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Minutes following the 12/10/2008 Village Board Meeting C LERK READ PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE th Continuation of the Public Hearing which was held on Wednesday the 12 of November, 2008 at 7:00 P.M. at 7 Spring Street, Village of Wappingers Falls. This Public Hearing is to continue the discussion of Local Law #7 for the Year 2008 at which time all parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard as to whether the Board of Trustees of the Village of Wappingers Falls shall adopt a proposed Local Law No. 7 Local Law entitled " of the Year 2008, No Stopping on Sidewalk.” T7PM HE CHAIR DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN Mayor Alexander asked if the Board had any comments as this was a continuation of last months meeting. Trustee Visentin said he would like to have this local law approved as it would certainly improve the quality of life with respect to appearance of the village over all. Questions arose as to loading and unloading in both the commercial and residential areas. Trustee Visentin said it would be enforced by the village police on a one by one basis and certain circumstances would certainly be permitted. Those in attendance both the board and the general public were in agreement that it would improve the appearance of the village overall. Motion by Trustee Cerino to close the public hearing. Seconded by Trustee Visentin. Carried. C LERK READ PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Wappingers th Falls will conduct a PUBLIC HEARING on the 10 day of December, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 7 Spring Street, Wappingers Falls, New York, at which time all parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard as to whether the Board of Trustees of the Village of Wappingers Falls shall adopt a proposed Local Local Law No.8 Law entitled " of the Year 2008, Amending the Fines and Penalties Required by the Code of the Village of Wappingers Falls.” T7:10PM HE CHAIR DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN Mayor Alexander asked the board if they had any questions about the proposed local law. Attorney Viglotti explained the reason for the Local Law in some detail. The main reason as explained by Trustee Visentin is to at least recover the cost of processing a violation via the fine. Attorney cost, court cost and village employees cost to this point are not even close to being recovered in the fine. All in attendance agreed the fine was low and needed to be increased to maybe make offenders aware of a higher fine and at the same time recover some of the expenses incurred during the process. Page 1 of 5