001Village Board, you are live. >> Good morning, everyone. Today is February 20th, 2026. It's 11:00 a.m. Thank you all for coming to the village board meeting. If we could stand for a pledge to the flag of the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. >> All right. First up is Hugh King, our historian. Thank you for inviting all these people to hear me speak, Mr. Mayor. Okay. You ever hear of Girly Lee Hayes? Girly Lee Hayes uh came from uh the South [clears throat] and he came here to work in the town. Okay. um he settled in Amigans and I think his children uh were probably one of the first families of African-American descent who attended Amigans grade school probably in the 1930s and
00240s. Now remember this at [snorts] the age of 78 he was still working and he installed the wooden street signs throughout East Hampton. Okay, now remember that. All right. He also worked on the Calvary Baptist Church. Okay. Well, he also had some children. Jane Cile worked for the East Sant Head Start program. She was the head of that. His daughter, Helen Hillman, was probably the first uh person of color to work as a real estate agent in the village of East Son. She was hired by the Condandy Lamb agency. [snorts] And then, of course, one of his sons was the great Lee Hayes, a Tuskegee airman. Okay. Now, remember, he worked for the highway department, right? Well, there are two streets in our town, Jenny's Pass and Queens Lane. They named after his ch his
003wife and his daughter. I don't know how he got to do that. Okay. Now, we also have Lucy West and Ruth Hartwell. They opened up the arc the Orchard Beauty Shop in 1941 on North Main Street. This had to be one of the first businesses owned by African-American women in the town of V. Sam. This is 1941. Okay. Now, Lucy West lived to be a hundred and she lived up there on Gingerbread Lane. Now, what's the name of that market up there on Gingerbread Lane? Of course, in the Bank, Country Market, right? What's the other name for that? The Chicken House. Well, Lucy West lived in that little house right next door, and that was called the birdhouse. So, she's the only person in Eastampton history lived in a birdhouse next to the chicken house.
004Okay. >> [laughter] >> And then we get and living right next door to Lucy West was Bertha Hopson. Okay, heads up. Um, one year one of our supervisors was talking at the uh the um talking what's the name of the place? The down on Springs Fireplace Road, the senior center during Martin Luther King's weekend claiming how important it was for African-American people to do things and she interrupts him. Hold it. She says, "You want to do something to honor African-Americans? You name that street right next to Calvary Baptist Church Spinner Lane because we were on a street name committee. There are five or six cross highways in our town." So we were renaming them and one of them was supposed to be Spinner Lane and after Bertha harassed the supervisor uh one month later it
005was called Spinner Lane. Okay. Now, uh Jeff Far is here today. uh he doesn't owe me any homework because he wasn't in my class at spring school. [laughter] And then Dr. Gibson, I just want to remind you that uh we had a Dr. Abel Huntington in our town. He was a doctor for 62 years and he ran for supervisor. We had his son, Dr. George L. Huntington was a doctor in East Stanton for 46 years. He also was East Stanton Town supervisor. So Dr. Gibson, you have a future. [laughter] >> [applause and cheering] >> All right. Thanks you. All right. Next up is the proclamation for Dr. Ralph Gibson. Mary Ellen, chief of our ambulance. Would you start off? >> Um, thank you so much for asking me to come here to give EMS the
006opportunity to publicly thank Dr. Gibson first of all and I'll just talk to you first and then I'll talk about you [laughter] em you with that microphone is a little >> I'm short. >> Yeah, you could hold it if you want. >> Oh, I can hold it. Uh we're so grateful that you decided to come out to the east end to have your practice. That's number one. We're also grateful that you agreed to have us uh as your you know have us under you as a medical director. We're grateful that you adopted most of the emergency volunteers, helping us with townwide AED program, giving all our applicants their physical, their entry physicals and filling out all that necessary long and arduous well that was probably Tanisha uh paperwork for Seph County. We're also grateful for
007your guiding us through COVID and suggested immunizations. Grateful that all for all of your time and advice to keep us safe. In addition, you invited a lot of the volunteers to become your patients. I and my husband, we're fortunate to be among them. There's a Canadian physician from the late 19th and early 20th century, Sir William Aster Aler Osler, who often referred he's often referred to as the father of modern medicine. Uh he said that a good physician treats the disease. The great physician treats the patient who has the disease. Dr. Gibson, you're definitely the great physician. Here are a couple of stories to show that. Now, I'll go this way. How many people do you know who go to their doctor, get told they have something wrong with them? They get a like a
