001East Endon Town Board, we are live. >> Thank you, LTV. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the East Hampton Town Board meeting of Thursday, October 2nd, 2025. Carol, if you could please read the roll call. >> Present. present. If we could all please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> So tonight we have one public hearing and that's on the 2026 section 8 administrative plan. That's followed by public portion and then resolutions. We ask you please to keep your comments to three minutes. So I guess before we start, we have our town historian here, Hugh Grant. Welcome, Hugh. I'm Hugh Grant. >> Ulissi
002says Grant. >> I can see where you could confuse him for Hugh Grant for sure. >> Oh, Hugh Grant. No way. He's older than me. All right. Thank you, Madam Supervisor. Um, >> it's so funny. >> In December 21st, 1938, there was a hurricane. Um, and if you read what people have written about the hurricane, you find out that 42% of the elms on Main Street fell because their roots were right near the surface and it rained several days before. Down in Beach Hampton, there was a restaurant called Barber's Restaurant and Surf Club. The whole building got wiped out except for the safe. But also down there, you know what didn't get lost? The real estate office. It it made it. The Whalers Church steeple and the Amigans church steeple were both knocked down. Mtok
003was cut off at Napig Beach. The fishing village in Mtok was damaged. It was not destroyed. It didn't leave until World War II. West Hampton Summer Colony houses practically wiped out. main beach pavilion damaged and the west side of Dick White's drugstore uh was completely blown away in Montalk. But in order to get the idea of what the hurricane was about, you have to listen to somebody who was in the hurricane and that's Bucket Daniels. And I'm going to read to you what Bucket wrote uh about the hurricane. He was working as a caddy uh working at the Maidstone Club and then he went home. So he goes, "Just about the time that the wind's velocity began to increase, but torrential rain that would come held off. Mother asked me to run an errand to
004Peter Fe Peter Feedy's grocery store. That's on North Main Street. Uh there's a restaurant there right now, but that was Peter Fedy's grocery store. Not perceiving the deteriorating weather conditions, I walked to Fedes, purchased a few items, and left to go home. When I was opposite Town Lester's barn on North Main Street, the wind had reached Gale Forest. Suddenly, a huge limb nearly a foot in diameter was torn off a large elm in front of Dick Smith's house and went flying ahead of me toward Nelson Skinner's home. As if it were signal, the rain began to fall in Torrance. Away aware of my predicament, I commenced to run to avoid being struck down by flying tree limbs and debris. The bag of groceries got saturated and it broke. open. A jar of sweet mixed pickles
005fell out and smashed as it stuck the sidewalk. Holding the remaining items best I could, I ran home as fast as my legs would carry me. The hurricane was approaching full fury, and our house is a house, a two-story wooden frame structure, was trembling as if in fear, but withtood each onslaught of those unforgiving and ruthless winds. Our front porch furniture was last seen flying toward Ed Cheryl's dairy as the wind carried them through the air. A large maple tree with a butt of 16 to 18 in just outside our kitchen door was losing its battle with the overpowering wind. When the storm had passed, the tree was on its side, nearly shorn of its leaves. The young chickens that dad kept in a partially covered wire enclosure behind the house near the Great Barber
006lay dead and the relentless wind crushed them against the wire enclosure. The garage and woodshed remained intact and slighted the hurricane. This was was like to be in the hurricane of 1938. So, and it's just lucky that people like Bucket uh wrote these things. Okay. And that's all I have. Okay. >> Okay. Thank you for joining us tonight. Oh, yes. I'm gonna say hello to Hugh Grant when I get home. That's pretty funny. >> Carol, if you could read the meeting notice, please. The public hearing will be held live and in person by the town board and will be available electronically by video and teleconferencing and will be televised on local TV channel 22 and available for liveream on the LTV website. The public shall be permitted to appear in person but may also provide
007comments on the matter being heard by calling 351886331. Any person or party wishing to be heard with respect to the foregoing may do so in person, by attorney, or by written comment addressed to the East Hampton Town Clerk, 159 Panagle Road, East Hampton. Comments may also be submitted to the town clerk by email to c Brennan at eampneny.gov. All comments must be received by the town clerk by the date and time of the public hearing. Pursuant to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development rules and regulations of the town of East Hampton is required to hold a public hearing on and make available to the public the plan for the operation of the housing choice voucher program section 8 rental assistance program. The comprehensive administration plan is part of the plan. The draft
008of the plan shall be available for inspection at the Office of the Housing and Community Development located at 267 Bluff Road, Namaganset, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 400 p.m. prevailing time starting on August 28th. In order to be considered, all comments on the draft of the plan must be submitted in writing to the director of housing and community development at 159 Panigo Road, East Hampton before 3 p.m. on August 28th or introduced at a public hearing to be held on October 2nd at 6:00 p.m. or soon thereafter. This matter may be heard by the town board of the town of East Hampton at Town Hall, 159 Panigo Road, East Hampton, New York. >> Thank you, Carol. And we have our director of housing, Mark Morgan Perez, here. Mark, did you want to make
