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Votes at a glance: Geneva council approves property sale, zoning changes and board reductions
Summary
At the meeting council took multiple formal actions: approved sale of city property adjacent to CCN, completed SEQR review and adopted a zoning map change (CB‑5 expansion), and reduced planning and zoning board sizes; the council also approved routine resolutions and set public hearings for CDBG applications.
The Geneva City Council adopted several ordinances, resolutions and procedural items during the meeting. Key outcomes are summarized below.
Sale of city property to CCN: Council approved a resolution to convey city‑owned property adjacent to CCN following a public hearing. The motion passed on roll call and the mayor declared the motion carried.
Zoning map change (CB‑5 expansion) and SEQR: Council reviewed draft SEQR Parts 2 and 3 and adopted the zoning map amendment to expand the CB‑5 designation to the parcels presented. Council conducted a roll‑call adoption after a second reading and the motion carried.
Local laws reducing board sizes: Council adopted local laws to reduce the planning board from nine to five members and the zoning board of appeals from seven to five members. Staff told council the change responds to quorum and appointment difficulties; both changes passed on roll call.
Routine and administrative resolutions: The council approved meeting minutes from November 20, December 3, December 4 and December 17; designated regular meeting nights for 2025; designated official depositories and the official newspaper; declared certain Department of Public Works equipment surplus (amending the surplus resolution to add a 2015 Freightliner); approved the municipal cooperative agreement for employee health insurance; and set multiple public hearings related to CDBG/BEST funding (Liquid Orchard and a BEST microenterprise application).
Public hearings set: council set public hearings for the CDBG loan application from Liquid Orchard Incorporated and for the city’s BEST microenterprise grant application, allowing those applications to proceed to public comment and formal review.
Votes listed below are recorded from the roll calls conducted during the meeting and shown in the official minutes as read into the record. For items that required two readings (for example, parking code changes), council directed staff to return with the formal resolutions at subsequent meetings.
