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Votes at a glance: Rhinebeck trustees approve contracts, personnel pay resolutions and community events
Summary
At its June 2 meeting the board approved a series of routine and project votes including hires, contract authorizations, a change order, equipment surplus sale, event permits and annual salary resolutions for elected and appointed officials and staff.
The Village of Rhinebeck Board of Trustees conducted multiple formal votes by voice during its June 2 meeting. The transcript records the following actions and outcomes (motions carried by voice vote unless otherwise noted):
- Hire: Motion to hire John Reiner and Michael Whelan as village police officers — approved. - Vouchers: Motion to approve presented vouchers (general fund $13,584.15; escrow $4,002.42; compost grant $150; sewer $222.58; water $561.08) — approved. - Budget cleanups: Two fiscal 2023–24 write‑offs (debit to cash $165; decrease cash $28.64) — approved. - Water/sewer amendments: Request to transfer $100,000 from the Capital Water account to cover water fund overages — tabled pending departmental reports and detailed line‑item documentation. - Change order: Approve Change Order Number 6 for Center Street (net reconciliation savings $15,833.57; manhole frame/cover replacement cost $12,000) — approved. - TAP consultant agreement: Authorize Deputy Mayor/RLPO to enter consultant agreement for TAP preliminary engineering work (part of a $2 million grant; initial consultant allocation noted at $430,000) — approved. - Surplus auction: Place Village Hall audio mixer, microphones and speakers on surplus auction for 30 days — approved. - Events and permits: Juneteenth display (June 18–27), Rhinebeck Middle/High School ensemble concert (June 10), Rhinebeck Lions Club rubber‑duck race (June 7 with alternative weather dates) — all approved, subject to normal event conditions. - Green Municipal Building Policy: Adopted as a resolution (applies to major renovation/new‑build thresholds and lists ineligible project types) — approved. - Salaries and personnel resolutions: The board approved multiple compensation resolutions effective June 2, 2025, through June 1, 2026: mayor ($25,000); trustees/deputy mayor ($12,000 each); judge and appointed judge; full‑time and part‑time staff hourly rates and annual stipends as presented in resolutions 1–5 — all approved.
Votes were taken by voice and recorded in the meeting transcript as "Aye" responses. The transcript does not include roll‑call tallies or recorded dissenting votes for the listed motions. Several items (notably the larger water/sewer amendments and the RRFB crosswalk task order) were discussed at length and deferred for further documentation or revised scope before final approval.
