Boards Commissions and Committees Members List


Table of Contents

  1. Board of Appeals
  2. Board of Architectural Review
  3. Board of Assessment Review
  4. Board of Ethics
  5. Boat Basin Commission
  6. City/School Shared Services Committee
  7. Commission on Human Rights
  8. Conservation Commission/Advisory Council
  9. Finance Committee
  10. Landmarks Advisory Committee
  11. Master Plan Task Force
  12. Planning Commission
  13. Recreation Commission
  14. Rye Beautification Advisory Committee
  15. Rye Cable Television Committee
  16. Rye Golf Club Commission
  17. Rye Playland Advisory Committee
  18. Rye Senior Advocacy Committee
  19. Rye Town Park Commission
  20. Traffic and Transportation Committee
  21. Youth Advisory Committee

Board of Appeals

Seven members appointed by the Mayor with Council approval for three-year terms.  Chairman designated by the Mayor.

Expires
Alan Weil, Chair 1-1-09
Scott Beechert 1-1-11
Tamara Mitchel 1-1-10
Serge Nivelle 1-1-09
Anthony Piscionere 1-1-10
Maureen Powers 1-1-09
Alan Wiener 1-1-11

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Board of Architectural Review

Seven members appointed by the Mayor with Council approval for three-year terms. Chairman designated by the Mayor.

Expires
Eugene McGuire, Chair 1-1-08
David Cutner 1-1-10
Peter Jovanovich 1-1-08
Michael Marchand 1-1-09
Richard Mecca 1-1-08

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Board of Assessment Review

Five members appointed by the City Council for five-year terms. Chairman elected annually by the Board.

Expires
Mark Gardner, Chair 9-30-08
Robert Byrne 9-30-10
Paul J. Denton 9-30-09
Ed Collins 9-30-12
David Olson 9-30-11

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Board of Ethics

Three members appointed by the Mayor with Council approval for three-year terms. Chairman selected by the Board from among the public members.

Expires
Edward B. Dunn 1-1-09
Elizabeth Griffin Matthews 1-1-11
Warren Ross 1-1-10
O. Paul Shew, City Manager ex-officio
Kevin J. Plunkett,Corporation Counsel ex-officio

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Boat Basin Commission

The De Pauw Municipal Boat Basin Commission shall consist of 5 residents of the City of Rye who have a permit to moor a boat at the facility to be appointed by the City Council from persons elected by the mooring permit holders at the De Pauw Municipal Boat Basin.  The members of the Commission shall elect a Chairman from its members. Terms shall be for two years.

Expires
Richard Dempsey, Chair 01/01/2010
George DeFilippo, Vice-Chair 01/01/2010
Robert Rispoli 01/01/2010
William Blake 01/01/2009
Kenneth Dahlgren 01/01/2009

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Commission on Human Rights

The Commission shall consist of not more than nine members.  Appointed by the Mayor for three-year terms.  Chairman designated by the Mayor.

Expires
VACANCY, Chair 1-1-06
Susan Cicelsky 1-1-07
Lawrence Forsberg 1-1-08
Peter Larr 1-1-02
Jane Mickatavage 1-1-06
Fred Penichet 1-1-08
Janis Solomon 1-1-06
VACANCY 1-1-05
VACANCY 1-1-07
Sophie Hasse, Student Rep 2005-2006 school year
Amanda E. Hajjar, Student Rep 2003-2004 school year
Nancy Steed ex-officio

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Conservation Commission/Advisory Council

Not less than six members or more than nine members.  Appointed by the Mayor with Council approval for three-year terms. Chairman designated by the Mayor.

Expires
Joseph P. Murphy, Chair 1-1-09
Dennis Buckley 1-1-10
Anne Cochran 1-1-09
Loriel De Caro 1-1-10
Ashley Craig 1-1-11
Richard Horsman 1-1-08
Paul Knudsvig 1-1-08
James McGee 1-1-10
Jim Nash 1-1-08
Lewis Nash 1-1-09

 

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Finance Committee

The Committee shall consist of nine members appointed by the City Council for three-year terms.  The chairman shall be selected by the committee.

Expires
Jonathan W. Peters, Chair 1-1-07
Michael Capoiniti 1-1-07
Frederic Dunn 1-1-07
Warren Keegan 1-1-09
Norman MacMaster 1-1-08
David Mullane 1-1-07
Stephen Meyers 1-1-08
Arthur Stampleman 1-1-09
Laura Leach 1-1-11

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Landmarks Advisory Committee

The Committee shall consist of eight members of whom at least five shall be City of Rye residents. Appointments shall include at least one architect or architectural historian, one member of the Rye Historical Society and one member of the local Real Estate Board.

Members shall serve three-year terms. Appointments shall be made by the Mayor with Council approval. A Chairman shall be selected by the Committee from among its members for a one-year term.

Expires
T. Patrick (Sid) Burke, Chair 1-1-11
Russell C. Cecil 1-1-09
Frederick Cummings 1-1-06
RIchard Hourahan 1-1-11
Daniel Kelly 1-1-11
Nancy Stampleman 1-1-10
Anne Stillman 1-1-10
George Zahringer 1-1-10

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Master Plan Task Force

The Master Plan Task Force Members shall be appointed by the Mayor with City Council approval.  The Task Force will continue the up-date of the 1985 City of Rye Development Plan to completion.

