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The Pleasantville Village Board of Trustees held its regular meeting on Monday, July 13, 2026, at 8:00 PM in Village Hall. The meeting began with the swearing-in of Kevin Gilmartin as the new Police Chief, followed by the unanimous approval of twelve resolutions covering personnel, equipment purchases, budget amendments, and a block party approval. No public comments were received. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn into executive session.
The board considered and approved the following resolutions unanimously (all votes were "all in favor"):
Note: The original minutes of June 25, 2026 (item 2.1) were withdrawn because they were not finalized; they will be considered at a future meeting.
Uh we finished our work session and we begin tonight. Uh the regular board meeting for the village of Pleasantville today is Monday, July 13. Uh we are uh, as is always the case, uh, live on Zoom. The Zoomly can be picked up at Pleasantville-NY.gov, and within a short period of time, uh, the video of the meeting can be uh also accessed at Pleasantville-NY.gov. Um, tonight we begin with uh a rare and very happy occurrence, and that is the opportunity to anoint our new chief of police, uh formerly Kevin Lieutenant Gilmartin, uh now to be our chief. So let me head to the podium and make a few comments and then we will invite Kevin and his family up for the swearing in ceremony. Let me start by saying that uh here somewhere in the audience is a guy in a polo shirt. Uh who under other circumstances would be here wearing the badge that is about to be uh buttoned on Kevin's uh jacket. So uh congratulations to you, Chief uh Grosner on your uh retirement, which took effect last Thursday. Uh we look forward to hearing all kinds of exciting exploits as you do whatever it is you plan to do, which you have been a little unclear about. That's like uh retirement itself. So Kevin Gilmartin walked into our uh doors 23 years ago. You'll you'll correct me if I steer wrong uh as a patrolman in the village of Pleasantville, uh, came with the recommendation of the guy behind you, uh Eric Gresner, um, and has served this village as a patrolman, as a sergeant, and in recent years uh as the lieutenant in charge of the patrol division. Uh so many of your colleagues are here tonight. Um when Eric decided to hang up his spurs. Uh I think I can speak for all of us in saying uh we were sorry to see Eric go and so confident that the right person to follow him was available in the form of Lieutenant Kevin Gilmartin. So uh let me invite you up, Kevin, your wife Maureen, your kids Liam and Rowan, uh anybody else in your extended family. Here is your opportunity uh to honor a husband and a father who has served this village in the exemplary way uh that has earned him uh the badge that Maureen will soon uh put on him. So if you would raise your right hand and repeat after me, I Kevin Gilmartin. I Kevin Gilmartin do solemnly swear. Do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States. So support the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the State of New York. The Constitution of the State of New York. And the code of the village of Pleasantville. And the code of the village of Pleasantville. And that I will faithfully discharge. And then I will faithfully discharge. The duties of chief of police. The duties of chief of police for the village of Pleasantville. For the village of Pleasantville, according to the best of my ability. According to the best of my ability. That ability is equal to the task. Thank you, Tell. Here's your opportunity. Your mother, you're the one. I should have called you that. Yeah. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Yeah. All right. Get the pictures, staff photographer, Marcy. Oh.