The Yorktown Town Board met on September 1, 2026, at 12:30 PM UTC (evening session) to discuss a wide range of topics including e-bike regulations, drone delivery concerns, the closure of Bright Beginnings Preschool, capital projects, and the allocation of a $100,000 CREST security grant. The meeting included public comments, board discussions, and several resolutions.
Good evening and welcome to the September first, twenty twenty six town board meeting. Uh, if we could all rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. And to the Republic where we stand one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. And if we could all remain standing for a moment of silence as we pray for those uh who protect our freedoms, our first responders, and a special prayer. Uh, last week we lost uh Bob Siser. Uh, those of you that uh may not know him, he was the man who ran the wreck all his family owned it since nineteen thirty. Um Bob passed away uh after a battle with uh Parkinson's, but uh he was, I believe, ninety two years old. A blessed life, and he really did a lot for our community in our town through the years. I would also uh the hundreds of uh souls that were lost in the Powell uh in a surreal um uh incident of uh flooding that occurred in that nation. Yes, and uh Grand Canyon. Yes. Susan Siegel, town councilman. Adam Rodriguez, sound attorney. Um get moving along to everyone else. I do hope everyone enjoyed the fireworks display on uh August 23rd after the last Lions concert. It was truly a great uh end to the summer concerts and a uh fantastic way to help celebrate the 250th anniversary of our country. Um but please remember that it doesn't stop there. We still have a few things going on. Uh I know I read one of the things coming up at the Presbyterian Church. There's a concert uh coming up this month. Uh but we also have a Tea Town, a uh day of revolutionary storytelling with Jonathan Cruck, and they're gonna have uh two different um two different sessions. Uh that's Saturday, September 26th, two to three T Town Tales for Families, and from 6 to 7 30, revolutionary Tea Town for adults. Um Tea Town actually gets its name from the revolutionary war times when uh a tea merchant down in uh in New York City wanted to hold his tea for the value and sell it at higher taxed rates, so he shipped it up to what's now referred to as Tea Town and stored it there, and then a s uh a group of women in the city who couldn't get their tea found out about it. And I did not realize how important tea was back then, but they literally came up, they they marched on to Teetown and they demanded that it be sold and uh and got it onto the market without the taxation. So great great little story. Uh and there'll be I'm sure plenty of those at Tea Town. Um a little more on the somber side as we come up on the twenty-fifth anniversary of uh nine eleven. We will be doing our annual ceremony at the nine eleven memorial at four P.M. Um the Grange will also be doing one with their opening ceremonies the same day. Um I know that uh this year is a little strange with two events at the same time and uh Russia Shauna starting that evening as well. So uh, you know, if you can't make it, please remember those who perished and those who continue to to fight uh the illnesses caused by nine eleven uh in your prayers. Um and then just a reminder again, we will be doing some major renovation work at the library. There'll be closures when they redo the flooring. There'll also be limited use of the facilities at times. Um it will create some inconveniences, which we apologize for, but these changes will make a huge difference in your experience and service uh service in the library, and they're also uh working out a deal with the Jefferson Valley Malls we spoke about last time to uh be able to do some programming in some of their community areas. So the programming will not end. All right. Uh Lonnie, you want to go next? Yeah, thanks. Uh pretty much reiterating uh what you've indicated, Ed. Uh uh I got a lot of wonderful feedback on the night of the fireworks by those attending the event as I was leaving, and um it was great to it was gratifying knowing that it was really appreciated by uh those uh uh uh individuals in the town. And secondly, it's it is hard to believe that it's been 25 years uh since uh the fateful day of nine-eleven. Uh but it what's even harder for me to conceive is um a whole generation of people have uh been born who did were not alive at that time and uh and and it's up to us to continue um that memory just as years passed after Pearl Harbor and uh and World War II and D Day and how we commemorate those days. Uh it's so important for us to continue and never forget uh the events of nine eleven. I will uh I will add on that uh I do hope uh that the state assembly will sign on. I know uh assemblyman Slater has been working on a bill to try to make sure that 911 is taught within our schools and and not forgotten, and it has received uh some considerable headwinds uh for different reasons. But uh I think that it's uh extremely important that that uh we never forget and I urge anyone to talk to your st uh uh your state assembly people and and ask them to please push this and and try to get this into our schools. Gotta remember no one in school was alive during this. And most of the people that that uh were alive have graduated college. So it's really um we can't let this become a thing of the past.