Board of Trustees Organization Meeting
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ANNUAL ORGANIZATION MEETING – 6:30 PM
AT VILLAGE HALL
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2021
AGENDA AMENDED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there will be an Organization Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dobbs Ferry on Monday, December 6, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. in the Meeting Room of the Board, 112 Main Street, Dobbs Ferry, New York 10522.
The meeting will be conducted in the Board Room using a hybrid method combining in-person and virtual attendance in keeping with the Village’s goal of protecting public health and in compliance NYS Part E, Chapt. 147 of the Laws of 2021 permitting virtual participation by Board Members. For virtual participation, interested parties may be heard using Zoom, a web-based videoconferencing service which can be accessed by: (i) typing “join.zoom.us” on your web browser and entering the Webinar ID #205 957 953, Passcode: 309361; or (ii) using the direct link
https://zoom.us/j/205957953?pwd=aU5YNHJVYkxub21WN0RzQUZoVzROUT09 or (iii) dialing telephone number 929 205 6099.
1. Meeting called to order by the Deputy Mayor Cassell.
2. Administer Oath of Office to Mayor Vincent Rossillo.
3. Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Rossillo.
4. Administer Oath of Office to Trustee Michael Patino.
5. Administer Oath of Office to Trustee Shari Rosen Ascher.
6. Administer Oath of Office to Trustee Matthew Rosenberg.
7. Administer Oath of Office to Village Justice David Koenigsberg.
8. Mayor’s appointment of Trustee Donna Cassell as Deputy Mayor.
9. Consider a motion to appoint Melissa Ferraro as Budget Officer, to run concurrent with her position of Village Administrator, effective January 18, 2022.
10. Consider a motion to appoint Robert Harwood as Acting Village Justice for a term of one year.
11. Consider a motion to appoint Don Marra as CDBG Representative for a term of one year.
12. Consider a motion to appoint Don Marra as Children’s Village Representative for a term of one year.
13. Consider a motion to appoint Don Marra as St. Christopher’s School Representative for a term of one year.
14. Consider a motion to appoint Alan Harris as Chairman, and Steve Trezza and Eric Tirschwell as regular members of the Ethics Board, each for a term of five years.
15. Consider a motion to appoint Paula McCarthy and Christy Knell as Co-Chairs, and Rishi Gupta, Annamaria Kanakaraj, Bill Singleton, Dale Unterman, Dana Greco, Felicia Rivera, and Ravi Wadera regular members of the Nominating Committee, each for a term of one year.
16. Consider a motion to appoint Peter Winder as 1st Alternate member of the Planning Board for a term of one year.
17. Consider a motion to appoint Rob Baron as Chairman of the Traffic Committee; and Clay Kaminsky, Allison Schulte, and Larry Murphy as regular members, and Police Sergeants Joseph Palladino and Richard Zatkovich, and Police Officer Joshua Posnick as Police Department Liaisons, Deputy Mayor Donna Cassell/Public Safety Committee of the Board of Trustees-Ex-Officio, Manuel Guevara/Chief of Police - Ex-Officio, William Osborn/Fire Chief - Ex-Officio, each for a term of one year.
18. Consider a motion to appoint Maura Daroczy as regular member of the Tree Commission for a term of three years.
19. Consider a motion to appoint Jon Kleinman as adult member of the Youth Services Council, for a term of three years; and Trustee Nicole Sullivan/Village Trustee – Ex-Officio, Police Sergeant Justin Kamke/Youth Officer and Police Officer Stephen Betz – Ex-Officio and Kendra Garrison/Superintendent of Recreation – Ex-Officio as members of the Youth Services Council, each for a term of one year.
20. Consider a motion to appoint Peter Hofmann as Chairman and Bruce Gombos as regular members of the Zoning Board of Appeals for a term of three years, and Joe Capasso as the 1st Alternate member of the Zoning Board of Appeals for a term of one year.
AD-HOC COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Mayor Rossillo to announce the following appointments to ad-hoc committees, each for a term of one year:
21. ADA Compliance Committee: William Osborn as Fire Chief-Ex Offiicio and Deputy Mayor Cassell as Village Trustee member.
22. Affordable Housing Task Force: Tracy Baron and Rob Lane as Co-Chairs, and Ernest Bial, Lorraine Campanelli, Maura Daroczy, Robin Larkin, Elizabeth Mendez, and Rebecca Pitts as a regular members
23. Beautification Committee: Joan Labow as a regular member.
24. Dobbs Ferry Tree Consortium: Kathy Dean as Chair, and Nancy Delmerico, Sue Galloway, Nina Orville, Susan DeGeorge, Marie McKellar, Madeline Byrne, Joe Lucasey, Kendra Garrison, Lenore Person, Erna Captanopoulos, Neil DePasquale, Betsy Hunter, Helena Kolenda and Elizabeth Martin as regular members.
25. Downtown Committee: Jess Galen as Chair, and Vinny Coulehan, Raven David, Roseanna Giuliano, Matt Kay, Jacalyn Lee, Becca Licht, and Michael Smyth as regular members.
