001Now I remember. >> Hello, Dave. >> Hello. >> All right, good afternoon, East Hampton Town Board. We're alive on channel 22. We're streaming to YouTube. Phone lines are open. You may begin. >> Great. Thank you, Matthew. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the East Hampton Town Board meeting of Thursday, June 18th, 2026. Michael, if you could please read the roll call. >> Council member Flight. Deputy Supervisor Leese. >> Present. >> Council member Rogers. >> Present. >> Council member Calderon Piedmonte. >> Present. >> Supervisor Kathy Burke-Gonzalez. >> 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 uh
002three public hearings. Uh that'll be followed by public portion. We ask you to kindly keep your comments to 3 minutes and then resolutions. We do have our uh town historian here tonight. Hugh, if you'd like to uh dazzle us. >> Thank you, Madam Supervisor. I I sent an email to Deputy Supervisor uh Leese. I got the community bulletin board that you bulletin you put out and then you had five of those markers in there. That was great. Uh you going to do five more each time? >> We'll see. We I do know that we found out the one one resident's already been to over 10 of them. >> Okay. All right. >> Really? >> Wow. >> Yeah. Yeah, it's pretty pretty great. So. >> Yeah, that was great though. That was a good idea. >>
003for your assistance with that initiative, Hugh. It's been great. >> Okay. We're going to leave the 250th anniversary, the Declaration of Independence, and the Revolutionary War aside tonight. Recently, Pat Shell, I wrote this article for the East Hampton Independent many years ago. Recently, Pat Shell, a retired teacher from Springs School, asked me about a gravestone near her home on Old Stone Highway. The gravestone said Thomas J. Davis, born in East Hampton, New York 1828, died in 1902, was listed on the US Ship Heliotrope War 1861-1865. Further investigation revealed that Thomas Jefferson Davis was an African American, listed as a mulatto in the 1865 New York State Census. Um we could be sure that he wasn't named after you know, years ago, many black families would name their children after famous people. George Washington Carver is
004a good example. Thomas Jefferson Davis. Wasn't after Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, that's for sure. Okay. Now, where did he live? Well, according to the 1865 census, there were nine other people living with him. And where did he live? He lived down in Freetown. Okay? Now, what did he do? Well, here we go. Next, we look at Thomas Jefferson's war record. At the start of the Civil War, blacks were not allowed to join the army. After 1863, as manpower became a problem for the north, African Americans were allowed to enlist in segregated units. However, blacks were allowed to enlist in the navy from the start of the war because they had a long history of serving on ships, especially in the whaling trade. Okay? As it became difficult to enlistment of the navy
005with the constant addition of ships, it finally became necessary to offer large large bounties to recruit and to meet the quotas of sailors. Now, I went we were able to go into the Great Long Island room. We found out uh Dorothy King was the uh librarian there at the at time. She found the ship that he had uh was uh served on. She found where the ship went. And so, we were able to follow his war record. Uh and remember, he was a sailor. Many times, African Americans were on the ships where they were cooks or stewards, but he was listed as a sailor. And then, we found out using the uh town clerk's office, we actually found out what he died from, where he died, and when he died. And he died 1902 in
006Springs. Now, if you go on Old Stone Highway, and you go to the on the curve, there's a driveway that goes back there, and that's where Patchell lives, and that's where his grave is. And I think that was there because he lived in one of those little small buildings up there. So, I'm not sure. So, this is for Juneteenth celebration, we might as well talk about Thomas Jefferson Davis. Next meeting, the Declaration of Independence. >> Right. Thank you, Hugh. >> Okay. That is all. >> So, be before I have the clerk read the first public hearing notice, I I want to make a statement tonight. And I want to speak with you directly about the safety of our drinking water. There is no responsibility I take more seriously, and I want to share with you
007a clear and honest account of where matters stand and what your town government is doing about it. Here is what we know. Suffolk County Water Authority's wells on Buckskill Road were recently shut down because of a contaminant called PFPrA. This is an important detail that has been left out. PFPrA is an unregulated contaminant that is not on the state's standard testing list. It is not among the 40 PFAS PFOs chemicals the Department of Environmental Conservation screens for. The Suffolk County Water Authority only identified it using its own specialized in-house laboratory method. What that means is that standard testing by the state or by anyone following the accepted protocol could not have detected it. It is impossible to act on a contaminant that the established science of the time could not yet identify. And let me