008plan of what they're going to do. They get told to go to a a specialist and maybe they'll give them the name of the specialist. And you know, it's kind of routine stuff, right? It happens to everybody. Okay. Well, and Dr. Gibson's office. He would not only identify and explain the problem, he would also call the specialist and make your appointment normally in Manhattan. But here's the important piece. He would give you the name and address of the perfect restaurant that you had to go to before you got back on the jity coming home. Another favorite uh revolves around the beginning of our paid paramedic program. So, you know, we used to do all the first responding and whatever and then we got into the paid paramedic program and the call comes over, the paramedic
009goes and we follow the volunteers in the ambulance. So, as we normally do, I get out of the ambulance. When I get there, I go up to the paramedic and when I arrive on scene, I said, you know, what do you need? Do you want to give me some ideas about your patient? Um, and he goes, you know what, Mary Ellen? He said, I've assessed the patient. his vital signs are really not within normal range, but um he does I'm confused about his mental status. Now, when we go and assess a patient, we do airway, breathing, circulation, but the mental status sort of gives you an idea of how really sick that person is, if it's altered in any way. So, he said, you know, I've asked him all the pertinent questions. He gives me
010all the pertinent answers, but he keeps insisting his doctor's coming. He goes, "I'm really afraid he's delirious or something. I mean, it's Fourth of July weekend, Mary Ellen. Where are the doctors? They're not here. And if they are, they're not coming to see their doctor." So, I [snorts] look over at the front door and I said to the paramedic, "See the guy coming in with his shorts, polo shirt, and baseball cap? That's the doctor." And it actually became a training point for us because it it like made us notice that our paid people needed to know that Dr. Gibson was around and if they were assessing their patient and thought he was delirious, he wasn't, you know, so that was that. Um, yeah, he did house calls. But anyway, so and I guess getting back
011to Osler for the patient, having his doctor there to help him transition from his bed to the stretcher made such a difference. Let's face it, nobody has on their bucket list, oh, I want to be in the back of an ambulance, sick, you know. Um, you're it's the most vulnerable position. You're on your back. You're with a bunch of strangers. They're looking at you. People might look worried. You're certainly worried. You're driving backwards strapped in with sirens blaring. Doesn't get much more vulnerable than that. But Dr. Gibson helped his patient a lot by just introducing the patient to us, letting us know that we were the best, that this was the way for him to get to the hospital safely, always treating the patient. So using the old clo cliche, when the one door closes
012and the other one opens, we wish you a door that opens to continued health, continued happiness, and the constant knowledge that you did your best, and it was so very appreciated. May you and Jim have as much fun not working as we did working with you. Thank you, and we love you. [applause] >> [applause] >> Thanks, Mariel. If I could ask Ralph to step up here and if Lorraine would read the proclamation, and I'll explain more later. Perfect. >> Honoring Dr. Ralph Gibson for outstanding service to our community. Whereas for more than 26 years, Dr. Dr. Ralph Gibson has been a steadfast pillar of the East Hampton Healthcare community, contributing his expertise, compassion, and leadership to the well-being of our residents. And whereas for 24 years, Dr. Gibson has generously served Gratus as medical director
013for the Village Police Department, 911 Emergency Services, the Village Ambulance Association, the Amigans Ambulance, and for every defibrillator within the town of East Hampton, duties essential to public safety and mandated by New York State. And whereas Dr. Gibson has at his own expense maintained life-saving medications for emergency exposures, provided annual free flu vaccinations to our frontline responders, and remain available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to support those serving our community. And whereas his hard work and dedication have saved countless lives, including the mayor's own, a testament to his extraordinary skill, compassion, and unwavering commitment to the people he served. And whereas his long-standing relationships with community leaders, health care professionals, and local institutions reflect a career built on integrity, dedication, and service. And whereas Dr. Gibson has thoughtfully prepared the next generation
