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04-14-09
Highlights from the County
Board's April 13 Meeting
Please note: Votes were unanimous (16-0; Oros
absent) unless otherwise indicated.
Approved: Fairview Affordable Housing
$2,070,000 Bond Act and Intermunicipal
Agreement (IMA) with the Town of Greenburgh and Fairview
Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. approved to refurbish
apartments and provide infrastructure improvements at
Greenburgh’s Fairview Manhattan Park Apartments, a
longstanding affordable housing complex in the community
consisting of 189 affordable units.
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Approved: Change in Definition of “Gender”
Following a public hearing on the item,
Legislators approved a Local Law to change the definition of
the word “gender” in the Human Rights Law to
prevent gender-based discrimination in Westchester. The
Human Rights Law definition will match the definition
included in the County’s Fair Housing Law.
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Overed: Item Pricing Law Waiver
Following a public hearing on the item, a
Local Law to provide a waiver to certain qualified retailers
in Westchester County for item pricing requirements was
overed. According to the law, in addition to paying an
annual fee for the waiver, retailers would have to pass a
scanner accuracy test, provide shelf tags for all store
items and provide price check scanners for customer use. The
item will be postponed for discussion until the Board’s
scheduled meeting on April 27, 2009. (Overed: Burton)
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Postponed: Regulation of Lawn Fertilizer
Following amendments made, the proposed Local
Law establishing regulations for lawn fertilizer application
and sale in Westchester County was postponed for a final
vote until the Board’s scheduled meeting of April 27, 2009.
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Public Hearing Set—Source of Income
Legislation: May 11 at 7:30 PM
A public hearing on a proposed Local Law to
prohibit housing discrimination based on a person’s source
of income has been set for
May 11, 2009 at 7:30 PM.
Approved: Lease Agreement for Space at County
Airport
Legislators approved a proposed Local Law
authorizing the County of Westchester to enter into a lease
agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association for
space at Westchester County Airport.
EOH Water Quality Investment Program—Hallocks
Mill Sewer District/Yorktown
Act approved authorizing the transfer and
distribution of
$88,000 from the East of Hudson (EOH)
Water Quality Investment Program Fund to the Town of
Yorktown to finance a feasibility study for the possible
expansion of the sewage collection system within the
existing Hallocks Mill Sewer District; also included is an
IMA with the Town.
EOH Water Quality Investment Program—Bedford
Act approved authorizing the County to enter
into an IMA with the Town of Bedford in order to distribute
$65,000 of the EOH Water Quality Investment Program Fund in
order to finance an asset condition and valuation report to
assess the feasibility of forming a new sewer district; also
included is an IMA with the Town.
Extended: Ready Reserve Protections
Act approved extending, for an additional
year, certain salary and benefits protections for County
officers and employees who are members of the Ready Reserve,
and may be ordered to active military duty.
Approved: County Jail Renovations
$4,770,000 Bond Act approved to finance
various renovations at the County Jail
Approved: Playland
Park Infrastructure Improvements
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Lighting
Replacement:
Issuance
of $950,000 in bonds to fund lighting replacement work at
Rye Playland. The replacement work will include
introducing LED and other energy-efficient lighting at the
amusement park. (15-1; No: Burrows)
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Administration Building Rehabilitation:
$1,100,000 Bond Act to finance rehab work on the Park’s
Administration Building
Appointments to Westchester County Boards:
The following appointments were approved:
Youth Board
John Yuhanna Edwards of Mount Vernon
Traffic Safety Board
Thomas Turner of Somers
Transportation Board
Thomas Durkin of White Plains
REAPPOINTMENTS
African American Advisory Board
Julius Ford of Cortlandt
Barbara Edwards of Mount Vernon
W. Garrison Jackson of Cortlandt Manor
Susan McPherson of White Plains
Winston Ross of Elmsford
Ethics Board
Lawrence Rand of Rye Brook
Angelo Rubino of Port Chester
Citizen’s Consumer Advisory Council
John Fix, III of Eastchester
Carolyn Pellot of Mount Vernon
Brian Rauer of Tarrytown
Community Services Board
Ann Brown Loretan of Ossining
Domestic Violence Council
CarLa Horton of Pleasantville
Maryellen Martirano, Esq. of Valhalla
Christine Fecko of New York
Electrical Licensing Board
Garry Lynch of Pleasantville
Emergency Medical Services Board
Daniel Blum of Chappaqua
David Dawson of Hawthorne
Celia Fishman of Chappaqua
Adam Ochs of South Salem
Fair Housing Board
Barry Kramer of Scarsdale
Fire Advisory Board
Kenneth Hoffarth of Valhalla
Thomas Cain of LaGrangeville
Richard Lyman of White Plains
Robert Broderick of Hartsdale
Hispanic Advisory Board
Joaquin Alamany of Scarsdale
Jorge Mejia of White Plains
Piero Olcese of Scarsdale
Isabel Villar of White Plains
Human Rights Commission
George Castellanos of Briarcliff Manor
Barry Kramer of Scarsdale
Harry Bright, Jr. of White Plains
Parks, Recreation & Conservation Board
Thomas Secunda of Croton-on-Hudson
Planning Board
David Menken of Bedford
Plumbing Examiners Board
Scott McGuire of Mamaroneck
Refuse Disposal District No. 1 Advisory Board
Daniel Baskerville of New Rochelle
Brian Havranek of Peekskill
Patrick Lofaro of Ossining
George Mottarella, P.E. of Port Chester
Benedict Salanitro of Mamaroneck
Soil & Water Conservation Board
Terry Kornblum Singer of Scarsdale
Taxi & Limousine Commission
Barbara Monohan of White Plains
Traffic Safety Board
Commissioner Thomas Belfiore of Hawthorne
Women’s Advisory Board
Lindley Thomasset of Bedford
Board of Health
Dr. Ruth Merkatz of Rye
Youth Board
Chantell Peeples of Peekskill
To view the full agenda packet and minutes, please visit the
County Board's
Web site at
www.westchesterlegislators.com.
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