Though it's a staple of our survival and a big issue in Sleepy Hollow – our drinking water, and the occasional paucity of its supply – people won't really get fired up about it until it's dry at their own tap.

Last night's Public Hearing at the Sleepy Hollow Village Hall on the the various proposals up for debate to bury, raise, or move a new water tank for millions of dollars, drew little of the actual public.

“As long as water is being delivered to their faucets, they don't care,” said Village Administrator Anthony Giaccio. Following a presentation by village planner, David Smith, summarizing the options, the residents were free to comment, but “there were not too many comments.”

There was one comment in writing from the New York State Park and Recreation regional office, discouraging the building of a tank at Rockefeller State Preserve. And that seems to be the extent of any objections at this point – from Rockefellers and New York State – those parties most affected by a move, if there is one. 

The two proposals that the Village seems to be putting most of its focus on are the most expensive or most visible, though most convenient. To stay on the present site, and either bury the tank (most expensive) or build up (most visible) doesn't require “permission,” said Giaccio, whereas the other scenarios of moving to Phelps, Kykuit or the Preserve would. 

At this point, what option will get the final vote is still anyone's guess. There will be another public hearing on January 31, as there often are multiple hearings on “something of this magnitude,” said Giaccio. Though if people have any opinions to be voiced remains to be seen.