009a few comments before we start the public hearing? >> Um, what I've been informed of is that there are no substantive changes to the plan since last year and we have not received any comments in writing prior. So, if there's no one online or here who needs to comment, that should be all. >> Okay. Thank you, Mark. >> All right. You're welcome. Would anyone here like to address the board on this topic and for this public hearing? >> Jason, is there anyone on the line? >> There is no one on the line. >> Motion to close. >> Second. All in favor? >> So, we only had one public hearing tonight. So, now we move to public portion. Is there anyone here that would like to address the board? Please come to the to the podium
010and welcome. Well, I've got uh two issues to >> So, we just need you to introduce yourself and give your name for the record so that the clerk can take it down. >> This is my first maiden journey. >> Okay. >> Uh Eileen Danaman, uh 181 Swamp Road. I've been here 50 years. Um I put underground electricity in the Northwest Woods. I was here when there was really nothing going on and did other kinds of things. But I've come to you because of two things. One is I'm in a water briefly. I'm in a watershed area and uh for 50 years I've been drinking the water and I'm still alive. But my neighbor who kind of moved in a couple of years ago has the garden of Versailles in the middle of the woods and
011uh they use pesticides, herbicides and uh every month during the season they they have a truck come in and pour chemical pesticides into the ground. So I was wondering so I am not drinking the water anymore. So, I was wondering if uh there could be some consideration. I just ran, by the way. That's why I'm like that. The consideration about uh maybe making a law that in the watershed areas and the areas where water is important uh that that there'd be a requirement to use organic, you know. So, uh, I called I caught the, uh, pesticide company, saw the machines and saw the pesticides and I called them and, um, I emailed them and I asked them, uh, could I use this this material in my organic garden? And they said, no, because there's a
012actual chemical fertilizer that's going into our aquifer. So I thought maybe you can consider that. So that's that. Okay. Now, now this subject is uh a proposal to improve the efficiency of the code enforcement department. So currently the protocol for the enforcing county ordinances particularly landscaping violations is inefficient and largely ineffective. A revision is necessary to ensure ordinances are enforced in a timely and practical manner with both violators and responsible party property owners held accountable. Case in point, um, it took me two years to get my neighbor to stop using the gas blower, their company. According to East Hampton, you cannot use gas powered leaf blowers from May 20th through September 20th. Despite this, enforcement remains problematic. In one case, it took me two years of repeated violations before compliance was achieved by a single
013contractor. So, the current enforcement process is residents must call the ordinance department during the violation. An inspector is assigned. Availability is uncertain. The inspector must witness the violation in person. Often by the time the inspector arrives, the landscaper has left or ceased the activity. No follow communication is made to the homeowners who employ the contractor. that the homeowner remains unaware of the complaint and continues to hire the non-compliant contractor. This ineffective catch them in the act model has resulted in minimal compliance and growing resident frustration. The key short timecomings is it's a reaction-based enforcement. It's timesensitive and inefficient. It lacks the homeowner accountability leading to repeated violations. Its limited inspector availability and broad coverage area hinders timely response and there's no documentation process. So I suggest here and I've made you copies suggest that residents
014in the year of technology a residents capture the offense on their camera and on video with gas blowing for example. Photograph should include clear footage of the violation in progress, company logo on the vehicle or uniforms, daytime and address. Then the uh complaintant submits that and uploads the documents to the town ordinance department and then the ordinance department sends a form letter to the address where the violation occurred and the property's owner's mailing address. They may live in New York for instance. The information is is not punitive. It's just to inform the homeowner that the the the company they're hiring, the contractor is in non-compliance. A request is just a request for the homeowner to ensure compliance. So, I wrote this here for you. So, 80 years old, I running is not, you know, what
015I should be doing. Anyway, I also created a a a sample form kind of to get the idea of how a resident can actually participate in this process which apparently is kind of like Aban and Castello to the clerk. >> Yeah. And Eileen, is your contact information on that? >> No. >> Okay. Could you leave your contact information with the clerk? >> Thank you everyone. Sorry. >> Thank you. >> No, you did a great job. Thank you, Eileen. Jason, is there anyone on the line for public comment? >> There is no one on the line for public comment. >> Okay, so we're going to move on to resolutions. Tom, >> we'll start with resolution 20251285. This is warrants on warrant number 10A uh in the amounts of 3,935,22187 and $46,69.34. >> Second. All in favor?
