Ossining board approves personnel actions and multiple tax-certiorari settlements

At its June 23 meeting the Ossining Town Board approved a series of routine personnel actions and tax-certiorari settlement resolutions and authorized related administrative steps.

Personnel actions: The board accepted retirements with regret for Albert (Al) Closy from the Assessor’s Office (effective June 26, 2026), Lynn Muller from the senior nutrition program (effective June 26, 2026) and Patricia (Patty) Kanahan J. from the tax receiver’s office (effective June 26, 2026). The board appointed Patricia Vereseta to the position of nutrition site manager effective June 29, 2026 at an annual salary read into the record as $80,000; the motion to appoint passed by voice vote.

Tax-certiorari settlements: Acting on recommendations from the town assessor and town council, the board approved consent judgments or settlements in favor of several property owners and authorized town officials to execute and process payments. The resolutions recorded estimated town refunds as follows (as read into the record): - Briercliffe Commons — estimated town refund approximately $3,7xx (index numbers cited for 2020–2025 in Westchester County Supreme Court) - Ottabbon Living LLC — $860.16 - Courtland Living LLC — $3,401 - Waterview Living LLC — $1,926.54 - Sparta Apartments LLC — $899.14

Each resolution directed the town supervisor, town assessor, receiver of taxes, town controller and relevant staff to take necessary actions to execute, file and make payment under the consent judgments. The motions passed by voice vote as recorded in the transcript; individual roll-call tallies were not read into the record.

Other fiscal action: The board voted to authorize release of a $50,000 security payment held to secure sanitary-sewer installation at 45 Cam Road after the Westchester County Department of Health and the town building inspector certified completion and compliance. The payee was corrected on the record to Lewis Raldi, Inc., and the resolution was approved as amended.

Procedural notes: The meeting approved minutes and the voucher detail report as presented. Several trustees noted they had been absent for certain prior meetings when minutes were considered; abstentions and acknowledgments were recorded in the discussion as indicated on the record.

Outcome and next steps: Approved settlements authorize staff to process refunds and related filings; the appointment to the senior nutrition program will take effect June 29. No new policies or budget ordinances were adopted during the meeting.