The Lorax, Stikeout: Items on the Rye City Council Agenda for April 4, 2012

(PICTURE: Rye City Hall by local artist Heather Patterson)

The city council's agenda for its meeting on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 is out. See you at 8:00pm in Council Chambers in City Hall.

The Council will convene at 7:30 pm and it is expected they will adjourn into Executive Session to discuss collective bargaining and legal matters. Office Hours of the Mayor will be at 7:00 pm in the Mayor’s Conference Room.

Meetings are also aired on Cablevision Channel 75 and Verizon Channel 39. We'll also see you on the Internet (live and archive).

Let's check the batting order and highlights from the 20 agenda items.

• Doug's Details. Legal Update
• The Lorax. Consideration to set a Public Hearing for April 18, 2012 to amend Chapter 187, “Trees” of the City Code regarding the legislation of trees.
• Taxi! Discussion of proposed changes to amend local law Chapter 180, “Taxicabs”, Section 14,
  Payment of Fares, of the Code of the City of Rye to increase taxi fares.
• Engineer Needed. Discussion of the position of City Engineer and Public Works Superintendent and the upgrade of an existing staff position to Assistant Civil Engineer; and Resolution to transfer funds from the Contingency account and the Building and Vehicles fund, to fund the position of City Engineer/Public Works Superintendent and Assistant Civil Engineer. Roll call.
• Strikeout. Authorization for the City Manager to enter into an agreement with FPM Group, Ltd. to
  perform hydrology and environmental engineering services regarding the impact on flood
  storage analysis at the Project Home Run site.
• Open Mic. Residents may be heard who have matters to discuss that do not appear on the agenda. Always a crowd pleaser…*

The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. A joint meeting of the City Council of the City of Rye and the Rye City School District Board of Education will be held on Saturday, April 21, 2012.The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.