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Sleepy Hollow board approves routine purchases, FOIA officer designation and tree work
Summary
At its Aug. 4 meeting the board approved $102,521.72 in accounts payable, appointed Melissa Powell as a FOIA officer (pending training), authorized several tree-removal contracts totaling about $7,100 and approved a $11,958.50 capital purchase for the public works department.
The Sleepy Hollow board approved a series of routine but operationally important items on Aug. 4, including vendor payments, personnel designations and capital purchases.
Finance staff requested approval of accounts payable totaling $102,521.72; trustees approved the payment by roll call. The board also approved a change in a FOIA designee: Melissa Powell will be designated as a FOIA officer for the police department after completing training, to help handle requests for body-worn camera and car-video records.
Public works received approval for a capital purchase of a Kawasaki Mule utility vehicle for $11,958.50 from the five-year capital fund. Trustees also authorized disposal of a 2001 Polaris Ranger 6x6 and approved contracting R & J Tree Service to remove multiple dead trees at village-owned easements and a $500 removal of a dangerous limb; the quoted total for the listed tree removals was $7,100.
Other actions: trustees approved moving soccer-referee training to Aug. 16 and waived the rental fee and security deposit for the Rutland/Dundee Fire District open house on Oct. 4. All listed motions were approved by roll call with no recorded negatives.
Why it matters: these items keep routine municipal operations running, from payroll and bills to records access and field maintenance. The FOIA designation aims to improve the village's capacity to respond to video-record requests; the capital purchase and contracted tree work address recurring maintenance needs.
The meeting closed after tabling the mobile food vendor ordinance for redrafting and authorizing an RFP to replace the building inspector.
