Sure. As we usually do, I'll read the resolution first, and then we'll open it for discussion. Okay? Whereas the colonel Hudson Police Department has been investigating the implementation of a police department body worn camera program, and whereas i…

I'll just ask the treasurer if she'd like to open up the the presentation, and then just we'll go slide by slide if you can, please. Okay. So this is our tentative budget for the fiscal year twenty twenty six, twenty twenty seven. As a reminder, the …

by the controller's office. So we're we're we're not making this up. Yeah. We don't the the state controller's office provides those numbers to us. Yeah. We don't have any any way to differ from what they give us. Thank you. Yep. So with that, so com…

this local law was put together, with the village engineer, our planning consultant, the village attorney, and, we spent a number of months looking at the zoning code to see, what items needed to be cleaned up and what potential, items needed to be u…

are they are not subject to our zoning code in any way, shape, or form. Right. So, you know, they don't they're not required to apply for special permits. In terms of increasing or decreasing the parking requirements at all zoning districts, I think …

Whereas the village of Cortland Hudson is acting as the municipal sponsor for the Van Cortland Manor entrance project to reconfigure the entrance, enhance site safety, and improve visitor experience at the National Historic Landmark. Whereas the vill…

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…

did did I would, Do you wanna follow-up on this? We could we could follow-up on rest of that question. Yeah. I have a couple of follow ups from the minutes as well. So Okay. You go for sure. Yep. So, yeah, in in the last meeting, we did make a couple…

just a very brief synopsis. Right? The village board last year directed the the staff to, review the existing, local law regarding signs in the village. And so I've been working with our law firm to rework the law so that it would there would, yeah, …

Then lastly, this is, you know, this one depending on what it act actually happens, but I think it's a little premature to do anything right now. We we could potentially. Right? Because this would allow the authority having jurisdiction, which is us,…

I'm Paul Doyle. I live at 121 Old Post Road North. I've lived in Croatan for forty nine years. I served on the planning board in the early nineteen nineties. I served on the comprehensive planning committee, which produced a 2003 comprehensive plan, …

Okay. So if there are no other policies that people would like to review, I will proceed with the resolution. Whereas the village of Colonel Hudson has adopted a local waterfront revitalization program to guide the use of waterfront in adjacent areas…

Whereas the colonel Hudson fire department fleet contains three apparatus including engine I don't know why. You have more than three apparatus. I don't know why I said that. Okay. Including engine one nineteen, a 2,006 Seagrave pumper. And whereas t…

Whereas the village website was last completely redesigned in 2018 and whereas the website hosting company Civic Plus is requiring the village to upgrade to a new platform. Whereas the new platform will have added capabilities such as the addition of…

Whereas the village justice court is led by the village justice, an elected official whose term of office ends on 12/07/2026. Whereas the village board of trustees would like to review the efficiency of operations within the village justice court. An…

to talk a little bit about how grants and how to decide when to pursue a particular grant, talk about a little bit on the anticipated state grants, for this year. Grants for potential cap village capital projects that have already been identified, by…

outreach that we've done or marketing you know, things that we've done marketing wise that then could be used as supporting documents to some of the grants that we're doing. And that is that is, I think, one of the most important things that, you kno…

The board reviewed draft Local Law Introductory No. 3 of 2026, a 27-page cleanup of the village zoning code. Among other fixes, the law would amend the number of fowl permitted on residential properties, transition certain special permit authority fr…

=== EXECUTIVE BRIEF === • Opened public hearing for Temple Israel Northern Westchester portico entry (applicant absent; hearing kept open, continued to next meeting) • Board member recused from Temple Israel application due to membership and involvem…

Other changes include allowing larger solar and battery storage systems on RA-60 lots, moving sidewalk dining from special permit status to a simpler resolution process (which has been the practice since 1993 anyway), and requiring four hours of prof…

**What to watch for:** The Temple Israel portico public hearing continues at the next Planning Board meeting. The Village Board will ultimately decide whether to adopt Local Law 3 and any Planning Board recommendations. A separate parking code review…

Okay. We got a motion by John Giegen 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…

And then, you know, just to summarize what these changes are, and Vince might need some of your help with this. So, basically, what these what the cleanups are, there's a bunch around, transitioning the special permits from the village board to the p…

we already signed off on the on the idea of us handling special Yes. We did. This is just to make the wording conform, in the zoning code. I guess what I'm asking is that your hope that we're gonna resolve all these, semantical issues tonight? We wil…

Okay. So number five, it it has to do with the tier four solar energy again, and this is just to say these bigger systems are, not allowed in any district except RA 60. 6, we're now in a commercial district, C 1. The changes in the, proposed law say …

So if we refer, that's just like we sent the village board for them to make a recommendation. Village board doesn't want to be involved in special permits. So what we're gonna do is when special permit request comes into us, we send them a copy, FYI,…

