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Board agrees to explore sale of small village-owned Hilltop Lane parcel
Summary
A homeowner expressed interest in purchasing a short, never-completed stretch of Hilltop Lane; the board agreed by consensus to pursue steps in staff memo to evaluate a sale while retaining utility easements and placing survey costs on the resident.
Trustees discussed a resident's request to buy a short, village-owned stretch of Hilltop Lane that was never completed as a through street. The parcel is overgrown and provides no apparent public benefit beyond serving a single driveway; trustees said they would retain utility easements if a sale proceeds and would require the resident to pay survey and closing-related costs.
The trustee who brought the item said the parcel "would be absolutely no benefit to anybody else except this particular resident" and described the staff memo's recommended steps: determine resident interest, get a property survey (paid by the purchaser), preserve utility easements and then reassess. Trustees noted the parcel's small size and that it cannot practically be used for future public improvements; the board discussed practical concerns such as drainage and easement location.
Outcome: The board did not vote to sell; by consensus the trustees asked staff to follow the steps in the memo and return with cost estimates (survey and transactional steps) and recommended next steps. Any future sale would require formal steps including survey, public-notice and compliance with statutory sale procedures.
