Audio recordings of recent meetings of the Board of Trustees are freely available here at no cost to the taxpayers.
To listen, double click on the file extension of your choice: mp3 (commonly used on iPods), or wav (original). If unsure, click on mp3. Note that not all "Documents" pages have content available at this time (most do).
Regular meetings of the Board of Trustees are held on first and third Mondays at 7:00 p.m., in the upstairs Meeting Room at Village Hall, 2 Pleasant Street, Monticello, New York.
Rules of Procedure of the Village of Monticello Board of Trustees.
If the voices sounds choppy or broken up, try downloading the file to your hard drive and then open it.
audio recording main portion of the hearing
audio recording conclusion, after a 15-minute recess
Board vote, 3 to 2, to eliminate public safety requirements governing taxi medalians
audio recording main portion of the hearing
audio recording conclusion, after a 15-minute recess
Public hearing to eliminate public safety requirements governing taxi medalians
audio recording main portion of the hearing
audio recording conclusion, after a 15-minute recess
The hearing was chaired by Paul A Taxter III, Deputy Regional Director of the Mid-Hudson Regional Office of the Empire State Development Corporation; represented by legal counsel, Michael Davidoff, Esq. who chaired most of the hearing.
Monticello Kids' Gymnastics Club rescued from insurance shell game by "managers". Instructor Pedro Tweed stays; thanks to a tremendous outpouring of public support! Thank you.
The first portion of the work session includes discussion with developer Thomas Ting about progress of the "Entertainment Village" which has been approved by the state RESTORE-NY funding.
audio recording before executive session
audio recording after executive session
audio recording before executive session
audio recording after executive session
Before Executive Session the main portion of meeting.
After Executive Session starts with the Mayor screaming slanderous accusations at a Trustee, threatening to order the Attorney for the Village to sue her. Ends with a 3 to 2 vote to hire John LiGreci as Deputy Village Manager (Jenkins, Hutchins, Matthews voted "Yes". Marinello, Rue voted "No".)
Link to TH-R report.
audio recording before executive session for pending litigation
audio recording after executive session for pending litigation
The audio recording of the Regular Meeting of December 21, 2009 will be made available on the web after Mayor Jenkins' latest frivolous lawsuit paid for by the taxpayers of the Village of Monticello has been properly disposed of. (No, this is not his first!)
Minutes of the meeting will will be posted in the usual manner on the Village's website after they have been approved by the Board of Trustees. Minutes may also be obtained from the Village Clerk.
audio recording - Mayor intends to appoint a Village Clerk (to replace the last one he appointed, who presently faces 40 felony charges of grand larceny); then says he won't appoint anyone because Trustees questioned the position's salary.
audio recording discussing costs to Village of Monticello taxpayers of the frivolous and wasteful lawsuit filed by the Mayor against the other four members of the Board of Trustees and the Village Manager
audio recording discussing costs to Village of Monticello taxpayers of the frivolous and wasteful lawsuit filed by the Mayor against the other four members of the Board of Trustees and the Village Manager
audio recording and public statement by Trustee Carmen Rue regarding the recent 40-count felony criminal indictment of the Village Clerk.
audio recording work session on devising a new way to pay bills; authorization to investigate "wrongdoing in the Village of Monticello"
audio recording following the indictment of Village Clerk Edith Schop; see newspaper article "Monticello clerk faces 40 count indictment in case of double-dipping" and a copy of the Indictment for public information
Village Hall Address
2 Pleasant Street
Monticello, New York 12701
Main Telephone Numbers
Main Switchboard:
(845) 794-6130
Police Station:
(845) 794-4422
Village Justice Court:
(845) 794-1222
Village Fax
Village Hall Offices:
(845) 794-2327
Links
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