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Board accepts clean audit, approves personnel, contracts and budget amendments
Summary
The town board accepted the 2024 audit with clean opinions, approved a retainer for labor counsel, an employee assistance program, multiple budget amendments, a mechanic appointment at $70,603 and established a budget committee.
At the April 2 meeting the Town of Mamaroneck accepted the 2024 financial audit, approved several staffing and contract items and authorized budget amendments tied to grants and staffing needs.
An auditor identified in the meeting as Tom said auditors will issue clean, unmodified opinions for the town’s financial statements and for the town justice court. Tom reported aggregate assigned and unassigned fund balances of about $19.7 million at Dec. 31, 2024, and noted the town’s net position decreased by $11.5 million after recording a liability tied to a Westchester joint sewer project.
Following the audit presentation, the board adopted a resolution acknowledging the completion of the 2024 audit and accepted the comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2024. The board also authorized a retainer agreement with a labor and employment law firm (Coughlin Gerhart LLP) for 4/1/2025–12/31/2025, approved an employee assistance program agreement (EAP) retroactive to March 10, 2025, and adopted four operating budget amendments: a $10,000 NYSERDA Climate Smart Communities grant, a $75,000 records‑scanning grant for the engineering/zoning files, consultant communications funds and an internal transfer to fund a part‑time highway garage assistant.
On personnel, the board approved hiring Jesus Cardenas as a full‑time automotive mechanic at an annual salary of $70,603 effective April 21, 2025. The board also appointed seven community members to a newly formed budget committee and outlined plans for public input into the committee’s work.
Several of these items were approved by motion and roll call; the transcript shows the motions and affirmative votes, though some detailed roll‑call lines are not fully printed in the provided excerpt.
