Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes March 24, 2025 The Board of Trustees Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Dennis Siry, Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith; Trustee Michael O’Neill, Trustee Owen Brooks, Jr, Trustee Roger Smith MEMBERS ABSENT: Village Attorney Bruce Kennedy ALSO PRESENT: Chief Bryan Burton AFD Chief Stephen Juliano DPW Superintendent Bruce Hopper Building Inspector Michael Breitweg Clerk/Treasurer Catherine Murdock Mayor’s Assistant Wendy O’Neill Mayor Siry welcomed everyone to the Board of Trustees Meeting and asked Chief Byran Burton to lead the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Siry congratulated the winners of the Village Election on March 18th which included Trustee Michael O’Neill, winning over Eric Onderdonk for the seat as Mayor as well as the re-election of Trustee Owen Brooks. He also congratulated Robert Russo, who was in the audience, for his victory as Trustee. Mayor’s Actions Approve the Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes from the March 10, 2025 Meeting MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee Roger Smith and seconded by Trustee Brooks Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Approve the appointment of William R. Angelone, 210 S. Ketcham Ave., to the AFD Fire Police MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith and seconded by Trustee Roger Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Approve a waiver of residency for PO Paul Schmidt MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee O’Neill and seconded by Trustee Roger Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain 1  Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes March 24, 2025 Appoint Anthony Cardali, Morgan Davis, Robert Bambino, John Welliver, and Jessica Hill as part-time Fire Inspectors/Marshals for the Village of Amityville, to be compensated as provided in the intermunicipal agreement with the Town of Babylon MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith and seconded by Trustee Roger Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain LICENSES Landscaper License – Renewal Evergreen Landscaping of NY, Inc. – 420 Jefferson Street. Massapequa, NY 11758 EAC Landscaping – 75 Abbington Court. Copiague, NY 11726 LA Lawn Landscaping – 821 Tooker Avenue. West Babylon, NY 11704 Santos Landscaping- 97 Archer Street. Freeport, NY 11520 Professional Landscaping – 694 Beck Street. Uniondale, NY 11553 Canterbury Landscaping & Horticulture – 4 Windsor Place. Lynbrook, NY 11563 MDG Landscaping- 164 11th Avenue. Holtsville, NY 11742 John’s Landscaping – 1190 America Avenue. West Babylon, NY 11704 MOTION TO APPROVE the above applications (agenda items a. through h.) was made by Trustee Roger Smith and seconded by Trustee O’Neill Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Automotive License – New J & R Auto & Truck Inc – 52 Mill Street. Amityville, NY 11701 Cars on Order Ltd. – 77 Merrick Road. Amityville, NY 11701 Advanced Automotive Calibration Inc. – 61 John Street. Amityville, NY 11701 MOTION TO APPROVE the above applications (agenda items a. through c.) was made by Trustee O’Neill and seconded by Trustee Brooks Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Automotive License – Renewal 189 Sunrise Auto DBA Stream Auto Outlet – 189 Sunrise Highway. Amityville, NY 11701 2  Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes March 24, 2025 MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee Roger Smith and seconded by Trustee O’Neill Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Tow Truck License - Renewal Richmond Auto Body, Ltd. 91 Merrick Road. Amityville, NY 11701 MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith and seconded by Trustee Roger Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Storage of Trailer – New Anthony Farke – 20 Mill Street. Amityville, NY 11701 MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee Roger Smith and seconded by Trustee O’Neill Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Temporary Storage Container Michael Ahl (Cathy Nehring) – 121 – 125 Park Avenue. Amityville, NY 11701 MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee O’Neill seconded by Trustee Roger Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Sign, Banner, Canopy, Marquee of Fixture Ahmed Elkoulily, Express Medical Care 357 Broadway, Amityville MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee Roger Smith seconded by Trustee O’Neill Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain 3  Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes March 24, 2025 Request from Deputy Treasurer Request to approve the Voucher Abstract for the period of March 6th to March 19th, 2025 MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee Roger Smith seconded by Trustee Brooks Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Request to surplus the following electronics: i HP desktop computer 6V9XYQ2 ii Box of old keyboards in 2nd floor supply room iii HP1740 Monitor iv Samsung Tablet, no serial number, marked “doesn’t charge” found in supply room v HP computer/monitor combo MXL8241BJ3 vi 3 keyboards from previous upgrade, not working vii Dell Monitor CH-ORMNH6-7445-114- (not working) viii Dell desktop computer G7CG3W2, hard drive not working ix Dell desktop computer G72H3W2 x All (approximately 70) Verizon One-Talk phones from previous install MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee O’Neill seconded by Trustee Roger Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Request from Clerk/Treasurer Request from Ryan Bonner, Town of Babylon to permit the Town of Babylon Soldier Ride to come through the Village and temporarily close several roadways, on July 18, 2025 starting at 9:00 a.m. MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee Brooks seconded by Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Request