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Larchmont trustees authorize five‑year Verizon franchise and approve appointments, fees and budget updates
Summary
Trustees voted to authorize a five‑year franchise renewal with Verizon New York, Inc., approved personnel appointments (including two village prosecutors and a probationary police officer), adopted a fee‑in‑lieu parking payment for 1890 Palmer Avenue and approved other administrative resolutions and permit‑fee changes.
At its June 22 meeting the Village of Larchmont Board of Trustees voted to authorize a five‑year cable franchise renewal with Verizon New York, Inc. and delegated authority to the Village Administrator to execute the agreement.
The board also approved several personnel and administrative actions presented by the Village Administrator. These included appointing two village prosecutors (Don Shindelmann and Jeffrey Hirsch) and the appointment of a probationary police officer named in the minutes as Mabel Mea Mea. Trustees approved a fee‑in‑lieu of parking request from 1890 Palmer Avenue at $5,000 per space. The board authorized the Village Administrator to execute a memorandum of agreement with the local PBA in substantially the same form (subject to attorney review).
Administrators sought and trustees approved an amendment to the adopted General Fund budget that updates account numbers to reflect mid‑year changes without altering total appropriations. The board also adopted a rush‑charge fee for special‑event permit applications that allows staff to charge double the normal fee for requests submitted within two weeks of the event; the transcript records at least one trustee abstention on that vote.
Finance motions were approved: the board voted to pay bills totaling $616,414.48 and ratified off‑list payments totaling $992,439.38.
All actions noted in the meeting were carried by voice vote, with occasional abstentions recorded when specified. Where names or fiscal details were read from the record, the board voted to implement the items as presented.
