Village of Monroe

Mayor's Message

Monroe Founder's Day is Saturday, September 21, 2019, rain or shine! Please join us for a special day of celebration. Enjoy food, vendors, special crafts, entertainment and fun for the entire family! For more information follow this link.

Hope to see you there!

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News & Important Notes

The village has been advised by the Department of Environmental Conservation that an Algae Bloom currently exists in pockets of the Millponds. It is a soupy green like substance on top of the water. There are areas in the ponds that are unaffected by this bloom as well. It is a naturally occurring bacteria native to most ponds and lakes throughout the United States. It feeds from the runoff of excess nitrogen and phosphorus from lawn clippings in residential lawns which migrates through our storm water drains, septic leaching, as well as lake vegetation and other nutrient rich biodegradable life.

The environment which allows it to flourish generally is a slow moving, warm, shallow waterway where it can get a lot of sunlight to produce its food. We are in communication with our lake management consultant as well as the DEC. We have been advised that as water and air temperatures begin dropping, the algae bloom will die.

Signs are being posted around the ponds advising you to:

Not enter into the water

Not come in contact with the water

Not drink the water

Not fish in the ponds

Not allow pets to enter into or drink from the ponds during this period.

Should you or your pet come into contact with the algae bloom water, wash thoroughly with fresh water. We expect to see this situation resolve over the next several weeks and we will keep you informed going forward on Constant Contact and the Village of Monroe website.

I am available through Village Hall, should you wish to speak with me or stop in to Village hall for further assistance or clarification. I am posting as well a link to the DEC website for further information. To view on the DEC website please click here.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Neil Dwyer
Mayor

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Good afternoon,

The Orange County Transportation Council (OCTC) is seeking public input for the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) update. Based on the previous survey’s input, we have created a second (shorter) survey to identify specific corridors, including corridors that are most concerning and identifying future transit, bicycle and pedestrian corridor connections. Please feel free to share the following link on your municipal websites and social media pages with the accompanying text:

The Orange County Transportation Council (OCTC) is updating its Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) and released an online survey to understand the needs and issues facing the County’s residents, businesses, and visitors when they drive, use transit, walk, bike, or move freight and goods. With over 100 unique responses, we just wanted to say, we heard you! Now, we would like to know more. We are seeking public input on concerning highway corridors + possible future transit and bike/ped corridors.

To take a brief survey about specific corridors and provide your input, click here. The survey link will be active through September 30, 2019.

For more information and to stay involved throughout the 2045 LRTP update process, click here.

Thank you,

Julie Richmond, Deputy Commissioner
Orange County Planning Department

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O&R WARNS: CROOKS AGAIN PREYING ON PUBLIC IN BILL PAYMENT FRAUD

PEARL RIVER, NY June 19, 2019 --- O&R customers are being hounded by a new round of persistent predatory phone calls from crooks trying to steal O&R customers’ money.

The scheme goes this way: Crooks posing as O&R employees call unsuspecting customers and threaten them with the immediate shut off of their electric service if they don’t pay phony O&R bills with Green Dot or other prepaid debit cards.

Here are two big reasons not to believe any crook who makes a shutoff threat:

NO DEBIT CARDS - O&R does not accept bill payment for electric and gas utility bills by Green Dot or any other prepaid debit cards. Never has.

NO IMMEDIATE SHUTOFF - Disconnecting O&R electric or gas service for non-payment of bills involves a multi-step process – including written communications from O&R to the customer over a period of several days, or even weeks --- not hours. That process is regulated by the NYS Public Service Commission and NJ Board of Public Utilities. So, if someone calls you, says they are an O&R employee and threatens to shut off your electric or gas service that day if not immediately paid through a prepaid debit card, there is only one thing to do.

Hang up the phone.

A crook is trying to rob you.

And, they won’t stop when you hang up.

Now, the crooks have become even more aggressive.

After you hang up on them, they text you to repeat the threat and bring further pressure on you to pay.

Ignore them. They are crooks trying to steal your money.

If you receive a call from someone claiming to be from O&R or Rockland Electric stating that a payment is required within hours and threatening to immediately shut off your service, O&R urges you to:

· Hang Up – Disengage so you’re not further subjected to the crook’s high-pressure “sales pitch.”

· Text Trouble – After you hang up on them, the more aggressive crooks will try to repeat their shutoff threat by texting you. Ignore the threat. They are crooks.

· Don’t Hit “REDIAL” – The caller ID screen on your phone for the crook’s call may read “Orange and Rockland Utilities”, but that’s a hi-tech bogus copy of the utility company’s number. That’s not O&R. Do not redial, and don’t call the number that the caller gives you to call them back. That will reconnect you to the crook.

· Fast Track - If you are unsure about whether you have an overdue balance on your O&R bill, the fastest way to find out is to log onto your account through ORU.com. to review your latest account information. You also can call O&R’s automated phone system at 1-877-434-4100. Have your Orange and Rockland account number ready and follow the automated phone prompts to check your balance.

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Village Bulletin Board

▸ Living in Monroe - NY Times
▸ Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
▸ 2020 Adopted Budget
▸ Village of Monroe Cable Franchise Agreement – Frontier Communications
▸ Carbon Monoxide Alarm Rule
▸ A New Comprehensive Plan for Monroe in the 21st Century
▸ 2019 - 2020 Procurement Policy
▸ Local Law #7 0f 2017 - "No Knock" Solicitation Law
▸ Downtown Revitalization Graphic
▸ Standard Work Day & Reporting Res. for Elected and Appointed Officials
▸ Storm Water Report
▸ Become an Election Inspector in Orange County!
▸ Register to Vote
▸ Water Infrastructure Improvement Bond
▸ Zoning Map of Village of Monroe

Board Meetings

September 03 - Board of Trustees Meeting - 7PM - Agenda
September 10 - Zoning Board of Appeals - 8PM - Agenda
September 11 - Planning Board Workshop - 7PM - Agenda
September 16 - Planning Board Meeting - Agenda
September 17 - Board of Trustees Public Hearing and Meeting - 6:45PM - Public Hearing Notice Agenda and Meeting Agenda
September 24 - Board of Trustees Public Hearing - 7PM - Public Hearing Notice and Intro LL #14 of 2019
September 24 - Board of Trustees Special Meeting - 7:30PM - Special Meeting Notice


Meeting agendas are posted 24 hours prior to the meeting date.