Westchester Insider: Westchester County Legislator Catherine Parker: Remote Participation Procedures for Public Hearing, Public Comment for Board Meeting 5/23.

 

Remote Participation Procedures for Public Hearing, Public Comment for Board Meeting 5/23.

The Board of Legislators’ next regular meeting will take place on Monday, May 23 at 7 p.m.

To watch: As always, the meeting will be streamed live on the Meeting Calendar section of our website, http://westchestercountyny.legistar.com

To speak: The Board has established remote participation procedures for those who would like to speak, during the meeting. These procedures have been instituted to protect public health, pursuant to Chapter 56 of the New York State Laws of 2022 authorizes any public body “to meet and take such action authorized by law without permitting in public-in-person access to meetings and authorize such meetings to be held remotely by conference call or similar service, provided that the public has the ability to view or listen to such proceeding and that such meetings are recorded and later transcribed.” We welcome your participation. 

To speak via the Board's Webex online teleconferencing system, please register at https://bit.ly/3wdoF9s

When you register, you will be asked to select from one or more of the following speaking opportunities:

• #1 Public Comment Session, lasting up to 30 minutes.
• #2 Public Hearing: A Local Law amending the Laws of Westchester County by the addition of a new Chapter 541-Food Allergy Restaurant Safety. More information at https://bit.ly/3Lnw5fK
• #3 Public Hearing: A Local Law amending Section 842.341 of the Laws of Westchester County-excepting a Permit for Greenwich Woods Realty LLC and Greenwich Retirement Housing LLC from the three-year term limitation for sewage discharge permits. More information at https://bit.ly/3lhB8nk
• #4 Public Hearing: A Local Law amending the Laws of Westchester by adding a new chapter 529 in relation to the posting of notices warning of the dangers of weapons or firearms. More information at https://bit.ly/3yJ8H9O
• #5 Public Hearing: A Local Law amending Chapter 273 of the Laws of Westchester County to require local municipal police departments to report all incidents involving conduct, which is or appears to be motivated, all or in part, by a person's actual or perceived membership in a protected class. More information at https://bit.ly/39VGPoE

People also may speak by phone, by calling 1-844-621-3956 at the start of the meeting and using the access code: 2440 539 8749

Speakers will be called in the order of registration.

Comments may also be submitted in writing

• By email at: BOLPublicHearingComments@westchesterlegislators.com or
• By mail at:  Clerk of the Board of Legislators, 148 Martine Ave., 8th Floor, White Plains, NY 10601
• Written comments must be received by May 23, 2022 at 5 p.m.