016>> I 20251286 is an appointment for part-time community service worker. Um I'm delighted to announce James Bennett will be coming back to us a part-time position as a community service worker in the human service department at the hourly rate of $26.7. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> 2025 1287. Uh this is to appoint temporary assistant emergency preparedness coordinator in the civil defense department. Uh, be it resolved that Aubry ESO is hereby appointed to the position of assistant emergency preparedness coordinator in the civil defense department at the rate of $35 um, effective September 22nd, 2025 ending December 22nd, 2025. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Resolution 2025 1288 is to a provisional appointment to community service worker for Anthony Carpenter. Um, be resolved. Anticarta B and here is hereby appointed on
017the provisional basis to the full-time position of community service worker in the human service department rate of $26.7. This is effective October 20th, 2025. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> uh 2025 1289 is to amend resolution 20251092. Be it resolved that town boy town board is hereby authorized Michelle Basilico, senior citizen program supervisor, Holly Miller, assistant cook, and Selena Ciza uh assistant cook to attend training uh and the registration fee of $50 per employee for a total cost of $150. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> 2025 1290 is to amend resolution 2025 1241. This is to correct the purchase order number as listed below. >> Second. >> All in favor? I. 20251291 is to accept bid EH25040. This is for a grinder for sanitation department uh to be purchased from
018Emerald Equipment Systems. Amount of this purchase is $1,97,500. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> 2025 1292 is a temporary advance of capital fund funds to capital fund. Uh, be it resolved, the budget office is hereby directed to transfer $1,97,000 $1,97500 from the refuge recycling fund to the capital fund. Um, uh, accordingly. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I I It's my pleasure to offer resolution 2025 1293. It's appoint part-time employees in the recreational department retroactive to October 2nd, 2025. Colton Elbert and Cody Ortega. >> Second. All in favor? I 1294 is approved inter department transfer of a town asset where the town's aquaculture department's desire to use the vessel and we're going to be bringing that over from the recreation department. It's a 2016 Carolina skiff. >> Second. All in favor? >>
019I 1295 is island structures uh engineering PC. This is for construction management. Uh and the invoice was for $228. >> Second. All in favor? I >> 1296 is retain LK MLAN Associates uh associates for the Monttok skate park shade shelter pavilion and the proposal was dated September 29th 2025 the total sub is 16,500 >> second all in favor >> I 1297 is accept bid EH25-044 this is for the Lionsfield soccer goals to the land group and the amount is $19,900 >> second all in favor >> I 1298 is approved change order 14 for the Montto playhouse. It's a budget modification uh where Boilermatic Welding will inh additional hardware the amount of $7,876.91 as our proposal dated August 13, 2025. >> Second. All in favor? I >> I have resolution 1299 is to accept security for
02012 Garvis Lane 280- A for improvements whereas the town board previously accepted an undertaking in security for assigned road work for this property. Um the property was sold and therefore the undertaking together with the following security is hereby accepted by the town. That's Garbus Lane Sheffa LLC. The property is at 12 Garbass Lane, East Hampton, and the amount is $6,000. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Resolution 1300, release security urban renewal parcel 17 and SP-2-1. And the applicant is um Herman Vintilla at 83rd Street, East Hampton and Springs. And the amount to be released is $16,500. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. Resolution 1301 is to accept road widening easement urban renewal parcel 41A and SP-4-1 and the grantor is 26 Gardner Lane LLC at this 26 Gardeners Lane in Springs. >>
021Second. >> All in favor. Resolution 1302 is a payout upon resignation for Katherine Ferez and uh this will be in a gross total amount of $1,364.36. >> Second. >> All in favor? I. >> Resolution 1303 is to authorize payment for Nigel Noble for his work with the litter action committee uh for the production of short video with a dog with Sam. Uh therefore be it resolved that the July 3rd, 2025 invoice for $200 shall be paid upon properly submitted voucher. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Resolution 1304 is the approval of various special events for September and October 2025. Um and I'll just list the name of the events. The uh one is the um other sided inlet seafood corporate cocktail party. Father Liam McDonald of St. Teresa's LLU Church uh festival
