BOT Organization Meeting
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ANNUAL ORGANIZATION MEETING – 6:30 PM
AT VILLAGE HALL
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2020
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AGENDA
1. Meeting called to order by Mayor Vincent Rossillo
2. Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Rossillo.
3. Mayor Rossillo to announce the re-election of Trustees Donna Cassell, Nicole Sullivan, Lawrence Taylor and Michael Patino.
4. Mayor’s appointment of Donna Cassell as Deputy Mayor.
5. Consider a motion to appoint Elizabeth Dreaper as Village Clerk for a term of two years.
6. Consider a motion to appoint Jeff Chuhta as Village Treasurer for a term of two years.
7. Consider a motion to appoint Elizabeth Dreaper as Registrar of Vital Statistics and Jennifer Dorman as Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics, each for a term of two years.
8. Consider a motion to appoint the firm of McCarthy Fingar as the Attorney for the Village for a term of one year.
9. Consider a motion to appoint Edmond Manley as Budget Officer, to run concurrent with his term of Acting Village Administrator.
10. Consider a motion to appoint Edmond Manley as the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director of the Dobbs Ferry Local Development Corporation to run concurrent with his term as Acting Village Administrator.
11. Consider a motion to appoint Robert Harwood as Associate Village Justice for a term of one year.
12. Consider a motion to appoint Bonnie Fisher as Vehicle & Traffic Prosecutor for a term of one year.
13. Consider a motion to appoint Dr. Richard Borkow as Village Historian for a term of one year.
14. Consider a motion to appoint Lisa Sherman as Greenburgh Liaison for a term of one year.
15. Consider a motion to appoint Don Marra as CDBG Representative for a term of one year.
16. Consider a motion to appoint Don Marra as Children’s Village Representative for a term of one year.
17. Consider a motion to appoint Don Marra as St. Christopher’s School Representative for a term of one year.
18. Consider a motion to appoint Steve Gifford as a regular member of the Housing Board of Appeals for a term of two years.
19. Consider a motion to appoint Paula McCarthy as Chair and Rishi Gupta, Annamaria Kanakaraj, Bill Singleton, Dale Unterman, Dana Greco, Felicia Rivera and Ravi Wadera as regular members of the Nominating Committee, each for a term of one year.
20. Consider a motion to appoint Allen Hale and Rob Lane as regular members of the Planning Board, each for a term of five years; and Peter Winder as 1st Alternate member of the Planning Board for a term of one year.
21. Consider a motion to appoint Robert Baron as Chair, and Clay Kaminsky, Allison Schulte, Matt Rosenberg, Larry Murphy as regular members of the Traffic Committee; and Police Sergeant Joseph Palladino, Police Officer Joshua Posnick and Police Officer Richard Zatkovich as Police Department Liaisons; Trustee Knell as the Public Safety Committee of the Board of Trustees-Ex Officio; Police Chief Manuel Guevara as Chief of Police Ex Officio; and Fire Chief Edward Marron as Fire Chief-Ex Officio members of the Traffic Committee, each for a term of one year.
22. Consider a motion to appoint Edmond Manley as Village Officer/Employee-Ex Officio, and Erna Capetanopoulos and Neil DePasquale as regular members of the Tree Commission, each for a term of three years.
23. Consider a motion to appoint Trustee Maura Daroczy as Village Trustee-Ex Officio member; Police Sergeant Justin Kamke as Youth Officer-Ex Officio member and Kendra Garrison as Recreation Department-Ex Officio member of the Youth Services Council, each for a term of one year.
24. Consider a motion to appoint Joseph Capasso as 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:
25. ADA Compliance Committee: Edward Marron as Fire Chief-Ex Officio member and Deputy Mayor Cassell as Village Trustee member.
26. Affordable Housing Task Force: Tracy Baron as Chair, and Rob Lane as regular members.
27. Beautification Committee: Joan Labow as regular member.
28. Dobbs Ferry Tree Consortium: Madeline Byrne, Erna Captanopoulos, Anilla Cherian, Kathy Dean, Susan DeGeorge, Nancy Delmerico, Neil DePasquale, Sue Galloway, Kendra Garrison, Betsy Hunter, Helena Kolenda, Joe Lucasey, Elizabeth Martin, Marie McKellar, Nina Orville and Lenore Person, and as regular members.
29. 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.
30. Facilities Committee: Mayor Rossillo as Chairman and Trustee Liaison, Trustee Nicole Sullivan as Vice Chair and Alternate Trustee Liaison, Acting Village Administrator Edmond Manley, 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.
31. Ferry Festa Committee: Acting Village Administrator Edmond Manley, Chief of Police Manuel Guevara, Superintendent of Recreation Kendra Garrison, DPW General Foreman Stephen Trezza and Village residents Joe Rooney and Paddy Steinschneider.