26. Facilities Committee: Mayor Rossillo as Chairman and Trustee Liaison, Trustee Nicole Sullivan as Vice Chair and Alternate Trustee Liaison, Village Administrator Melissa Ferraro, Assistant Building Inspector Dan Roemer, Parks and Recreation Commission Chairman Joe Lucasey, Senior Advocate Abby Connett, Senior Advisory Committee Member Cathy Kay, American Legion Post 1048 Commander Bill Florin, Zoning Board of Appeals Member Paul Monte and Village resident Joy Haber as regular members.
27. Ferry Festa Committee: Village Administrator Melissa Ferraro, Chief of Police Manuel Guevara, Superintendent of Recreation Kendra Garrison, DPW General Foreman Stephen Trezza and Village residents Joe Rooney and Paddy Steinschneider.
28. Human Rights/Diversity Committee: Cynthia Caracta, Greta Cowan, Stu Hackel, Heather Kim, Elizabeth Mendez and June Wai as regular members and Police Officer Amanda Strobl as Police Liaison.
29. Police Reform and Reinvention Task Force: Mayor Vincent Rossillo, Trustee Nicole Sullivan, Village Administrator Melissa Ferraro, Police Chief Manuel Guevara, Police Lieutenant Robert Mazzei, Police Sergeant Justin Kamke, School Superintendent Lisa Brady, Children’s Village CEO Jeremy Kohomban, Raschaad Hoggard/Assistant Executive Director St. Christopher’s, Rabbi Jay Stein/Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Pastor Drew Paton/South Presbyterian Church, Henry Marroquin/Village resident, Aisha Williams/Village resident, Maura Daroczy/Village resident, Elizabeth Mendez/Village resident, Tiffany Gordon/Village resident, Alisa Strauss/Public Defender, Christine Cervasio/Westchester District Attorney’s Office, and Tim Hall/Mercy College.
30. Senior Advocacy Committee: Abby Connett as Chair, and Recreation Superintendent Kendra Garrison, Sid Eudene, Mary Ann Hogan, Catherine Kay, Roz Navarro, and Molly Rodriguez as regular members.
31. Sustainability Task Force: Linda Stutz and Robert Baron as Co-Chairs; Jenn Murphy as Vice Chair; and Cathy Bobenhausen, Kathy Dean, Susan DeGeorge, Nina Orville, and Paddy Steinschneider as regular members.
TRUSTEE LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS
Mayor Rossillo to announce the following Trustee Liaison appointments, each for a term of one year:
32. Trustee Liaison Assignments 2021-2022
Affordable Housing Task Force Deputy Mayor Cassell
Ambulance Corps Trustee Patino
Architectural & Historic Review Board Trustee Rosenberg
Beautification Committee Trustee Rosen Ascher
Board of Education Mayor Rossillo
Chamber of Commerce Trustee Rosen Ascher
Children’s Village Trustee Sullivan
Conservation Advisory Board Trustee Patino
Dobbs Ferry Tree Consortium Trustee Patino
Downtown Committee Trustee Rosen Ascher
Ethics Board Mayor Rossillo
Facilities Committee Trustee Rosenberg
Ferry Festa Committee Trustee Rosen Ascher
Fire Department Mayor Rossillo
Historic District Task Force Trustee Sullivan
Historic Hudson Rivertowns All
Housing Board of Appeals Deputy Mayor Cassell
Human Rights/Diversity Committee Trustee Rosen Ascher
Library Board Trustee Taylor
Nominating Committee Trustee Rosenberg
Parks and Recreation Commission Trustee Sullivan
Planning Board Deputy Mayor Cassell
Police Department Mayor Rossillo
Police Reform and Reinvention Task Force Mayor Rossillo
RiverArts Trustee Taylor
Senior Advocacy Committee Deputy Mayor Cassell
Sustainability Task Force Trustee Taylor
Traffic Committee Trustee Rosenberg
Tree Commission Trustee Patino
Youth Services Council Trustee Sullivan
Zoning Board of Appeals Trustee Patino
Zoning Code Revisions Task Force Trustee Sullivan
35. Consider a resolution adopting the Master Fee Schedule.
37. Mayor Rossillo to announce:
- Official Depositories of the Village are Webster Bank and Tompkins Mahopac Bank
- Official Newspaper is The Rivertowns Enterprise and the Alternate Official Newspaper when The Rivertowns Enterprise does not publish is The Journal News.
- Village information is available on the Internet at www.dobbsferry.com and on Cablevision Channel 75 and Verizon Channel 46.
- The official records of the Board of Trustees will continue to be the minutes of the Board of Trustees.
- The regular meetings of the Board of Trustees are on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 6:30 p.m., with the exception of July, August and December which will have one meeting per month on a date to be scheduled one month prior to the meetings. Meetings for the April Budget Hearing and Budget Adoption and any additional Budget related Public Hearings/Public Meetings are to be scheduled at a future date.
38. Closing remarks by Mayor Rossillo.
Adjournment