Thank you for coming to the

2024 GNA TOWN HALL MEETING

And thank you to our panel for an informative session

We know that many of you had questions that we didn't get to, please see below for the contact information for our attendees as well as some important information they've asked us to share.

School Budget

• The public budget vote and Board election will be held from 7am to 9pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at Scarsdale Middle School.

• This year's budget requires 60% of those who vote to vote "yes" in order to pass. 

• Early voting ballot applications are available now.

• Budget Overview - a two pager that provides a general overview of the budget, including the average amount per household (and the difference to the tax cap).

• Budget Information Page

Fire Department 

• Sound the Alarm Program - Sign up to have a volunteer from the Red Cross come to your home to install smoke alarms, create escape plans, and share fire safety information.

• Knox Box Program

  • Knox Boxes allow for the Scarsdale Fire Department to easily access your home in case of emergency.  

    • Knox Box Info

    • Knox Box Video

  • For those interested, in addition to ordering by phone or email, residents may simply visit https://www.knoxbox.com/, select Choose your local fire department agency at the top of the homepage or through the menu tab, and follow the prompts.

• Questions? Reach out to Christopher Mytych, Fire Chief at fire@scarsdale.com

Police Department

• RU Okay Program - senior citizens can register with police to receive an automated call each morning. If there’s no response, an officer will come by and check.

• Dark House program - residents can alert police if they’ll be away for a week or longer. Police will watch the home and look for any issues. Call (914) 722-1200 to sign up.

Village Notifications - https://www.scarsdale.com/1007/Sign-Up-for-Important-Notifications

• Everbridge is our emergency (and important) information management tool. It allows the town to reach out for true emergencies as well as important time sensitive matters such as sudden road closures, tree and water issues during storms, and even before water flushing when residents may notice their water changing color. This tool can be geofenced meaning that we can send to specific parts of the map when an issue may only affect a subset of residents.

• Notify Me shares local government information such as the Scarsdale Official, alerts (and agendas) for the Board of Trustees and land use board meetings. When you register for "Notify Me", you can customize how much or how little information you receive.

• Tax reminder system - We also encourage you to put the tax dates in your calendars! They can be found here.