32. Historic District Task Force: Sonya Terjanian as Chair, and Peggie Blizard, Scott Rosasco, Greg Thomas, Madeline Byrne, as regular members, and the Village Planning Consultant, Stephen Hunter as Planning Board Representative, Dan Roemer as Building Department Representative, and Iair Rosenkranz as AHRB Representative.
33. Senior Advocacy Committee: Abby Connett as Chair, and Recreation Superintendent Kendra Garrison, Catherine Kay, Roz Navarro, and Molly Rodriguez as regular members.
34. Sustainability Task Force: Anilla Cherian as Chair, Linda Stutz as Vice Chair, Robert Baron as Secretary, and Cathy Bobenhausen, Kathy Dean, Susan DeGeorge, Ron DiRusso, Jenn Murphy, Nina Orville and Paddy Steinschneider as regular members.
35. Zoning Code Revision Committee: Trustee Nicole Sullivan as Chair, Peter Hofmann/Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman, Stephen Hunter/Planning Board Chairman, Edmond Manley/Acting Village Administrator, Dan Roemer, Iair Rosenkranz/AHRB Chairman and the Village Planning Consultant as regular members.
TRUSTEE LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS
Mayor Rossillo to announce the following Trustee Liaison appointments, each for a term of one year:
36. Trustee Liaison Assignments 2020-2021
Affordable Housing Task Force Deputy Mayor Cassell and Trustee Daroczy
Ambulance Corps Trustee Patino
Architectural & Historic Review Board Trustee Knell
Beautification Committee Trustee Daroczy
Board of Education Mayor Rossillo
Budget Committee Trustee Taylor
Chamber of Commerce Trustee Knell
Children’s Village Trustee Sullivan
Conservation Advisory Board Trustee Patino
Dobbs Ferry Tree Consortium Trustee Patino
Downtown Committee Trustee Knell
Ethics Board Mayor Rossillo
Facilities Committee Mayor Rossillo and Trustee Sullivan (Alternate)
Ferry Festa Committee Trustee Knell
Fire Department Mayor Rossillo
Historic District Task Force Trustee Sullivan
Historic Hudson Rivertowns All
Housing Board of Appeals Trustee Daroczy
Human Rights/Diversity Committee Trustee Daroczy
Library Board Trustee Sullivan
Nominating Committee Trustee Knell
Parks and Recreation Commission Trustee Sullivan
Planning Board Deputy Mayor Cassell
Police Department Mayor Rossillo
RiverArts Trustee Knell
Senior Advocacy Committee Deputy Mayor Cassell
Sustainability Task Force Trustee Taylor
Traffic Committee Trustee Knell
Tree Commission Trustee Patino
Youth Services Council Trustee Daroczy
Zoning Board of Appeals Trustee Patino
37. Mayor Rossillo to announce Official Depositories of the Village: Tompkins Mahopac Bank and Webster Bank.
40. Consider a motion to adopt the Master Fee Schedule.
41. Mayor Rossillo to announce that the Official Newspaper is The Rivertowns Enterprise and the Alternate Official Newspaper when The Rivertowns Enterprise does not publish is The Journal News.
42. Mayor Rossillo to announce Village information is available on the Village website at www.dobbsferry.com and on Cablevision Channel 75 and Verizon Channel 46.
43. Mayor Rossillo to announce that the official records of the Board of Trustees will continue to be the minutes of the Board of Trustees.
44. Mayor Rossillo to announce 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 July 13, 2021, August 10, 2021 and December 14, 2021. The December 2020 meeting date will be on December 15, 2020. 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.
45. Closing remarks by Mayor Rossillo.
Adjournment
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DIRECTIONS FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC MEETINGS
During this pandemic crisis, our statutory board meetings will be conducted remotely. You will be able to participate via Zoom, by internet or by telephone. The videos can also be viewed after each meeting on YouTube and will be posted on the Village website.
If you have a comment, question or concern which you would like to make, please e-mail the Village Clerk by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, December 7, 2020. Be sure to include the meeting date and agenda item you would like to address. Send comments to the Village Clerk at: ldreaper@dobbsferry.com
For public hearings, we will accept e-mailed comments in advance of the hearings. Please e-mail the Village Clerk at: ldreaper@dobbsferry.com by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, December 7, 2020.
For Zoom participants we will also enable the option for participation to “raise their hand” and voice their concern or question.
PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING VIA ZOOM ONLINE
Technology Requirements
Desktop Computer, Laptop, Tablet or Smartphone.
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Webcam – Recommended, but not required. Most laptops, tablets and smartphones have built-in webcams.
Internet Connection – It is important to note that the audio and video quality of the connection directly correlates with the quality of your internet connections.
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TO WATCH ON YOU TUBE:
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