014of physicians by identifying and supporting qualified doctors ready to continue his commitment to community- based care. And now, therefore, be it resolved that I, Jerry Larson, mayor of the village of East Hampton, do hereby recognize and honor Dr. Ralph Gibson for his lifelong dedication to the people of East Hampton as his contributions, both seen and unseen, [clears throat] have profoundly strengthened our health, safety, and resilience. And we extend our deepest appreciation as he begins his well-deserved next chapter with this proclamation serving as a lasting expression of our gratitude, respect, and admiration for his extraordinary service. And may the people of East Hampton forever benefit from the legacy he leaves behind. >> [applause] [applause] >> So, it might seem a little odd to you that I didn't read that myself, but I don't know if you
015heard the part about Ralph actually saved my life. So, I was afraid that I would get too emotional to read all of this. So, I asked Lorraine to do it for me. So, I met Ralph 26 years ago when he first came to town and I became chief of police at some point and then I asked Ralph to uh be our village police doctor and not only did he become the police doctor, but he took on every role within our village and our town that he could. and all for free. So, I thank you so much for everything you've done. And just to tell you the story about how he saved my life is uh 2021 co unfortunately I ended up with it and uh I wound up in the hospital but they couldn't get
016a positive uh read on my COVID. So they released me telling me I had pneumonia and Ralph was convinced that I did not have pneumonia based on my x-rays and everything that he had taken. So, I was home because I'd been released from the uh emergency room and I had I really wasn't with it >> and um my wife luckily um contacted Ralph. Come on up here [laughter] because you and I we did this together. >> So, um they convinced me to go back to the hospital and the hospital the first time I went was a nightmare. It was six hours waiting in the emergency room waiting outside first because that's where the triage was and it was winter if you remember it was January and uh by the time I got in and then
017I was sitting in a room for 6 hours before I got into a a bed and then when I was in the bed they wouldn't treat me for COVID and they released me and that's when I came home and I was refusing to go back to the hospital and then Ralph said if you don't go back to the hospital you're going to be dead. So I went back to the hospital and again went through the whole procedure and then finally was able to get admitted. And then a man came in with a space suit on, gave me some medication which was experimental at the time and the next day I was better. It was amazing. I spent a whole like 10 days in the hospital. But you know, thank God for my wife and my
018doctor who got me through it. So let's do a photo of you. >> Sure. I know. [clears throat] >> Yep. Three. [snorts] >> [applause] >> I have one more. Just one more thing for you. >> This is our little from the office of the mayor. It's very nice. >> Thanks. >> You could sell it. [laughter] >> Few more cocktails on the beach. Um, and and the really nice part about this whole uh ending was that I actually was able to perform the marriage ceremony for Jim and Ralph. So, that was a huge honor for me. [applause] All right. Well, thank you very much. All right. See, it is emotional. All right. Well, thank thank you everybody. Thank you so much. Um, and next up is another great day for Jeff Barity. Could we ask Dave
019Collins to step up? >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh, good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the board. Uh, Dave Collins for the Village of East Ham, uh, Department of Public Works. Uh, bittersweet day for public works. Um we're we're losing a very good employee. Uh we're accepting his retirement today. And uh it's uh Jeff Varity. He's in the back there with his family. Um his wife Linda and um daughter Kayn and son Matt. Um we're we're very >> very Oh Jesus. Yep. Coco's back there. Um, so, uh, we, uh, we had Jeff come to us, uh, March 1st of 96. The other superintendent, Collins, hired him. Um, and he's worked under three different superintendents, which, uh, there's only been six of us. So, I think that's kind of a unique thing. both both Mike Baler and
