Councilwoman· 2024-01-01–2027-12-01 (month-level start: January 2024 current four-year term elected November 2023, first joined the council January 2012 per The Examiner; month-level end: December 2027, four-year council term per cityofpeekskillny.gov/570/Mayor-Common-Council)
Kathleen Talbot
Peekskill
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 35
- Total speaking time
- 1:54:25
- Avg per meeting
- 3:16
- Segments
- 1617
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Top issues during term (16)(Business Jobs)
New Parking Kiosks and Passport Parking App
Unknown until vendor contracts are reviewed.
Business Improvement District Renewal
Renewal continues the BID assessment at its existing level for five more years.
Downtown Revitalization Fund Round III
$62,000 in state DRI funds available, with one grant up to $67,000 possible or split among smaller projects like $1,500 sign projects.
Peekskill Kitchen Incubator Funding Gap
The project has a funding gap; about $157,000 of the $230,000 spent so far can be reimbursed by the federal EDA.
Kitchen incubator federal grant at risk
A bridge loan of about $1.5 million could carry interest-only payments in the six-figure annual range until a takeout loan or replacement grant funding is secured.
Vacant storefront registry
Registration fees would cover administrative costs; owners face escrows up to $5,000 and daily fines for noncompliance.
Peekskill Business Initiative
Downtown/Waterfront Shuttle Funding
A $15,311 request from the IDA's roughly $35,000 discretionary budget was not approved.
Downtown/Waterfront Shuttle Program funding
$4,000 from PFDC, matching the BID's $4,000, plus City-funded bus wrapping and business sponsorships.
Deputy Mayor designation and succession order
Vacant storefronts downtown
Could bring in registration fees to offset DPW, police, and code enforcement costs on vacant blocks.
Kitchen incubator (PFKI) future and private operation
The project's revised budget is approaching the city's available local share, and the incubator has spent only about $13,000 this year.
PFKI Kitchen Incubator Federal Funding
Up to $5,000 in consultant fees authorized, with the City potentially advancing local match funds that would be reimbursed as new grants are secured.
Downtown pedestrian street closure
No direct city expenditure; merchants must hold permits and carry insurance.
Cinco de Mayo street celebration
Antonia Arts studio displacement
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