New Village Court (November 2005)

It’s almost here! The Board of Trustees adopted Local Law 8 of 2005 establishing a new Village Court.

In order to more effectively enforce the local laws and to obtain a significant share of the revenue from fines that have previously gone to entities outside of the Village, we hope to have the Village Court up and running by year end.

The Offices of Village Justice and Acting Village Justice will be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees. The position of Village Justice will then be elected for a four- year term at the next Village election.

The position of Acting Justice is an annual appointment.

Launching our court, the Mayor has announced the appointment of Sheldon Greenbaum as Village Justice and Howard Krebs as Acting Village Justice. Both are longtime Port North residents and practicing attorneys.

Greenbaum has served for many years as Chairperson of the Village’s Board of Zoning Appeals – a position he is now relinquishing.

Krebs, with extensive experience in mediation and knowledge of the Village court process in neighboring Villages, will also replace Greenbaum as chair of the BZA.

(Printed in the Nov 2005 Newsletter)