The Village Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve permits moving two cell phone towers from the Pelham Fire House to the Pelham Green apartment building on Fifth Avenue, as well as resolutions to move antennas for T-Mobile and AT&T, during a special meeting on Nov. 18.

These three resolutions were tabled from the board’s regular meeting on Nov. 12.

According to the board’s attorney Gerard Lederer from Best Best & Krieger LLP, there is no penalty to the village in passing these resolutions. While the village has to pay for relocation costs, since the telecommunication companies were authorized to stop paying rent to the village at the beginning of this year, the village has credit against the relocation costs. There will be no additional debt and no breaking of the tax gap due to passing these resolutions.

The discussions for these relocation and settlement agreements began in 2021. However, Mayor Mullen said, “This is time well spent.”