The Board of Trustees opened its March 25 meeting with a public hearing on the proposed $20 million village budget for fiscal year 2026-27 — and not a single resident showed up to comment. The hearing was opened and closed in under a minute.

=== EXECUTIVE BRIEF === • Vouchers totaling $1,147,816.42 across five funds approved • Public hearing opened and closed on proposed FY2026-27 budget ($13.79M tax levy, under cap) • Public hearing opened and closed on Local Law No. 3 of 2026 (zoning c…

Do I have a motion to approve? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Alright. We proceed to the public hearing. The first public hearing will be on the proposed budget for 02/2627. Before we o…

Okay. Are there questions from the board? Alright. Do I have a motion to open the public hearing? Thank you. So moved. I have a second? Second. Second by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. All in favor? Aye. Aye. The public hearing is open. …

Alright. We proceed. I'll just say before we go on to the, the next public hearing, we do have, four budget work sessions. This is that we're not adopting. Yeah. Yeah. We're in one of the we're actually getting confused. We're not my budget tonight. …

Okay. And, next, we'll be opening a public hearing on local law number three of 2,026 to amend chapter two thirty of the zoning code. Before we open the public hearing manager, would you like to briefly summarize the proposed changes to the code? Sur…

all the substantive changes in a nutshell. Alright. Thank you, manager. And with questions from the board? Alright. Do I have a motion to open the public hearing? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. All in favor? A…

Alright. Do I have a motion to close the public hearing? Mayor, I just want to make one technical point before we, proceed. Manager, we thank you for including it. There's a memo in there from the planning board. At the planning board meeting last ni…

falls into the category of special permit. The other one is Oh, we can I mean, we can talk about that in discussion once we close the public hearing? Okay. Great. Yeah. Okay. Great. Yep.

Do I have a motion to close the public hearing? So moved. Second. Motion by Trustee Simon, second by Trustee Nicholson. Discussion?

Alright. All in favor of closing the public hearing? Aye. Oh, we did already? Yeah. Still. No. No. We Still. No. Discussion. No. We closed. On the motion. Oh, is that what we did? We were in discussion. Oh, I'm sorry. Okay. I apologize. Or whichever.…

Well, I mean, as as we talked about earlier today, I've asked the planning consultant to include the comments on both the the size of the of signage. Right? Because that was one big topic as well as the attachment to the trees. I've asked the plannin…

=== EXECUTIVE BRIEF === • Public hearing closed for Temple Israel's wetland activity permit, site plan amendment, and special use permit • Application unanimously approved for new covered walkway, security vestibules, and perimeter bollards • Conditi…

The board also pressed the temple to test for asbestos and lead before demolition begins. When the chair opened the public hearing, crickets. "Looks like no," he said, before closing it and moving to a vote.

Okay. So I will welcome everybody everybody to the Village of Croton on Hudson planning board meeting for Tuesday, 03/24/2026, and call the meeting to order. We have a public hearing on our agenda tonight, which was opened at our last planning board …

from that block. Very end of the building Yes. Through the, libraries and stuff like that? It is on the other side. In the end. Yep. All the way All the way. Right. Just All the way. Right. For clarity, from the audience, if you wanna come speak, jus…

So we have a a draft resolution for the project, and it has some of the our standard sort of whereas clauses indicating the zoning district and that this would be considered a type two action under SECRA, and the the drawings presented are listed. An…

Looks like no. Okay. So, having, having heard no one, I would entertain a motion for closing the public hearing. Motion to close this public hearing. Second. I second. Okay. All in favor? No. I said all this is standard. Great. So I'm glad I read tha…

so as whereas the planning board reviewed all the, documentation from the board's consultants and considered testimony, during the public hearing process, It goes on to say that we considered health's safety and welfare and that the land disturbance …

No legislation was voted on Wednesday. All three items—zoning penalties, default judgments for ordinances, and parking ticket collection—will return after legal research. Residents should watch for potential public hearings later this spring if the …

Board Chairman James Tuman noted that multiple written opposition letters and a car accident report for that stretch of Mount Airy Road had been submitted for the record. The board declined to close the public hearing, instead requesting a steep slop…

=== EXECUTIVE BRIEF === • ZBA voted to refer the 52 Mount Airy Road subdivision application to the Planning Board for further environmental and engineering analysis • Public hearing remains open; all testimony from the March 17 session enters the off…

By the meeting's end, the ZBA concluded that many of the unresolved questions — stormwater management, steep slope analysis, retaining walls up to 14 feet tall — properly belonged before the Planning Board. The board voted unanimously to refer the ap…

**What to watch for:** The Planning Board is expected to take up the application next, with recommendations likely returning to the ZBA by May. The public hearing remains open, and residents can still submit written comments to the ZBA. A site visit …

K. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the zoning board of appeals meeting for Croton And Hudson. Today is Tuesday, March 17. Before we start, just so you know, we're well, we have a lot of people here. We have two exits, one out there and one here in…

Any other questions? My thinking on this right now is there's a lot of, uncertainty, a lot of analysis that you would have to do for the planning board that may factor into our decision here, and we're and we're not typically the board for that. So w…

Thank you. My name is Gabriela Mirabelli. The residents here tonight are not the ones who need to make a case. A variance is a legal exception to existing zoning, and the burden of justifying that exception rests entirely with the applicant, not with…

There'll be a public hearing. Will the planning board get everything that's been presented here? Will they already have that, or will we have to resubmit all those?

