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 …

We do have a booth at at Summerfest usually. So, yeah, we we try to get all our, you know, projects out there and all the information out there on what we do. Next one is $51.42 snow removal. So we use this one, this line item, quite a bit this year,…

So I'll just add to what, Casey was saying about the lean process. Right? So we have in addition to the items that weren't mentioned, we also can lean for the alarm permit renewals for water and sewer charges, for snow removal, property cleanups. Mhm…

The Board also approved a $48,260.35 budget amendment to cover snow removal overruns from the Blizzard of 2026, offset by higher-than-expected revenues. The Village is working with Westchester County on a potential federal disaster declaration for re…

=== HEADLINE === Snow budget blows past limit as trustees eye grant strategy === SUMMARY === Croton's snow removal budget has been shattered after back-to-back winter storms, with overtime alone roughly tripling its allocation. Trustees also began m…

=== ARTICLE === Croton's snow budget didn't just get a dusting this winter — it got buried. Village officials confirmed at Tuesday's work session that snow removal overtime has hit roughly $200,000 this season against a budgeted $60,000. The salt bu…

"Before this storm, we were approximately 200,000 in snow over time," the village manager told the board, responding to a question from a trustee who noted the adopted snow removal budget sat at $164,000 total. "We are certainly not unique. Every com…

**What to watch for:** - Gueva Park public meeting: Monday night, where architectural drawings will be shared - Sign up for Everbridge alerts at crotononhudson.org under the Citizen Action Center — only 2,770 of 8,300 residents are enrolled - Snow re…

Okay. Thank you. So it's been a fun couple of days here in the village of Croton for our DPW and all our staff. The DPW put in thirty one hours of of time. They've got here on 4PM Sunday, and they were here until 11:00 Monday night. So, you know, the…

I just have a I was sort of looking at our adopted budget, you know, just to so I can turn this in, so I can get Oh, yes. Okay. But, you know, it looked like we we adopted a $164,000 for our snow removal budget.

But the evening's most charged moments came during public comment, where residents pressed the board on snow removal frustrations following the recent once-in-a-decade storm. Bryan Deyo, president of the Association of Businesses, said local merchant…

Village Manager Bryan Healy noted that free train station parking had already been offered during the storm and that crews prioritized business districts—Upper Village on Wednesday and Thursday, Harmon on Friday, and North Riverside on Tuesday. Mayor…

=== HEADLINE === Volunteer EMS Top Responders Honored as Tax Cap Override Stirs Confusion === SUMMARY === Croton's volunteer EMS top responders were recognized at the February 4 Board of Trustees meeting, where officials also adopted a routine tax c…

In other business, the village manager reported that DPW crews have been starting at 4 a.m. to tackle snow removal, with Duck Pond now open for skating on 12-inch-thick ice. The Quaker Bridge replacement is still awaiting Army Corps of Engineers appr…

**What to watch for:** - **Budget priorities survey** arriving by email through February 20 - **Duck Pond skating** open (green flag up); evening skating under lights delayed until next week pending warmer temperatures - **Quaker Bridge** update expe…

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…

Hey. I'm Brian, Dale from Third Universe over on North Riverside Avenue. I'm here tonight representing the associating Association of Business in Croton. I just wanna speak on the, snow and the snow removal. It's great that we have, the DPW doing the…

I'm saying is that I do think that it's it warrants a little bit more discussion, and it warrants a little bit more discussion both at the committee level and probably at this at at at this level. So I I know you don't have the the opportunity to res…

Awesome. Thank you. Okay. I wanna thank all the speakers tonight. It was actually refreshing to hear from you, Brian, from the business council. I that's new from from me at least, and I I really appreciated your point of view and look forward to dis…

I'm gonna start with snow removal and parking. So trustee Simon and I were up in Albany yesterday and the day before meeting with other municipalities. The hot topics are the same no matter where you go. It's parking and it's housing. So, you know, I…

it. K. Very good. So, you know, I think that the whole board has tremendous appreciation for the RAC's work and as does the manager and his manager Healy indicated, he's very happy to meet, you know, at when he's available, when his schedule allows f…

When I scheduled him, we didn't know if we were gonna have the storm the storm of the decade. You know? Alright. And speaking of that, I think so I was I was supposed to give an update on the storm in the beginning of the meeting, which because I was…

The superintendent also flagged that the department's large loader, described as the "workhorse" used for snow removal at the train station and loading salt, is nearing the end of its life and will likely need replacement during upcoming budget discu…

That's another meeting. Oh, okay. But and, again, you know, just the diversity of activities that you're you're undertaking there on our behalf, whether it's it's sanitation, public works, building things like our new EMS facility and all of our recy…

The permit system, originally launched in 2021, aims to curb commuter parking that residents say clogs narrow streets and interferes with leaf and snow removal.

With winter weather on the horizon, the board also unanimously greenlit a snow removal contract with New England Property Maintenance of Mahopac for the upcoming season. The contractor agreed to maintain last year's rates: a $70 minimum charge per pr…