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Village

of

Sen.

Gene

rponvil'
Tonvif

filair

North

NY

10977

352-1100

toGce commissioner

Tel

sconomic ot community

Cell

(845)

826-6684

(Development

Fax

(845)

352-1164

(845)

Plaza

Street

Main

Valley,

Spring

Valley

Municipal

Levy

200

vitrageTrustee

Spring

February

7 , 2037

Esq.
C. Brown,
Platt lie Schmidt
Bleakley
Avenue
One North Lexington
Kenneth

P.O. Box

5056

white

Plains,

New York

RE:

Matter

of Reed

Appellate

Div.

10602-5056

v Delhomme
Do.cket

No. O.0370/2015)

SENT

VIA

EMAIL

Dear Mr. . Brown:

with

On Wednesday
conference
1, 2017, after the attorneys
February
only .conference
John P. Clarke,
Special Referee.
the Honorable
You approached
be in the

hallway

and

stated

to me in the presence

to see the hearings
.hearings
that

at the next
which

meeting,
Village Board

in the Article

of the Petitioners

counsels;
that, if'
without
a delay,
Board"
("
(''Village Board"),
that I, along with the other
to agree to have the Village

§36 move forward
Trustees'
Esoard of

Village
of Spring Valley
is on Tuesday
14, 2017,
February
should vote on a resolution
trustees;
1

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pay for mayor

of Spring Valley ("Village"h
Article
§36 action.

you would

You stated, in the alternative,
Supreme
Court Appellate

York

Term

State

Order

Temporary
Restraining
hearings
indefinitely.
did not
would

speak

do, if and when

presented

The Village
mayor

of our

Delhomme,

be filling

defense

of the

with

the New

papers

Second
would

I indicated

conversation,

what

of the mayor's

for payment

to you

the Village
legal

bills

Board

private

right
a statutory
such as thearticle

matter

to oblige

obligation

The itew

tork

the Village
Stat6

resolution
Trustee

Sherry
Vojtech
Kenneth

after

the mayor

opinions,
the Village pay for his legal bills in a
The Village Board is under no
§36 action.

to pay

such

air expenditure.

Constitution

Gròssman,

Village

Board

Trustee

such resolution
meeting,
T. McGill and I, would

Sherry

VILAIR

Asher

and

Trustee

to have

Sincerely

cc.

matter

it is clear,

1

funds

seeking
board at the next
Asher

in this

General

the

(Article VIII, Sëctiòn
1), expressly
for purely private
purpose.
if a
Accordingly,
the mayor'
the paymentof
mayor's.legal
bills is.introduced
to the

a gift of public
Village

are on point

case laws which
reviewing
the New Y.ork State Attorney

have

I

is

is made up of five board members,
which includes
Following-our
discussion
and your
of the bbard.

insistence
that the Villuge pay for the mayor's
legal bills.
overbearing
on the Village Board;
consulted
with two other trustees
independently
Asher Grossman
and Trustee
Sherry T. McGill.

reviewing
does not
.does

that
Board

Board.

as the chairman

After

a

department,
seeking
stay the special referee

and I did not know

Board

a request

to the Village

that

(TRO),

At the time

for the Village

Demeza

Grossman,
T. McGill,
Bystricky,

Board
Board

Trustee
Trustee

Esc1.

Del Vecchio,

Esq.

2

would

fail.

not support

it.

yours,

FONVI

òard

Trustee