008be just as clear about what we do not yet know. The source of this contamination has not been determined, and the investigation is examining more than one possibility. As of today, I have learned that the DEC is now looking at an additional potential source. In 2005, a small plane crashed near the intersection of Mill Hill Lane and Meadow Way, and AFFF, the same firefighting foam that led to our airport's designation as a Superfund site, was used during the response. In fact, East Hampton Village's own testing in 2020 found PFOs at the site of the plane crash at more than 50 times greater than the drinking water standard. So, this is a finding the village has known since 2020. That site lies roughly half a mile from the affected wells, and the sustained pumping of those
009wells may well have drawn contamination toward them. I will let the DEC follow the evidence wherever it leads, and I will not prejudge where it ends. However, DEC's investigation concludes we are doing everything possible right now to protect the town's drinking water. Here's what I have done. I established a joint task force that brings together the governor's office, the DEC, the State Department of Health, the Suffolk County Executive, the Village of East Hampton, and the County Department of Health Services. We are in regular communication, and we are focused on three things: securing new drinking water wells for the water authority, supporting Suffolk County as they conduct private well testing, and identifying and containing the source of this contamination. We are moving as quickly as possible. Some of you may have questions about what actions were
010taken after the 2023 battery storage fire. So, I want to address that as well. After the fire, the experts at the Department of Environmental Conservation reviewed the site and determined that no further remedial action was required. That was the That was the information the town was given by the state after their analysis and the release of their report on December 23rd, 2023. The contaminant now being discussed, PF PRA, was not identified then. To be clear, it was found only recently through specialized testing by the Suffolk County Water Authority. That is why our focus now is on action. We have brought the state, the county, the health department, DEC, and the water authority to the same table for a coordinated response response among all agencies, and I will keep working this until residents have answers, and
011to assure that your water is safe. So, that is something that I wanted to uh share as this all came into being today. Uh now, Michael, you can read the first public hearing 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 the local TV, LTV channel 22, and available for live stream on the LTV website, ltv-eh.org. The public shall be permitted to appear in person, but may also provide comments on the matter being heard by calling 351-888- 6331. Any person or party wishing to be heard with respect to the foregoing may do so in person or by agent or by attorney or by calling to the live stream or by written comment addressed
012to the East Hampton Town Clerk, 159 Pantigo Road, East Hampton, New York 11937. Comments may also be submitted to the town clerk by email to [email protected]. All comments must be received by the town clerk by the date and time of the public hearing. Please check the meeting agenda posted on the town's website for any changes and for updated information. >> [laughter] >> Take notice that the town board of the Town of East Hampton will hold a public hearing pursuant to chapter 232, urban renewal, of the town code of the Town of East Hampton, section 232-1-70, modification of urban renewal plans, in the Town Hall Meeting Room, 159 Pantigo Road, East Hampton, New York 11937, on June 18, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard to consider the following
013modification of urban renewal map MN-4. Urban Renewal Map number 55 and MN-4 from URP number 55 consisting of lots 2, 3, and 4 ex- inclusive to URP 55A consisting of lots 2 and part of lot 3 and subject to a scenic easement and an access and utility easement benefiting URP 55B. The parcel may be required to complete 50% of the highway improvement and maintenance units are required for an individual lot. URP 55B consisting of part of lot 3 and lot 4 inclusive and subject to a scenic easement benefiting from an access and utility easement over URP 55A. The parcel will be required to complete 50% of the highway improvement and maintenance units required for an individual lot. Urban Renewal Parcel number 55A and 55B are assigned 50% of the required road improvement units for this
014map. Except as amended above, the requirements for UR Map MN-4 shall remain in full force and effect. A copy of the map depicting the proposed change is available in the office of the town clerk during regular business hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday exclusive of holidays. A copy of the proposed changes will also be available at the town's website. >> Thank [clears throat] you, Michael. >> Is there anyone here that would like to make a public statement on this for this public hearing? Matthew, is there anyone on the line? >> We have one caller on the line. I'll mute them and see if they want to make a comment. >> Great, thank you. >> Mr. Supervisor, Bert Gonzalez, this is Saxton Sellers speaking. I'd like to make a comment, but not
