Special Meeting
Special MeetingOssining, NY · August 13, 2025
Agenda
AGENDA
Village of Ossining
BOARD OF TRUSTEES - SPECIAL
MEETING
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 @ 7:30 PM
16 Croton Ave. Board Room
OSSINING, NEW YORK
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MAYOR
Rika Levin
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Robert M. Fritsche Omar Lopez
Dana White Patrick Yost
I. CALL TO ORDER – PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – ROLL CALL
II. VILLAGE BOARD RESOLUTIONS
A. Approval of Voucher Detail - August 13, 2025
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Ossining hereby approves the
Voucher Detail Report dated August 13, 2025 in the amount of $855,264.41.
VOUCH DET 080625
B. Approval of IBWTP Voucher Detail - August 13, 2025
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Ossining hereby approves the
IBWTP Voucher Detail Report dated August 13, 2025 in the amount of $147,889.00.
IBWTP080625
C. Agreement with Kellard Sessions Consulting, Engineering & Landscape Architecture
Planning, D.P.C.
RESOLVED, that following review by the Corporation Counsel, the Village Manager or
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designee is authorized to sign an agreement with Kellard Sessions Consulting,
Engineering & Landscape Architecture Planning, D.P.C., 500 Main Street, Armonk, New
York to provide construction management and inspection services on behalf of the
village for the development of Crescent Manor, located at 136-140 Croton Avenue; and
be it further
RESOLVED, that the terms of the agreement are set forth in the contract proposal dated
June 2, 2025.
D. Authorize purchase of equipment for Ossining Volunteer Fire Department
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Procurement Policy of the Village of Ossining:
A contract may be awarded without competition when the Village Manager upon
recommendation of the applicable Department Head who concludes in writing
following a good faith review of available resources and publicly advertising the
Village’s intention to make a purchase on a sole or single source basis 14 days
prior to the issuance of the award that there is only one source for the required
commodity, supply, service or construction item; and
WHEREAS, a sole or single source procurement will only apply in the following
situations:
Only one company makes and sells a certain good or provides a certain service.
Only one company can service or maintain the equipment without voiding the
warranty.
Where the provided service is performed by a company with a specific territory;
and
WHEREAS, in determining whether a procurement qualifies as a sole source the Village
Manager and the applicable Department Head shall show at a minimum:
The unique benefits to the Village of the item as compared to other products
available in the marketplace.
That no other product provides substantially equivalent or similar benefits. That,
considering the benefits received, the cost of the item is reasonable in comparison
to other products in the marketplace.
That there is no possibility of competition, as from competing dealers or
distributors; and
WHEREAS, the Village Manager, upon recommendation of the Assistant Village
Manager and the Length of Service Award (LOSAP) committee of the Ossining
Volunteer Fire Department determined that the products and services offered by Fire
Rescue Systems/SCM for the implementation of the LOSAP system effective January 1,
2026 following a public referendum on November 4, 2025 meet the requirements for sole
or single source purchase thereby awarding the contract without competition; and
WHEREAS, notice of the Village’s intention to make the purchase on a sole or single
source basis was published in the Gazette, the official newspaper of the Village on July
24, 2025; and
WHEREAS, no challenge to the proposed purchase has been received; now therefore be
it
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RESOLVED, that the Village Manager is authorized to sign the February 28, 2025 quote
from Fire Rescue Systems/SCM, 125 Wireless Boulevard, Suite 2, Hauppauge, New York
11788 for the listed products and services and to sign such other documents as needed to
effectuate the purchase.
E. Authorize issuance of Request for Qualifications- Engineering and Wetland Consultant
RESOLVED, that following review by the Corporation Counsel, the Village Manager or
her designee is authorized to issue a Request for Qualifications – Engineering and
Wetland Consultant.
III. ADJOURNMENT - WORK SESSION
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