🏛️ Board Of Trustees
Village Wins $353,744 Sidewalk Grant; Trustees Address Committee Minutes Controversy Over the Chronicle
Jul 15, 2026
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The Board of Trustees adopted a revised debt policy, authorized a slate of state grant applications, and commissioned an independent Kaplan's Pond assessment, while the village manager announced a 53,744 county sidewalk grant. Trustees also addressed a committee's minutes that documented discussion of the Croton Chronicle: Trustee Stacey Nachtaler — saying she would have called it an inappropriate topic had she been in the room — praised the paper, and Mayor Brian Pugh said committees should be judged on their work product, not 'table talk.'
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Key Actions & Decisions
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Adopted revised Debt Policy: fund-balance range corrected to 17%–25%, dollar figures updated, and the clause barring the village from issuing more debt than it retires each year removed
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Authorized Consolidated Funding Application, tree-inventory, water-quality and water-infrastructure grant submissions, including the Harrison Street project with a $370,000 local match
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Accepted Princeton Hydro Engineering's $8,500 proposal for an independent water-health and berm assessment of Kaplan's Pond
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Re-established the HEART Committee as an ad-hoc body honoring at least one recipient annually
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Approved the October 18 Harry Chapin Memorial Run Against Hunger and a $75,036.55 change order, plus vouchers led by $953,055.70 in the general fund
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Manager announced a $353,744 Westchester County complete-streets grant for Municipal Place and South Riverside Avenue sidewalks, plus $100,000 from Assemblymember Dana Levenberg