Dobbs Ferry trustees approve routine purchases, personnel items and event scheduling; workshop to review comprehensive plan draft

The Dobbs Ferry Board of Trustees on June 9 approved a slate of routine municipal items and scheduled several public hearings and workshops.

The board authorized the purchase of an electric forklift for the Department of Public Works (budgeted and procured under policy), approved purchase of a new fire chief's vehicle and declared the old chief's vehicle surplus, and adopted 2026–27 salary suggestions for temporary, seasonal and part-time positions after staff added a few missed titles. Trustees also approved a negotiated tax-assessment settlement for Livingston Ridge Condominium owners that will generate a refund of about $17,000 and declared certain amounts uncollectible due to clerical error.

On the calendar, the board moved a holiday light parade and tree-lighting event from Sunday, Dec. 6 to Saturday, Dec. 5, accepted a donation of ice pops from St. John's Riverside Hospital for summer camp, and scheduled a June 23 public hearing to consider adding the Young Street and Ashford Avenue intersection to the stop-sign schedule after a traffic study identified a safety concern.

Trustees received a departmental report from Village Clerk Elizabeth Draper on permits and revenues, including a film-permit fee increase adopted March 24 (from $1,500 to $5,000 per day) and year-to-date permit and parking revenue figures. The board also heard updates on downtown website work, a public-art RFQ that produced three finalists, senior-center repair proposals, and a comprehensive-plan draft expected for board review ahead of public hearings.

All routine motions were approved by voice vote.