020and Jeff Miller also served under the three superintendents which um it's a timing thing but uh I think it's interesting that that he's had had that exposure to different different superintendents over the years. So uh and it goes to prove that you know the village once again hires good employees and retains their employees thanks to the the work of the board and the administrator. Um, you know, we get good people like Jeff, um, that that are a a constant behind the scenes, [snorts] uh, person that just makes our village work and looks beautiful. And, you know, some of the some of the things that that we do, people just really don't see it because, you know, like Jeff's in early watering the flowers, you know, with a water truck. Um he's on the salt crew
021or has been on the salt crew and this year training new two new guys to do his job on assault crew. And that's a job that you know a lot of people rarely don't see because you know he's driving in from the farthest reaches of Northwest um at 2:00 in the morning in all kinds of weather to jump on a salt truck to uh you know make the roads passable for the school buses and that type of thing. Um and uh um some of the other things that Jeff's been involved with over the years under Superintendent Fifthian uh he was the caretaker at the Sea Spray Cottages for for quite a while. Yeah. 15 years. Yeah. So uh [clears throat] you know kept the Sea Spray cottages in shape as the caretaker there during the
022you know mainly during the winter time and then when the tenants came in it was just an on call type thing. But that's, you know, these are these behindthe-scene things that people don't see that that DPW employees uh um take care of for us. So, you know, we're we're proud of Jeff. Um Jeff's got a great easygoing personality. The crew um all the crew really gets along with him well. Um he's going to be missed. It's, you know, one of these one of these retirements that, you know, when the guy walks through the door, I kind of heard rumors for about a year that Jeff was thinking about this and I was dreading the day that that he comes through and tells me that he's going to retire because he's a guy you don't want
023to you don't want to lose. U but I'm proud of him. um you've done a fantastic job for the village and uh um it's been a pleasure working with you and uh um I wish you luck in the uh in the future and uh um health and prosperity. So um that's >> all right. Thank you, Jack. [applause] Come on up, Jeff and Dave, if you could stay. I just wanted to u you know, personally thank you. 30 years is a very long time to be doing anything. Uh let alone to work in a highway department where uh you know, like Dave was saying, it's it's a lot of hard work, late hours, long hours, especially in snowstorms and everything else that goes into a garbage collection. It's just on and on. But I have to
024say our highway department is probably the best highway department in the county, at least in the county. Um, we put so much work on them and it really pays off. If you look around our village, it's it's beautiful. You don't see garbage, you don't see weeds, you just it's just wonderful. And they work hard to keep it that way. So, I personally thank you for that because everything you all do makes me look good >> and and that's really what it's all about, right? So, [laughter] I'm just kidding. Um, thank you for everything you've done and thank you for giving us your daughter. >> Uh, Jeff's daughter now works for us at Village Hall and she is just outstanding. So, thank you for her. Thank you, Kayyn. [applause] The one >> the one fun story
025about that was the day I found I was getting this job, my wife came home and told me she was pregnant. So I said, "Well, now we're sad." >> Kayn said it worked the other way. I was just asking her. She said, "You found out, >> yeah, >> your wife was pregnant and said, "I better get a real job." [laughter] >> Yeah, I was working on that schedule. >> Thanks. >> This is a little token of our >> Oh, thank you. >> appreciation. Thank you very much. >> Thank you so much. Congratulations. Thank you. [applause] family. You guys want to come up? >> Jump right in there next to him >> next to the hubby. [laughter] >> [laughter] >> All right. Thank you. [applause] >> I know. [laughter] >> I know. >> All right. That
026concludes the fun part of the meeting. So, if anybody would, we'll take a 5minut break. If anybody would like to leave, you certainly can leave now. Um, we're going to get into some public uh hearings. You're certainly welcome to stay. I'm not trying to chase you away, but most people I find want to leave at this point. So, [laughter] so we'll just take five minutes, LTV, and then we'll get going again. >> Copy. [laughter] the one-day beach sale for town residents went very smooth. We sold out that day. And the resident beach passes will be available starting March 1st. And we'll have a Hampton's who done it update at our next meeting because that's coming soon. Coming fast. Uh, can we do roll call? I forgot that too. >> Mayor Jerry >> here. >> Mayor
