001e East Hampton Village board we are live streaming and recording thank you good morning everyone today is March 21st 2025 11:00 a.m. welcome to East Hampton Village board meeting if you could all stand for a pledge United [Music] States indice if you could all just stay standing for a second I just like to get a moment of silence for Patty fen's husband which was Ken faren he passed earlier this week uh they're longtime residents such great people so I just wanted to take a minute to remember him and and uh wish the best to the family thank you all right we have a lot on the agenda today so let's start with um you know I read a little bit about Patty and Ken and it was just amazing that they were um skiing Partners
002tennis Partners biking Partners they biked all over the world together it was uh it's just a real uh seemed sudden to me but I guess it wasn't a sudden um as I talked to Patty and I guess it's he's been sick for a while but um you know we're GNA we're going to miss Ken he was a real supporter and u a really nice person and uh you know my heart goes out to Patty so all right let's uh Carrie could you give us update on Hampton's who dun it sure um I'm sure you've seen the banners went up this week thank you everybody so Hampton H dun it is April 10th to 13th we're the biggest mystery and crime Festival now in New York and we have amazing panels forensic experts True Crime experts
003our most popular event which is free but signups end in one second are the two graveyard tour tours hosted by Hugh King who talks about goodie garlic so he'll be doing that again this year so hope you can make it going to be a lot of fun events and panels and nighttime events including wine and crime which will be held here thank you to the fire department so please get your tickets great Marcos can you update us on the 5K I believe it's the main Beach May 4th uh Sunday morning 9:00 a.m. and I believe there's a few hundred people already signed up great and is Gloria here no Gloria brought to our attention last board meeting that uh Saturday this Saturday is U Earth hour and it is a time when everyone shuts their
004lights off between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. to support the healthy Earth so if you want to join in that that would be uh that would be great I want to thank Gloria for bringing that to our attention uh next up is roll call mayor jery lson here Deputy Mayor Chris minardi here trusty Sandra Melendez here trusty car Doyle here trusty Sarah amadan here administrator Marcos valadon here Village attorney Lisa Puro here terrific H you're up thank you for invting all these people oh uh could we please unmute Hugh's microphone can we please unmute Hugh King's microphone you want to mute it oh I said unmute it that's all okay um couple of reports John Marshall students from the fourth grade um uh toured The Gardener in Panago Mills uh this spring so far the trails
005preservation Society toward the Three Village windmills um the hedges in owners have received information about the history of their building and the 1770 House has also re received uh information about the history of their building okay today it's former Chief police chief Carl dlman okay Mr dman was born in sa haror August 23rd 1926 he eventually moved to King Street in East Hampton where he graduated from East samp High School he joined the US Navy amphibious forces on his 17th birthday during World War I in 1943 before he was dist discharged from the Navy in 1947 he was awarded the good cond medal the American defense service medal the Asiatic Pacific campaign medal Mr dolman joined the Village Police in 1950 when there was just five men one Harley-Davidson motorcycle and a Hudson patrol car
006the East samp star in an interview in 1977 in those days the headquarters were in the village hall on Main Street that's 27 Main Street right and when a cell was needed officers used the one the Town Police had in the second floor of the old post office building which became the Barefoot contestant right at time the pay was low and to supplement his income he would park cars at summer Colony parties and during the 50s he had three part-time jobs working for Williams Funeral Home delivering liquor for Kelly's Liquor Store and as a contractor he was also a member of the East sampon Fire Department Mr dolman was the founder and first president of the East santon Village Police benevolent Association in the time he said when salaries and fridge benefits were decided with
007a handshake at 10 after 10 years of moving up in the ranks he quickly made sergeant in 1962 lieutenant in 1967 and chief when Francis Ley retired in 1968 after 10 years as the police chief he retired at the age of 50 when asked during an exit interview why he was retiring he said 27 years is enough so that's Carl dolman and by the way Tom PR and Mike Baler were here in 1657 um as Village inspectors because you had to have a ladder that went up to the top of your house uh in 1657 where because the roof was thatched and you had to make sure that the ding around the chimney was there otherwise the place would catch on fire so they've been here a long time [Applause] thank you H next up
