MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
held on September 9, 2020
Teleconference
PRESENT: ABSENT:
Mayor Lawrence A. Ceriello
Trustee Antonio D’Angelo
Trustee Joseph Williams
Trustee Anthony M. Sabino
Robert Morici, Morici & Morici, LLP
Paul Pepper, Morici & Morici, LLP
A Motion to Open the Public Meeting was made by Trustee D’Angelo, Seconded by Trustee Sabino and called to Order by Mayor Ceriello at 7:33 pm.
VILLAGE ELECTION
Mayor Cereillo announced the election will be Tuesday, September 15 at Village Hall from Noon to 9 PM. Covid protocol will be strictly followed throughout the day. Four candidates are running Anthony Sabino (re-election), Gregory LiCalzi, Regina Im and John Dellaquila.
APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY MAYOR
Due to Covid we did not have an election in March and since then Deputy Mayor Jennifer Noone has moved with her family to South Carolina. Mayor Ceriello announced that Trustee D’Angelo has accepted to take on the position as Deputy Mayor until March 2021.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
Mayor Ceriello announced the names of the Village residnets who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Thomas Burke, Paul R. Casio, James Connor, Joseph J. Dickey Jr., John F. Iskyan, Timothy C. Kelly and Frank Salvaterra. The Mayor then asked for a moment of silence to reflect on these individuals and fragileness of life.
SUMMARY OF IMPACT OF SUPERSTORM ISAIS
Superstorm Isias presented mostly tree damage to the Village along with power outages that lasted up to two weeks. There were anywhere from a dozen to eighteen trees down and many of them were in the park. At first it was difficult to get a tree removal company to come in as emergency situations took priority. Nassau County has reached out to the Village to obtain an estimate on clean-up costs in the hopes that we can pass some of these costs on to FEMA. Mayor Ceriello and the Board thanked the road crew for a phenomenal job responding to all damage incurred by this storm.
PARK AVENUE REPAVING PLANS
PSEG plans on rep[lacing gas mains on the eastern end of Park Avenue from Morse Place, around the bend including part of Trunbull Road and Bartlett Road. PSEG will cut along the side of the road and has agreed to incur the cost to repave half of the road and the Village will be responsible for the other half. Mayor Ceriello stated that PSEG mentioned starting in October/November but because of weather could be as late as the Spring 2021. Jim Antonelli, Village Engineer, will scope out the costs for extending this paving project on Park Avenue to include the section from Morse to Abbey Road.
NYSDOT GRANT OF $150,000
NYSDOT has awarded us a $150,000 grant for roadwork. Mayor Ceriello stated that the funds have not been specifically earmarked towards any road project. Manhasset Lakeville Water District will be working on water mains from Manhasset Woods Road to the top of hill on Park Avenue. The Village is in preliminary discussions on how we can also be involved with this project to improve the quality of Park Avenue.
UPDATE ON EXTENET
Trustee Sabino reported that Extenet will be submitting their construction schedule to remediate the problem caused when they installed an incorrect antenna to the cell tower located at the intersection of Manhasset Woods Road and Park Avenue. Extenet will also install a sprinkler system and a BOT approved landscape design to the base of the tower.
OCTOBER BOARD MEETING
Mayor Ceriello announced that he would like the October meeting to be live with a teleconference option to any resident who would like to dial in.
There being no further business, a Motion to close the meeting was made by Trustee Sabino and Seconded by Trustee Williams and the meeting was brought to a close at 8:12 pm.
Questions/Comments were received from the following resident:
Dimitri Nikas
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Lawrence A. Ceriello Tara Gibbons
Mayor Treasurer/Clerk