Okay. Coastal assessment form, same thing filled out by the village. Description of this, reads local law introductory three of 2026 has been drafted to amend chapter two thirty, zoning, the village code to address various inconsistencies, update def…

The most pressing concern was the stalled DPW solar canopy project. The Village Board had already accepted a bid from Rivertown Solar for the approximately $300,000 installation, which is fully funded by a grant. However, the project has stalled agai…

Local Law Introductory 3 of 2026, referred to the WAC by the Village Board of Trustees, addresses a number of inconsistencies scattered throughout the village Zoning Code, updates certain definitions, and amends the permitted number of fowl on reside…

The WAC's recommendation now goes back to Mayor Brian Pugh and the Village Board of Trustees, which will consider the local law as part of its regular legislative process. Residents interested in the specifics of the fowl ordinance or other zoning de…

Where yep. Whereas in 2025, the village of Cordon Bleu Hudson Board of Trustees requested home rule legislation to enact an occupancy tax on hotel and motel rooms. And whereas this tax, which is statutorily set at 3%, would also be levied upon short …

Whereas the village of Cordonan Hudson has owned a parcel located on the North side of Cordon Point Avenue at its intersection with Veterans Plaza, also known as TaxMap Parcel 79 Dot 17 Dash 1 Dash 5 since the nineteen sixties. And whereas in 2023, t…

Thank you, Mayor. So as part of the RFP process, as we discussed in 2023, when the RFP was being drafted for, lot a, one of the requirements that was listed for the developer was to enter into a project labor agreement with the building and trades co…

Whereas Okay. The village board of trustees desires to have formal guidelines for the various advisory boards, committees, and councils that it has established and whereas feedback has been received from the chairs of these various boards, committees…

So what we've done here, we got we got a lot of feedback from the various chairs of our committees, which was appreciated very much. And we, or I tried to take all of that into consideration when revising this document. Right? So, you know, I think o…

I just wanna say again, for any committee chairs that are listening, we would much prefer you to come through us. We know that there are times when things pop up and you're like, oh, I had to run to, you know, Dunkin' Donuts and get this and here's m…

I mean, listen. We have until we have until June 1. Right? So we could see what happens over the next couple months and then, I mean, yeah, you can make that decision at any time. Yep. So okay. When did we talk about inter committee coordination? I d…

I don't know that I think fewer words is I should put I should put, like, what what do they call those things? An Easter egg in there? Like, if you if you've read this far, contact the manager for a gift card. Okay. Are we good there? Yeah. Yep. Okay…

Whereas the state legislature and the governor enacted legislation that establishes a property tax cap on the amount that a local government's property tax levy can increase each year. And whereas under this law, the total amount to be raised through…

New York State Village Law provides to the board of trustees to audit all claims presented to the village for payment and whereas section five dash five twenty four of the village law authorizes the village to establish the office of auditor, which w…

the village has received a draft franchise agreement from Verizon to provide cable television service in certain areas of the village, whereas Cohen Law Group has provided a proposal to assist the village in negotiations with Verizon. Whereas the vil…

Whereas on 10/17/2022, the village board of trustees approved an agreement with American Legion Fox Eckloff post five zero five to reimburse various costs related to patriotic observances and remembrances throughout the year, and whereas the agreemen…

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…

Yeah. I mean, everyone everyone in the immediate vicinity was sent a letter with an out basically informing them that the village board was going to be having this meeting tonight. And it let them know where they could access the plans. Right. It inv…

We could we could we could be done with this in twenty minutes. I make a motion that we clean up the zoning code. Okay. So No second. I'm gonna start with my memo, and then we can look at the law. So for the past couple months, we've been working mys…

Well I mean, I think I don't really think there's necessarily a huge difference there. I think we were just trying to formal formalize the process because under this right. If you read it as it's originally written, right, it says the application sha…

I'll I'll just say, for example, for the, I'm trying to remember what special permit it was that we got. I think it might have been for the mechanic's garage at across from ShopRite in the Straddles Building. Uh-huh. That went to that was the first p…

Croton's Planning Board unanimously signed off on two new accessory dwelling units Monday night, but not before putting the Village Board of Trustees on notice: the state-mandated parkland recreation fee attached to ADU approvals may be undermining t…

"The fee could represent a large part of the overall cost for the applicant," board member Geoff Haynes said during the Riverview Trail discussion. Steve Krisky agreed to waive the fee to avoid disturbing precedent set by recent ADU approvals, but ad…

So, the village code provides for a a fee at the discretion of the planning board for accessory cottages for Parkland. And and we've we've kind of voiced our disagreement, if you will, with the the fee. It's $12,000 for nothing. Wow. So it's quite si…