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Votes at a glance: Rye Brook trustees approve multiple appointments, contracts and local-law changes
Summary
The Rye Brook Board of Trustees approved a package of appointments, contracts and local-law changes on April 8, including a recreation supervisor appointment, an adopted local law removing notary requirements for online applications, an EMS transport agreement renewal and several contract and donation acceptances.
The Rye Brook Board of Trustees completed multiple formal actions Tuesday. The board adopted or approved the items summarized below; individual agenda language and recorded roll-call votes appeared in the official minutes.
Votes at a glance (item —inal outcomes):
- Recreation supervisor appointment (Resolution 15, add-on): Benjamin "Ben" Becker, 27 Pleasant Avenue, White Plains, NY, appointed to Recreation Supervisor; salary $70,000; start date April 28, 2025. Roll call: Epstein yes; Heizer yes; Crom yes; Marlino yes; Mayor Klein yes. Outcome: approved.
- Local law amending Chapter 9 (notary requirements): Board adopted a local law removing a code requirement that certain permit and application submissions be notarized, enabling electronic signature and ID upload alternatives while retaining paper-submission options. Roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: adopted.
- Doral Greens seasonal leaf blower exemption (Resolution 1): Approved one-year extension with prior conditions (no gas on driveways/walkways during the ban; 50% electric blower minimum). Roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved (see separate story).
- EMS emergency transport agreement: Board authorized renewal/extension of the emergency medical transport agreement with Port Chester Rye Brook Emergency Medical Services, Inc.; five-year term effective on signing. Roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
- Police radio maintenance contract: Approved a one-year maintenance agreement with Eastern Communications (Long Island City, NY) to maintain 45 police radios and optional 24/7 support; annual cost reported at $23,006.25 (quoted in materials as $23,625 before negotiated adjustments). Roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
- Donations and sponsorships: The board accepted a $300 sponsorship donation from Yale New Haven Health to the senior center for an intergenerational game night and accepted a donated 2018 dual motorcycle trailer for the police department (estimated value $2,500). Outcome: accepted.
- Organizational/consultant appointments and board/committee reappointments: The board adopted its annual organizational resolutions, appointing village counsel, labor counsel, auditors, treasurer and deputy treasurer, records-management officer, designating official depositories and the official newspaper, and reappointing multiple board and commission members and chairs. Outcome: approved.
- Budget public hearing: The board opened and later closed the public hearing on the tentative FY 2025-26 budget; the board will consider final adoption at its April 22 meeting. Outcome: hearing opened and closed (vote to be taken on adoption at future meeting).
- Other routine personnel and budget transfers: The board approved a permanent appointment to the senior office assistant position and authorized a $32,000 in-year budget transfer to cover fire engine repairs (transferring funds from sewer to central garage repair line). Outcome: approved.
Roll-call votes were recorded on numerous items; trustees and staff also discussed permitting and operational issues tied to those approvals. Where public-comment periods applied (budget hearing, local-law hearing), the board opened the hearing, solicited comments, and closed the hearings by vote.
The board's minutes and the village clerk's office maintain the official records and full resolution text for each item.
