Money Allocation, Money Talk, Money Limits: Rye City Council Agenda for Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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

The city council’s agenda for its meeting on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 is out.

The council will hold the council meeting virtually at 6:30pm. The Council will convene via ZOOM CONFERENCE at 5:15pm and it is expected they will adjourn into a teleconference Executive Session to discuss attorney-client privileged matters, personnel matters, and/or labor negotiations.

PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR CUOMO’S EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 202.1, REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED AND PUBLIC BODIES MAY MEET WITHOUT ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT. FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL, CITY HALL WILL REMAIN CLOSED. THE MEETING WILL BE HELD VIA ZOOM VIDEO-CONFERENCING WITH NO IN-PERSON LOCATION AND WILL BE BROADCAST ON THE CITY WEBSITE. A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AT A FUTURE DATE.

City of Rye residents may participate in the public meeting via the zoom link below. A resident wishing to speak on a topic should raise his or her hand and, when admitted to speak, should provide name and home address, and limit comment to no more than three minutes.

Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/94743765273?pwd=dGRHRldoOFhtcHVlS1ZndisxWncvQT09
Or phone: (646) 558-8656 or (301) 715-8592 or (312) 626-6799
Webinar ID: 947 4376 5273
Password: 815298

The meeting will also be aired on Cablevision Channel 75 and Verizon Channel 39. We’ll also see you on the Internet (live and archive).

Formal office hours of the Mayor and other officials have been suspended.

Let’s check the batting order and highlights from the 11 agenda items.

• Rye Guy Talking COVID-19. County Executive George Latimer Discussion of Coronavirus in Westchester (subject to availability).
• We make it easy, You make it BEAUTIFUL. Open a public hearing to consider a petition from Midland Rye LLC to amend the City of Rye Zoning Code to expand the list of permissible uses in the B-5 “Interchange Office Building” Zoning District. All public hearing comments should be emailed to [email protected] with “Midland Rye LLC” as the subject no later than 12:00 pm on December 2, 2020.
• Money Allocation. Mayor and Council amendments to the proposed 2021 City of Rye Budget. Roll Call.
• Money Talk. Open the public hearing on the 2021 Budget.
• Money Limits. Consideration to set a public hearing to adopt a Local Law to override the State enacted tax levy limitation for December 16, 2020.
• Open Mic. Residents may be heard on matters for Council consideration that do not appear on the agenda.
• Retiring. Adjourn until January 6, 2021 the public hearing for consideration of a petition from The Miriam Osborn Memorial Home to amend the text of the City of Rye Zoning Code Association to create new use and development standards for “Senior Living Facilities” in the R-2 Zoning District. All public hearing comments should be emailed to [email protected] with “Osborn Zoning Change” as the subject no later than 12:00 pm on January 6, 2021.

The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 6:30pm.