008is Mike balker to talk about ms4 storm water morning everybody morning uh just a little quick update Mike my apologies but um I think I got to cut you off right there at the beginning I'm sure you were here to you here very prepared today for the ms4 storm water presentation and Lord knows that every year you make it riveting but today you've been brought here under false pretenses sir yeah so we're very happy uh to be here this morning to honor Mike for his uh long time service to the Village so I have a short speech to read and then a presentation uh to give to Mike so stand by uh good morning everyone it is my honor to stand here before you to present only the second ever key to the Village award
009a recognition reserved for those who whose contributions to our community are truly extraordinary the key to the village is not an award we give often in fact it's one of the highest honors the village can bestow it is not about titles or positions it's about exceptional service dedication and unwavering commitment to the care and well-being of eastampton Village is an it is awarded only to those who have gone above and beyond who have given their time talent and heart to making this Village the best it can be today's recipient of this prestigious honor is Mike Baler a man who has dedicated more than 30 years to the Village of East Hampton quietly ensuring that the place we call home is maintained to the highest possible standards Mike has been the backbone of our operations the
010one ensuring that our roads are safe our public spaces are pristine and our infrastructure is strong he has been a true leader in our public works department always putting the village first always ensuring that things get done not just done but done right it is with great pride that we present the key to the Village of East Hampton to Mike balker in recognition of his outstanding service his dedication and his profound impact on our community Mike on behalf of all the residents the Board of Trustees and over 400 of our employees and volunteers thank you for everything you've done thank you for the many years of service we are grateful and this honor is well deserved thank you [Applause] I'd also like to mention that today is Mike's birthday so happy birthday [Applause] Mike so
011what do you got to say so you really don't want to hear about storm water good M no no no thanks for all that hard work though I will just say this if you guys don't really need to hear any of this sneaky people I appreciate it very much it's very kind of you and it's been a pleasure um it's been fun but what did H just say 33 years is long enough thank you guys very much [Applause] appreciate at the request of the DP W liaison Sandra Melendez could we get a round of applause because it's a rare occurrence to have all the members of DPW here we never get to do that if we could give them a round of applause for absolutely everything thanks everybody uh next up is the chief good
012morning uh members of the public the village board uh those watching today is a another uh great day for the village Village Police I have some awards uh we're making a promotion uh and again I just like to thank the village board for their unwavering support of this Police Department uh when when it comes to Public Safety um and it uh it is very much appreciated on my end and amongst the ranks I have one of the best police departments uh that I know of and that is out there I have great men and women that work for us and I appreciate the support of the village board with these vital decisions putting people in key roles so I really do appreciate that today I have the honor of um promoting uh one through the
013ranks from a sergeant I'm going to start with that uh Steven Shades uh he started as a teach o in 1997 for us so that's for those that don't know that but many of you have gotten parking tickets I would assume here Dr ble anyway Scofflaw is coming for you um after we get that tow truck J Cox uh so U but uh he started 97 as a TCO which is one of our meteor Maids that's you know in other communities uh and he worked his way to start here in 2004 as a sworn police officer and he's gone through the ranks as a police officer he was a detective he's a sergeant with his last rank here and now I'm I'm happy uh to be able to move him to the rank of Lieutenant
014which in the police department is uh you know one of my right-hand men or women to help me with the daily operations administrative policy he's also was instrumental in starting our drone program here we never had that uh him and um it also keeps the nuts and bolts together of our accreditation it's a a highly coveted award across the state there's not many that have it uh and to put our Police Department with policies that is accepted by the state is a distinguished honor for us to be part of that uh I'm happy to have his his uh that they were able to find a flight and the weather isn't too for the his mother Rosanne and the father Steve who sck gave many many years to the East Hampton Town Police when I started
015here he was a pleasure always a pleasant voice to hear on the radio and uh he is he was a East H Town dispatcher for many years so his parents uh it's a happy a joyous time uh for you and we appreciate the service and your son for us so Steve if you want to come up here I want to give you your your badge thank you no blood [Applause] more it's cute it's really cute [Applause] okay so I have uh some uh Department recognition awards that were're uh uh we're going to implement this year and it is awards that that uh throughout the year Service uh arrests um and calls that have our officers uh have gone above and beyond the duty whether it's saving lives taking guns off the street making numerous DWS
