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🏛️ Board Of Trustees

Croton Trustees Waive Snow-Parking Tickets From Surprise Storm, Renew Cable Franchise

Jan 21, 2026 1:01:39 8853 words transcribed

The Board of Trustees voted Jan. 21 to waive, one time only, the snow-parking tickets issued during the previous Saturday's heavier-than-forecast storm, renewed Cablevision/Optimum's cable franchise for another decade, and set Feb. 4 public hearings on a property-tax-cap override law and a new Village Auditor position.

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Chapters

0:15 Call To Order and Pledge of Allegiance transcript →
0:15 Approval of Vouchers transcript →
1:56 Presentation of Key to the Village to former Zoning Board of Appeals Chair Christine Wagner. transcript →
8:27 Public Hearing on the renewal of the cable franchise agreement with Cablevision of Wappingers Falls, Inc. to operate a cable system in the Village of Croton-on-Hudson. transcript →
21:56 Responses To Questions Submitted by Email transcript →
21:56 Public Comment - Agenda Items transcript →
22:32 Report from the Village Manager transcript →
27:31 Consent Agenda transcript →
44:18 Proposed Resolutions transcript →
46:20 Public Comment - Non-Agenda Items transcript →

Key Actions & Decisions

● Waived, on a one-time basis, the snow-parking summonses issued during the Jan. 17 storm (3-0)
● Adopted Resolution 4-2026 renewing the 10-year cable franchise with Cablevision of Wappingers Falls (Optimum), adding a PEG grant of 50 cents per subscriber per quarter
● Scheduled Feb. 4 public hearings on Local Law Intro No. 1 of 2026 (property tax cap override authorization) and Local Law Intro No. 2 of 2026 (Village Auditor office)
● Transferred $6,600 for police uniforms and $4,410 for a Black Rock Park defibrillator; approved $168,855.36 in vouchers
● Authorized the police chief to sign an MOU with Yorktown and Briarcliff Manor seeking a grant for a shared Motorola dispatch system
● Presented the Key to the Village to former ZBA Chair Christine Wagner
● Appointed four residents to village committees
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