Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes March 13 2023 Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Dennis Siry, Trustee Tom Whalen, Trustee Michael O’Neill, Trustee Owen E. Brooks, Jr. MEMBERS ABSENT: Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith ALSO PRESENT: Village Attorney, Bruce Kennedy APD Chief Bryan Burton Building Inspector Michael Breitweg Bruce Hopper, Superintendent DPW Catherine C. Murdock, Clerk/Treasurer Wendy O’Neill, Assistant to the Mayor Mayor Siry welcomed all in attendance and asked Chief Burton to lead the Pledge of Allegiance. The Mayor then announced an upcoming community seminar on Solar Energy at the firehouse on March 14th. Mayor’s Actions Request to approve the Meeting Minutes of February 27th, 2023 MOTION to APPROVE was made by Trustee O’Neill and seconded by Trustee Whalen Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays Landscaper License Renewal Bryan Schilling, Bryan Schilling Landscaping, 327 51st St., Lindenhurst, NY 11757 John Johnson, Quality Tree & Lawn, 162 Homestead Ave., Amityville, NY 11701 Victor Nunez, Nunez Garden Service Inc., 172 Bedell St., Freeport, NY 11520 Hernan Barrantes, Green Valley Landscaping, 226 E. Jamaica Ave., Valley Stream, NY 11580 Lawrence C. Swanson, Environmental Landscaping and Design, Inc., PO Box 209, Wantagh, NY 11793 Ricardo Vasquez, Ricardo Landscaping, 34 Washington Ave., Amityville, NY 11701 Joseph Campanelli, Campanelli Landscaping, Inc., 74 Verdi St., Farmingdale, NY 11735 Jose N. Sivirian, Sivirian Landscaping LLC, 765 Great Neck Road, Copiague, NY 11726 MOTION to APPROVE the above applications (a. through h.) with all previous stipulations was made by Trustee O’Neill and seconded by Trustee Whalen Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays Storage of Trailer-New Ray Schaeffner, Quality Cleanups, Inc., 502 Broadway, Amityville MOTION to APPROVE through the license period ending May 31st was made by Trustee O’Neill and seconded by Trustee Whalen Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays 1  Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes March 13 2023 Request from Deputy Treasurer Request to approve the abstract from February 28th, 2023 to March 8th, 2023 MOTION to APPROVE was made by Trustee O’Neill and seconded by Trustee Brooks Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays Request for a budget modification to decrease A0-1410-440 Clerk Contractual $3,000 and increase A0-1410- 411 Clerk Supplies $3,000 MOTION to APPROVE was made by Trustee O’Neill and seconded by Trustee Whalen Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays Request from Clerk/Treasurer Request from Kieran McDermitt for Island Slowpitch to use the Amityville Beach south field for softball league on Sundays, March 26 through October 29th, 2023 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Tuesdays from March 28th through October 31, from 5:30 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. and Wednesdays, from March 29th to November 1, from 5:30 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. MOTION to TABLE was made by Trustee O’Neill and seconded by Trustee Whalen Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Smith aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays Request from Lt. Frank Caramanica, APD, to use the Amityville Beach south ballfield for a charity softball game between AFD and APD, Sat., May 13th, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. , rain date May 20th. MOTION to APPROVE was made by Trustee Whalen and seconded by Trustee Brooks Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays Request to pay NYS Employee Health Ins. Acct. for health benefits in the amount of $227,508.14 MOTION to APPROVE was made by Trustee Brooks and seconded by Trustee O’Neill 2  Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes March 13 2023 Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays Request to pay Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC for legal services January 2023, bill # 19954864 in the amount of $3,525.69 (A0-1420-440) MOTION to APPROVE was made by Trustee Whalen and seconded by Trustee O’Neill Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays Department of Public Works Request to surplus two (2) Village owned vehicles DPW #55 2006 Chevrolet crew cab pickup vin # 1GCHK23U76115983 and DPW #63 2003 Freightliner dump vin # FVABXBS63HL98797 MOTION to APPROVE was made by Trustee Whalen and seconded by Trustee O’Neill Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays Request to pay Altec Industries, Inc. for bucket truck repairs Inv. Date 2/17/2023 in the amount of $3,603.85 (A0-5110-241) MOTION to APPROVE was made by Trustee Brooks and seconded by Trustee O’Neill Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays Request to pay Global Montello Group, Corp. for 1500 gallons of diesel in the amount of $4,846.06 (A0- 1625-410) MOTION to APPROVE was made by Trustee Whalen and seconded by Trustee Brooks Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays No comments were made by the public. 3  Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes March 13 2023 A MOTION was made to GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION for personnel matters by Trustee O’Neill and seconded by Trustee Whalen MOTION to APPROVE was made by Trustee Whalen and seconded by Trustee Brooks Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays MOTION to OPEN THE REGULAR MEETING was made by Trustee Whalen and seconded by Trustee Brooks Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays MOTION to CLOSE THE REGULAR MEETING was made by Trustee Whalen and seconded by Trustee Brooks Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays MOTION to ADJOURN was made by Trustee Whalen and seconded by Trustee Brooks Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Trustee O’Neill aye Trustee Brooks aye Trustee Whalen aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays The Meeting was adjourned at 8:29 p.m. ______________________________________ Catherine C. Murdock Clerk/Treasurer 4