Town Board Regular Meeting Summary (PDF)

TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE TOWN BOARD MEETING APRIL 22, 2026 SUMMARY CALL TO ORDER SALUTE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL OF TOWN BOARD PRESENT: Supervisor Edwards Councilwoman Laird Councilwoman Watson Councilman Thangiah Councilman Sharpe Councilwoman Shershin Town Clerk Salvatore Town Attorney Svenson TOWN BOARD MEETING 04:22-01 Public Hearing Town Code Amendment-Chapter 114 Food Trucks (Legal) PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED VOTE TO BE TAKEN AT FUTURE MEETING 04:22-02 Presentation/Discussion Hudson Heritage DMP Revision (Director Welti) PRESENTATION CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE AND DOCUMENTS ATTACHED 04:22-03 Presentation/Discussion Proposed Walmart Depot in Red Oaks Mill (Director Welti) PRESENTATION CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE AND DOCUMENTS ATTACHED 04:22-04 Presentation 2026 Budget v. Actual-First Quarter (Comptroller Patel) PRESENTATION BY MINAL PATEL CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE AND DOCUMENTS ATTACHED 04:22-05 Accept Resignation of Bill Reuter (Town Clerk Salvatore) CARRIED 6-0 04:22-06 Approve/Accept Grant re NYS Statewide Targeted Reductions in (Chief Cavaliere) Intimate Partner Violence (STRIVE) CARRIED 6-0 04:22-07 Promotion Bobbi Edmonds to Senior Clerk (Personnel) CARRIED 6-0 04:22-08 Approve Payroll Clerk Position (Legal) CARRIED 6-0 04:22-09 Appoint Marriage Officers (Supervisor Edwards) CARRIED 6-0 04:22-10 Set 5/6 Public Hearing Town Code Amendment-Chapter 76 (Legal) Community Events CARRIED 6-0 04:22-11 Set 5/6 for Public Hearing 2064 New Hackensack Road-Ch. 144 Nuisance (Building Inspector Flower) CARRIED 6-0 04:22-12 Authorize Grant Application-Hudson River Valley Greenway (Director Welti) -Creek Road Rail Trail Connections Project CARRIED 6-0 04:22-13 Award Bid for Portable Screener (Highway Dept) CARRIED 6-0 04:22-14 Adopt Jurisdictional Annex to Dutchess County Hazard (Supervisor Edwards) Mitigation Plan CARRIED 6-0 04:22-15 Authorize Online Auction for Surplus Equipment (Auto Center) CARRIED 6-0 04:22-16 Resolution Purchase of Poughkeepsie Day School (Legal) Contract Amendment/Lease/Property Items CARRIED 6-0 04:22-17 Authorize Supervisor to Sign Yorktown Stipulation of Settlement (Legal) CARRIED 6-0 04:22-18 Proclamation Proclaiming May as Mental Health Awareness (Supervisor Edwards) Month CARRIED 6-0 04:22-19 Resolution No And Low Mow May (Supervisor Edwards) CARRIED 6-0 04:22-20 Approve Eastdale Events: (Town Clerk Salvatore) A. Second Fridays B. Movies on Main C. Farmer’s Market A, B & C ALL CARRIED 6-0 04:22-21 Approve Shamrock Shows at Poughkeepsie Galleria (Town Clerk Salvatore) CARRIED 6-0 04:22-22 Authorize Supervisor to Sign Field Use Agreements (Legal) CARRIED 6-0 04:22-23 Authorize Water/Sewer Bill Waiver for 10 Creek Bend Road (Councilwoman Shershin) MOTION FAILED 2-4 AYE: -2- & Councilman Thangiah & Councilwoman Shershin NAY: -4- Supervisor Edwards, Councilman Sharpe, Councilwomen Laird, Watson ABSTAIN: -0- ABSENT: -0- 04:22-24 Notification Town Clerk Events (Town Clerk Salvatore) TOWN BOARD NOTIFIED 04:22-25 Notification Notice of Claim Referred to Legal: (Town Clerk Salvatore) 1. Nesheiwat v Town NOTICE OF CLAIM REFERRED TO LEGAL TOWN BOARD MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:35 P.M.