Flood of Cash, Shanked It, The Lorax Needs to Wait & More: Rye City Council Agenda for Wednesday, March 15, 2023

The city council’s agenda for its meeting at 6:30pm on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 is out. The meeting will be held in-person at Rye City Hall.

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).

Residents may email comments regarding the public hearing to: [email protected]. All comments must be received by 4:00 pm on the day of the meeting. The subject of the email should reference the hearing topic. Please include your name and address.

The Council will convene at 6:00pm and it is expected they will adjourn into Executive Session to discuss pending litigation, personnel matters and pending contracts.

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

Let’s check the batting order and highlights from the 17 agenda items.

• Blue Rules. Consideration of proposed revisions of the Rules and Regulations of the City of Rye Police Department:
  • a) Policy # 1001 – Performance Evaluation
  • b) Policy # 1000 – Recruitment and Selection
• Ida Don’t Want Another One. Flooding Update.
• Flood of Cash. Ramboll presentation and authorization for City Manager to execute an agreement with Ramboll for an amount not to exceed $125,000 from the Capital Projects Reserve Account for the 2023 collection of stream gauge data.
• Shanked It. Presentation by the Rye Golf Club on public access to fee information.
• Lorax Needs to Wait. Adjourn the public hearing to amend Chapter 187 “Trees” of the Rye City Code.
• Branching Out. Presentation of initial working draft of an amendment in its entirety of Chapter 187 “Trees” of the Rye City Code.
• Open Mic. Citizens may be heard on matters for Council consideration that do not appear on the agenda.
• Putting Into Gear. Consideration to set a public hearing for April 12, 2023, to adopt a Local Law to amend Chapter 191, Article III “Parking Regulations” of the Code of the City of Rye, by amending § 191-20 “Parking time limited” to add a new car park location under (D) One hour limit and add Library Lane under (E) Fifteen-minute limit.
• Taxing. Authorize payment of the balance of the 2022/2023 Rye Neck Union Free School District taxes collected by the City to the School District.
• Taxing. Adoption of the 2023 County property tax rates.
• The 411 on the 911. Authorization for the City Manager to enter an Intermunicipal Agreement with the County of Westchester for Enhanced 911 Service.

• Consenting Adults. Consent agenda.
  • a) Consideration of a request by the Rye Chamber of Commerce for the use of City streets for the Annual Sidewalk Sale to be held on Thursday, July 20, 2023, through Saturday, July 22, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • b) Consideration of a request by the Rye Chamber of Commerce for the use of City Car Park #2 on Sundays from May 7, 2023, through December 3, 2023, from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for the Rye Farmers Market.
• Patronage. Appointments to Boards and Commissions by the Mayor with Council

The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 6:30pm.