https://sleepyhollow.localarchives.org/files/original/d3424f2691f9b449069676635d480b45.pdf b9943c4d228ce1e072d202b2a417018e PDF Text Text Minutes of the Board of Trustees Village of Sleepy Hollow A work session of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Sleepy Hollow was held on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 starting at 7:00 P.M. in the boardroom at Village Hall, 28 Beekman Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, New York. Present: Mayor Philip E. Zegarelli Kay Brown Grala Thomas Capossela Karin T. Wompa Maria Rose DeMilia-Powers David L. Schroedel Kenneth G. Wray Trustees Also Present: Anthony Giaceio, Village Administrator Diane Jacobson, Treasurer Jimmy Warren, Police Chief Sean McCarthy, Building Inspector Rich Gross, General Foreman Mayor Zegarelli called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. FIRE CHIEF APPOINTMENT Mayor Zegarelli swore in Todd R. Spota to the position of Sleepy Hollow Fire Chief. PHONE SYSTEM CONTRACT RENEWAL The Board discussed a proposal by Met Tel to renew the current phone system contract. The Board had many questions regarding the Village's phone system and decided that it was premature to renew the contract at this time. The Village Board requested that the administrator get more details about the phone system before a decision can be made. KINSGLAND POINT OVER-PASS Fiona Hodgson gave a report on the Kingsland Point pedestrian over-pass. The Village has been awarded a grant in the amount of $478,613 to re-habilitate the over-pass. The grant requires a 20% match which equals $119,653. Ms. Hodgson requested directionfromthe Board as to whether or not to continue to pursue this grant. The Village Board requested that the administrator get more details about the over-pass before a decision can be made. �KINGSLAND POINT PARK INTER-MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT The Village Board discussed the Kingsland Point Park inter-municipal agreement with the County. The agreement is up for renewal October 31, 2008. Trustee Wray suggested that a citizen's group be formed to address issues related to the Park. Mr. Wray announced that there will be a meeting on Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 1:00pm for anyone interested in joining the Kingsland Point Park Citizens Committee. VEHICLE USE POLICY The Village Board reviewed a new Village vehicle use policy proposed by Trustee DemiliaPowers TREE COMMISSION Trustee Capossela commented that the Tree law is well written, but he feels that there can be better enforcement of the law. Mr. Capossela suggested that the Tree Commission report back to the Village Board on a quarterly basis. The Board asked the administrator to set up a meeting with the tree commission. MUSIC AND NOISE IN THE PARK There was a discussion about placing restrictions on groups that play music in the parks. The recreation committee is looking all of the policies related to the parks, which will include this issue. SALARIED LOT The Mayor reported that there is an agreement between the School and General Motors for the School to park buses at the salaried lot. SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE The Village Board requested a reportfromVillage Architect, Sean McCarthy as to the process of environmental compliance as it relates to the senior center. Mr. McCarthy will give a report at an upcoming meeting. REQUEST The Village Board rejected a request made by Santorini Restaurant to temporarily close down part of Cortlandt Street for an event. �VALLEY STREET PARKING Trustee Wray recommended that the Village look into getting residential parking stickers for onstreet parking in and around Valley Street. The Mayor pointed out that the State legislature has to pass a bill in order for the Village to be allowed to do this. Chief Warren said that it would be difficult to get permission because Sleepy Hollow does not have a train station. Trustee DeMilia-Powers said that the Village should address the concerns of the residents and their request not to have meters on Valley Street. AMBULANCE BUILDING Trustee Wray recommended that ambulance recovery money be put aside each year to save for a new ambulance building. POLICE COMMITTEE Trustee DeMilia-Powers recommended that a citizen's committee be formed to work with the Police Department in an effort to improve community relations with the police. SPECIAL SESSION Motion was made by Trustee Wompa and seconded by Trustee Capossela to approve the Warrant of Aug. 22, 2008 in the amount of $127,595.42. The motion passed 7-0. Motion was made by Trustee Schroedel and seconded by Trustee DeMilia-Powers to approve the Warrant of Aug.26, 2008 in the amount of $145,444.31. The motion passed 7-0. Motion was made by Trustee Schroedel and seconded by Trustee Wompa to approve the Warrant of Aug. 26, 2008 in the amount of 13,188.41. The motion passed 7-0. EXECUTIVE SESSION At 9:26 p.m., on a motion made by Trustee Schroedel and seconded by Wray, the Board moved to executive session to discuss personnel and legal matters. At 9:35 p.m., on a motion made by Trustee Capossela and seconded by Trustee Wray and carried unanimously the executive session was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Anthony ^ftccio Village Administrator � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes & Resolutions-2008 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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