015specifically with regards to the topic that it was just discussed, more a comment about your statement earlier. >> So, Cy, you're going to need to wait till we get to the public portion of today's uh agenda. We have three public hearings first. So, Matthew, can come back to you when we get to public comment. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> Matthew, that's the only caller. >> That's correct. >> Okay. >> Motion to close. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> Michael, if you could please read the second meeting notice. >> Please take notice that the Town Board of the Town of East Hampton will hold a public hearing at the East Hampton Town Hall located at 159 Pantigo Road, East Hampton, New York 11937 on June 18th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. to afford all
016interested parties the opportunity to be heard concerning the renewal of the franchise of Cablevision Systems East Hampton Corp. in the Town of East Hampton, New York. Copies of the proposed franchise renewal agreement are available for review in the Town Clerk's office at 159 Pantigo Road, East Hampton, New York 11937. >> Thank you. Would anyone like to comment on the Cablevision franchise agreement? Please. >> Um uh good [clears throat] evening. Uh Frank Oliva >> pull the microphone up closer to you. Thank you. >> Was that better? >> That's great. >> Okay. Uh good evening. Uh my name is Frank Oliva. I am the senior director of government affairs for Optimum Communications. We uh own the cable system uh cable system Cablevision Systems East Hampton Corp. Um the item before the town tonight is uh as the
017clerk mentioned, a renewal of Optimum's cable franchise with the town. The agreement uh that's currently in place, which is uh expired, uh was previously approved by the town in uh 2011 and certified by the PSC in April of 2012. It was for a 10-year term. Um it did expire in April of 2022. We have been operating under temporary operating authority as we negotiate with the with the town. Um and honoring the same commitments of that expired agreement. Uh this franchise is also for a 10-year term. Um in New York, there is a a dual franchise or relationship between the town and the state PSC. Uh the town negotiates the terms of the franchise and the PSC certifies uh those negotiated terms. Um the agreement grants Cablevision Systems of East Hampton Corp. the authority to construct,
018operate, and maintain a cable system in the public right-of-way. And in consideration for that grant of authority, we pay the maximum uh allowable under federal law 5% of our gross cable revenue to the town as a franchise fee. Um There's a lot of things in the uh in the agreement. Um the high highlights are uh we do provide free basic cable services to uh a whole list of municipal and school buildings uh free of cost. So, we do support the uh the government and public access channel that LTV supports, uh as well as provide a uh capital grant structure that will allow funding uh stream to support that effort as well. Um happy to answer any questions that the board or the public may have. >> We're good, Frank. Thank you for coming tonight. Appreciate
019it. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else like to address the board on this matter? Matthews, is there anyone on the line for this public hearing? >> We have no callers on the line. >> Motion to close. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> Michael, if you could read the last meeting notice, please. >> Please take notice that pursuant to section 247 of the general municipal law of the state of New York and provisions of the East Hampton Town code, the Town Board of the Town of East Hampton, New York will hold a public hearing in the Town Hall meeting room, 159 Pantigo Road, East Hampton, New York on Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard concerning the following grant of easement and concert following
020grant concerning the following grant of scenic and conservation easement to the Town of East Hampton. Grantor David Welsh and Lisa Welsh. Type of easement scenic and conservation. Date of easement May 29, 2026. Location 240 West Lake Drive, Montauk. Suffolk County tax map 300-12-4-28.1. Reviewing agency zone zoning board of appeals. >> Great, thank you. Would anyone like to comment on this public hearing? Matthew, anyone on the line? >> We have no callers on the line. >> Motion to close. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> All right. >> Okay, now we're up to public comment and we have a few folks signed up. So, first up is Sarah Douglas. Welcome, Sarah. >> Good evening. Uh >> [clears throat] >> I'm Sarah Douglas and my family and I are among the residents exposed to PFAS contaminated drinking
021water following the 2023 East Hampton energy storage fire. As you know, PFAS exposure has been associated with numerous adverse health effects including kidney and testicular cancer, liver damage, reduced immune response, and pregnancy complications. PFPRA, the ultra-short chain PFAS detected after the storage center fire, is especially difficult to remove from water. No consumer filtration system has been independently verified specifically for PFPRA. And the granulated activated carbon systems used by utilities such as SCWA are also less effective against these ultra-short chain compounds. At the June 16th Town Board Work Session, available on LTV's YouTube channel, resident Si Kinsella stated that he warned the board in January 2024 that the fire could contaminate East Hampton's sole source aquifer. I will not dwell tonight on the alarm and betrayal I felt upon learning that the board apparently did not
