Bronxville trustees approve annual appointments, override tax cap and back new tree‑planting program

Mayor Mary Marvin opened the April 14 meeting of the Bronxville Board of Trustees and led a series of annual housekeeping actions before the board moved to budget and capital matters.

The board voted unanimously to accept a package of annual appointments and customary annual actions for one‑year and multi‑year terms, then approved a separate resolution to memorialize the village’s annual administrative authorities, including a newly added fund‑balance policy. Village Administrator James Palmer said the mileage reimbursement rate had been updated to 70 cents per mile, “as identified by the IRS.”

Why it matters: the annual appointments set the roster of officials, boards and volunteers who make permitting, planning and local services decisions for the coming year, while the fund‑balance policy provides a formal place in policy documents for how the village manages reserves.

Budget and tax cap override

The board opened the public hearing on the 2025–26 tentative budget and made the full budget document available both online and in Village Hall. Treasurer Lori Boss and Administrator Palmer described projected revenues and appropriations and answered questions about major drivers of the proposed budget. Using the figures presented to the board, the village’s median tax‑bill increase for a home with a full value of $2,800,000 was described as $417.40; for a home at $1,510,000 the estimated increase was $232.93. Total appropriations were presented as just over $21 million, and non‑property tax revenues were budgeted at roughly $7.0 million, led by sales tax and parking revenues.

Palmer and Boss told trustees that employee benefit costs — primarily retirement bills the village receives from the state and rising workers‑comp and liability premiums — were the largest drivers of the proposed levy increase. The board left the budget hearing open for public comment; the administration proposed and the board agreed to reconvene the hearing and adopt the budget at a special session to be scheduled before the May 1 filing deadline.

Separately, the board adopted a local resolution to override the state tax‑cap rule. The board…