022and international food day. Um Cece's restaurant, Hampton's International Festival opening night cocktail party. Uh East Hampton Town Trustees, the 34th annual largest clam contest. Fallon Nigro at Montuk School for the color run. Alo Dawn for the Chamber of Commerce at the Muk Chamber annual fall festival fundraiser. and the Chamber of Commerce also for the Montalk Chamber fall fireworks. Uh the Tyler Project for the Tyler Valuchich memorial car show, Amber Waves Farm for the October Feast fundraiser, Kuanas Club of East Hampton for the 26th annual uh family funday, and the Arts at Duck Creek for Lah's birthday party. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. Resolution 1305 is to accept bid EH25-043 for Ditch Plains Dune Restoration. This uh acceptance is for uh Bistran Materials and uh resolve that the bid of Bistrium Materials Inc.
023for the total amount of $1,215,000 sorry is hereby accepted. Um and the purchasing agent is authorized to issue purchase orders. Second. >> All in favor? I >> I resolution 1306. This is a provisional appointment to senior year account clerk Melinda Mullhal. Uh and the amount and her annual salary will be $58,4967 for a 40-hour work week effective October 6, 2025. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Uh resolution 1307. This is to authorize an appraisal for three Berryman Street uh which is part of the home ownership program. and the appraisal will be done by Elise Predo in the amount of $600. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. Resolution 1308. This is to authorize acquisition of 326 Aamonic Road uh East Hampton and a budget modification. Uh the acquisition of 326 Aonic
024Road will cost $598,000 490. uh with a budget modification to increase sales of property by 600,000 and increase purchase of real property by 600,000. Once the house is resold, the total cost of the town to acquire 100% of the interest in the land will be 193,490. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. Resolution 1309. This is to amend resolution 2024 1274 Canwell Court water main extension. Uh the water main extension. There's several parts to this. The water main extension will cost $155,71364. Uh tap fees of $4,500 per lot in the total amount of 72,000 and a hydrant rental for a six-year rental period of $990 for a total cost to the town of $228,73.64. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I resolution 1310. This is to amend resolution 2025 1148 floor replacement
025of the land building. And this is just to amend the budget line. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I. Resolution 1311. This is a budget modification for the town clerk. Uh and this will decrease the budget line for printing of code books in the amount of $2,000 and increase the budget line for printing in the amount of $2,000. >> Second. All in >> favor. Resolution 20251312 is to appoint part-time office assistant to the human resources department Miriam Ramos Martinez at the hourly rate of $25 effective retroact retroactive to August 22nd. >> Second. >> All in favor. 1313 is a list appointment from provisional for senior accountant Alexander Papa John with no change in hourly rate or budget account number effective retroactive to September 23rd. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> 1314 is
026a provisional appointment to account clerk Spanish speaking for David Alvarez. is in the town attorney's office at the annual salary of $57,3610 for a 40-hour work week effective retroactive to September 22nd. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> 1315 is the payout upon retirement for Nancy Marshall. Nancy Marshall has retired from her full-time position as an assistant town attorney effective August 26, 2025. been audited time records indicate she has acred vacation time, acred compensatory time and acrewed sick time. And this is for a gross total uh of $33,7604 as a final payout. And I just want to thank Nancy for her many years of service to our town. Second, >> I I just want discussion. I just want to second what what Kathy said there. Nancy was always kind and helpful and eager