022pursue Si's advisory for nearly 2 and 1/2 years. I'm here tonight to present my questions about what happens now. First, because the board generally does not answer questions during public comment, I ask the board to hold televised public forums where affected residents can ask questions and receive substantive answers. Second, according to SCWA's map, both my home and my parents' home receive water from affected wells, yet we received no direct notice from the town. How does the town plan to communicate directly with affected residents? Third, I ask the town to establish a voluntary, well-publicized registry for potentially affected homeowners and tenants. Fourth, I ask the board to direct town council to evaluate every available legal resource for requiring responsible parties to fund long-term medical monitoring for affected residents. A program was secured for residents affected by
023PFOA contamination in Hoosick Falls, New York. And the town should pursue the same basic objective here and begin building the medical and legal foundation necessary to obtain it. Fifth, what are the town's plans for testing beyond the four wells already known to be contaminated, determining the full extent and movement of the contamination, preventing further migration, and remediating the aquifer? Finally, PFAS Reach is a federally funded research and community support initiative that offers guidance on drinking water testing, exposure reduction, and medical monitoring. I ask the board to invite a representative to speak at a televised town board meeting with the board members and battery storage fire task force members present. Thank you. >> Sarah, would you please leave your comments with the clerk so we can have a copy cuz I can't get all the things
024you you said written down. >> this is a a bit marked up, but I'm happy to leave it. >> I appreciate that. And if you could you could also share with the clerk your address. Thank you. David Douglas. Welcome, David. It's good to see you. >> Uh good evening. My name is David Douglas. I live on Route 114 and I am here also with concerns about the battery storage facility on Cohoes Hollow Road and the water contamination linked to the 2023 fire. First of all, uh I want to say that I appreciate the supervisor's opening comments and the seriousness with which uh she appears to take this issue, which is a very very serious issue. Thank you. My wife's and my home and our daughters are among those receiving contaminated water, but so far we've
025received no communication from either the town or from SCWA. I think you owe it to residents to communicate with us about the situation and to insist that SCWA do the same. Last week's article in the East Hampton Press stated that two of the four wells at which the contaminants was found were removed from use and that the other two are seeing reduced use use. I would like to know what reduced use means because we're drinking it. I would like to know how the town will be providing water testing results for the water that we're currently receiving from these wells that are in reduced use. Again, quoting from last week's article in the press and acknowledging that uh Supervisor Burke Gonzalez has said there may be another source for these contaminants. I'd like to read what
026was in the press. The lawsuit filed by the SCWA states that the storage center was recklessly or negligently negligently built in such a way that led to the fire, operated the facility in a manner that led to the fire, and failed to prevent runoff in the wake of the fire. It also claims that LG sold and marketed the batteries used at the facility despite manufacturing or design defects in the final product. It's unclear to me if the battery storage facility is being replaced and whether either East Hampton Energy Source Center or LG Chem are involved in this replacement. I would like to know whether they are and if so, I would like to know whether they are the using the same batteries and or design as the facility that caught fire in 2023. I would
027like to know if the town, county, or the state have the authority to require that certain conditions are met before construction can begin so that safety measures are in place to ensure that residents and their drinking water are protected. You've heard me say I would like to know several times this evening. One more time. I would like to know when the board will hold a meeting open to the public, televised, in which the public can say, "We would like to know." And the board will have answer fully and truthfully. It's a little frustrating to have all of these questions that I have to phrase in terms of I would like to know and not be able to ask you questions I would like to know the answers to. Thank you. >> David, if you could
