James Duhigg

The Croton Falls Plan supplements the 2011 Comprehensive Plan, focusing on enhancing the quality of life in Croton Falls by addressing infrastructure, public spaces, and community connections. It outlines recommendations and action steps affecting infrastructure, public spaces, and connections between businesses, residences, and the larger community, as well as enhancements to community spaces offering cultural and recreational activities. The plan prioritizes preserving the hamlet's cultural history and small-town character while supporting economic stability and respectful growth.

The North Salem Town Board meeting included discussions and resolutions on various topics. These included personnel appointments and amendments, re-appointments to the Capital Planning Committee, and authorizations for expenses related to the Climate Smart Community Leadership Committee. Agreements were authorized with First Student Inc. and Hayfields Inc. The board also addressed waivers of the Application Processing Restrictive Law for multiple properties, authorized releases of Planning Board Escrows, and amended the Employee Handbook to include a section on political advertisements in the workplace. Additionally, the board approved a request for a special event application for the North Salem Artisanal Farmers Market, authorized expenses for Phoenix Mechanical Corp. and Logically, and approved a fee waiver for the North Salem Historical Society. The meeting also involved discussions on NS Community Center Use Policy, Sunday Traffic at Hayfields, potential Recreation Department Programs at the NS Farmers Market, and a Croton Falls Master Plan Review.

The North Salem Town Board agenda includes the approval of reports from various departments (Building Inspector, Highway Department, Planning Board, Police Department, Receiver of Taxes, Recreation, Supervisor, and Town Clerk), resolutions regarding paying town and highway bills, personnel appointments (Police Department, Supervisor's Office, Building Department, Adult Recreation Program), reappointments to various boards (Architectural Review Board, Recreation Advisory Committee, Town Housing Board), budget modifications, authorization for a bond release, adoption of a credit card policy, and authorization for the supervisor to sign various agreements. Worksession topics include the purchase of an electric vehicle, a draft credit card policy, headstone repair, the town annex roof, Delancey Hall renovations, an RFP for solar installation, and draft legislation for short-term rentals. The board will also discuss and vote on support for the Peach Lake Environmental Coalition's permit submission for Peach Lake and declare a lead agency for the Croton Falls Sewer District.