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POINT 1
Sleepy Hollow residents deserve budgets that are smart, sustainable and fair - always, and particularly in an uncertain economy. We will protect reliable services while keeping taxes predictable and affordable for working families, small businesses and seniors. That means no reckless borrowing, no short-term fixes that create long-term problems, and no surprise tax hikes caused by poor planning. We’ll close funding gaps by casting a wider net to pursue public grants and private philanthropic sources to fund infrastructure, parks and sustainability projects without burdening taxpayers. We’ll smartly invest one-time payments from developers like at Edge-on-Hudson to reduce ongoing Village operating expenses and ease tax pressures. And throughout, we will communicate openly about financial challenges and opportunities, so residents better understand the “why” behind every decision.
POINT 2
We’ll explore every way possible for Sleepy Hollow to collaborate with neighbors, like Briarcliff Manor and Tarrytown, to reduce ongoing expenses and capital needs. We will advance early conversations about sharing DPW facilities with Tarrytown to potentially reduce both Village’s costs of replacing existing facilities - both facilities need replacement now. We will negotiate with Briarcliff Manor and other sister Villages to share drinking water pumphouse facilities in order to cut costs. We can share transportation costs of waste disposal by combining our trips to Peekskill with our neighbors. And we can work together to cut down on our waste by implementing joint composting programs with the other Rivertowns. Let’s work together to find ways to reduce ever increasing costs and serve our residents in the best way possible.