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Troy council approves local law and a slate of ordinances, including property reconveyances and tax‑bill relays
Summary
At its Dec. 18 meeting the council passed Local Law No. 4 (Downtown BID amendment), multiple reconveyance ordinances for foreclosed properties, and a series of ordinances relaying unpaid municipal charges onto 2026 property tax bills; most measures passed unanimously.
The Troy City Council passed a package of local laws, ordinances and resolutions at a special meeting on Dec. 18.
Local Law No. 4, which amends the district plan of the Downtown Troy Business Improvement District, passed after a council member recused themself because of BID board membership; the record shows the measure passed with six ayes and one abstention in the special session.
Ordinances authorizing reconveyance of real property acquired by in rem foreclosure (including 62 Earl Street; 560 Jacob Street; and 2219 Old 6th Avenue) were introduced at the administration’s request and subsequently passed (recorded votes later confirmed as 7–0 in the special meeting).
The council also approved a series of ordinances that will allow the city to relive unpaid bulk pickup fees, solid waste management fees, unpaid legal fees, vacant building fees and unpaid water and sewer charges by adding them to 2026 property tax bills; those measures were adopted with recorded ayes (generally unanimous) as part of the consent package.
Two ordinances approving settlements in tax certiorari proceedings (HYP Self Storage LLC and Troy Woodland LLC) were adopted unanimously. The council also adopted an amendment to Appendix C of the non‑rep policy addressing planning board stipends and adopted the amended Resolution 118 (see separate article).
