MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
June 1, 2017
PRESENT: ABSENT:
Mayor Frank DeMento
Deputy Mayor John Lippmann
Trustee Patrick Hance
Trustee Lawrence Cieriello
Trustee Jennifer Noone
Robert Morici, Village Attorney
Barbara C. Miller, Clerk/Treasurer
The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
MINUTES for the meeting of May 10, 2017 were approved by all with corrections.
CLAIMS for May were presented, as detailed in the Abstract of Vouchers in the amount of $16,565.03. After review, the Board approved all for payment.
JUSTICE REPORT for May, 2017 was submitted and stated revenues in the total amount of $6,784.00.
WALDMANN PARK – FINAL PLAN
Mayor DeMento requested that the Deputy Clerk speak to the Board on final plans for Waldmann Park. The Deputy Clerk presented the anticipated plans to the BOT, the Mayor requested that the inlay pavers by pond be removed from the plan. The plans for the park will be revised according to comments and placed on the website for residents to review. The Village is still awaiting confirmation from Senator Philip’s office on the amount of the requested grant. Following this, the plans will be put out to bid.
INNESS PLACE BID RESULTS
Trustee Noone explained to the Board that there were four bidders for the road construction job for Inness Place. The Engineer contracted to oversee the project, Jim Antonelli, went over all the bids for accuracy. “I have analyzed the bids which were opened at Village Hall on May 24, 2017. Four bids were received…I have checked the bids, references and the contactors’ experience with similar projects and I find that the apparent low bidder is qualified. I recommend that the bid be awarded to United Paving of Mill Neck, NY for the amount of $106,945.00.” Trustee Noone also explained to the Board that this project will be funded from the CHIPS money. The measure was approved, a motion to approve United paving as contractor for Inness Place improvement made by Trustee Noone, seconded by Mayor DeMento and confirmed by all.
GARBAGE CONTRACT
Trustee Ceriello explained to the Board that the new garbage contract became effective on 6/1/17 and has a five-year term.
VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR
Mayor Frank DeMento spoke about the position and announced that Dan Breen has decided not to accept the position. Residents discussed with the Board the reason for the position and Trustee Ceriello explained in complete detail. Conversations continued and the topic was closed.
SCANNING
The Village of Flower Hill has offered its scanner to the Village of Munsey Park for any large documents that need immediate scanning, otherwise the documents would be sent to Central Blueprint. The remainder of the scanning project should be completed by the end of this year.
Motion to close the hearing made by Mayor Frank DeMento, seconded by Trustee Jennifer Noone and confirmed by all.
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Frank DeMento Maureen P. Mclean
Mayor Deputy Village Clerk