Paul Benowitz
William J. Dunne
Dr. Michael W. Klemens
Richard Mecca
Kathleen Walsh
Steven Otis, Mayor
Carolyn C. Cunningham

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Planning Commission

Six members appointed by the Mayor with Council approval for three-year terms. One Council member appointed by the Mayor with Council approval for two-year term. Chair designated by the Mayor, annually.

Expires
Barbara Cummings, Chair 1-1-10
Carolyn Cunningham 1-1-10
Nicholas Everett 1-1-09
Hugh Greechan 1-1-08
Peter Larr 1-1-08
Martha Monserrate, Vice Chair 1-1-09
Mack Cunningham, Councilman 1-1-10

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Recreation Commission

Nine members appointed by the Mayor with Council approval for three-year terms. Chairman designated by the Mayor.

Expires
Douglas French, Chair 1-1-10
Frank Adimari 1-1-10
Roberta Billington 1-1-10
Douglas Carey 1-1-11
Bart DiNardo 1-1-10
Scott Florio 1-1-11
Thomas Maloney 1-1-09
Esther Martensen 1-1-09
Steven Verille 1-1-09

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Rye Beautification Advisory Committee

The Committee shall consist of 13 members appointed by the Mayor with approval from the City Council, and one member will be designated Chairman by the Mayor.

Expires
Chris Cohan 1-1-04
Mary Louise Johnson-Murray 1-1-05
Robin Jovanovich 1-1-04
Vacancy 1-1-04
Vacancy 1-1-04
Vacancy 1-1-05
Vacancy 1-1-05
Vacancy 1-1-05
Vacancy 1-1-05
Edythe Neuhoff (Ceres Gdn Club) 1-1-06
Peggy Peters (Rye Garden Club) 1-1-06
Connie Macleod (Little Gdn Club) 1-1-06

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Rye Cable Television Committee

The Committee shall consist of seven members who will be City residents. Appointments shall be for three-year terms. The initial appointments shall be staggered with two one-year terms, two two-year terms, and three three-year terms appointed by City Council. Chairman designated by the Mayor.

Expires
Doris Blank, Chair 1-1-08
Paul Berner 1-1-10
Margot Burgheimer 1-1-09
John Carey 1-1-09
Stephen Fairchild 1-1-10
Louis Garcia 1-1-10
Susan Sciascia 1-1-07

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Rye Golf Club Commission

The Rye Golf Club Commission shall consist of nine resident members of the Rye Golf Club, appointed by the City Council from the resident members elected by the members of the Rye Golf Club. The members of the Commission shall elect a Chairman from its members. The term of the members shall commence on January 1 for a two-year period.

Expires
Frank Adimari, Chair 1-1-08
Lois Codispodi 1-1-09
Daniel DeVito 1-1-08
John Duffy 1-1-09
T. J. Hansen 1-1-09
Tom Kennedy 1-1-08
Douglas Killip, Vice Chair 1-1-09
Jean Romano 1-1-08
Richard Verille 1-1-08

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Rye Playland Advisory Committee

This Committee shall consist of nine members to serve three-year terms.  The initial appointments will be staggered with three one-year terms, three two-year terms and three three-year terms.  The members will be appointed by the Mayor with Council approval and one member will be designated chair by the Mayor.

Expires
William Walsh, Chair 1-1-08
Lelia Bright 1-1-09
Joan Marshall Cresap 1-1-10
Brian Daly 1-1-10
Charles Dorn 1-1-10
Suzanna Keith 1-1-06
Lucinda McKinnon 1-1-08
Richard H. Neiman 1-1-09
Ellen Slater 1-1-08

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Rye Senior Advocacy Committee

The Committee will consist of seven members serving three-year terms.

Expires
Marian Shea, Chair 1-1-09
Ellen D'Angelo 1-1-11
Josephine DelMonte 1-1-11
Marge Lefler 1-1-10
Kathleen Lonergan 1-1-10
Esther Martensen 1-1-10
Julia Schwartz-Leeper 1-1-09
Joseph P. Murphy Staff Advisor

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Rye Town Park Commission

Mayor and one appointment for a two-year term by the City Council pursuant to agreement made with Rye Town in 1942.

Expires
Steven Otis, Mayor 1-1-06
Brian Daly 1-1-10

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Traffic and Transportation Committee

The Committee shall consist of not less than seven nor more than nine members appointed by the Mayor with Council approval for three-year term.  Chairman designated by the Mayor.

Expires
Brian Dempsey, Chair 1-1-10
Denver Boston 1-1-10
James Burke 1-1-11
Edith Burpee 1-1-11
George Cady 1-1-09
John Gray 1-1-10
Nicholas D. Loddo, Jr. 1-1-09
Christopher Pellegrini 1-1-08
John Wickham 1-1-09
O. Paul Shew, City Manager ex-officio
James Cuyler, Board of Education ex-officio
Dr. Edward Shine, Supt. of Schools ex-officio

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Youth Advisory Committee

The committee shall consist of 15 members in grades seven through twelve at the time of the appointment or reappointment.  A selection committee comprised of one representative of the City designated by the City Manager, the Rye YMCA and the Rye Youth Council will review nominations and select students to recommend to the City Council for appointment.  The term of office for each member will be one school year, beginning September 1 and ending June 30.  The committee will select its own Chair and Vice Chair.

Expires

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For Specific Questions Regarding Boards Commissions and Committees Please Call City Clerk's Office at (914) 967-7371
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Revised: May 07, 2008.