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.

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…

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.

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…

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…

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?

Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Slippin. Discussion.

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…

I should let me But I think direct making direct contact with those people, we know who they are. I think as trustee Simon said, if we you know, doing it at the fire council probably is a is a a good idea. I don't you know, we're we want to make sure…

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…

After approximately 25 minutes of deliberation, the board adjourned the executive session at 9:29 PM on a unanimous vote, with the motion made by Trustee Simon and seconded by Trustee Slippen. The minutes, submitted by Village Manager Healy and certi…

The dog park debate also resurfaced. John Sasso of the Recreation Advisory Committee urged the board to resume discussions, advocating for sunrise-to-sunset hours rather than the current 4 PM cutoff. Trustee Simon, who noted a protracted negotiation …

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…

Motion by, trustee Simon, second by trustee Nochteller. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Anyone wishing to speak? This is your opportunity. Oh, sorry. Yeah.

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