Hello? Do I have the motion? And then we'll have the chief speak. You just so moved. Motion by trustee Simon. Second?

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. …

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…

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

Thank you. Yep. Thank you. Thank you. Alright. We proceed to the consent agenda. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Motion by, trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. Discussion.

Do I have a motion? So moved. Do I have a second? Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. Discussion.

Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. Discussion?

So I just wanted to highlight, a couple of things. Would like to thank trustee Simon for his hard work on this legislative agenda. I also wanna highlight that part of the, communication here is to, strengthen our relationship with the MTA, sort of a …

I will echo, trustee Nicholson's, gratitude to, trustee Simon. This is a big project that he takes on every year, and is really valuable to all of us and the village. So thank you Thank you. Trustee Simon. One item I'm sure, you know, we're gonna con…

Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. Discussion.

And you have five minutes. Hi. I'm Dave. I'm on Farrington Road. Can you hear me? Mhmm. Mhmm. Thank you for this time. I'm sorry. Can you just state your last name? Lowell. Thank you. Thank you for this time to speak. I'm here to talk with you about …

a good idea. Just have the the women of village artists at the library. So it could be women village government related volunteers or workers event. Good idea. Okay. So I, along with, deputy mayor Simon, are, have the privilege to be liaisons to the …

Thank you. So I just have a couple of things. I was able to to attend the trash conversation last night and, unfortunately, needed to duck out a little bit early before they kind of got to the main event, which is conversation around composting in sc…

Stephanie, your Oh, sorry. Thank you, manager. Thank you for the reminder. Oh, speaking of, woman leaders, where would I be without a key appointment? Valerie Lee is chair of the arts and humanities council. She took over on an acting basis, and the …

Aye. Motion to close. Motion to close. So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. All in favor? Aye.

Great. Well, thank you, trustee Simon. Does anyone on the board have any

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Alright. We proceed to add our last item of the evening, a review of our 2026 draft legislative package. A little legislative history, you know, we receive, entreaties to, you know, write letters of support or opposition, different pieces of legislat…

I believe, justice Simon always that was always in there. You know? And actually Is it the things we need from them Well, and actually, you know, this year, we're actually making progress. Right. We were you know, we've we've made contact. You know? …

Trustee Brian Simon, who introduced the failed resolution, said the Board's intent was simply periodic review, comparing it to a past study of the Engineering Department. But his colleagues joined the public in pulling back. Trustee Leni Nicholson sa…

Village Justice Sam Watkins, elected nearly 20 years ago, reminded Pugh and Trustee Leo Simon that they were both on the board four years ago when 73 of 74 speakers opposed a similar court consolidation plan. "Fifty-two letters were against. One was …

Do I have a motion? So moved. Do I have a second? Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. All in favor? Aye. Aye.

Thank you so much. So, yeah, I'm Patty Buchanan from Croton one hundred. I want to introduce, the team that created this quilt. First, Audrey Supple, who was really the lead crafter, this fabric artist that has done tremendous work on this quilt, and…

Evening. Sam Watkins, 30 Lownsbury Road. I have been the elected Croton justice for almost twenty years now. In the court, when we try to decide guilt or innocence of a defendant, we tend to look at facts. So let's look at a few of the facts in the i…

speaking of people that are maybe overworked, another opportunity for For the underpay. Deputy mayor, Len Simon, our intergovernmental liaison to dig into that issue more. And if there's something that this board can do to help, I'm sure he'll report…

Thank you. Thank you. And thank you, deputy Simon, for giving me some of the context for how the WAC operates because it is a unique type of committee that we have. One of the questions I had, manager, was do you share any of this information? So I k…

I guess I have what just might be a weird technical question. But in terms of the memo dated February 25 from the deputy mayor who's the chair of that committee. Even though the deputy mayor was absent from the meeting, he's still the one that submit…

I didn't put the memo together. It came from the engineering department. So I you know, did trustee Simon, did you review the memo? It might just be typical process.

Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Oh, sorry. Sorry. Motion by, trustee Simon, second by trustee Nacht Taylor. All

Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson.

Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. Discussion?

by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. Discussion?

Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. Discussion.

Manager, anything else to cover? I covered everything. Thank you. Thank you. Do I have a motion to close? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. All in favor? Aye. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

That's great. And then the other thing is, I guess it was maybe last year this time I got to participate in a call where we debrief Len, you and I or trustee Simon, you and I were on it together, where we debriefed after we didn't get a grant. I can'…

And trustee Simon mentioned the the expense of labor, but I think it's also worth emphasizing just the maintenance of this facility. We did have that study that, you know, conducted, and we are in a continuous contest with mother nature and old man r…

Meanwhile, the village’s battery energy storage system (BESS) 2.0 project at Municipal Place is back on track after Luminace submitted a modified proposal on January 27 accepting changes to the site access easement. To maximize the site’s potential m…

Steve Krisky made the motion to recommend consistency, seconded by Leo Wiegman. The motion carried 3-0, with members Stacey Nachtaler and Stuart Greenbaum absent. Chairperson Len Simon presided. The meeting lasted just 16 minutes, adjourning at 4:47 …

The Croton-on-Hudson Board of Trustees met behind closed doors on the evening of February 18 for a brief executive session focused on a criminal investigation. The meeting, held in the Georgianna Grant Meeting Room of the Stanley H. Kellerhouse Muni…

Under New York State’s Open Meetings Law, municipal boards are permitted to convene in executive session for a narrow set of specific reasons, including discussing matters that would imperil public safety if disclosed or consulting on ongoing crimina…

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…

Do I have a motion to approve? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Alright. And that brings us to our feature publication or or rather feature presentation, which is the presentation of the …

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 …

I have a motion? So moved. Do I have a second? Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. Discussion.

Alright. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. Discussion?

Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson, discussion manager. In addition to the, very formal recitals of the resolution, would you mind giving a brief, perhaps more plain language, explanation of the…

Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. Discussion?

Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. Discussion?