Village Board Notebook - Sept. 1, 2010

The Mineola village board held a meeting on September 1. Take a look at what you missed.

Board Rescinds "No Parking" Regulation on Burkhard Avenue:

• After receiving a petition from residents of Burkhard Avenue, the village will be removing a parking restriction of "No parking 9 p.m. to 7 a.m." from their block. A total of 14 homes have signed the petition, or two-thirds of the residents. "What this represents realistically from our perspective is the removal of signs," Superintendent of Public Works Tom Rini said, recommending a trial period be held. "There is no cost for doing that, there is no additional signage that has to be made." The restriction was implemented to create parking relief to commercial properties on Jericho Turnpike. The signs would not be discarded in case they need to be put back up after the trial period.

Purchases:

• A contract for a hooklift and tarp system was awarded to Long Island Sanitation Equipment at a cost of $54,419. The chassis will aloow the village to use dumpsters for streetsweeping, asphault, etc.
• The village will also purchase an Accubine RTF Salt Brinemaker for winter road maintenence at a cost of $70,146. The equipment will be purchased of an existing Town of North Hempstead contract. Rini said he would have to retrofit the village trucks to accomodate the sprayers.

Overlay District:

• The Nassau County Planning commission has given its go-ahead with the village's planned expansion of the overlay district. "The planning commission has issued what's called 'local determination,' which means there's no objection to passage of this law," village attorney John Spellman said. The board did not vote on the measure as only three members were present.

Board Authorizes Training Trip:

• The board authorized the deputy village clerk to attend the NYCOM (New York Conference of Mayors) fall training school for city and village officials from September 20 - 23.

The next meeting of the Mineola village board will be on Wednesday,September 15 at 6:30 P.M. at the village hall.