016and taking them off the street uh I have some awards that we've gone through for 2004 and i' just like to take the time um and recognize these officers for their outstanding Duty for the community the residents not only of East Hampton but as we all know those that uh in these cases some of these cases that have just transients that were tourists that our officers either uh you know save their lives or we we put them in jail so uh so I'd like to I'd like to start uh by uh by date on June 11th uh Lieutenant Bley can you can come up here please Lieutenant barlam is my EXO my number two guy uh he helps me on a tremendously on a daily basis to make the smooth operation of this Police Department
017go on and on June 11th um uh we're recognizing him for a life-saving uh department recogniz for a life-saving act uh he was on out on the street as he is a lot and we had a uh a call of a choking uh victim at a female bank teller who was on her meal period at the Bank of America she was eating her meal and she started to choke 911 was called uh when Lieutenant Bley was one of the first ones there got on scene he administered the heck maneuver which unlodged uh the uh unconscious females uh Airway and then she became conscious and was transported she's alive today for I believe the quick thinking of Lieutenant Bartley and the department is going to issue him the department recognition award for life saving act thank
018you lieutenant okay okay if I could call up officer Brendan worth and officer John Clark If you please come up here gentlemen [Music] so I have uh uh officer worth and Officer Clark Officer Clark has uh other commendations that he's getting today but they were both on one call uh to start this on July 24th uh on that particular uh day um we received a call an AED case of a uh individual in a car parked along the side of the road at Steven H path and montalk Highway with an individual that was having chest pains as the officers got there and the the situation for that victim turned for the worse the individual uh went into cardiac arrest Officer Clark and officer worth quickly administered our uh CPR and the automatic external defibrillator which
019restored a pulse uh the subject that was transported to South Hampton Hospital and is alive today for the equipment we had and the training and they're being at the right place at the right time we were able to get there so officer worth that is for you thank you very much and Officer Clark I have more for you so that's the one event but officer Officer Clark I have not only the the life saving act for that but uh John also I'm getting a department recognition award for which was covered uh the the arrest of the subject uh the car stop that had the gun and the criminal possession of a weapon uh that arrest he got a department recognition award and also a uh officer of the year award bar for that so he's
020getting three for his outstanding service for this year thank you John [Applause] okay um if I could have p niggles uh po Brandon Esposito uh Lieutenant Shades and uh po Jack please come on up thank you gentlemen on the evening of August 7th of this past year we received another ambulance call and aided case at the Palm restaurant for a uh elderly female that was choking uh upon arrival the uh officers found uh a female individual that the staff there was uh attempting to treat that was unconscious and had went into cardiac arrest the officers here provided the heck maneuver CPR which unlodged the piece of steak that she was eating um and restored full pulse and Consciousness the female uh elderly woman is a resident lives on Main Street and she was transported to
021Southampton Hospital and she is alive today for the actions of this squad that was working on August 7th so for that for that reason I'm going to issue all these officers a department recognition award for life saving in this event for saving one of another life saved in the village thank you [Applause] gentlemen great okay I have two more Awards uh here for two more officers uh uh on August 31st it goes back to the call uh for uh the gun call if sergeant goger if you could come up here please and this goes again to the call back in August 31st of the traffic stop po Clark Sergeant goger was the supervisor working that evening and an instrument part of a Hands-On operation to successfully uh take that individual into custody without any further
022Ado event that could have led to obviously the tragedy of injuring one of our officers you know it was later found out that the subject had a handgun a loaded handgun in his waistband as we've talked about in honor of these officers before so uh it's always a dangerous job even here in East Hampton and you don't know what your you know traffic stops are dangerous and I'm glad this turned out well for them they were also recognized as police office of the year and and a department recognition award also uh officer green who is not here today uh is going to get a department uh award for the criminal possession of the weapon uh police Serv Office of the year and he's also receiving an excellent police duty award for officer green had 18
