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Cold Spring adopts resolution urging state packaging-reduction law, trustees to send copies to state leaders
Summary
The board voted to support state legislation (Senate Bill 1464 and Assembly Bill 1749) shifting packaging costs to producers and creating a state-managed fund for municipalities; trustees asked staff to add Cold Spring language and send the resolution to state officials.
The Cold Spring Board of Trustees voted to adopt a resolution urging the New York State Legislature and governor to pass a Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (Senate Bill 1464 and Assembly Bill 1749).
"It puts some of the costs of packaging back onto the producers," a trustee explained as the board discussed the measure, noting the legislation would create an incentive for producers to reduce packaging and would establish a state fund to return money to municipalities. Heidi Wendell, a resident and member of a local climate task force, told the board the fund would return varying amounts to municipalities depending on size, and that larger cities could expect larger allocations.
Trustees discussed local implications and whether the village would receive meaningful funds; they concluded the primary benefit is supporting packaging reduction and directed staff to add an explicit reference to Cold Spring in the draft. The board read Resolution No. 3-20-26 into the record and recorded aye votes; staff will finalize the text and send copies to state leaders named in the resolution.