027to do whatever was asked. I had the luxury of serving with her or the privilege serving on the town board and also on the planning board and thank you Nancy and good luck with whatever you do next. >> I would that great retirement. >> Yes. >> So we have a second. >> All in favor? I >> resolution 1316 is to authorize school resource officer training for the East Hampton Town Police Department. Police officer Michael Gomez and police officer Daniel Munoz are hereby authorized to attend. School resource officer training sponsored by the New York State Police Juvenile Officers Association. The financial impact is $3,000. Second. All in favor? >> I. >> 1317 is a Patrick Royal is a uniform reimbursement for his out-of pocket expenses in the amount of $3735 for uniforms needed to begin his
028promotion as police sergeant. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. 1318 is for the police department employee fingerprints and this is for Jessica Claflin and she shall be reimbured $89.25 cents. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> 1319 is a notice RFP EH2025106. This is for professional and related services for a seasonal air traffic control tower at East Hampton Airport. The proposal is available October 2nd and due back October 30th. >> Second. >> All in favor? I. 1320 is to increase the cap for Kaplan Curse LLP for 2025 in an amount not to exceed $225,000 with no change in fee schedule. Second all in favor I 1321 is to increase the cap for Jaspleser and Narendon Dran and this is for 2025 matters and it constitutes a total of $50,000 for the
0292025 calendar year. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> 1322 is to authorize software maintenance agreement with CSI technology. This is for the East Hampton Town Police Department for our dispatch system and records records management system and this is in the sum of $78,730 per year for for 5 years. Second all in favor. 1323 is the acquisition of fire EMS CAD software system. Again, this is for the East Hampton Town Police Department to for providing fire and EMS dispatching services and the cost shall not exceed the sum of $279,223.37. Second. All in favor. >> 1324 is acquisition of ProQA software. Again, it's for the police department providing EMS dispatching services. The year 1 cost will be $102,15.50 50 and years 2 through five will cost $12,300. Second. >> All in favor? I. >> Resolution
0302025 is to resolution 1325 is to retain JKL professional engineering services and this is for JPX runway the 10 reel replacement at the East Hampton airport. This is to prepare a scope of work and a fee proposal for the replacement of the runway 10 reels at JPX. And this is uh in an amount not to exceed $36,713.70. Second. All in favor? I. 1326 is a budget modification for the airport. We're increasing the revenue budget line in the amount of $120,000 and increasing the expenditure line for aviation fuel in the same amount. Second. All in favor? >> 1327 is appropriation of capital reserve funds for the capital equipment acquisition. This is for costs related to the purchase of a wood grinder to be utilized by the town sanitation department. We're moving um $100,000 from capital reserve
031to interfund transfer in the same amount and this uh is subject to a permissive referendum. Second. All in favor? I >> I have resolution 1328. This is amend resolution 2025 uh 1253 to terminate seasonal employee in the recreation department. effective retroactive to August 21st, 2025. >> Second. All in favor? I >> I have resolution 1329. This is a budget modification in the highway department for decreasing budget lines for contingency in the amount of 5,000. Uh subcontract for snow 15,000. Salaries 20,000 motor vehicles 20,000 full-time salary 60,000. Increasing the budget line for road surfing materials in the amount of 120,000. increased revenue expenditure line60,000 for interest and investments 520 $532,115 for appropriate unreserved surplus and then we're increasing a spender line in budget line for road surfacing materials in the amount of 55 $592,115 hence we're
032about to pave your roads >> good news all in favor >> I have resolution 20251330 to budget modification with sanitation department to move $45,000 from solid waste fees to a lease of equipment. >> Second. >> All in favor? I. I have. Resolution 1331 is approve reimbursement for special events season cleanup deposits for 2025. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I have 1332. >> 1332. Uh this is to amend resolution 2025 1242. Um whereas the town board directs the budget office to post the uh post the following budget modification decreasing maintenance contract software in the amounts of 16,000 $448.80 and $4,11220 and increasing in the same amounts to transfer of other funds capital. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> Okay, so those are all of our resolutions for this evening. Does anyone have
033anything they need to bring up? >> So do I have a motion to close? Motion to close. Okay, David. Motion to close. Sorry. >> Second. All in favor?