I understand the application. I don't have any other questions. Anyone else have any questions for the applicants? And we can open the public hearing. Oh,

Anybody else? Any other comments? So, let's close public hearing. And, what does the board think? Can you You have to a motion to close the public hearing. You have to vote to close your public hearing. You can't just go on to your vote. Well, normal…

Motion to close the public hearing. Second.

Residents should mark their calendars for the March 25 public hearing on the 2026-2027 tentative budget, also at 7 p.m. at Village Hall. Water bills will be mailed March 15, and the Village now accepts VISA and American Express for utility payments. …

Okay. The next item is that the annual tax lien sale is scheduled to take place on March 17 at 11AM. That'll take place in this room. And so, you know, we have been in regular contact with those, property owners that have not paid their taxes yet for…

Veteran preference category to include Reservists. In other business, the board opened a public hearing for an amended site plan application from Temple Israel of Northern Westchester to add a portico entry at 31 Glengary Road. Board member Steve Kr…

Village Engineer Vincent Salanitro offered a brief update, noting the state Department of Transportation had been in touch regarding the design center on Albany Post Road, with a more substantial update expected in about a month. Rob Luntz was absent…

=== EXECUTIVE BRIEF === • Opened public hearing for Temple Israel Northern Westchester portico entry (applicant absent; hearing kept open, continued to next meeting) • Board member recused from Temple Israel application due to membership and involvem…

The irony wasn't lost on the room. The public hearing for Temple Israel Northern Westchester's portico entry also drew zero public speakers — largely because the applicant didn't show up either. One board member recused himself, disclosing he's both …

**What to watch for:** The Temple Israel portico public hearing continues at the next Planning Board meeting. The Village Board will ultimately decide whether to adopt Local Law 3 and any Planning Board recommendations. A separate parking code review…

Okay. Alright. So I'm, sitting in then, for Rob Lunce, and, we do have a quorum. So we're ready to roll. Our, first item on the agenda is new business, Temple Israel Northern Westchester seeking an amended site plan for a portico entry, to the new to…

Okay. We got a motion by John Giegen to open, the public hearing second. Alright. Second. All in favor? Right. Okay. So, like I just mentioned, we're gonna keep it open. Keep this public hearing open, and we will adjourn this matter to their next sch…

The WAC's recommendation now goes back to Mayor Brian Pugh and the Village Board of Trustees, which will consider the local law as part of its regular legislative process. Residents interested in the specifics of the fowl ordinance or other zoning de…

Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. There we go. People always ask that. Thank you. Have a great night. Amazing. Alright. Now we proceed to our next item of business, the, hearing on, public hearing on local law four of 26 to add a occupancy tax to hot…

Okay. So the floor is open. So anyone wish wishing to speak on this, this is your opportunity. K. Seeing no one wishing to speak on the local law, number four of 26, do I have a motion to close the public hearing? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee …

Where yep. Whereas in 2025, the village of Cordon Bleu Hudson Board of Trustees requested home rule legislation to enact an occupancy tax on hotel and motel rooms. And whereas this tax, which is statutorily set at 3%, would also be levied upon short …

hurry? Yeah. Thank you. No no hurry on our end. Because we didn't we didn't check with the public hearing. So Manager, could you, in, you know, just a very summary fashion, tell us how

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 …

=== EXECUTIVE BRIEF === • ZBA member Doug Olcott recused himself due to a conflict of interest • Board requested updated survey showing existing topography, grades, and recent driveway changes • Board required applicant to flag all 26 proposed tree r…

What residents should watch for: The board left the public hearing open and will schedule a site visit once snow melts. Before that visit, the applicant must ribbon all 26 trees slated for removal and flag the proposed driveway and house footprint. T…

Thank you. Good evening, everyone, and, welcome to the, 02/17/2026 meeting of the Croton on Hudson zoning board of appeals. Before we start, case of emergency, there's two exits, one in the front or at the back, one in the front. Tonight, we only hav…

So we're gonna open up the public hearing now. Whoever wants to speak, we ask you when you come up to the table to state your name and address, and then write down your name and address on that sheet of paper that's on the on the desk. So I don't kno…