MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
held on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
PRESENT: ABSENT:
Mayor Lawrence A. Ceriello
Deputy Mayor Antonio D’Angelo
Trustee Regina Im
Trustee Joseph Williams
Trustee Gregory LiCalzi, Jr.
John Ryan, Morici & Morici, LLP
Mayor Ceriello led the Board and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance.
A Motion to open the Public Meeting was made by Mayor Ceriello, seconded by Trustee Williams and approved by all. The Meeting was called to order by Mayor Ceriello at 7:40 p.m.
MINUTES
A motion to approve the minutes for the November 13, 2024, Board of Trustees meeting was made by Trustee Williams & seconded by Trustee LiCalzi and unanimously approved.
NEW BUSINESS
5 Thayer – Regrading Application
Trustee LiCalzi made a motion to approve the regrading application for 5 Thayer Road, seconded by Deputy Mayor D’Angelo and carried as follows:
Mayor Larry Ceriello RECUSE
Deputy Mayor D’Angelo AYE
Trustee Im AYE
Trustee LiCalzi AYE
Trustee Williams AYE
TREE CITY PROCLAMATION
Tree City USA is a national program that recognizes communities for their efforts to manage and improve their public trees. The Village must re-qualify annually to maintain their Tree City USA designation. In continuing our qualification, we must meet four standards to be designated as a Tree City USA community: maintain a tree board or department, have a community tree ordinance, spend a minimum on urban forestry and celebrate Arbor Day. The Village believes that this annual recognition shows residents that trees, conservation, and the environment are important to our community. The Village will plant several specimen trees during the 2024 /2025 planting season (which runs from the first frost in Autumn, 2024 through April 2025). The first such tree – a flowering dogwood tree, was planted on Dec. 6 along Hunt Lane’s walking path.
Mayor Ceriello read the following Proclamation and moved to adopt December 6, as Arbor Day in the Village of Munsey Park, seconded by Trustee LiCalzi and approved by all.
WHEREAS, in 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of
Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees, and
WHEREAS, this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the
planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska, and.
WHEREAS, Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world,
and
WHEREAS, trees can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind
and water, cut heating and cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean
the air, produce life-giving oxygen, and provide habitat for wildlife, and
WHEREAS, trees are a renewable resource giving us paper, wood for our
homes, fuel for our fires and countless other wood products, and
WHEREAS, trees in our Village increase property values, enhance the
economic vitality of business areas and beautify our community, and
WHEREAS, trees, wherever they are planted, are a source of joy and
emotional renewal.
PROCLAIMED, that the 6th of December 2024, will be declared Arbor Day
throughout the Village of Munsey Park.
Signed this 6th Day of December 2024
MAYOR’S REPORT
The mayor reported that the 2024 Road Repair Project is complete. National Grid has informed the village of a new gas main project which will impact Hunt Lane from Manhasset Woods Road to Abbey Road. The Mayor and our Village Engineer, Jim Antonelli, will walk the project with National Grid on Friday, December 13th.
VILLAGE REPORTS
· JUSTICE REPORT: The Monthly Justice Report for November 2024 notes total fines assessed in the amount of $471.00
· BUILDING REPORT: The Building Report notes that between June 1, 2024, to Dec. 4 2024 a total of 83 permits have been issued totaling $311,781.00 in Building Permit Fees.
· POLICE REPORT: The Police Report for August 2024 notes no Burglary-Residence, no Burglary-Business, no Robberies, no Larceny-Auto incident, no Larceny (other than auto), no Criminal Mischief incidents and a total of 28 summonses (27 Movers and 1 Parker).
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Questions/Comments were received from the following:
None
A Motion to close the Board of Trustees Public Meeting was made by Mayor Ceriello seconded by Trustee LiCalzi and unanimously approved at 8:05 p.m.
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Lawrence A. Ceriello Tara Gibbons
Mayor Treasurer/Clerk