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Tivoli board sets Feb. 25 public hearing for CDBG application, approves budget line reallocations
Summary
The Tivoli Village Board of Trustees set a special meeting for Feb. 25 to hold a public hearing on the community's Community Development Block Grant application and approved line-item budget modifications reallocating $32,328.03 to cover several departmental needs.
The Tivoli Village Board of Trustees voted Feb. 18 to hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Feb. 25 to take public comment on the village’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application.
The meeting chair said the village has been “ridiculously successful” securing CDBG funds for local projects and highlighted past uses including new sidewalks and a relocated bus stop on Pine Street. The chair said the village’s latest successful CDBG award is earmarked for a drainage project on Memorial Drive and described an additional proposed swale by the baseball field to increase stormwater holding capacity.
Why it matters: CDBG funds typically support local infrastructure and community projects; the board invited residents to propose projects for the county-run grant evaluation process at the Feb. 25 public hearing.
The board also approved a routine budget modification at the Feb. 18 meeting to reallocate multiple payroll and operating lines into other departmental accounts to keep the budget balanced and better track spending. According to the chair, the adjustments move funds out of police payroll, DPW administration, buildings and grounds, streets, snow removal payroll, recycling payroll and playground/rec expense lines and into lines including justice, clerk expense, DPW equipment, central printing and data processing, parks and open space, playground payroll, solid waste recycling, retirement, and employee assistance. The total reallocated amount was stated as $32,328.03.
Board action: A motion to set the special meeting for the CDBG public hearing passed by voice vote after a second; a separate motion to approve the described budget modifications also passed by voice vote (moved by Jerry; seconded by the deputy mayor as recorded in the meeting transcript). The record indicates unanimous assent by those present; the transcript does not provide a formal roll-call tally.
What’s next: The special meeting/public hearing on the CDBG application is scheduled for Feb. 25 at 6 p.m., where residents may propose projects and the board will discuss priorities to include in the village application to the county.