023dewe arrests so he took uh 18 drunk drivers and potential you know catastrophe off the road and we're going to recognize him unfortunately he's sick so he will get this thank you Sergeant [Applause] brother thank you village board thank you as you can see we have a terrific police department and uh you're in good hands when you're when you're out at night or during the day and God forbid something bad happens to you you know you've got good people coming to help you so I thought it was fitting that we have a Top Cop award for the overall uh uh Top Cop for the year of 2024 it's something I thought was important to start uh this will be the first year and we'll do this annually at these award ceremonies where we the village
024board will choose a top cop and they'll receive the mayor's award and this year it is going to Robbie Green in recognition of your distinguished service and dedication to the police department and the residents of East Hampton and it's presented by myself to Robbie unfortunately he's not here today as the chief had said he's out sick and we have another presentation from the foundation for Robbie if you want to come up if you can come up and accept this as well I'll just read the presentation um excellence and law enforcement awarded to Robert P Green III on behalf of the board of directors of the East Hampton Village Foundation in collaboration with the police fire and EMS Council we honor and recognize this officer for his outstanding contributions to law enforcement his dedication professionalism and
025commitment to East Hampton Village Community exemplifies his extraordinary service and if you would accept this on his behalf and we'll do it at another point [Applause] I just like to just to to give a really big thank you to the East Hampton Village Foundation and uh Brad uh there are a lot of things that they've done that may not have gone recognized from an Inception of giving us quads donating quads uh to most recently we have this uh flock camera system that is is providing a a barrier around our village shall we say to help us uh notify us of bad people that are coming into the village that are wanted and to help us law enforcement to detect them if they do and they leave we can get the it's a tremendous program it
026also lets us access thousands of cameras all the way across United States this program so we can watch them and find where they're where they're going so that is a tremendous along with a new regroup program that the foundation to notify residents uh of any emergencies that may be going on whether it's a hurricane or events that need to be uh if if a Tuesday at Maine is cancelled to facilitate a smooth communication lines with our residents so I really appreciate the support that you've given and you continue to give uh LW enforcement here in East Hampton Village thank you br hey chief just just to say uh the flock program what is that cost a year the flock cost is cost us the foundation is a $30,000 a year donation every year to maintain
027those cameras and give us the access to it and it doesn't also it just not for us it will help uh East Hampton Town Southampton Town any law enforcement agency has the ability to log on to this for information sharing to look for potential criminals uh you know somebody with alzheimer's that's a lost to Silver Alert uh so it it it's not just for us specifically it really helps law enforcement across across this country if somebody in in Maryland's looking for somebody that's wanted you put the plate in and it'll might say he's in East Hampton so uh it is a true uh system that really uh far helps law enforcement across this country so it really is a is a huge step in the right direction to hopefully prevent crime maybe people hear that
028we have this that we have this barrier around East Hampton Village that maybe they'll try to do bad things somewhere else certainly and help us make convictions and bring these people if they try to do bad things to to justice so it's a it's a huge huge addition to law enforcement and Public Safety in East hampon Village thanks Chief thank you and thanks to everybody thank you all all the recipients Highway Department thank you we're going to take a five minute recess if anybody would like to leave at this point certainly is a good time we're going to get into the rest of the board meeting which probably doesn't interest most people of words yeah e e e we're going to resume LTV you ready we are up all right we're back in session uh
029next up will be introductory 4 which is a proposed local law amending Village of East in code chapter 278 zoning 2787 which we are going to close I'm going to look for a motion to close that as we've made substantial changes to it and we're going to Ren notice it that's the one we talked about last month where we're having the the local attorneys do the mailings so we've changed it we're going to change it to 14 days instead of 10 and I think that's the substantial change correct correct yeah so we're going to I can get a motion to close close this make a motion to close it so moved all in favor okay so that that hearing is now closed and done with and we'll introduce a new new legislation shortly okay next
