of our discussions. And I I thought the, the draft of local law 10 was was excellent. What I've what I've interested in seeing added in there is is some some…

thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So just a few things here. Our Westchester Municipal Officials Organization met on June 18, the executive committee. It was the first meeting since the legislature had wrapped up in Albany, and we spent a good amount …

And but they gave a report on on their very vigorous participation in in Summerfest, and that'll lead to eventually the doing similar work on our national night out, which I think is August August 2, I think it is. But but certainly a very those firs…

DRAFT Planning Board Meeting Minutes June 23, 2026 8:00 p.m. PRESENT: Rob Luntz, Chairperson John Ghegan …

Deputy Mayor Len Simon noted that the board had set aside funding for the position during spring budget deliberations. "I'm very grateful that we set aside funding for the future hiring of of an assistant village manager," Simon said, calling the po…

Well, mayor, first, going back to, our budget, consideration in the in the spring leading up to adoption of the budget. At the end of April, I'm I'm very grateful that we set aside funding for the future hiring of of an assistant village manager. I t…

And, you know, particularly since I I, for one, would would not look forward to tasking the the manager with with the additional work of having to go through what I I consider to be, you know, one of the most important hires that we've had in the vil…

DRAFT Planning Board Meeting Minutes May 26, 2026 8:00 p.m. PRESENT: John Ghegan Geoffrey Haynes – Acti…

DRAFT Planning Board Meeting Minutes May 12, 2026 8:00 p.m. PRESENT: Rob Luniz John Ghegan Geoffrey Haynes Steve Krisky Eva Thaddeus ALSO PRESENT: Vincent Salanitro, P.E., Village Engineer Jeannette Koster, Village Attorney (via Zoom) Bill Brady, AIP…

Mayor, ordinarily, I find, you know, one, perhaps two items to mention about, that are on the consent agenda, but I actually have a few a few more because they're they're, in in many cases, just all all such good news. I just wanted to congratulate o…

On the April 27, we had just a wonderful event at Croton Landing with the Open Space Institute, which is now put on a revised and updated sign where there's sort of a fork and the the the walkway splits in two. It's actually very near our Peace Pole.…

She she put together an excellent textile recycling program, and and, I was I was impressed by how much was there and how ambitious her plans were for that. So, thank you to Matt and Dana on the bicycle pedestrian side and to Cheryl on the sustainabi…

Speaking of the heart committee, the heart committee met on April 9. The mayor and I were there. They continue their good work. There'll be an announcement and invitation forthcoming to the community shortly regarding their next great event honoring …

That one, we we learned in in some of the some of the remarks that some of the organizers had made about one in three of our Croton kids participate currently in Little League. So that's that's pretty amazing. On April 14, that last Tuesday, trustee …

On April 15, I was very pleased to, along with the mayor, provide some information to town of Bedford officials who are interested in what we've done in the in the housing area and discussion on some of our projects. And it's I think it's always enco…

VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS DRAFT MINUTES OF TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2026 PRESENT: Doug Olcott, Acting Chairman Bill Goldsmith Matt Berger ABSENT: Jam…

Just a question about, so these are only on village roads, so for example, if we didn't get any chips money for Route 129, which is a New York that's a state road. Yeah. It's owned and maintained by New York City. Can't pave a pothole on that or

gave $14,000,000 from, you know, for various priority projects, but Route 2129 wasn't one of them. So I'm I mean, I know there are a lot of other I've been on those other roads and they're terrible. I'm I'm, you know yeah. I I know, you know Region I…

Miss Major, we I don't know if this was on your list, but and I don't know if it's funding or just tapping into the communication agency and working with the fire department, but that idea of just helping to drive recruitment, retention, and educatio…

right before there, you know, I think that we don't have to deal with it now, but, you know, I think we've we've promised ourselves that at some point, we would we would reconsider or at least think about the recreation fees for ADUs? You know, curre…

great. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. I know they'll appreciate that. Yeah. Mark, I was $40,100. Mark, I just wanted to say that, you know, trustee Nachtaler and and I are liaisons to the seniors. So, you know, whenever we can on, you know, most Fridays, we we we …

trustee reports next week, but just as long as we're talking about the budget, the historian's presentation at the Yacht Club this past Friday night on the destruction of Riverside Mhmm. Was not only fantastic, but probably the best attended of those…

DRAFT Planning Board Meeting Minutes April 14, 2026 8:00 p.m. PRESENT: Rob Luntz John Ghegan …

Chief, thanks thanks very much for the excellent budget and appreciate the details. One thing I wanted to point out in case, you know, folks were wondering, you know, over the last couple of weeks, we approved that significant purchase for the body w…

And I just wanted to add just as we're I think as we're close to wrapping up, just we have coming up one of the best things I think we do twice a year actually, which is drug take back day on Saturday, April 25. That's a partnership with the public, …

And I I might add also that, you know, some of, you know, one of the things we we were talking about earlier is overtime. And, you know, a lot of the overtime, you you can't anticipate it in advance that things happen, conditions change, and, you kno…

Oh, so moved. Second.

