Susan Siegel
Passionate for local government. Good government. Efficient government. Transparent government.
This website exists to communicate with town residents and provide transparency in your local government. It is a personal site, and not an official Town of Yorktown site.
Meeting Blog
The meeting blog provides summaries of the major agenda items discussed at Town Board and Planning Board meetings. You can automatically receive these summaries in your Inbox by using the subscribe box at the bottom of the page.
Issues
The Issues page provides background information about current and upcoming town issues as well as explanations about how our town government works, like the town budget and how development proposals are reviewed by the Planning Board.
Recent Meeting Summaries
Town Board, July 1, 2025
Navajo Fields (aka Hidden Valleys). (See Town Board June 10, 2025,) After 3.5 hours, the Town Board closed the hearing on including the 50 acre Navajo Fields parcel into the Lake Osceola Overlay District. But, it left open a 28 day written comment period. (The...
Planning Board, June 30,2025
Toll Brothers. (See Planning Board May 6, 2025 and Town Board June 17, 2025.) Two issues were raised during the Public Information Hearing: sewers and the future adaptive reuse of the Field Home. Regarding sewers, there was a discussion about how the town will be...
Town Board, June 17, 2025
Tree mitigation. The issue of what should constitute mitigation for removing trees was the major issue in a public hearing for a stormwater permit and tree permit for a single house off Saw Mill River Road. Thirty three trees will have to be removed. While the...