🏛️ 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
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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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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.
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Key Actions & Decisions
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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%)
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Expanded exemptions for low-income seniors and surviving spouses of volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers
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Awarded $702,461.48 paving contract to ELQ Industries for Cleveland Drive, funded almost entirely by a repurposed federal earmark
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Appointed Seyed Hosseini to the Planning Board; accepted resignation of Eva Thaddeus
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Reappointed Genette Toone as Village Treasurer and Rachel Sibrizzi as Deputy Village Treasurer
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Authorized $5,000 youth employment agreement with Westchester County and $22,419 for firehouse oil tank remediation
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Proclaimed National Police Week (May 10-16) and National Public Works Week (May 17-23)