028leave Would you mind leaving your comments with the clerk and and your phone number? Yeah. Okay, great. I appreciate that. Thank you. >> And your phone number. >> Anita Boyer. Welcome, Anita. >> Thanks. Hello. Um my name is Anita Boyer. I don't live in East Hampton Town, but I run um a nonprofit, Our Fabulous Variety Show. We operate out of um Most Holy Trinity, 44 Middle Way, and we love East Hampton. Um first of all, I just wanted to say thank you so much for your statement that you posted in response to um Congressman LaLota's threats this morning. I really appreciate your support of OLA and our immigrant community. Um but I'm I'm here um as for the nonprofit because we are really struggling to secure space that feels safe and accessible for all of
029our students um regardless of of their background. We're very grateful for all of the spaces that we've been allowed to operate in, but I just wanted to come and officially ask if there is any space um that the town owns or leases um that we might be able to investigate being a part of. Um we provide really fabulous performing arts programming um because of great grants that we've gotten from the town and from other organizations like Paddlers for Humanity, we've been able to offer a lot of programs for free, which has seen a dramatic increase in participation and in diversity of participants, which I feel like is really important. Um I always like to say in our meetings that we wouldn't have Misty Copeland if it wasn't for a free ballet program at her like
030here her YMCA, right? And she's arguably the greatest ballerina that has ever lived and will ever live. Um so we want to make sure that we're not letting anyone slip through the cracks who might um have a future in dance or performance or just recognizing all the leadership skills that come from being part of a a theater program. Um we want to keep it accessible. Everything is so expensive. Everything is getting more expensive every single day and we are actually reducing our prices every single day to make sure that families can still have access. Um So yeah, we just would love a home where we can fly our pride flags with pride, where we can welcome everyone who um wants to come and be a part of it regardless of where you come from or
031what faith you practice or don't practice. Um we're our fabulous variety show, we're here for everyone. Um so thank you so much. Thank you, Anita. >> Would anyone else like to address the board tonight? Here. Gloria? Welcome, Gloria. >> Thank you. I'm Gloria Frazee from the Village and Town of East Hampton. Um I wasn't planning on speaking today, so but I'm here. Um I saw this uh love letter from Lolita that was uh mentioned in the East Hampton Star today in Chris Ganjemi's article, which says play nice with ice or you're cut off. I've been here before advocating for our immigrant population, our immigrant neighbors. And I was disgusted to read this. Yes, I was heartened to see Supervisor Burke Gonzalez's uh response saying that um Lolita does not get to decide what East Hampton
032stands for. East Hampton stands for community, for our families. Sometimes we don't do as good as a job as we would like to as with the uh water question. And we're always striving to do a better job. We are not perfect. Democracy is a messy process. I know we listen to many people and the hope is that we are always improving. Um Our our rights cannot be traded away. And thank you, Supervisor, for saying that as long as you are Supervisor, this town will stand between you and anyone in Washington who treats your family as something to be traded away. So, I know you will put great attention on this as you do on any other issue that faces our town and our community and our neighbors and us. And I've just left a demons-
033my regular Thursday afternoon demonstration early and I've got a two-sided sign I was holding today, which is why I could bring it along. So, the first side says, "We the people united for democracy and we will not look away." So, this holds all of us to accountability. We have to look in the mirror every single day and do the best that we can every single day for our community, no matter what we are faced with. And by standing together, by having public forums like this, by increasing the number of public forums we do and the town does a lot. There are a lot of opportunities to speak out every single week. And I know together we can do this. Thank you. Thank you, Gloria. Kirby. Welcome, Kirby. >> Those were very strong words. Um I'm
034Kirby Mark Antonio and I want to address the issue of the affordable housing code being enacted tonight. In 3 minutes, it's impossible to go into all the details, so I put together a full document to share that illustrates my points and I've left them with the with the clerk. As you'll see, the conclusions drawn from historical trends show that the way we estimate the cost of affordable housing is outdated and in fact acts against our best interests, private private and public, to create affordable housing. I limit this discussion to unit sales, not rentals. There will always be public projects that do that and will do that within the confines of the current law. But in terms of sales, which I think are an important part of affordable housing, we, the town, have built a limitation
