SCARSDALE – Longtime Scarsdale employee and current Village Manager Stephen Pappalardo has announced that he will be retiring in July after more than 30 years in village government. Pappalardo has served as village manager for the last five years.
“My positive professional experiences working for the village are too numerous to list, as are the many wonderful people I have encountered, many of whom have enriched me and influenced my life both professionally and personally,” he said. “I consider myself fortunate and it has truly been a great career in public service for the village.”
“Manager Pappalardo has displayed exemplary commitment to public service excellence and his love for our ‘Village in a Park’ has been evident throughout his career,” said first-term Mayor Marc Samwick. “Steve’s leadership, professionalism, and fiscal stewardship have not only resulted in the Village of Scarsdale being recognized in municipal government circles as a model for local governance, but his efforts to maintain and enhance Scarsdale’s broader reputation as a great place to live and raise a family have yielded meaningful results in that our local quality of life has continued to remain in the top tier of suburban communities regionally and nationally throughout his over three decades of esteemed public service.”
Samwick said while Pappalardo will be retiring this year, “he is continuing to press forward on matters of local importance, with a keen eye on the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 annual budget and other important work needing his focused attention.”
“My July 12, 2021, retirement date allows for the completion of the fiscal year 2021-2022 budget process and the close of the finances for fiscal year 2020- 2021. Both will better inform us toward a path forward for the Village government into the new June 01, 2021, fiscal year and beyond, as we transition from COVID-19 back to normal operations,” said Pappalardo.