027Chris Manardi >> here. >> Sandra Melendez >> here. >> Trusty Carrie Doyle >> here. >> Trusty Jason Tuma has an excused absence. Administrator Marcos Badron >> here. >> Village attorney Lisa Pillo >> here. >> All right. Could we do the uh first public hearing >> number 26, 2025, a proposed local law amending Village East Hampton Coach Chapter 267, vehicles and traffic section 2675, beach parking B67 and C1. >> Is there anyone from the public who would like to be heard? Anybody from the board? Can I get a motion to close? >> I make a motion to close the hearing. >> Second. All in favor? >> I. >> Okay, that hearing is closed. Next hearing. >> Introductory number 27 of 2025 of the proposed local law Indian village vant code chapter 77 beaches article one beach
028regulations section 774N12 R2 and section 775 A1 and section 77146. >> Okay. So, so this law was intro, this proposed law was introduced last meeting and it basically at the recommendation of our beach staff, we keep our beaches open until um Columbus Day weekend, but the regulations stop on um September 15th. So, the idea was to extend it to um Columbus Day weekend. And it was really about the trucks driving on the beach and and the staff felt it was kind of unsafe. But what happens is it also extends all the other laws which would require the parking. Uh the dogs wouldn't be allowed on the beach. And when that was printed in the paper, it stirred up a lot of um concerns from dog owners who really wait all summer. They have very limited
029access to the beach with their pets. So they were not in favor of that. We did receive a lot of emails. So instead of opening up to the public in case there's anybody here, I thought we would open it up with the board. Since Chris is the beach liaison, how do you feel about this legislation? >> I think we should um withdraw it and um and [snorts] fine the way it is. So >> there you go. >> Okay, >> Sandra. >> I agree to that. >> Agree. >> I agree, >> Carrie. >> Yes, >> I agree. I agree too. So rather than ask people to come up and speak against it, is there anybody who's in favor of this law? Please come up now. [laughter] >> Sorry. >> All right. There's no one. So we
030are going to withdraw this law. Um can I get a motion to close it? >> Car's made a motion. Second. All in favor? >> All right. That hearing's closed and no action will be taken. >> The dogs are safe. All right. Next, um, public comment. This is for any other any issue at all. Welcome. If you could just give us your name. And so, just for the record. >> Yeah, for sure. Um, my name is Anita Ber. Um, I live in Hampton Bay, but I um have businesses a business in East Hampton. I run our fabulous variety show. We have a storefront via the anchor society which is wonderful. I think that the anchor society just really great idea to keep the village vitalized uh throughout the offseason. Um so we're on Main Street and
031we have a studio with Project Most at Most Holy Trinity. Um, but I'm here today to um make sure that you all know about and will consider um passing the OA public safety resolution that Manurva Perez and Fred Theel drafted together. Um, this resolution was specifically [clears throat] written, excuse me, uh, to be nonpartisan. It is not an anti-ICE statement. my shirt is, but [laughter] um it's really it's about public safety, which is at the forefront of um like everything that the rapid response is doing and um ways that if we're protecting the most vulnerable people in the community, we are protecting everyone in the community. What the resolution asks is that there are protocols and procedures put in place so that when ICE agents, when federal agents of any kind show up in the
032village of East Hampton, there is a chain of command. There is um it's more organized and the the police have a role where they have village support to not stop ICE. We understand that is not a a thing that is possible to even ask. So that's not what the resolution is asking. Um but it does give them a a more support from the village to ask questions to try to see if they have a federal warrant warrant and most importantly to make sure that they actually are federal agents. Um just on Wednesday and that's what my shirt is. It's a still photo from a video that I took on Wednesday um at the family court building where I was filming someone being taken out of their car by ICE agents and there were court uh
