Thanking Volunteers & Sharing Services
Last week's Volunteer Appreciation Night included a presentation by the chair or designee from village appointed boards/committees. They highlighted their projects from the past year, as well as offered a look ahead to 2020. The Village Board is actively interviewing candidates to fill current vacancies and positions where a member's term ends with the calendar year. A number of appointments will be announced at the January 8 reorganizational meeting.
This morning I attended the County's Shared Services 2020 Plan meeting. A quorum of municipalities voted unanimously to support the plan. The village will explore what savings opportunities are available to take advantage of next year. There is the potential to save money both at the time of purchase as well as in the form of a rebate from NYS.
Community Connections
If the Ossining Schools have a delayed opening tomorrow,
Open Office Hours with the Mayor
may be delayed. If you're planning to come speak with me during Office Hours, call 914-941-3554 to confirm when I'll arrive at Village Hall.
Have a burning question or idea, at any hour of the day or night?... Email me (mayor@villageofossining.org), Village Manager Karen D'Attore (kdattore@villageofossining.org) or the Board of Trustees (bot@villageofossining.org).
Final Legislative Session of 2019
This week is the final Village Board meeting planned for the year. The meeting will open with a special presentation for Mary Ann Roberts. More information about that celebration is below. In addition to honoring Mary Ann Roberts, we are very pleased to be voting this week on a new five-year Civil Service Employee Association contract which represents the salary and benefits agreement for the majority of village employees. One of the notable changes with this contract is that recreation department staff will now be available to work on Sundays. This change enables us to expand access to the Community Center to seven days a week.
There are a number of invitations for community members to offer comments at this week's legislative session. If you would like to spread the word about an upcoming event, please take up to two minutes during Organizational Announcements. Folks who would like to comment on the resolutions included on this week's agenda may do so for up to four minutes at the start of the Village Board Resolutions portion of the meeting. The meeting closes with an invitation for community members to comment for up to three minutes during Visitor Recognition about any topic of relevance to the common good of the Village.
With Regards,
