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Village Communications With the departure of two Village employees who handled communications, the Village engaged the firm Nicholas & Lence Communications (NLC) in October 2025. Representatives from the firm presented an end-of-year report of their activities at the January 12, 2026 Board of Trustees (BOT) work session. See HERE . Much of this report focuses on media placement of stories about Mamaroneck but, more importantly, starting on page 6 of the report, there is m

Irregularities Found and New Construction Manager Hired An agenda item to retain H2M for construction management services was discussed at the Work Session and then moved to the Legislative Session for a vote by the Board of Trustees (BOT) where it was approved. See HERE . Since Village Engineer Gino Frabasile left his position last August, H2M has been serving in his place. As part of their work, they are responsible for reviewing project invoices before they are paid.

Westchester County Officials Present Flood Update Joan McDonald, Director of Operations for Westchester County presented a summary of the various County flood mitigation projects in the Village. · The County partially funded two completed projects: the Waverly Avenue Bridge and the Hillside Avenue Bridge for a total County contribution of $4.48 million. · The County has committed to contributing either $17 or $18 million to the required non-federal local match

Water Rates to Increase As expected, the Board of Trustees (BOT) voted 3-0 (Trustees Silver and Kushnick were absent) to increase the water rates by 25%. This increase was necessitated by the mandated need to build a filtration plant. See HERE . This increase brings the Village of Mamaroneck on par with the Town of Mamaroneck and the Town/Village of Harrison, fellow members of the Westchester Joint Water Works. These municipalities foresaw the necessary increase and st

Industrial Area Project Resurrected So many studies have been conducted regarding the Industrial Zone in the Village it is doubtful that anyone even knows the number. None have ever been implemented but that never stopped Village officials and business and property owners in that area from trying. In 2014, another Industrial Area Redevelopment Steering Committee was formed and over the next four years and after much work, a strategic plan was developed and presented to the

Another Food Vendor Presentation for Harbor Island Park At the Board of Trustees (BOT) Work Session another contender to be the vendor to operate a food concession at Harbor Island Park. The Board of Trustees (BOT) received a detailed proposal by an experienced food vendor/restaurant group with more than twelve food and beverage operations across Long Island and in NYC. Several of the operations are beachfront enterprises where food, drink and entertainment are provided. S

Greenway Update The Board of Trustees (BOT) heard a presentation on the first phase of the Greenway project which will address approximately a half mile along the Sheldrake river in Washingtonville and the Industrial Area. Armed with a grant for the design there are four goals to be achieved; flood impact mitigation, uninterrupted connectivity along the rivers, space for recreation, education and stewardship and also provide governance and management of the Greenway project.

Police Contract At their Work Session the Board of Trustees (BOT) unanimously approved a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Village...

Officer Brandt & Officer Carbo with Mayor Torres Welcome Officers Brandt and Carbo Two new police officers were sworn in by Mayor Sharon...

Preliminary Discussion of Washingtonville Moratorium on New Construction Mayor Sharon Torres brought up the topic of pausing new...

by Kathy Savolt - As previously reported in The Mamaroneck Observer (see HERE and see HERE ) water rates are about to increase to...

With four members of the Board of Trustees (BOT) in attendance and one participating by Zoom the legislative session covered a wide range...