033police officers around as well. Uh this particular image was important to me because it shows that the the tallest, the the biggest, the most heavily armed was threatening us with pepper spray. The pin was out, his thumb was on, and I fully believe that if the court police officers were not present, um, I would still be red in the face from having been pepper-sprayed. Um, so their presence already proved that it keeps the public safer. I it also was very telling to me that as this situation was unfolding, the police officers were coming to me and asking me what's going on, what who are these people and what's happening. And I don't care how you vote, nobody wants the purple-haired, raging liberal to be the one who is figuring out what's going on in a
034situation like that. So, the resolution um really aims to create public safety for everyone, chains of command, and I really hope you guys will um will pass it. >> Great. Thank you so much. We we do have a meeting with Ola on the 26th. >> Wonderful. >> For all the East End municipalities. Um it's a Zoom meeting and I think we're all going to hear exactly, you know, from Manurva what what she um her intent of this whole laws and and also Fred. I have read the law. Um and I applaud Ola for doing having the rapid response team that they have, but what I don't like is putting civilians like you're saying in harm's way. I do agree it should be some sort of law enforcement response. I have reached out to the governor's
035office with my idea that it should be a state police task force or I've reached out to the sheriff to see if the county would do a county task force. And I agree with you that it's like a check and balance that we would if it was a report of ICE activity that task force would respond and they would be there to document. they would be there to step in if someone's rights were being violated. I agree with all of that. I just think it should be on a law enforcement basis and I think that the state and the county have the resources to put into it other than small police departments and t you know smaller police departments. So in concept I'm in favor of something like this. I just think it should be
036done. I think the governor's office would have great uh ability to get this done and pass a law. the the governor did put out a recent um proposed legislation which we immediately signed on to and we agree with it because it's actually what all of SUFFK law enforcement is doing now her proposed legislation. So we and again just to reiterate re reiterate the local police only get involved for judicial warrants if we're asked even if if if we're asked and I also agree with what you're saying about um imposters. And I said that early on when we had our meeting here and we were saying we don't want local police being involved in immigration uh investigations because it causes chaos within our own community and we need people to trust our local police. And I
037think that's really really important so that we don't have crime on on within their within the Hispanics community. you know, you don't want people taking advantage because they know you can't uh report a crime because you're going to be investigated by the local police. That can't happen. I totally disagree with what Nassau County does. So, um you definitely have a sympathetic ear with me. So, I can't speak for everybody else on the board, but uh we're looking I'm looking forward to uh the 26th and thank you for your your time and and your effort to to uh to take this on. >> Of course. Thank you so much. >> Thanks. I just want to say something too. Um, it's good. It's very important that people know that if they encounter us or if they see
038they can call 911 here. We're here to investigate the the chief of police that said he's not going to um go against the person or the victim. But it's good that if someone comes to your door and you don't know who they are, they can call 911 and the police will come and figure out if it's ICE or not, if it's an impersonator. Um, I agree that we have to do something. ICE is not following the rules. So, we need PD. We need the state to protect the people that are in the other end of it. Um, they were not supposed to be in that court. Um, they're not supposed to be as the New York State law. So, what happened on Wednesday shows that they're not following the rules. Exactly. So, we as a
039community have to stand and protect the one that cannot talk or the ones that are afraid. So, I'm with you and we will be working on this. >> Amazing. Thank you so much. >> Thank you, Senator. Well said. All right. Uh, anyone else like to speak? All right. We're going to move into motions and resolutions. >> Resolution number 28 of 2026, approve claim vouchers for the month of February. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Passed and carried. >> Number 29, approve warrants as listed. Number 27, guarantees. Number 28. Number 30, general fund. Number 31, general fund warrant. and number 32, capital fund. >> So move. >> Second. All in favor? >> Passed and carried. >> Resolution number 30, approve minutes from the board of trustees meeting held on December 17th, 2025.