030up introductory number seven of 2025 a proposed local law amending Village V Samson code chapter 62 Article 2 alarm systems section 623 registration required b123 is there anyone who would like be heard all right we're going to keep that open for one more month is there anyone who has a public comment okay uh we're going to get into motions and resolutions here we go resolution number 57 of 2025 approved claim vouchers for the month of March so moved second all in favor passed and carried resolution number 58 approved warrants as listed number 31 guarantees number 32 and 33 general fund number 34 general fund warrant and number 35 Capital fund so mooved second all in favor passed and carried resolution number 59 approved budget transfer schedule four schedule number four reference number four dated March
0312025 so moved second all in favor I pass and carried number 6 approv minutes from the Board of Trustees meetings held on January 24th and February 7th so moved second all in favor pass and carried number 61 approv departmental reports so moved second all in favor I passed and carried number 62 approv public notice concerning unpaid taxes for the year 2024 to 2025 to be published in the East Hampton star so moved second all in favor I passed and carried number 63 approve authorization of the purchase of tax leans as set 4th in chapter 26-25 taxation Village tax sales local law number 10 of 2017 amount not to exceed 93,9 58 to be paid from the undesignated fund balance so moved second all in favor pass and carry number 64 approve the Department of Emergency
032Medical Service EMS volunteers who have met requirements and qualified for onee service award credit for the East Hampton Village volunteer ambulance workers defined benefit lowp 2024 so moved second all in favor passed and Carri resolution number 65 approved the East Hampton fire department volunteers who have met requirements and qualified for one year of service award credit for the East Hampton volunteer fire department length of Service Awards program loat so moved second all in favor pass and Carri number 66 deem Surplus decommission and approve disposal of three Dell poweredge servers from Village call Asset tag numbers 1696 1828 and 2357 so move second pass and carried I'm sorry all in favor I passed and carried resolution number 67 approved 22510 and3 quote from WB Mason for office furniture and installation in the Department of Public Works
033so moved second all in favor pass and carry number 68 approve rejection of bid received from Bartlett Tree Expert for the two-year Dutch disease treatment program so moved second all in favor passed and Carri number 69 approve bid received from William St and Benjamin tapman for the two-year Dutch disease treatment program so move second all in favor passed and Carri resolution number 70 accept bids received from LV Bia Construction Corporation for the two-year curb in apron contract and the two-year sidewalk contract so moved second all in favor carried number 71 approved $ 69,99 quote from Precision safe sidewalks to be paid from the assigned unappropriated fund balance so moved second all in favor pass and carried number 72 approved two-year quote from landscape details for lawn maintenance at home sweet home Museum $29,000 for each
034year 2025 and 2026 so moved second all in favor pass and carried thank number 73 approved $424.58 quote from Lincoln it for the Department of Public Works cable cleanup rack and stack installation so moved second all in favor passed and carried number 74 approved $ 4,485 192 quote from lincol it for the main Beach rack and stack relocation so moved second all in favor I pass and carry number 75 approve five-year agreement with axon Enterprises for 25 axonas or tens paying $2,688 28,40 so moved second all in favor pass and carry number 76 approved $1,441 and4 quote for four electronic handheld computer enforcement devices and software support from fundamental Business Service Incorporated for parking enforcement so move second all in favor I passed and carry resolution number 76 approved 10,000 I'm sorry I that one
035number 77 approve the employment of Jason nusi as a part-time police officer at the rate of $30 per hour effective April 1st 2025 upon his graduation from the suffk County Police Academy on March 27th of 2025 so move second all in favor pass and carry number 78 approve enrollment for for two police officers to attend the 39th Annual police security Expo 2025 to be held on June 23rd through the 26th of 20125 at the Atlantic City New Jersey Convention Center at a cost of approximately $1,038 plus the cost of reasonable meals and travel expenses so move second all in favor I pass and carried number 79 approve enrollment for two Public Safety dispatchers to attend the Navigator 2025 conference in Orlando Florida April 14th through the 17th 2025 at a cost of approximately $4,320 188
036plus the cost of reasonable meals and travel expenses so move second second all in favor pass and carry resolution number 80 approve 8,139 184 quote from Long Island rgis Incorporated for the 2025 data and apple push notification updates for our Cad mapper and mobile cadmapper so move second all in favor I pass and carry number 81 approve new member Erica Perez as an attendant of the Department of Emergency Medical Service EMS effective retroactively to February 10th of 2025 and approved Barbara Hansen to become an exempt member of the Department of Emergency Medical Service EMS effective retroactively to December 31st of 2024 second all in favor I pass and carry let me just make a comment here i' would like to welcome the new remember and I'd certainly like to thank Barbara for all her service
