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Town Board approved engineering contract for Mahopac waterfront

Carmel Town Board approved Woodard & Curran contract for Downtown Mahopac Phase I improvements. The $13,800 engineering contract is for the first phase of a multi-year waterfront redevelopment project; Town Engineer Richard J. Franzetti said Phase I could last four to six months. The board held a

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Carmel Board opens moratorium on multifamily housing in commercial zones

Carmel Board opens moratorium on multifamily housing in commercial zones. The Town Board voted unanimously (4-0, with one member absent) to open a public hearing on a temporary moratorium restricting new multifamily dwelling permits in Hamlet Mixed Use Center zones through November 30, extending

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Board settles utility tax litigation, approves water contracts

Carmel Town Board settles six-year tax litigation with water utility. The Board unanimously resolved six Putnam County Supreme Court lawsuits brought by Liberty Utilities (New York Water) over the assessment of Tax Map No. 54.20-1-42 off Colonel Glenn Drive, securing a 10 percent reduction in

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Board appoints police officer, authorizes $400k-plus in facility spending

Carmel Town Board approves new police officer appointment and multiyear facility contracts. The board unanimously appointed Michael Arini, a nine-year New York City police officer, to the Carmel Police Department at $72,584 per year, with Deputy Supervisor Frank Lombardi presiding in absent

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Board settles five-year Liberty Utilities tax case; approves Netflix filming

Carmel Town Board settles five-year Liberty Utilities tax case and approves Netflix filming. Deputy Supervisor Frank Lombardi and Councilmen Robert Schanil and Robert Kearns unanimously authorized settlement of five lawsuits filed between 2021 and 2025 in Putnam County Supreme Court over the tax

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Town Board authorizes moratorium on new multifamily dwellings in HMC zones

Town Board schedules August 5 public hearing on multifamily moratorium in HMC zones. The board unanimously approved resolutions supporting four state grant applications — a Local Waterfront Revitalization Program, Water Quality Improvement Project for dam restoration, New York KICKS Program for

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Board approves wave runner for Lake Mahopac patrol.

Carmel Town Board unanimously approves wave runner for Lake Mahopac patrol. Police Chief Anthony Hoffmann requested the 2026 Yamaha wave runner at $15,500 to expand waterborne emergency response and address jet ski safety; Councilman Robert Kearns called it a two-year priority. The state will

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Carmel Town Board Schedules $2 Million CDBG Infrastructure Hearing

Carmel Town Board schedules $2 million CDBG water infrastructure hearing. Supervisor Michael Cazzari and the five-member board voted unanimously 5-0 on June 10 to schedule a public hearing for July 1 to receive community input on the town's proposed Community Development Block Grant application for

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Carmel board okays $12.9 million water filtration plant bond

Carmel board approves $12.9 million bond for new water plant. The Town Board unanimously authorized $12,911,963 in bonds to finance a new water filtration plant for Carmel Water District No. 2, with Town Engineer Richard Franzetti noting environmental remediation of asbestos and lead paint must

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