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Beacon council appoints two police officers, names five conservation advisers and sets three public hearings
Summary
At its Jan. 20 meeting the Beacon City Council appointed two new police officers to address staffing shortfalls, approved five Conservation Advisory Commission appointments by consent, and set public hearings on senior and disability property-tax exemptions and the city’s CDBG application.
Beacon’s City Council on Jan. 20 appointed two new police officers, approved five Conservation Advisory Commission appointments by consent, and scheduled three public hearings, the council said during a regularly scheduled meeting at City Hall.
The council voted to appoint Derek Sherman and Ryan Cross as Beacon police officers. Police Chief (name not specified) told the council the department is “experiencing staff shortfalls” and presented the two candidates. Derek Sherman, 21, a Marlborough resident and current police dispatcher for the village of Monroe, and Ryan Cross, 31, who lives in Washingtonville and works as a project manager for a roofing company, were each approved by voice vote and sworn in during the meeting.
The council approved by consent the reappointments and appointments to the Conservation Advisory Commission: Sergei Krasikoff, Eleanor Peck, Philip Stamatis, Justine Bienkowski and James Burton. The mayor introduced the consent agenda and councilmembers moved and seconded the combined motion; the item passed on a collective voice vote.
Council members also set three public hearings to take place at the Feb. 3 council meeting: one on a proposed local law to raise the dollar thresholds for the senior citizen property-tax exemption, a companion hearing to update the city’s disability exemption limits, and a hearing for the city’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) letter of intent. City Attorney Nick explained that the local-law changes would align the city’s income thresholds and exemption amounts with current county levels; the hearings were noticed separately but may be opened together, he said.
Other routine business at the meeting included approval of the Jan. 6 minutes and ceremonial swearing-in of the two new officers. Council members discussed administrative details for the CDBG application, including that eligible project areas and maps are posted on the Dutchess County website and that the grant timeline is tight.
Votes and formal actions taken at the Jan. 20 meeting are summarized below.