You're coughing real quick. Please.

The WAC reviewed the 44 LWRP policies and identified applicable policies, as noted in the memo attached. Since there is nothing in the referrals that is inconsistent, the WAC made a recommendation of consistency. MOTION: Stuart Greenbaum made a reco…

DRAFT WATERFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Monday, April 6, 2026 4:00 p.m. Small Conference Room PRESENT Len Simon, Chairperson Stuart Greenbaum …

And, our now that we've bought the sheds to expand the food scrap program, that's really all the additional cost we should have, larger volume there. Because the the Yes. It shouldn't because the county is not gonna increase. They'll increase other t…

On on that, not to not to complicate things further, but we're we're in the very early stages of a conversation with the schools about them coming into our composting program somehow or another. Great. We've we've agreed to talk. Significantly. Yes. …

Great presentation. And I I would just say, you know, the the the guidance that you give us, you know, on, you know, each one of the 18 or 20 accounts, very helpful just in terms of the the insights on the on the individual accounts. Appreciate that.…

and trustee Nixon, good good thoughts on, I think, on the on the leaf blowers as well as from from our participants. And it's it's it's on our list. We know it's on our list, and it's just a question of of of addressing it at some point. But soon, I …

There's actually work towards a bike rodeo that the that the schools there's a wonderful phys ed teacher in the schools that's pulling that all together, and we'll have we'll have more information on that, I think, you know, fairly soon. But it was a…

We'll be once I, have a chance to talk to the manager about his schedule for next week, we're gonna we're gonna be, trying to pinpoint, where our expansion will be both in Senasco Park and North Riverside. And as we look towards the future of what th…

VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS DRAFT MINUTES OF TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2026 PRESENT: James Tuman, Chairman Ethan Lewis Matt Berger Patrick Turne…

Yeah. You know, mayor, the the word table, I think, is you know, some folks interpret it different ways, but I think it's our intent to to put this aside for for a period. And how and under what circumstances we return to it, I think, is at this poin…

So there's, there's funding, from project mover that is set aside for what they call bike boulevards, and we were able to or I should say the bike committee was able to find a couple of projects, that could potentially, meet what they're looking for …

I should manager, do do you wanna talk about the rotary DBW, or do want me to mention it? Okay. I'll just go ahead. The we we are looking we were looking for a an organization to sponsor an event and and undertake, you know, whatever fundraising was …

Planning Board Meeting Minutes f February 24, 2026 IN 8:00 p.m. PPROVED PRESENT: Rob Luntz (Absent) John Ghegan Geoffrey Haynes Steve Krisky Eva Thaddeus ALSO PRESENT: Vincent Salanitro, P.E., Village Engineer Joshua Subin, Village Attorney Stacey Na…

MINUTES – Croton Sust. Comm. (SC) – 10:00 AM Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026 – via zoom Members Attending: Absent: Edwin Adkins Lindsay Audin (chair, CSC Coord.) Ashley Clemente Dan Colombini PE Da…

Thanks very much. Yep. So just a a few things here. Again, congratulations to Elton Robinson for receiving our key to the village and for designing our logo, which is, I think, served us so well. Speaking of recognition, on Friday, at noon, we'll be …

Last night, our zoning board met. We had a very good hearing, a public hearing on 52 Mount Airy, a a project that's garnered considerable interest. I just wanted to whoever's watching this to make sure they're aware that the hearing record is gonna s…

And by the way, manager, I wanted to in in in, putting this, process together for them, I was looking for information on individual projects. And I must say, the the redesign of the project and initiatives page works very well. Everything was there. …

VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS DRAFT MINUTES OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2026 PRESENT: James Tuman, Chairman Ethan Lewis Doug Olcott Matt Berger Bill Goldsmith ALSO PRESENT: Ron Wegner, Assistant Village Engineer, PE Len Simon, Vill…

in doing these studies for other courts. Mhmm. Right? One of the ones that was outlined in their proposal was the village of Port Chester.

Let's end it there. Alright. Yes. That was my point. Yeah. It's great.

mean, they I'm sure they're in this room and emulating. The way of Eastman.

Thank you. Mayor, if I could just do a a quick comment while mister Deo is still up there. Mister mister Deo, for those that don't know, is president of the the ABC, the Association of Businesses in Croton. And his his comments, I think, are exactly …