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I think I think we should maybe try to break this down just a little bit. So let's if we can start with the penalties themselves, right, the the existing penalties that are in our code. In my in my research, it seemed like pretty much all the municip…

And then That works. We also with regards to default judgments for parking tickets, right, there was a memo that was put in the backup that came from Josh Subin, our our village attorney, and explained how that process works under state law. Right? A…

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 …

Hi. My name is Ashley Steele. I live at 56 Mount Airy Road, is right next door to what's going on here. I live there with my husband David Steele and my children, Tallulah and Nico, and we moved to Mount Airy thirteen years ago. And my kids were two …

Okay. Yes. My name is Claire Hilbert. I live at 60 Mount Airy. And, I just want to say that last year, my house turned a 100 years old and I got interested more than ever before, we've there for over twenty years. I got interested in the details abou…

Bernard Jaswick. I'm at 64 Sunset Drive. We're right across the street kinda catty corner from, Meredith and Eric. We also used to live at 61 Sunset Drive, which is the house to their right on the East side. We came in front of the board twenty years…

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…

Derek, looks like it's working. Especially given the limitations we have on the volume, can we limit outside noise? Away. Yes. Awesome. Can you see my screen here? Yes. Yes. We can. Yep. Great. So just a little bit of background on CTR. We're based o…

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.…

Okay. We got a motion by John Ghegan 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…

Okay. Well, then I would like to make recommendation back to the board of trustees that we have the flexibility to decrease it. I'm partly not trying to be difficult about this. The reason I'm bringing it up is, we've talked about this internally whe…

go to the top of the list. Because the lottery was only triggered by the source of funding in that instance with Maple Comets because there was a certain entity that state law required to open up to all the residents of Lower Hudson Valley. That's wh…

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…

Right. Generally speaking. So But there's also been other others where they haven't. So that's not the one I wanna talk about. I wanna talk about number four. Sure. The adverse impact impact on their fiscal environment. And I know we have a lot of ne…

You wanna show We we started developing a landscaping drawing. So what we what we do is for screening around, we never just put a row of, you know, green dry and arborvitae, which a lot of people just do. We try to create a a mixture of some holly an…

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…

Thank you. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the Tuesday, 01/20/2026 meeting of the Croton, on Hudson zoning board of appeals. Before we start, Just so everyone, in case of an emergency, we have two exits, one there and one there. We have two origin…

since they're they're just starting the process of this approval. Yes. Go ahead. Yes. I I I certainly agree that the building department has already received some notice about activities that are going on there that may need a permit, and such activi…

It's falling down. The roof has given them. So, yeah, the whole back of the roof. It looks like it's a bit No. I asked how high it was. I I saw that it's I I saw that it's in bad condition. It's it's it's starting to collapse, and and we it needs to …

So existing cottage doesn't conform. Right? No. It was probably pre date zoning probably. No. It it got it got the variances it needed. It started out, I believe, as a garage. Correct. And it got the variance for being closer to the street. And then …

In a lighter moment, Franzoso noted he's been waiting months for Con Ed to power up his all-electric house. "It's 37 degrees in the house today," he said. "And now I'm regretting not hooking up gas because I woulda had heat." The board also discusse…

Residents with projects in progress should note: as-built drawings are now a firm requirement before any certificate of occupancy at 23 Nordica Drive. Planning Board meetings shift to the first and fourth Tuesdays starting in January 2026. Written co…

They started with Dan here. I mean, Ron was there on a couple of inspections. You know? I mean, I I don't know what else to say. No. We're trying just to understand what the how the timeline, how it played out, and how we got to where we are here. I …

It is. Yeah. I didn't notice that. Yeah. I mean, that's that could be moved. Yeah. I'll I'll move that. I'll move that. I'm writing back to the border saying I mean I didn't see a dumpster. I don't know if it's there or not. I didn't see it moving th…

That's Well, I think it's structural. It was significant enough in the opinion of the current village engineer that it should come back before us for a amended minor site. So I'm not questioning that. And I think that that traditionally, the village …

It's very vegetated. So it's it's not as much off of that that I've seen. There's quite a bit from the lawns of the neighbors that run to the back. I don't see much come off the hill. We put a good swale in there, so it should keep it going, you know…

What would if in the in the local law itself, seems to give quite a bit of latitude to the planning board, and I'm glad you bring up the ADUs. It appears to me that construction of this house in that spot is really goes along with what the Harman Sub…

agree with you, and I don't mean any of like I'm saying, I'm not judging at all any of the projects, any of the people in this room, or any of the things. Very good friends with Leonard as well. I mean, I I thought if if you say 12,000 is the fee, 12…

has a good point. Maybe if it's if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Well, it sounds good in theory. Right. And but when you start talking the details and how it's gonna work, it gets really

And is this starting in November?

Ironically, nobody from the public showed up to speak on the amended plans — despite a blistering email from neighbor Lauren Davis of 14 Hamilton calling the project "a done deal" from the start, complaining about dust and vibrations in her home, and…

Yeah. And I I the other point that was brought up was just about getting more members of the community involved. And there might be other ways to do that, than putting somebody else up here. And, you know, maybe it could be with getting more people i…

I wasn't here, but can I mention three silly grammatical things? Okay. Page one, third to last paragraph, end of the second line, when the trash is collected. Okay. On page three, Karen, one, two, three. The fourth paragraph, it starts off Jeff Hanes…

It would be the the beginning of our new year, which actually starts the first week in December. Oh. So we So I think it would it would mean that we would be meeting a week later in December and then probably not meeting for a second meeting in Decem…

I think I can see in my skylight, like, at some point, right, it just slides down as it starts to melt. The whole thing just comes. And if you're right against the property line, you have that fence there. Where's it going?

Any other questions on the primary structure? Alright. With that, I will open the public hearing to see if there's anyone in the audience who wants to be heard on this application. Alright. Seeing no one, does everyone on the board feel like you make…

Alright. With that, what remains are the village minutes for the last two meetings. Oh, yes. There's two. So we'll start with the oldest of the notes from July 22. Can we even do August without Doug? We're not gonna be able to do August. That's right…