🏛️ Board Of Trustees
Croton adopts rental registry law, approves $429K in vouchers
2025-10-08
Meeting Agenda 10 items ▼
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▶Consider a request from the Village Manager to enter into executive session to discuss matters of personnel involving specific individuals.
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▶7:00 PM: Call To Order and Pledge of Allegiance
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▶Approval of Vouchers
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▶Public Hearings
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•Public Hearing on Local Law Introductory No. 13 of 2025 to create a rental registry for landlords.
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•Public Hearing on Local Law Introductory No. 15 of 2025 to amend Chapter 50, Residency Requirements, of the Village Code to reflect state law.
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▶Response To Questions Submitted by Email
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▶Public Comment - Agenda Items
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▶Consent Agenda
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•Correspondence to the Board
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•Letter from Westchester County announcing the induction of Vic Conte into the Westchester County Senior Hall of Fame.
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•Letter from Vic Conte, President of the Croton-on-Hudson Lions Club, requesting permission to sell Christmas trees on South Riverside Avenue for an annual fundraiser.
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•Letter from NYS Department of State requesting a consistency review for new pavement markings along state highways in the Village of Croton-on-Hudson.
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•Memo from Village Manager Bryan Healy regarding the proposed John "Rifle Jack" Peterson monument.
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•Memo from Village Manager Bryan Healy regarding a bench donation for Cleveland Drive in honor of Tony Farano.
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•Memo from the IDEA Advisory Committee regarding donations received for the Hispanic Heritage Celebration on October 11.
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•Resolutions
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•Consider authorizing the Croton-on-Hudson Village Court to apply for a Justice Court Assistance Program (JCAP) grant in the 2025-2026 grant cycle up to $30,000
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•Approval of Minutes
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•September 24th Executive Session
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•September 24th Regular Meeting
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▶Proposed Resolutions
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•Consider adopting a Negative Declaration under SEQRA and a Statement of Consistency with the Village's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program for the Brook Street Drainage Improvement Project.📄 NYSDEC Environmental Assessment Short Form Fillable _PDF_.pdf 📄 Resolution 218-2025 _Brook Street Drainage Referrals_.pdf 📄 Coastal%20Assessment%20Form.pdf 📄 Memo from WAC to VB re Brook St. Drainage.pdf 📄 Short EAF Part II - Brook Street Drainage.pdf 📄 LWRP _Brook Street Drainage_.pdf 📄 Resolution 240-2025 _Brook Street_ SEQRA_ LWRP_.pdf
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•Consider authorizing the Village Manager to execute a utility easement agreement for stormwater facilities at 8 Loconto Street.
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•Consider authorizing the Village Manager to approve Change Order No. 1 for Tierney & Courtney Overhead Door Sales Co., Inc. totaling $3,500 for an extra row of windows in the two garage doors for the Harmon Firehouse Renovation Project.
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▶Public Comment - Non-Agenda Items
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▶Reports from the Mayor, Village Manager and Board of Trustees
Key Actions & Decisions
- ◆ Resolutions Passed: None.
- ◆ Resolutions Failed: None.
- ◆ Applications Reviewed: None.
- ◆ Public Comments: None.
- ◆ Reports: None.
- ◆ Meeting Logistics: The Board met in the Georgianna Grant Meeting Room of the Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building. Trustee Politi was absent. Trustee Slippen arrived at 6:10 PM, after the executive session began. A 3-0 vote to enter executive session at 6:00 PM for personnel discussions. A unanimous vote to adjourn the executive session at 6:58 PM. No formal action was taken.
- ◆ Resolutions Passed
- ◆ Resolution #237-2025: Adopted Local Law No. 16 of 2025, creating a rental registry for landlords to ensure non-owner-occupied two-family rental units meet safety standards for ingress/egress, smoke detectors, and ventilation (4-0 vote; Trustee Politi absent).
- ◆ Resolution #238-2025: Adopted Local Law No. 17 of 2025, amending Chapter 50 (Residency Requirements) of the Village Code to reflect current state law (4-0 vote; Trustee Politi absent).
- ◆ Resolution #239-2025: Authorized the Village Court to apply for a Justice Court Assistance Program (JCAP) grant of up to $30,000 for security upgrades to the court clerk's office (5-0 vote).
- ◆ Resolution #240-2025: Issued a Negative Declaration under SEQRA and confirmed Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) consistency for the Brook Street Drainage Improvements Project, a long-term flood mitigation effort (5-0 vote).
- ◆ Resolution #241-2025: Authorized the Village Manager to execute a utility easement agreement with the owner of 8 Loconto Street for stormwater drainage maintenance (5-0 vote).
- ◆ Resolution #242-2025: Approved a $3,500 change order with Tierney & Courtney Overhead Door Sales Co., Inc. for additional windows in garage doors at the Harmon Firehouse Addition project at 30 Wayne Street (5-0 vote).
- ◆ Voucher Approval: Approved claims numbered 26002367-26002603 totaling $429,215.76 across all funds (General: $119,609.14; Water: $5,035.98; Sewer: $1,491.36; Capital: $300,408.65; Trust: $2,670.63) (4-0 vote; Trustee Politi absent).
- ◆ Memorial Referral: Unanimously referred the proposed John "Rifle Jack" Peterson memorial sign to the Village Historian and Recreation Advisory Committee for review (5-0 vote).
- ◆ Resolutions Failed: None.
- ◆ Applications Reviewed: None (no Planning Board or ZBA applications on this agenda).
- ◆ Public Comments
- ◆ Ed Riely (110 Truesdale Drive): Spoke twice. During agenda comments, he expressed concern that the rental registry could be used to garnish more fees from residents and discussed the "Rifle Jack" Peterson memorial sign. During non-agenda comments, he addressed a CVS boycott regarding abortion drugs and objected to the flying of a transgender flag in the village.
- ◆ Reports
- ◆ Mayor Pugh: Stated he is "extremely concerned with demonizing certain people in our community" in response to public comments; noted the diesel pilot program is funded by the Sustainability Fund; commended the Fire Department's Fire Fair and the Lorraine Hansberry Coalition presentations.
- ◆ Village Manager Bryan Healy: Welcomed new Village Engineer Vincent Salanitro; announced DPW completed annual resurfacing on Scenic Drive West, Lower North Highland, Cleveland (between Benedict and Piney Point Avenue), and Penfield (between Benedict and Oneida); noted a $3,400 Workers' Compensation grant for Confined Spaces Training; announced the Morningside yield sign will be converted to a stop sign on October 14; reminded residents village offices are closed for Columbus Day.
- ◆ Trustee Politi: Announced a Hispanic Heritage celebration at the Library this weekend and addressed comments made by Mr. Riely.
- ◆ Trustee Simon: Reported on successful Octoberfest, Rev Fest 250, and Rotary Car Show; noted Croton's Association of Businesses is now official; mentioned Sustainability Committee discussions on the train station solar array and Solarize Westchester.
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