037in the uh in the ambulance she's actually a resident of Delaware and she would actually the state and she would actually come up here and do her do her um during the summer do her her required points and uh and she was terrific to work with and we're going to miss her but I wanted to thank her for all her her hard work she was really a well she is a very person yes resolution number 82 approve employment of Colby Gill as a part-time emergency medical technician basic emtb at the hourly rate of $30 and authorize him to work the offseason March 21st of 2025 to May 12th 2025 in accordance with civil service regulations effective immediately so move second all in favor pass and carry number 83 approve employment of Skyler Edwards as a
038part-time emergency medical technician paramedic emtp at the hourly rate of $40 and authorize her to work the off seon March 21st to May 12th of 2025 in accordance with civil service regulations effective immediately so move second all in favor I pass and carry just make a comment I'd like to thank Jerry Turza you know for um and of course our ambulance Chief and our volunteer Chief and all the members of the ambulance they've really they are really doing such a terrific job for our community and you know gearing up for this summer is not an easy task getting people to travel all the way out here so I commend you Jerry for finding these paramedics that are willing to make the drive out here it's costing us a little more money because we have to
039make it entice you know entice people to come out here for that horrible drive so uh terrific job thank you resolution number 84 accept new fire department member Chris Kom so move second I'd like to thank Chris KO for joining our fire department yes that is Chris KO that you're thinking of so uh he's a longtime resident of East Hampton and it's very nice that he's willing to join the fire department and put in community service for us so we're looking forward to having him uh serve in the fire department did we approve that say in favor all in favor I pass and carry resolution number 85 approve East Hampton Fire Department 2025 bylaws dated March 17th of 2025 so move second all in favor pass and carry number 86 approve employment of 2025 Beach
040staff as listed to complete preseason and summer work effective April 1st to 2025 so move second all in favor I pass and carry number 87 notice of public hearing to be held on April 25th 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at the emergency services building 1 Cedar Street East Hampton for introductory number number 4 of 2025 a proposed local law amending Village of eastampton code chapter 278 zoning section 2787 fees procedure and other submission requirements changes to the notice provision requiring applicants to provide notice so move second all in favor passed and carry resolution number 88 notice a public hearing to be held on April 25th 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at the emergency services building 1 Cedar Street East Hampton for introductory number 8 of a proposed local law amending Village of eastampton code chapter taxation Article
0414 and to amend section 2567 exemption granted amount eligibility section 2568 lifetime extension of exemption section 2569 application for exemption and section 2569 a effective date so as to include and extend the provisions to the East Hampton volunteer ocean rescue and auxiliary Squad some moov second all in favor pass and Carri resolution number 89 notice of public hearing to be held on April 25th 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at the emergency services building one Cedar Street East Hampton for introductory number 9 of 2025 a proposed local law amending Village V Hampton code chapter 267 Article 5 section number 90 notice a public hearing to be held on April 25th 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at the emergency services building 1 Cedar Street East Hampton for introductory number 11 2025 a proposed local law amending Village of V
042sampton code chapter 196 noise section 1961 prohibited noises evidence of violation A10 so move second all in favor I passed and carried resolution number 91 adopt local law for introductory number five of 2025 a proposed local law amending Village V sampton code chapter 77 beaches Article 2 Main Beach Pavilion parking lots lockers and Facilities so move second all in favor pass and carry resolution number 92 adopt local law for introductory number six of 2025 a proposed local law amending Village of eastampton code chapter 267 vehicles and traffic Article 1 General regulations Section 2676 parking prohibited in designated locations During certain hours so moved second all in favor pass and carry resolution number 93 accept the East Hampton Village Foundation donation of $5,300 for the installation and annual subscription of the emergency notification system regroup so
