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Votes at a glance: New Rochelle City Council actions, June 17, 2025
Summary
The City Council approved a consent agenda (items 1–22) and a series of standalone items including a $15,117.98 settlement, cooling-center agreements, appointments, zoning and budget amendments; the council also directed staff to study a stormwater fee and to report back.
At its June 17 meeting the New Rochelle City Council approved the consent agenda (items 1–22) and took individual votes on a sequence of resolutions, ordinances and appointments. Summary of formal actions recorded during the meeting:
- Items 1–22: Adopted as part of the consent agenda (no individual debate recorded).
- Item 23 — Settlement: Adopted a resolution authorizing settlement of the matter of Julian Almasan v. City of New Rochelle in the amount of $15,117.98. Motion recorded as moved by Stern and seconded by Peters; council voted in favor.
- Item 24 — MOU with New Rochelle Public Library: Adopted resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the New Rochelle Public Library to use the main library as a cooling center. Motion recorded as moved by Stern and seconded by Kaye; approved.
- Item 25 — Intermunicipal agreement with the School District: Adopted resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an intermunicipal agreement with the New Rochelle City School District for school-based cooling centers (with date/hours limitations noted). Motion recorded in the meeting (mover recorded as Achalay and second as Stern); approved.
- Item 26 — Civilian Complaint Review Board appointments: Adopted; motion recorded as moved by Lopez and seconded by Peters; approved.
- Item 27 — Negative declaration regarding massage establishments: Adopted; motion recorded as moved by Lopez and seconded by Asha Loye; approved.
- Item 28 — 2025 budget amendment (Parks & Rec positions): Adopted; motion recorded as moved by Kaye and seconded by Lopez; approved.
- Item 29 — Temporary rent reduction for current municipal marine attendants (ordinance): Adopted; recorded movers/seconders noted in the meeting; approved.
- Item 30 — Reallocation of HOME/ARP funds and related action: Adopted; motion recorded as moved by Stern and seconded by O'Ocean Loyier (as spoken in the record); approved.
- Item 31 — Allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds: Adopted; motion recorded as moved by Lucas and seconded by Kaye; approved.
- Item 32 — Amendment to Chapter 331 of the zoning code regarding massage establishments: Adopted; motion recorded as moved by Lopez and seconded by Kaye; approved.
- Item 33 — Local law regarding massage establishments (follow-up to zoning amendment): Adopted; motion recorded as moved by Stern and seconded (recorded in the meeting); approved.
- Item 34 — Stormwater fee discussion: No ordinance adopted. Council directed staff to study a possible impervious-surface-based stormwater fee and report back; action recorded as a staff study request rather than a formal vote on a fee change.
Notes: Many motions were adopted by voice vote with “All in favor, say aye” and no recorded opposition stated in the transcript. Where movers or seconders were expressly named during the meeting, those names are recorded above; for items where the meeting recorded a voice vote without an explicit mover/second in the transcript, mover/second were recorded as spoken when available and otherwise left unspecified.
ACTIONS SUMMARY
- Total consent items adopted: 22 - Total standalone items adopted (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33): 11 - Other formal direction: staff study requested for item 34 (stormwater fee).
