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Glens Falls council approves series of budget and permitting resolutions, schedules public hearing on short-term rentals
Summary
During its Feb. 11 meeting the Glens Falls Common Council approved routine minutes and financial items, authorized payments tied to NYS HCR HOME program work, retroactively approved encroachment permits and a mobile food permit, and set a public hearing on a proposed short-term rental local law for February 25.
The Glens Falls Common Council on Feb. 11 approved a slate of routine resolutions, budget adjustments and permits and set a public hearing on a proposed local law to change the city’s permanent process for short-term rentals.
Council members approved minutes and the clerk’s monthly report by voice vote early in the meeting. The council then considered a series of budget transfers and payments drawn from the 2024 budget, including a transfer of $5,925 from a computer hardware revenue code to cover police computer upgrades and a payment of $18,756.92 to cover required legal advertising and reimbursements related to environmental approval work for the New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) HOME program.
The council also authorized retroactive approval of multiple encroachment permits (numbers 85-2024, 4-2025 and 5-2025 as presented in the packet) and retroactively approved a mobile food unit permit (permit number 12025) that had been approved earlier by Mayor Collins on…
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