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Article Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Read →
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 …
Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 0 0:07 →
Good evening, and welcome to our first budget work session for the 02/2627 budget. Our first meeting will be this evening with the Department of Public Works. But before we get to that,
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 1 0:20 →
a special update on the Waterman break. Sure. Thank you, Matthew. So, yeah, this afternoon, about 01:45, we we started receiving many phone calls at the DPW office regarding, people all around the village actually experiencing no water. It's funny. J…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 1 2:59 →
They're ductile iron. Fiberglass plastic. Or No. They will be replacing with a ductile iron section. Yep. Yep. With, two new copper Yeah. Service lines.
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 1 13:46 →
Or No. So well, so we've, recently promoted one of our skilled laborers to driver. We had a driver that retired. Mhmm. So that vacancy was was there. We promoted one of our skilled laborers to that position. So, technically, that position is open. It…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 4 23:02 →
Yeah. We're we're hoping for the we're hoping for the blizzard that we will get a FEMA declaration. I actually sent in the spreadsheet today. So, yeah. So we're hoping that, you know, some of those extreme costs will be reimbursable. So that's that w…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 4 24:15 →
the ones that were placed, we're placing on half of the day now. They're all LED. Thank you. Yep. Those will be LED.
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 4 27:50 →
I mean, I I am not sure what Yeah. I mean, I think I I we have money in there for our Independence Day celebration, is probably not going to take place on Independence Day, but it will be in the vicinity of. And, you know, some of the other things, y…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 4 35:33 →
So There's nowhere else to bring it. It has to go it has to go to the county facility. So yeah. It it's I I agree. It's that it was it was a very big increase last year. Yeah. And we should have budget we should have budgeted more last year, but we d…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 1 39:23 →
K. Next one is street cleaning, $81.70. So this funds the street sweeper repair and maintenance. This one had no change. Our street sweeper is, relatively new. It's it's doing a pretty good job. We do have some money in there for, you know, what it i…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 4 47:20 →
all of those, basically. Yep. We already I mean, during this fiscal year, we've already had to do two contingency transfers from the from the water fund contingency to buy more meters. So we're hoping that this increase in the funding will cover what…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 1 48:36 →
Yes. So there is an annual leak detection system on, leak detection survey on the system that a company will come in
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 2 49:28 →
So now we're out of water and into the sewer. Oh, let me just ask more water questions because and I don't know if they if it's more capital discussion which Sure. Is at another time. Yep. Right? But given the recent breaks, you know, and I I remembe…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 4 53:28 →
So but just just to not tell it to your point, we we are planning to do Loudsbury. You know, hopefully, in this upcoming fiscal year, we'll have the approvals and we'll be able to go out to bid for that work. And then we've recently put in grant fund…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 4 57:11 →
that she will be fine if I share her her email.
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 4 59:35 →
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…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 5 61:00 →
Second. Second by trustee Slippin. And, chief, do you have anything you wanna share? Well, I mean, I just wanted to say that, you know, we have, embarked on this body cam project because of the request from the board and the PAC committee, many years…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 5 66:25 →
if there is somebody who can speak to that, who's present in the meeting go over that now. I'm I mean, these cameras record when they're put on. They they will automatically go on if the taser's drawn. That's why we wanna get the axe on the same one.…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-26 Speaker 3 68:15 →
Chief policing in today's day and age. Yeah. Yeah. Chief, I was wondering what you know, of course, this will be in in our capital plan, the actual funding. But what's Axon telling you in terms of delivery time?