040>> So moved. >> Second. All in favor? >> Passed and carried. >> Resolution number 31, approve departmental reports. >> So move. >> Second. All in favor? >> Passed and carried. Number 32. Resolve. The fiscal year 2026 village budget is hereby amended to increase estimated revenues and appropriations from the assigned unappropriated fund balance in the amount of $87,769.74 for expenditures related to village hall. >> So moved. >> Second. All in favor? >> Passed and carried. >> Number 33. Resolve. The fiscal year 2026 village budget is hereby amended to increase estimated revenues and appropriations from the assigned unappropriated fund balance in the amount of $5,280 for expenditures related to computer equipment. So move >> second. All in favor? >> Passed and carried. >> Number 34. Resolve the fiscal year 2026 village budget is hereby amended to increase
041estimated revenues and appropriations in the amount of $144,994.75 for expenditures related to pavement restoration. So moved. >> Second. All in favor? >> Passed and carried. >> Number 35. Resolve. The fiscal year 2026 village budget is hereby amended to increase estimated revenues and appropriations in the amount of $125,000 for expenditures related to maintenance of roads. >> So move. >> Second. All in favor? >> Pass and carry. >> Number 36. Accept the retirement of the East Hampton Village Agency Medical Director Ralph Gibson, MD, effective March 1st, 2026. >> So moved. >> Second. All in favor? Pass and carry. >> Number 37, approve the appointment of Dr. Nancy Keegan, nurse practitioner, as the East Hampton Village Agency medical director with the village of East Hampton. >> So moved. >> Second. All in favor? >> Pass and carry. >>
042Number 38, accept the retirement of Jeff Varity from the Department of Public Works with an effective retirement date of March 30th, 2026. >> Second. All in favor? I >> passed and carried. Number 39, approve the intermunicipal agreement for the joint emergency services unit, ESU, between East Hampton Village and the town of East Hampton and the village of Sag Harbor. >> So moved. >> Second. All in favor? >> Passed and carried. >> Number 40. Approve the new members of the Department of Emermergency Medical Service EMS as listed in the February 5th, 2026 memo from Chief Mott effective retroactively to January 1st, 2026 and February 1st, 2026. >> So moved. >> Second. I'm sorry. All in favor? I >> passed and carried. >> Number 41, approve the rescheduling of the March zoning board of appeals meeting to
043be held Friday, March 6th, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at the Emergency Services Building, One Cedar Street. >> So moved. >> Second. All in favor? >> Passed and carried. >> Number 42. approve the enrollment of five police officers to attend the 2026 New York Tactical Training Conference and Expo April 13th through the 17th, 2026 in Verona, New York at a cost of approximately $7,219.95 plus the cost of travel expenses and reasonable meals. So move >> second. All in favor? >> Pass and carry. Number 43, approve the enrollment of one police officer to attend the 2026 New York State Association of Chiefs of Police Training Conference May 18th through the 21st, 2026 in Lake Placid, New York at a cost of approximately $712 plus the cost of travel expenses and reasonable meals. >> So moved. >> Second.
044All in favor? >> Passed and carried. Number 44, approve the $8,3338 quote from Bevllo gas and electric lights for gas lanterns at Village Hall. So, >> second. All in favor? >> Past and carried. >> Number 45, approve the $99,595.75 quote from Island [clears throat] Pump and Tank to remove an underground tank and replace with an above ground fuel cube for a standby generator at the emergency services building to be paid from the assigned unappropriated fund balance. >> So, move. >> Second. All in favor? >> Past and carried. >> Number 46, approve the $9,400 quote from All Service Electric Incorporated for a new disconnect switch to the Revolve Air System for the fire department. >> So move. >> Second. All in favor? >> Past and carried. >> Number 47, approve the $59,916.94 quote from High-Tech Fire
045and Safety Incorporated for firefighting personal protective equipment for the fire department to be paid from the assigned unappropriated fund balance. >> So move. Second. All in favor? Pass and carried. >> Number 48, approve the annual renewal with Vigilant Solutions for the mobile companion system in the amount of $2,000. >> So moved. >> Second. All in favor? I. Pass and carried. >> Number 49. Approve the $19,8520 quote for 40 handguns from Amchar Wholesale for the police department. >> So moved. >> Second. All in favor? >> Passed and carried. Resolution number 50, approve the $9,634.38 quote from Lincoln IT for six new computers and five monitors for the police department. >> Second. All in favor? >> Passed and carried. >> Resolution number 51, approve the $14,978 quote for one solution standard law data collection kit for the
046police department. >> So moved. >> Second. All in favor? >> Past and carry. >> Number 52. deemed surplus and of no value and approve the disposal of one impound vehicle, a 2009 Bentley, [clears throat] East Hampton Village Police Department, number CC 2025 2683. >> So moved. >> Second. All in favor? >> Past and carry. >> Bentley. >> Number 53, deemed surplus and of no value and approve the disposal of one four drawer lateral file cabinet eastampton village ID number 2995 from village hall. >> So moved. >> Second. All in favor? >> I passed and carried. Number 54, deem a surplus and approve the sale of scuba diving equipment from the East Hampton Fire Department to Diving with Soul for the donation amount of $3,115. So move >> second. All in favor? >> Pass and car.