035into the code that is unnecessary, artificial, and disqualifies hundreds of local families from buying homes directly. Here's the problem. We rely on Nassau-Suffolk AMI numbers to begin calculating what is an an affordable house. The problem is we're an outliner. The median price for housing in Nassau-Suffolk is $700,000. Here it is $2,000,000. That alone disqualifies using the generic AMI from the start. But assuming we stay with that number and plug into the current statute, which is 130% of AMI as a baseline for a purchase, and then 250% for a multi-family unit, the overall town-sanctioned maximum sales price for units is as follows. A family of one, $405,000. A family of two, $480,000. A family of three, $525,000. And a family of four, $588,000. Now, we know from the town's own own study, the Town of East
036Hampton Market Assessment and Feasibility Analysis, page 18, that the cost of building a unit of housing here is above $700,000. So, the current 130% AMI at 250% does not allow for a price high enough to justify any private developer building a single unit. But let's take a look at what the real world actually offers. If a buyer were able to use 100% of their AMI budget, assuming they have a 30-year mortgage 6%, those buyers could afford homes on their own with no subsidies between 550 and 800,000 dollars. That is a number that could encourage the private sector, but the current code does not allow that to be called affordable housing. So, let's use a new term, attainable housing. If we were to raise the minimum we use for AMI to 175% rather than a 130,
037the private sector could build homes in the attainable price range. The only other way to make it work is to do as Southampton town does and subsidize units at 250,000 dollars per unit. Considering the hundreds of units needed, that would overwhelm the half percent tax for the foreseeable future. Or, we could simply adjust the AMI equations to let the free market provide units at no cost to the town. Not a theoretical >> [music] >> analysis. I have a project >> I don't think they're using the bell. I think they're playing music when your time's up, Kirby. >> Oh. >> Quite a little guitar riff. >> Not theoretical. Uh, I have a project that could offer 30 to 40 of those units today if these were real if these regulations were let were relaxed. And I
038believe it's a subject that we should spend more time looking into because we simply have to find other ways of quantifying what is an affordable house in a town where affordability is beyond the reach of every single person who lives here. So, I thank you for your time, and I do support the rental 130 as being a reasonable thing to do, but I hope we can find some other way of encouraging private sales. Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Kirby. Would anyone else like to address the board? Okay, Matthew, if you could bring put the first caller through. >> Uh he left the call. So, we have no callers on the line now. >> All right, then we are going to move on to resolutions. >> Yes, it's my pleasure to offer resolution 2026
0391006. This is warrant number 6B is approval of claims which is $3,158,415.94 and a utility warrant 6B in the amount of $390,487.35. >> Second. All in favor. >> I. 1007 is authorized agreement for ESRI which is ArcGIS maintenance for 2026. This comes from their quote provided on 4/21/2026 and the service cost is $1,056.36. >> Second. All in favor. >> I. 1008 is appoint student intern one to the Aquacultural Department Allison Cardoza at hourly rate of $19 an hour effective June 29th, 2026. >> Second. All in favor. >> I. 1009 is appoint student intern one in the Aquacultural Department Lillian Gould at hourly Excuse me. Hourly rate of $19 effective June 29th, 2026. >> Second. All in favor. >> I. 1010 establish leave bank share time for highway employee. >> Second. All in favor. >> I.
0401011 is appoint student intern one in the Aquacultural Department Layla Healey at hourly rate of $19 effective June 29th, 2026. >> Second. All in favor. >> I. 1012 is appoint seasonal employees in Recreational Department for June 2026. Names listed below retroactive to June 16th, 2026. >> Second. All in favor. >> I. 1013 is appoint full-time groundskeeper to the Parks Department Javier Pena at hourly rate of $24.99 at $51,982.11 annually. Grade 14 starting step retroactive to June 17th, 2026. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 1014 appoint full-time groundskeeper one in the Parks Department, Jose Flores. Uh again, this is uh hourly rate of $24.99, uh which is $51,982.11 annually. Grade 14 starting step retroactive to June 17th, 2026. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 1015 is set bid EH26-029. This is Fort
041Hill Cemetery for interments made in this contract to Peter Joyce Seaside Landscaping Pools and cost in year one is $30,124.64. Renewal options are listed below. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 1016 is a budget modification for the Highway Department to offset insurance recovery costs. This is uh where we're increasing the budget lines for insurance recoveries in the amount of $20,000 and then increasing the expenditure line for motor vehicle repair in the same amount. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 1017 is a notice to bidders EH26-039. This is a tractor for the Parks and Recreation. The bid is available June 18th, 2026. The bid is due back July 2nd, 2026. Please contact the Purchasing Department at 631-324-4183 with any questions. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 1018 is a notice
