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🏛️ Board Of Trustees

Trustees Adopt Tax Breaks for Military and Police Families; Award $702,000 Paving Project Funded by Rescued Federal Earmark

May 6, 2026 10700 words transcribed

The Board of Trustees unanimously adopted Local Law No. 6 of 2026, creating property tax exemptions for active-duty military and surviving spouses of police officers, while awarding a $702,461 contract to pave Cleveland Drive using a repurposed 2009 federal earmark.

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Chapters

1:06 Public Hearing on Local Law Introductory No. 6 of 2026 to amend Chapter 204, Taxation, of the Village Code to add/update various real property tax exemptions. transcript →
5:48 Responses To Questions Submitted by Email transcript →
5:48 Public Comment - Agenda Items transcript →
8:02 Report from the Village Manager transcript →
17:58 Consent Agenda transcript →
18:09 Public Comment - Non-Agenda Items transcript →
35:28 Reports from the Mayor & Board of Trustees transcript →

Key Actions & Decisions

Adopted Local Law No. 6 of 2026, adding tax exemptions for active-duty military in combat zones (25%) and surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty (50%)
Expanded exemptions for low-income seniors and surviving spouses of volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers
Awarded $702,461.48 paving contract to ELQ Industries for Cleveland Drive, funded almost entirely by a repurposed federal earmark
Appointed Seyed Hosseini to the Planning Board; accepted resignation of Eva Thaddeus
Reappointed Genette Toone as Village Treasurer and Rachel Sibrizzi as Deputy Village Treasurer
Authorized $5,000 youth employment agreement with Westchester County and $22,419 for firehouse oil tank remediation
Proclaimed National Police Week (May 10-16) and National Public Works Week (May 17-23)
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