from Joe Morin, Amityville Rotary Club, to display a banner across Rte. 110 in the Village from 9/24/2025 to October 6th to promote the Rotary Club Apple Festival. MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee O’Neill seconded by Trustee Roger Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain 4  Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes March 24, 2025 Request from Joan Donnison, Bay Village Civic Association to have a shredder event in collaboration with the Amityville Public Library in the 9/11 Memorial Park parking lot on Saturday, April 26th with cars removed from the northwest side of the lot (front side) from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee Roger Smith seconded by Trustee O’Neill Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Request from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church to conduct an Easter Dawn Sunrise Service at the Amityville Beach south pavilion (with use of facilities) on Sunday, April 20, 2025 from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. with set up on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10 a.m. MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee Roger Smith seconded by Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Request from John Cestare, Mesita, 8 Greene Ave., Amityville to close Greene Avenue on May 5th, 2025 for a Cinco de Mayo party MOTION TO TABLE was made by Trustee O’Neill seconded by Trustee Roger Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Request to pay NYS Employee Health Ins. Acct. for health benefits in the amount of $240,556.20 MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith seconded by Trustee Roger Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Request to pay SourcePass Total, LLC for VH monthly billing, March in the amount of $4,301.55 (A0- 1625-440) 5  Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes March 24, 2025 MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee Roger Smith seconded by Trustee O’Neill Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Request to pay Sourcepass Total, LLC for VH annual billing 25/26 in the amount of $5,454.00 (A0-1625- 440) MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee O’Neill seconded by Trustee Roger Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Request to pay ProClaim Inc. for 9% of Feb. deposits and Medicare claims in the amount of $4,495.09 (A0- 1420-440) MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee Roger Smith seconded by Trustee Brooks Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Request to pay Edmunds Govtech Inc. for IPS Annual software maintenance 5/1/25 – 4/30/26 in the amount of $6,116.79 (A0-1625-440) MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee Roger Smith seconded by Trustee O’Neill Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Request to pay CSEA Employee Benefit Fund for dental and vision benefits in the amount of $5,616.80 MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee O’Neill seconded by Trustee Brooks Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain 6  Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes March 24, 2025 Request to authorize the mayor to sign an agreement with Millenium Strategies LLC to prepare and submit a grant application through the US Congress – FY26 Congressionally Directed Spending Grant Program in the amount of $2,500.00 MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee O’Neill seconded by Trustee Roger Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Request from Jared Stein, 56 Sprague Ave., for a waiver of a zoning board of appeals application fee for outdoor storage and issue reimbursement in the amount of $1000.00 MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee O’Neill seconded by Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Request to award bid to Emphasis Design as the lowest responsible bidder in a sum not to exceed $150,000.00 and authorize the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Emphasis Design for Branding, Wayfinding and Signage in the downtown MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee O’Neill seconded by Trustee Roger Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith abstain Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 4 ayes 0 nays 1 abstain Request to pay Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, LLC for Endorsement Transmittal - Commercial Package for 2024 in the amount of $1,464.00. (A1910.430) MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith seconded by Trustee Roger Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Request from Police Department Request to pay Sourcepass Total LLC for monthly billing with DATTO for March in the amount of $3,000.70 (A0-3120-261) 7  Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes March 24, 2025 MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee Brooks seconded by Trustee Roger Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Department of Public Works Request to pay Sprague for 3,015 gallons of 91 octane and 1,000 gallons of winter blend diesel in the amount of $9,358.33 (A0-1625-410) MOTION TO APPROVE was made by Trustee Roger Smith seconded by Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain Mayor Siry invited public comments which were as follows: Wendy Canestro, 45 Wood Ave., discussed the downtown restaurant menus at Fridays on the Greene. Frank Colletti, 275 Bayview Ave., asked for an explanation of the wayfinding DRI project. With no further comments or questions, MOTION TO ADJOURN was made Trustee O’Neill and seconded by Trustee Brooks Vote on Motion: Mayor Dennis Siry aye Deputy Mayor Kevin Smith aye Trustee Michael O’Neill aye Trustee Owen Brooks aye Trustee Roger Smith aye Motion Carried: 5 ayes 0 nays 0 abstain The Meeting was adjourned at 7:23 p.m. ______________________________________ Catherine C. Murdock Clerk/Treasurer 8