Mineola Village Board Notebook: June 5

The Mineola Village Board of Trustees held a meeting on Wednesday, June 5. Here are some of the things you may have missed.

Use Requests

• The Mineola Golden Age Club requested the use of the community center auditorium on Thursdays from Sept. 12, 2013 to June 12, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., a general purpose room for line dancing instruction and an exercise program on Mondays from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and a general purpose room for arts and crafts on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• The Mineola Golden Age Club also requested the use of a community center general purpose room on Thursdays from Sept. 12, 2013 to June 12, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. for a painting class.
• The Knights of Columbus Corpus Christi Council No. 2502 requested use of the Wilson Park picnic area for their annual picnic on July 27, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Mineola Youth and Family Services requested use of Wilson Park facilities from July 1 to August 2 from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays and from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays through Fridays and the use of the community center and a general purpose room during inclement weather for their summer program.

• The village will conduct a public bid for several improvements to the packed tower aeration system at well No. 4 at Eighth Avenue and Old Country Road. According to superintendent of public works Tom Rini, the improvements consist of a 13-ft. extension on top of the existing air stripper, which removes contaminants and upgrades to the pump and blower as required by the health department. The estimated cost is between $700,000-$750,000.
• The board approved a one-year extension to the current street lighting maintenance contract with Welsbach Electric of Long Island. “We’re currently looking at changing a lot of the lighting throughout the village and coming up with a whole program to do so as well as some other energy efficiency items,” Rini said, noting that the extension was to buy time in order to fully design a plan to replace all the street lighting in the village. The current contract expires in July and all pricing and terms would remain the same.
• The village will purchase one 2013 New Holland Model 230 Skid Steer Loader with Asphalt Cold Planer Attachment, Roof Mounted Water Tank and a 78-inch, four-in-one bucket off of a New York State contact for $66,650.58 from Malvese Equipment.

The financial reports for the village for the month of May 2013 are as follows:

• 24 residential permits issued for $7,705
• 5 commercial permits for $6,290
• one board of zoning appeals appearance for $700
• 23 plumbing permits for $3,350
• 20 electrical permits for $1,450
• 20 title searches for $1,821
• 20 certificates of occupancy for $500
• 14 licenses for new businesses for $3,135
• for a subtotal of $24,951.
• There were court dispositions in the amount of $4,200 for a grand total of $29,151.
• There were nine notices of violation issued and three summonses.

• 2,801 residential permits issued for $169,025
• 138 commercial permits for $899,958
• three applications for subdivisions in the amount of $7,500
• 422 construction permits for $1,076,483
• 223 sign permits for $36,240
• 10 board of trustees appearance for $3,450
• 196 electrical permits for $28,350
• 264 title searches for $25,350.25
• 272 certificates of occupancy for $7,015
• 231 licenses for new businesses for $47,815
• late rental registration for $2,750
• for a subtotal of $1,227,453.25.
• There were court dispositions in the amount of $47,250 for a subtotal of $1,274,703.25.
• There were default judgements in the amounts of $122,000 for an annualized grand total of $1,396,703.25.

• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) Local 342 requested a one-day parking permit for a mobile blood drive unit at their union offices at 166 East Jericho Turnpike on September 23 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• The following candidates were approved as new members of the respective companies of the Mineola Fire Department: Company 1: Christopher Pagnani, Gabrielle Ward, Andres Zaldivar; Company 3: Ahmed Marei; Robert Escaravage.
• The village will also advertise for two part-time parking enforcement officers with flexible schedules (19 hours per week) at a salary of $14 per hour as well as a laborer’s position in the village highway department.

The next meeting of the Mineola Village Board will be on Wednesday, June 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the village hall.

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