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Article Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Read →
Village Manager Bryan Healy reported that Dobbs Park renovations won't be finished by opening day but a fenced walkway will allow access to the fields for the parade. The rental registry letters have gone out — residents with non-10520 mailing addres…
Article Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Read →
The board also learned that Quaker Bridge tree removal is complete, but the project remains stalled awaiting Army Corps of Engineers approval. DPW will begin site work at Gouveia Park next week, clearing areas before the growing season. And residents…
Article Board of Trustees 2026-03-25 Read →
**What to watch for:** Budget work sessions are scheduled over the coming weeks — check the village calendar for department-specific dates. The board will consider final adoption of Local Law No. 3 at its next regular meeting, potentially with a revi…
Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 0 16:00 →
Good evening, and welcome to our March 25 regular meeting of the Curtin on the Hudson Board of Trustees. I'm mayor Brian Pugh. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America and to the repu…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 0 17:06 →
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…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 1 17:28 →
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 …
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 1 30:51 →
then speaking of the train station revenues, our next chart you want you yeah. That's okay. There we go. So, you can see here, train station revenues, right, for both for both permits and daily have been increasing. So '23, 24, and '25 are the final …
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 1 36:15 →
the next not go one more. Yeah. So then nope. Go back. Sorry. Okay. Alright. And then so the, the slide after this one goes into the breakdown of what, how we're how we're proposing to fund this, but, we also have a $1,000,000 capital, project for th…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 0 41:48 →
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. …
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 1 43:42 →
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…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 7 48:24 →
Hello. My name is Matthew Rubenstein. I live on Truesdale Drive. I'm focusing on, the part of the code that's being revised. It's section three article four district use regulations section two thirty dash 9.1. So if you wanna look at the code or not…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 1 61:14 →
Okay. So I'm going to read over the questions here. Yep. It's a short EAF part two. Okay. And so we'll just answer well, let me start with my usual. So this is not involving any specific project. Right? This is just a local law, and you can answer ei…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 1 61:49 →
Will the proposed action result in a change in the use or intensity of use of land? No. No. Will the proposed action impair the character or quality of the existing community? No. No. Will the proposed action have an impact on the environmental chara…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 6 63:49 →
Good evening. My name is Ed Riley from Drive. On the agenda, I noticed in a previous meeting under nine b, consider adopting a resolution for support of the village of legislative programs and project priorities. Most of these are directed to the sta…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 1 69:08 →
Thank you, mayor. So I just have a couple of items for tonight. Work is continuing along at Dobbs Park. So, they have been, continuing to remove some of the, old pieces of the the park and the playground equipment, some new items. The water fountain …
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 1 77:07 →
the the people in the in sorry. The group that had the biggest difference were the veterans because just because they're the most of them. Right? There's hundreds of people that get the veterans exemption. So, you know, that's that's the largest grou…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 10 88:06 →
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…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 8 96:52 →
And you have five minutes. Hi. I'm Dave. I'm on Farrington Road. Can you hear me? Mhmm. Mhmm. Thank you for this time. I'm sorry. Can you just state your last name? Lowell. Thank you. Thank you for this time to speak. I'm here to talk with you about …
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 1 106:56 →
Yeah. I mean, is it yeah. It's generally it's a mix of people reporting it. Right? Either reporting it to the police or reporting it to their code enforcement officer, or it's, proactive enforcement where people are driving around and not necessarily…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 10 108:01 →
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…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 5 111:24 →
a good idea. Just have the the women of village artists at the library. So it could be women village government related volunteers or workers event. Good idea. Okay. So I, along with, deputy mayor Simon, are, have the privilege to be liaisons to the …
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 3 115:05 →
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…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 4 117:22 →
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 …
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Transcript Board Of Trustees 2026-03-25 Speaker 0 124:00 →
So, again, my colleagues have done a very, great job of summarizing all the important news and the work of our various committees. I'll note that I was at the Conservation Advisory Council meeting last week, speaking for women's history month, one of…
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Article Planning Board Meeting 2026-03-24 Read →
=== ARTICLE === Nobody in Croton showed up to comment on a plan that will fundamentally change how 275 families enter their house of worship. The irony wasn't lost on anyone — but the silence didn't slow things down. Temple Israel of Northern Westch…
Article Planning Board Meeting 2026-03-24 Read →
**What to watch for:** If you rent out any property in the village, watch for a rental registry letter and apply through the village website. The 52 Mount Airy subdivision application will appear on a future Planning Board agenda. Temple Israel has t…
Transcript Planning Board 2026-03-24 Speaker 0 0:10 →
Okay. So I will welcome everybody everybody to the Village of Croton on Hudson planning board meeting for Tuesday, 03/24/2026, and call the meeting to order. We have a public hearing on our agenda tonight, which was opened at our last planning board …
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Transcript Planning Board 2026-03-24 Speaker 1 1:14 →
your where you're from. I will. I'll I'll introduce myself and the others here. Good evening. My name is Dana Moldova, and I'm chair of the building committee. Can you hear me? I'm chair of the building committee at Temple Israel of Northern Westches…
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Transcript Planning Board 2026-03-24 Speaker 7 12:22 →
This one. Will this be good?
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Transcript Planning Board 2026-03-24 Speaker 1 12:29 →
it's next to the elevator. There's a staircase next to the elevator. Yeah. Those are the stairs. Those are the the main stairs now, and those will continue to be the main stairs. And that's it. That's the only place where That's the only place. Yeah.…
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Transcript Planning Board 2026-03-24 Speaker 1 14:39 →
Did we test on that yet? I don't think we did our We'll we'll test and make sure that Yeah. You know, we're taking care of it according to code or that Yeah. All that will be tested. There'll be a hazmat report if, we'll do the testing. As needed. Du…
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