043moved second all in favor I passed and Carri resolution number 94 approve the East Hampton Village foundation's exemplary merit award program pursuant to the opinion rendered by the East Hampton Village ethics board sub moved second all in favor pass and Carri resolution number 95 approved support for Earth hour encouraging residents of the Incorporated Village of East Hampton to turn off non-essential lighting indoors and out for 1 hour on Saturday March 22nd 2025 from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. to combat unnecessary energy consumption and climate change so moved second all in favor pass and Carri Number 96 approve adoption of a home rule message request stating East Hampton Village's support for pending State legislation New York State Assembly 40 Bill 4710 New York State Senate Bill 4321 known as protect our pedestrians which shall authorize The Village
044to participate in a pilot program to install and operate a stop sign photo violation monitoring system so moved second all in favor I passed and Carri resolution Number 96 7even accept retirement of Public Works Deputy superintendent Michael D balker with an effective retirement date of April 25th 2025 with a $1,485 194 payout to be paid on April 30th 2025 for AC crude time so moved second all in favor pass and Carri resolution number 98 authorize the mayor to execute a separation agreement with Public Works Deputy superintendent Michael D balker retirement date effective April 25th 2025 so moved second all in favor I passed and carry resolution number 99 approve agreement with Pistol Creek LLC for consultant services at an hourly rate of $150 with a maximum of $10,000 per year so moved second all in
045favor I pass and carried I want to thank the board for that that specific resolution allows uh Darren Dave and myself to pick up the phone and tap into Mike Bower's deep reservoir of institutional knowledge there is a lot of it and we will need it thank you resolution number 100 approve promotion of Darren DS to the position of Public Works Deputy Superintendent at an hour annual salary of $105,000 effective May 1st of 2025 so moved second all in favor I passed and carried what's with no Fanfare here I don't get it [Applause] congratulations really with this [Laughter] one get up some clean clothes you got it yeah Sandra's com tiffer [Applause] yeah let me very right yes okay cue the band all right next up resolution number 101 accept retirement of principal building inspector
046Thomas priato with an effective retirement date no later than June 30th 2025 so moved I think we have a split [Music] decision all right so um we let's do a roll call on this s can we vote no no can't can't retire no sorry Tom can't retire all right can I get a motion so moved second I guess so all in favor no Rel ason Carri Tom do you want to say anything or is this not the time really thank you mayor and members of the board um didn't really have anything prepared but I'm uh you know honored to have this be my uh final stop in the municipal jump that I've been doing through my uh career and um I have to say that by far um this is this board's been the best
047for me to to um work for unwavering support Etc um so yeah I'm very pleased to have served the community for much short time that I'm here four and a half years um but it's been a pleasure and when I asked you when I asked you to join you gave me a commitment of three years correct right so y we benefited for a whole another year and a half so I want to thank thank you you were wonderful to work with thank you all thank you very much we're going to miss you Tom yes and likewise your sense of humor at the staff meetings oh man going to be truly truly missed well Tom's not leaving just yet he's leaving a no later 30th right we're gonna make corre no I'll be here and I'm
048gonna ensure a smooth transition with Joe claro and and uh keep the well oiled machine that we have running you know on the on the tracks so whatever the Met thanks again thank you Tom and you know to Tom's credit one of the reasons uh Joe actually agreed to come on board was the wonderful discussion that he had with Tom in terms of how it is to work here and and really the the product that we put out that he actually help create so thank you Tom all right next resolution number 102 approve 5year employment agreement with Joseph poo as principal building inspector at an annual salary of $145,000 effective no later than May 1st 2025 so move second all in favor pass and carried welcome aboard joil resolution Number 103 notice of public hearing
049to be held on April 25th 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at the emergency services building 1 Cedar Street East Hampton for introductory number 10 of 2025 a proposed local law authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the limit established in general Municipal law Section 3 C so moved second all in favor pass and carried just a note this is not that we are going to break the 2% cap this is what this resolution is this just gives us the authority to do so if we need to because we're still putting our budget together so we don't know where things are going to fall so we just want to have that authority to break it if we need to all right can I get a motion to close and go into executive session I make a
050motion to close and go into execu session so moved all in favor meeting is closed thank