I'm looking forward to your return. That'd a good discussion. Return in a few weeks. You'll be back. I don't know if you covered this before I got here, but I do know that trustee Nicholson said that she had sent some comments in. Did did you do that…

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?

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.

Okay. Thank you. Yep. So I have I have a pretty I don't have too much to report. I was sorry to miss the trash presentation last night, but I was happy to, attend the Friends of Croton Parks meeting, which looks like they're gonna be happening now on…

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 …

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

On other matters, the Board unanimously approved a $1,789,929 purchase of a Seagrave Marauder pumper to replace the 20-year-old Engine 119. Trustee Nicholson called the doubling of apparatus costs over five years "not sustainable," and residents shou…

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.

And, manager, I'm sorry. The screen towards the audience isn't on. Oh. It's usually my job, trustee Nicholson.

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…

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?

okay. So, I mean, how I felt about this was really no joke no secret to anyone from the beginning. I I do just wanna kinda take a step back and say, and, you know, agree with my colleagues. It's I think it's super important to look at our departments…

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

Thank you. Thank you, trustee Nicholson. I got a wonderful surprise, this afternoon. I was over at the County Building, for a meeting, which I'll talk about, at some future session, but, with our, wonderful county legislator, Emiliana Ulaei. And at t…

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.

With the mayor's indulgent, if we can have the court clerk come up, I think she's probably the best Sure. Person to speak to that. I'd agree. Lisa, do you wanna just come up and answer trustee Nicholson's question? Oh,

good. Thank you. Sounds good. Yeah. And not prolong this any further, but just trustee Nicholson, you had some very good process questions here, and I think it's worth emphasizing that, like, the New York Conference of Mayors is very supportive of th…

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…

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?

Alright. So I guess you would make a motion to amend motion to amend to approve. Do I have a do I have a motion? No. I just made it. Oh, sorry. So I'll second it. Second. Sorry. There we go. Motion by trustee Nicholson, second by trustee Slopin. Disc…

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?

Well, I guess I'll just jump in to say, first of all, I appreciate all the work that has been done on this. I know that, this was something that was very important to me. Certain people sitting at the stairs may have been annoyed by how long we've sp…

you, trustee Simon. Condolences on. Alright. Well, I wanna congratulate Eva Thaddeus on her completion of her first, meeting as, conservation advisory council chair. I also want to welcome back and welcome, some people to the exciting world of public…

Trustee Nicholson. Sorry. With all all due respect, I I completely understand what you're saying. I mean, the the this study will give is doing the due diligence, right, that we are going to look at the court and really understand up and down from a …

So and I defer to trustee Slippin and try you know, trustee Nicholson, deputy mayor, the mayor because I don't have as much experience on these committees. So, you know, I I I agree with the recommendations. A chair, if the mayor can make the co chai…

The session was called specifically to discuss "matters of personnel involving specific individuals," as stated in the motion made by Trustee Simon and seconded by Trustee Nicholson. The board voted 5-0 to enter the executive session. Under New York…

Gouveia Park planning moved forward with two contracts totaling $28,915 from the park's $1 million endowment: $5,415 for asbestos and lead paint testing by Quality Environmental Solutions & Technologies, and $23,500 for a site development plan by Imb…

Do I have a motion to approve? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by, trustee Nicholson. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Okay. Great. Now we proceed to our feature presentation, the presentation of certificates to the top responders of current…

Alright. Our next item of business will be the public hearings. The first one on local law number one of 2026 to authorize and override the property tax cap enacted by the state legislature if necessary. Alright. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second.…

Thank you. Anyone else wishing to comment on local law one? Alright. Seeing no one else wishing to comment, do I have a motion to close the hearing? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. Manager, would you like to re…

Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. Discussion? I just think there is an ongoing opportunity on this topic to be very I mean, right here in this meeting, we've made it very clear that there is no we're not passing this because there…

And I I would just add that trustee Nicholson and I met yesterday with the controller, Thomas d Napoli. There are a few other people in the room as well, but we we we we we considered at our meeting. And he went to great lengths, you know, to talk ab…

Okay. So the floor is open. Anyone wishing to comment on local law number two? This is your opportunity. Seeing no one wishing to comment, do I have a motion to close the public hearing? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee, Simon, second by trustee N…

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

Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. On All favor? Aye. Fine. Okay. That's very good. Thank you. Alright. Responses to questions submitted via email manager. No questions, mayor. Alright. Public comment on agenda items. Anyone wishin…