Kevin Hay
1. Freedom Of Information Compliance And Knowledge Ratings:
Village of Buchanan Clerk Kevin Hay runs an exceptionally fast public records management office that is professionally run and customer focused. Mr. Hay goes out of his way to respond quickly to Freedom of Information Requests for public documents.
Accountability and transparancy are a high priority with Mr. Hay and for that reason we give him and his office a Five Star rating.
2. Email Address For Filing FOI Requests
VillageClerk@villageofbuchanan.com
3, Mailing Address For Filing FOI Requests
Village Clerk
236 Tate Avenue
Buchanan, NY 10511
4. From The Village Website:
The Village Of Buchanan doesn’t have a village clerk or other department webpages. There is no FOI request info on the Buchanan website. There basically only a contact page of village officials
Contact The Village
Elected Officials:
Mayor: Theresa Knickerbocker (914) 737-1033
TheresaK@villageofbuchanan.com
Deputy Mayor: Richard A. Funchion (914) 737-1033
RichardF@villageofbuchanan.com
Trustee: Duane Jackson (914) 737-1033
DJackson@villageofbuchanan.com
Trustee: Cesare Pasquale (914) 737-1033
cpasquale@villageofbuchanan.com
Trustee: Nicolas Zachary (914) 737-1033
NZachary@villageofbuchanan.com
Village Justice: Jennifer E. Daly (914) 737-1033
Village Clerk:
VillageClerk@villageofbuchanan.com
Emergency Numbers:
Police/Ambulance/Fire: 911
Police (non-emergency): (914) 739-6776
Buchanan Engine Co #1: (914) 737-3481
Appointed Positions:
Village Administrator: Kevin Hay (914) 737-1033
Administrator@villageofbuchanan.com
Village Attorney: Stephanie Porteus (914) 271-2828
VOBAttorney@villageofbuchanan.com
Building Inspector: Anthony Conti (914) 737-1033
BuildingInspector@villageofbuchanan.com
Village Engineer: Hahn Engineering (845) 279-2220
Fire Inspector: Joseph Chapyak (914) 737-1033
Highway Department: (914) 737-6858
Highway@villageofbuchanan.com
Planning Consultant: (914) 737-1033
Recreation Supervisor: Nancy Bayer (914) 737-1033
RecreationDept@villageofbuchanan.com
Senior Citizens Director: Gabe DiRubbo (914) 737-1033
Wastewater Treatment Plant:
WWTP@villageofbuchanan.com
Water Department:
WaterDept@villageofbuchanan.com
Planning Board:
Chairman: Michele O’Neill
Planning@villageofbuchanan.com
Member: Sean Murray
Member: Michael Scott
Member: Michael Wenz
Member: Donald F. Zern
Secretary: Rosemary Martin
Zoning Board:
Chairman: Gary Bell
Zoning@villageofbuchanan.com
Member:Salvatore Bottiglieri
Member: Michael Chirico
Member: Edward R. Mevec
Member: Marco Pinque
Secretary: Rosemary Martin
5. Media Reports / Related Pages
LOHUD Article Reveals That Buchanan’s Administrator Is Under Paid
DAILY VOICE: Three Cortlandt Employees Earn More Than Supervisor
…When Puglisi was initially elected Town Supervisor in 1992 she rolled back the supervisors salary by $9,000, from $72,000 to $63,000 and for five years did not accept a salary increase. In 2010 and 2011, she also did not take salary increases.
The three highest paid employees in the Town of Cortlandt in terms of salary are Glenn Cestaro, Town Comptroller, at $147,333, Edward Vergano, Town Engineer, at $145,391 and Director of the Department of Environmental Services Jeffrey Coleman at $147,175.
Supervisor Linda Puglisi will earn $120,766 in salary in 2012. As a point of comparison, the supervisor for the Town of Yorktown, Michael Grace, will earn $112,095 in 2012, Croton Village Manager Abraham Zambrano will earn $160,000 in 2012, and Buchanan Village Administrator Kevin Hay will earn $79,202 in 2012. Hay also serves as village treasurer and clerk in Buchanan.
http://cortlandt.dailyvoice.com/news/three-cortlandt-employees-earn-more-than-supervisor/464383/
JOURNAL NEWS: Is Cortlandt next for Spectra pipeline windfall?
At the epicenter of the lower Hudson Valley’s energy wars, Cortlandt town Supervisor Linda Puglisi has railed for years against expansion of the Algonquin natural-gas pipeline, which will be built along the southern edge of Indian Point.
But now the town is poised to buy 99 acres along the Hudson River near the Indian Point nuclear complex that includes land where the wider high-pressure pipeline will be buried at least 3 feet deep. It also wants to make some money from the energy deal…..
….The tiny village of Buchanan, which lies within the town of Cortlandt, includes Indian Point, and has a long history of negotiating with the utilities. Spectra’s new southern route follows a strip of land, less than a half-acre, that winds by a ball field behind the village Highway Department’s salt shed off Westchester Avenue. I hiked back there on Tuesday with Village Administrator Kevin Hay, who pointed out the route, where stakes with white flags stood among the scrub brush.
Spectra will pay Buchanan $700,000 for an easement. The pipeline company has pledged an additional $25,000 for an extension of First Avenue, where the village is contemplating creating a compost facility…..
http://www.lohud.com/story/money/personal-finance/taxes/david-mckay-wilson/2015/08/20/cortlandt-next-spectra-pipeline-windfall/31948839/
PATCH: It’s Not Sheet Rock – It’s Drywall
Director of the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce, Deb Milone, describes her tour of LaFarge Gypsum plant in Buchanan and speed course on Gypsum manufacturing that she received while there.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of taking a site tour of the Lafarge Gypsum Plant in Buchanan along with Trustee Theresa Knickerbocker and Administrator Kevin Hay of Buchanan, Cortlandt Town Supervisor Linda Puglisi and Peekskill Mayor Mary Foster. Thank you to Plant Manager Criss Fraley, EHS Manager, Steven Steelsmith and Operations Manager Larry Connors for their hospitality and speed course on Gypsum manufacturing…..
Please read more here….
http://patch.com/new-york/peekskill/bp–its-not-sheet-rock-its-drywall
7. Notes
This Ratings Page Has Been Updated With Additional Information
About Buchanan, New York
Buchanan is a village located in the town of Cortlandt in Westchester County, New York. The population was 2,230 as of the 2010 census. The Indian Point nuclear power facility is located in Buchanan.
As of the census] of 2000, there were 2,189 people, 814 households, and 609 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,579.3 people per square mile (608.0/km²). There were 912 housing units at an average density of 658.0 per square mile (253.3/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.21% White, 0.69% African American, 0.18% Native American, 1.19% Asian, 0.78% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races.Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.47% of the population..
There were 814 households out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.1% were non-families. 21.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.12….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchanan,_New_York