047>> Resolution number 55, approve the change order quote of $8,393 from Ellen V. BIA for curb and sidewalk replacement for the ongoing sidewalk improvement and safety project is estimates listed in Dave Collins's memo dated February 10th, 2026. So move >> second. All in favor? Pass and carry. >> Number 56 approve Zach Studen Roth as a historic consultant at the hourly fee of $150 and not to exceed $10,000. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Passed and carried. >> Number 57. accept the resignation of traffic control officer Isabelle Mitchell effective January 23rd, 2026. >> So move. >> Second. All in favor? >> Past and carry. >> Resolution number 58 approve the hourly pay rate increase for part-time police officers and constables to $34 an hour effective March 1st, 2026. So moved. >> Second.
048All in favor? I passed and carried. >> Number 59. Approve the employment of TCS Carla Morales to the lead traffic control specialist at an hourly rate increased to $25 per hour effective March 1st, 2026. >> Second. All in favor? >> Passed and carried. >> Number 60. Approve the employment of Lester E. Forbell as AE AOE step one of the Department of Public Works effective March 1st, 2026 at a starting salary of $53,129. So move >> second. All in favor? Pass and carried. Number 61, approved the $294,000 quote from All Service Electric Incorporated for new lighting in the long-term parking lot on Gingerbread Lane extension to be paid from the assigned unappropriated fund balance. So move >> second. All in favor? >> Passed and carried. >> Resolution number 62, approved the $521,14 quote from Lenv Bonia
049for curbon sidewalk replacement to be paid from the assigned unappropriated fund balance. >> Second. All in favor? Passed and carried. >> Number 63 approved the $656,266.50 quote for drainage adjustments, construction of a new parking area and paving and striping by Rosemar Contracting Incorporated in the long-term parking lot per paving agreement with Suffach County Department of Public Works and to be paid from the assigned unappropriated fund balance. >> So move. >> Second. All in favor? >> Passed and carried. Resolution number 64, adopt local law for introductory number 25 of 2025, a proposed local law amending village of vamp code, chapter 267, section 267737, parking time limited in designated locations cohaul road and Georgia road. >> So moved. >> Second. All in favor? Passed and carried. Resolution number 65, approve the $79,69.90 quote from Flash parking for
050the gated entry in the long-term parking lot to be paid from the assigned unappropriated fund balance. >> So move >> second. All in favor? >> I passed and carried. Resolution number 66, approve adoption of a home rule message request stating East Hampton Village's support for pending state legislation Senate 7945B in Assembly 8502A, which shall authorize the village to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability for failure of an operator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits and providing for the repeal of such provision provisions upon expiration thereof effective February 20th, 2026. So move >> second. All in favor? >> Passed and carried. And that last resolution is important because that is what is getting us on the way to getting the um the ability to have speed enforced by cameras. So this is the
051first step in supporting the legislation. And if I can ask everybody to write to our senator here in district one and our assemblymen here in district one and and support this legislation, be a huge help. Thank you. And can I get a motion to close? >> I make a motion to close the hearing. >> Second. >> And the meeting's closed. Thank you.