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Council moves a broad consent agenda; votes recorded for multiple ordinances, grants and agreements
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Summary
The Committee of the Whole advanced a large consent agenda July 8 including budget adjustments, parking and traffic regulations, grant acceptances, cooling-center license agreements and the introduction or public hearing scheduling of several local laws; most items were moved to the consent agenda or adopted by unanimous voice vote.
The Committee of the Whole considered multiple items July 8 and moved most to the consent agenda or adopted them after brief staff explanations. Council members voiced few objections during the procedural votes and generally approved motions by voice vote.
Key items the council moved to the consent agenda or adopted at the meeting included:
- Item 4: Proposed ordinance increasing settlement authority from $5,000 to $25,000 (moved to consent agenda). - Item 5: Clean-up amendment to the city code regarding record retention (moved to consent agenda). - Item 6: Proposed second-quarter budget adjustments to the 2025 budget (net-zero adjustments; marina enterprise fund uses fund balance for deck timing) (moved to consent agenda). - Items 7–10: A series of parking and traffic regulation changes for specified streets and driveways throughout the city (moved to consent agenda individually). - Item 11: Proposed amendments regarding opening of newly paved streets; staff outlined a requirement for curb-to-curb restoration in many cases; item moved to present/pending agenda for action (motion passed to move forward for further consideration). - Item 12: Amendment to Chapter 224 (Parks) regarding public bathing that allows city programs and city employees to use certain waterfront areas for programming (adopted at the meeting). - Item 13: Acceptance of a Westchester County Youth Bureau grant for summer youth employment (approximately $32,000) (moved to consent agenda). - Item 14: Cleanup of city code language to list parks parking lots correctly, including Five Islands Park (moved to consent agenda). - Item 15: Acceptance of a Taneth Grama workforce award (~$123,100) from the Westchester Putnam Workforce Investment Board (moved to consent agenda). - Items 16–18: License agreements with Bethesda Baptist Church, United Hebrew of New Rochelle and Monroe University to host additional cooling-center locations for 2025 (moved to consent agenda; one council member noted a personal conflict on item 16 and recused from that matter for the record). - Items 19–20: Introduction and scheduling of a public hearing for proposed veteran/active-duty parking designations; the hearing was scheduled for Sept. 9 (item 20 adopted to set the public hearing). - Items 21–22: Introduction and scheduling of the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) 2026 annual PHA plan for HUD compliance (public hearing scheduled and item moved as required). - Item 23: Authorization to apply for New York State BRICKS grant for build-out of the 11 Garden Street Community Center (roughly $3 million project; $2.4M state request with $600,000 match) (moved to consent agenda). - Item 24: Authorization to apply for New York State Green Resiliency Grant (to seek replacement funds for stormwater elements lost in a federal rescission) (moved to consent agenda). - Item 25: The Quaker Ridge Road Complete Streets application was tabled so staff can add a public hearing and gather additional public input before submission. - Item 26: Authorization to submit the 2025 Consolidated Funding Application to New York State (moved to consent agenda). - Item 27: Authorization to negotiate and execute a license agreement regarding additional municipal parking at Skyline Garage; item moved to consent agenda with Councilman Tarantino recusing himself from the vote on the matter.
Most procedural votes were taken by voice ("All in favor, say aye"), and the minutes record the motions, the named movers and seconders for each consent motion and unanimous "aye" responses where recorded. Several items with more detailed staff presentations (notably the curb-to-curb paving restoration proposal and the Skyline garage negotiations) received substantive discussion before action to advance them on the agenda.
Ending: Council then voted to enter executive session to consider settlement and real-estate valuation matters; the public hearing portion of the agenda resumed later that evening.
