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Votes at a glance: Council approves consent agenda, hardware replacement, budget cleanup and charter amendment; schedules hearings on massage rules
Summary
The New Rochelle City Council adopted items 1–11 as a consent package and approved items including funds for IT hardware replacement, amendments to the 2025 capital budget, and a proposed charter amendment; it also set public hearings on zoning and licensing changes for massage establishments.
The New Rochelle City Council adopted its consent agenda and approved several individual items during the May regular legislative meeting.
Items 1–11 were adopted as a consent package without discussion. The council approved item 12, an unexpected expenditure to replace city IT hardware that staff said will update five computers that cannot apply Windows security updates. The presenter said the equipment is at least six years old and will be disposed of; council members asked whether refurbishing and donation were possible and staff said they would look into it.
The council adopted item 13, an amendment to the 2025 capital budget described by the deputy city manager as a cleanup that reclaims cash from old projects, cancels projects no longer needed and revises project scopes. Item 14, a proposed amendment to the city charter related to tax assessment (previously the subject of a public hearing), was also adopted.
For the detailed zoning and licensing package concerning massage establishments, the council voted to designate lead agency status (item 15) and to set public hearings for the zoning and local‑law proposals for June 10 (items 17 and 19). The council later moved into an executive session related to the lease of real property and did not anticipate returning to public session.
Meeting minutes for previous meetings (RLM dated March 18, 2025 and COW dated April 8, 2025) were approved.
Ending: The council scheduled public hearings for June 10 on the zoning and licensing items and directed staff to publish notices and review ordinance language with counsel as needed.
