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Residents praise council's community events; officials report shuttle success and code efforts
Summary
During liaison reports and public comment, council members highlighted community events (trunk-or-treat, pumpkin events), a pilot shuttle that carried roughly 75 riders to downtown attractions, and ongoing code-enforcement work addressing overcrowding; two residents publicly thanked the council for support of local initiatives.
Council members used liaison reports to highlight several community items and operational updates. City Manager Matt Alexander reported cross-departmental work addressing an "egregious" overcrowding situation that prompted a nuisance complaint and said the new fire inspector has increased inspections. He also reported the pilot Peekskill shuttle between the train station and downtown gazebo carried about 75 riders on recent runs and that the city is working on boat operations at Fleishman Pier.
Council and staff discussed a pilot parking-app solution to replace failing meters; the manager said the city is evaluating an app-based system with station options for people without smartphones and expects it to make enforcement and payments easier. Council members also flagged safety concerns at specific intersections and asked staff for a pedestrian-light evaluation and updates on Brown Street repaving.
During citizen comment, resident Steve Coley commended mayor and council leadership. Beverly Chang, speaking for local NAACP-affiliated partners, thanked the city and police for supporting a domestic-violence awareness walk on Oct. 20. A remote resident, Sanduja (Sidhuja), asked a parks-budget question during a reopened budget hearing and received a staff response that the city was consolidating recreation staffing under a community-hub model and not replacing one recreation leader.
