A public meeting on the proposed dissolution of the Village of Spring Valley is scheduled for Tuesday night at Village Hall. Officials will present the proposal's process and take questions from residents.

Community advocate Joanne Louis-Paul, who now lives in Ramapo, has been encouraging residents to attend the meeting. She said community reactions to the proposal have been mixed.

"Please come out. There is such a power in just showing up that is more than half of the battle," Louis-Paul says.

Louis-Paul said some residents believe the outcome is already decided, but she urged people to participate in the process.

"Some people have already resigned to it happening. So again, that's why I want to try to get as many people there because nothing is done until it's done," she says.

The LaBerge Group was selected to conduct the village dissolution study and process.

According to information on the group's website, only village residents would be eligible to vote in a dissolution referendum.

The website also outlines which areas would become part of either Ramapo or Clarkstown if a dissolution were approved and notes that any existing village debt would remain the responsibility of village residents.

Bonnie Christian, the former mayor of South Nyack, which dissolved into Orangetown in 2022, said working with LaBerge was beneficial during her village's process.

"Working with LaBerge is the best thing our village did," says Christian.

Christian said Spring Valley residents considering dissolution should carefully weigh the potential benefits against the challenges of the process.

"It's a long process with the study. It's an expensive process. So as I say, make sure your benefits are going to outweigh what you're going to go through because in the long run the most important thing is that you lose control. When you dissolve a village, your residents lose control," she says.

The Spring Valley Village Board voted in May to move forward with a dissolution study, saying it wanted to review the facts and share its findings with residents.

A move that came after a public petition seeking dissolution was submitted in 2025.

The village clerk found then that there were not enough valid signatures.