Guide to Buchanan Village Elections, March 20

Current Mayor of Sean Murray and former Village Mayor AL Donohue will go head to head for the position in the Village Elections on Tuesday, March 20. Donohue is running on a slate with current zoning board member Angelo Iacomini and first-time candidate Edward Delmonte, a retired railroad worker. Their Republican slate will face incumbents Murray and his running mates Richard Funchion and Nick Zachary, who are both seeking second terms as village trustees.

Murray said that he and the trustees have made decisions that have cut costs, opened up community dialogue and brought the Village into compliance with state comptroller regulations. Murray says he wants to keep the team together because they want to finish the work they’ve started and begin new projects for the Village.

Donohue has said he is running because he does not approve of the current administration’s fiscal decisions. He has criticized their vote to override the state’s mandated 2 percent tax cap on annual budgets and of the Village’s hiring of a village prosecutor and planner. He said he would definitely “do away with the prosecutor and planner,” if elected to help lower taxes. Murray said that the Village voted to go above the tax cap because it needs to keep that option open.

In the last mayoral election in 2010, Murray defeated Donohue with 430 votes over Donahue’s 225. In that same year’s election Donohue’s running mate Iaccomini was defeated by Democratic challengers Nicholas Zachery and Richard Funchion. Iaccomini also ran for council in 2011 and was defeated by Theresa Knickerbocker and Jane Hitney.

You can read more on the candidates’ stance on the issues in our Patch article and on LoHud’s Village Election guide here.

Currently, Democrats hold four of the five board seats. Trustee Theresa Knickerbocker is an independent.

Trustees are paid $5,000 a year and serve two-year terms; the mayor makes $6,500 annually and serves two years.

What you need to know to vote:

Voting is held from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Buchanan Village Hall at 236 Tate Avenue.

The Village will be using the lever machines, not the new electronic machines that were used in the Cortlandt elections last year.

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