Budget &  
Appropriations  
Meeting Agenda  
800 Michaelian Office Bldg.  
148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor  
White Plains, NY 10601  
WestchesterLegislatorsNY.gov  
Committee Chair: Tyrae Woodson-Samuels  
CALL TO ORDER  
Please note: Meetings of the Board of Legislators and its committees are held at the  
Michaelian Office Building, 148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor, White Plains, New York, 10601,  
and livestreamed via the WebEx video conferencing system. Legislators may participate in  
person or via Webex. Members of the public may attend meetings in person at any of its  
locations, or view the meeting and its video recording online on the Westchester County  
Legislature’s website: https://westchestercountyny.legistar.com/. This website also provides  
the links to documents to be discussed at a given meeting.  
MINUTES APPROVAL  
I. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION  
1.  
2026-303  
RESO - PH-2026-2027 Proposed Westchester Community College  
Budget  
A Public Hearing on the proposed 2026-2027 Westchester Community College Budget to be  
held Monday, August 3, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. and designating which papers will publish the  
Notice of Public Hearing.  
2.  
2026-304  
RESO - WCC Proposed Budget 2026-2027 Public Hearing Rules  
A RESOLUTION adopting Rules for the Westchester Community College proposed  
2026-2027 Budget Public Hearing.  
3.  
2026-305  
RESO - WCC Proposed Budget 2026-2027 Suspension of Rules  
A RESOLUTION suspending Rules 9 and 11 of the Rules of the Westchester County Board  
of Legislators solely and exclusively with regard to the 2026/2027 proposed Westchester  
Community College Budget.  
4.  
2026-299  
ACT-Amending Act No. 8-2002-Credit Card Fees  
AN ACT amending Act No. 8 of 2002, which authorized the County of Westchester to enter  
into agreements with one or more financing agencies or card issuers to provide for payments  
owed to the County by credit cards, by adding a requirement that any person offering  
payment by credit card shall be required to pay the County any service fee or surcharge that  
may be incurred.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEE ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS  
Guest: Budget Dept.: Larry Soule, Director  
5.  
2026-300  
IMA-Services to Seniors Funded with County Tax Dollars-Yonkers, New  
Rochelle  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to enter into inter-municipal agreements with  
the City of Yonkers and the City of New Rochelle for the provision of outreach and other  
services to seniors to be funded with County tax dollars.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
SENIORS & YOUTH  
Guest: Dept. of Senior Programs & Services: Sherine Kurien, Acting Director of Program  
Development II (Sr. Programs)  
6.  
2026-301  
BOND ACT-RTB11-Tibbetts Brook Park Pool Rehabilitation  
A BOND ACT authorizing the issuance of EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND ($800,000)  
DOLLARS in bonds of Westchester County to finance Capital Project RTB11 - Tibbetts Brook  
Park Pool Rehabilitation.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS,  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING AND PARKS & ENVIRONMENT  
Guests: Dept. of Parks, Recreation & Conservation: Acting Commissioner Peter Tartaglia and  
Director of Park Planning Rob Lopane  
7.  
2026-316  
BOND ACT-BPL26-3098-Flood Mitigation-Powderhorn Road, Ardsley  
A BOND ACT authorizing the issuance of FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($550,000)  
DOLLARS in bonds of Westchester County to finance Capital Project BPL26 - Flood  
Mitigation.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING  
Guests: Planning Dept.: Deputy Commissioner Melissa Rotini, Assistant Commissioner David  
Kvinge, and Chief Planner Matt Castro  
8.  
2026-317  
ACT-Amend Stormwater Reconnaissance Plan  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to amend the Storm Water Reconnaissance  
Plan for the Saw Mill and Pocantico Rivers, adopted by Act No. 120-2014 on June 17, 2014,  
to add flood problem areas designated by the Village of Ardsley and a study conducted by the  
Village of Hastings-on-Hudson in compliance with Article III-A of the Westchester County  
Storm Water Management Law.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING  
Guests: Planning Dept.: Deputy Commissioner Melissa Rotini, Assistant Commissioner David  
Kvinge, and Chief Planner Matt Castro  
9.  
2026-318  
IMA-Flood Mitigation-BPL26-3098-Ardsley  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to enter into an intermunicipal agreement with  
the Village of Ardsley in connection with a flood mitigation project (Capital Project BPL26  
(Unique ID:3098).  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING  
Guests: Planning Dept.: Deputy Commissioner Melissa Rotini, Assistant Commissioner David  
Kvinge, and Chief Planner Matt Castro  
10.  
2026-306  
ACT - FAA Airport Counsel Agreements  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to amend agreements with the law firms  
Kaplan Kirsch, LLP and The Wicks Group, PLLC in order for the County to exercise the first  
(1st) of its five (5) one (1) year renewal options under each Agreement for the provision of "Of  
Counsel" legal services to the County Attorney, as needed, concerning various matters  
affecting the Westchester County Airport for the periods from August 1, 2026 through July 31,  
2027, payable at approved hourly rates, not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND  
($200,000) DOLLARS in the aggregate.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
LITIGATION  
Guest: Law Dept.: County Attorney John Nonna  
II. OTHER BUSINESS  
III. RECEIVE & FILE  
ADJOURNMENT