City Council

AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES, HELD ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2023 AT 4:00 P.M. This meeting will be held in person and will be accessible via Zoom. PRESENT: OTHERS PRESENT: The Pledge of Allegiance. Approval of Minutes of Regular Meeting held on December 16, 2022. Motion By: Seconded: Approval of Abstract of Audited Vouchers Schedule 01-23, $xx and Treasurer’s Report for the Month ending December 31, 2022: $ 368,721.19 Checking Account $ 850,122.72 Capital Reserve $ 8,923,693.19 Investments $11,142,537.10 Total General Fund 12/31/22 Motion By: Seconded: Clerk’s report for December 2022 False Fire and Burglar Alarms: Fire Billed: $250; Fire Collected: $500 Burglar Billed: $1,350; Burglar Collected: $675 Departmental Monthly Reports: Fire Department Building Department Police Department Resolution to approve that the General Village Election of the Village of Quogue, New York will be held on Friday, June 16, 2023. The polling place for the 2023 General Village Election shall be at the Quogue Firehouse, Jessup Avenue, Quogue, New York. The polls shall open at 12:00 noon and close at 9:00 p.m. prevailing time and the offices to be filled at said General Village Election and the terms thereof are as follows: Trustees – two (2) for the term of two (2) years Justice – one (1) for the term of four (4) years Motion By: Seconded: Resolution to allow the village justice and/or acting village justice to reside outside of the Village of Quogue but within Suffolk County.  Motion By: Seconded: Resolution to approve that the certified amount of unpaid Village taxes for the fiscal year 2022-2023 submitted by the Treasurer of the Village of Quogue, and as provided in Section 1454 of the Real Property Tax Law of the State of New York, has been compared with the original tax roll and has been found to be correct and the amount of unpaid taxes is $xx (see listing attached) and further to approve that the unpaid village taxes for such fiscal year will be sold by Public Tax Sale at which sale certificates of tax liens for such unpaid taxes shall be properly sold with interest and advertising fee ($25); such tax sale shall be held in the manner provided by law, at 9:15 A.M. on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 and notices of such tax sale to be published in the Southampton Press-Western Edition for three (3) consecutive weeks in issues dated 2/23/2023; 3/2/2023 and 3/9/2023 in accordance with statutory law. Motion By: Seconded: Resolution pursuant to Section 217(p) of the General Municipal Law to add two points per month for each of the months January 2021 through March 2021 and one point in November 2021 (Pancake Breakfast) to the point total of each active firefighter under the Quogue Fire Department Service Award Program to compensate for restrictions on holding of activities during that period as a result of guidelines related to the New York State disaster emergency relating to Covid-19. Motion By: Seconded: Resolution to accept the certification from the Quogue Fire Department as to the members and points they received in 2021 under the Quogue Fire Department Service Award Program Point System, as modified pursuant to the preceding resolution, and to direct the Fire Department to post it for at least 30 days as required by law and to resubmit it at the end of such period with any changes. Motion By: Seconded: Resolution to appoint Frank D. Carbone to the position of Police Officer Part Time at an hourly rate of $27, pending a background check. Motion By: Seconded: Resolution to award the Scrub Oak Road & Jessup Avenue Roadways Reconstruction Project. Motion By: Seconded: Resolution to approve an application to reconstruct a fixed dock and walkway at 14 Niamogue Lane (902-10-3- 28.3). Motion By: Seconded: Resolution to approve an application to construct a fixed dock, ramp, and floating dock at 5 Penniman Point Road (902-6-2-24.6). Motion By: Seconded: Resolution to approve an application to remove and replace timber bulkhead with vinyl bulkhead, replace a portion of the boardwalk and to backfill and restore native vegetation at 19 Dune Road (902-12-1-12.9). Motion By: Seconded: Resolution to approve an application to reconstruct a float, ramp, and dock and construct new ramp and step at 15 Ogden Lane (902-14-1-22). Motion By: Seconded: Resolution to approve the following transfers: Motion By: Seconded: RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Village of Quogue hereby directs that a public hearing shall be held on Friday, February 17, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. prevailing time, at the Village Hall, Jessup Avenue, Quogue, New York, to hear any and all persons either for or against a local law entitled: “A LOCAL LAW authorizing a Property Tax Levy in excess of the limit established in General Municipal Law §3-c.” (see attached) AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish the following Notice of Public Hearing: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Quogue hereby directs that a public hearing shall be held on Friday, February 17, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. prevailing time, at the Village Hall, Jessup Avenue, Quogue, New York, to hear any and all persons either for or against a local law entitled: “A LOCAL LAW authorizing a Property Tax Levy in excess of the limit established in General Municipal Law §3-c.” Pursuant to §103-a of the New York State Public Officer’s Law and Local Law No. 3 of 2022, the meeting of the Board of Trustees and aforementioned public hearing will be held in person, or it may be held as a hybrid meeting in a combination of both in-person and videoconference (i.e. ZOOM). Notice whether the meeting will be held as a hybrid meeting and the access requirements of such remote meeting platform may be obtained from the Village Clerk. Copies of the adopted law are on file in the Village Hall and may be reviewed during normal business hours. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF QUOGUE AIMEE BUHL, VILLAGE CLERK RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Village of Quogue hereby directs that a public hearing shall be held on Friday, February 17, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. prevailing time, at the Village Hall, Jessup Avenue, Quogue, New York, to hear any and all persons either for or against a local law entitled: “A Local Law amending §174-46 of the Village Vehicle and Traffic Law to designate portions of the south side of Midland Street to be no parking zones.” (see attached) AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish the following Notice of Public Hearing: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Quogue hereby directs that a public hearing shall be held on Friday, February 17, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. prevailing time, at the Village Hall, Jessup Avenue, Quogue, New York, to hear any and all persons either for or against a local law entitled: “A LOCAL LAW amending §174-46 of the Village Vehicle and Traffic Law to designate portions of the south side of Midland Street to be no parking zones.” Pursuant to §103-a of the New York State Public Officer’s Law and Local Law No. 3 of 2022, the meeting of the Board of Trustees and aforementioned public hearing will be held in person, or it may be held as a hybrid meeting in a combination of both in-person and videoconference (i.e. ZOOM). Notice whether the meeting will be held as a hybrid meeting and the access requirements of such remote meeting platform may be obtained from the Village Clerk. Copies of the adopted law are on file in the Village Hall and may be reviewed during normal business hours. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF QUOGUE AIMEE BUHL, VILLAGE CLERK Meeting Adjourned: ___PM