042to bidders EH26-041. This is for the Joint Field Facility. Made in a service bid. The bid is available June 18th, 2026. The bid is due back July 9th, 2026. Again, please contact the Purchasing Department 631-324-4183 with further questions. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 1019 is appoint seasonal lifeguard in Recreation Department, Matthew De Sena, senior lifeguard hourly rate of $27.04 retroactive to June 8th, 2026. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> 1020 is a set bid EH26-00 Sorry, 033. This is surplus oyster seed for 2026 to John Nicholas from East from East Hampton Oyster Company and Michael Cockell. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> Resolution 1021 is a set bid EH26-037. This is a purchase and delivery of personal watercraft. This is a re-bid from the Long Island
043Kawasaki and Yamaha in the amount of $17,094. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> 1022 is retained engineering services for LK McLean Associates Associates DPC for the Montauk Playhouse playground upgrade. The proposal was from June 8th, 2026. Total is not to exceed 19,500. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> 1023 is a terminate seasonal employees in the recreation department uh did not work retroactive to June 15th, 2026. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 1024 is uh for local law to amend uh chapter 255 zoning of the East Hampton Town Code to amend the definition of affordable housing uh affordable housing for affordable housing unit. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> Oppose. >> 1025 appoint seasonal lifeguard in recreation department Tyler Metz uh hourly rate of $25.96 retroactive
044to June 15th, 2026. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Discussion before that? Sure. >> Tyler Metz is John Ryan Senior's grandson uh from the from Meg Ryan who I went to high school with and her husband Eric Metz. It is uh one of Big John who is I would say the first family of lifeguard in the town of East Hampton's another one of the family members that are become a town lifeguard. I welcome having Tyler on. >> Second. >> favor. >> Aye. >> 1026 is the point seasonal employees in the parks department June 2026. Uh names, positions, pay rates, start dates listed below. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> 1027 is title changes for lifeguards June 2026. Uh names, positions, uh start dates listed listed below. >> Second. >> All in
045favor. >> Aye. >> 1028 is a budget modification for buildings and grounds. Uh this would be for year-end utility costs where we're taking $30,000, decreasing it from full-time salaries, and increasing office expense in the same amount. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 1029 is authorize a New York State Consolidated funding application uh application for the Lieutenant Lee Hayes Youth Park uh renovations. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> I have resolution 1030 which is a notice of a public hearing to accept a scenic and conservation easement for nine South Ferncroft Cro Ferncroft Place. Um the town board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, July 16th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. The grantor is Joseph Catalano. The location is South nine South Ferncroft Place. The uh and the reviewing agency is the planning
046board. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> Resolution 1031 is to schedule a public hearing uh for a grant of scenic and conservation easement at 450 Old Stone Highway. The town board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, July 16th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. The grantor is Glenn Leech and Lynn uh Stefani. The uh location is 450 Old Stone Highway in Springs, and the reviewing agency is the Zoning Board of Appeals. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> Resolution 1032 is a uh promotion and provisional appointment to senior planner for Christopher Stoker. Christopher Stoker is a full-time planner two with the planning department and the town planning director has requested that Mr. Stoker be promoted to senior planner. Resolve that Christopher Stoker is hereby promoted and appointed on a provisional basis
047to the full-time position of senior planner with the planning department. Um at 85,221.97 cents annually for 40-hour work week and this is effective retroactive to June 15th, 2026. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> Resolution 1033 is an increase in cap and budget modification for the building department. Pursuant to resolution 540, the town of East Hampton retained the services of Greenlight Technologies for plan review and zoning compliance services for various residential and commercial type construction projects. Whereas the cost of the service was not to exceed $25,000. Whereas the town board would like to increase the cap on cost for services by $50,000 for a total amount not to exceed $75,000. Resolve that town board approves an increase in the cap for services in the amount of $50,000 and the not to exceed is
048a is for $75,000. So the budget office is directed to make the following modifications. Decrease full-time salaries in the amount of 50,000 and increase outside professional in the same amount. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> Resolution 1030 is approval of various special events for June and July 2026. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> Resolution 1035. This is a provisional appointment to office assistant for Steve Steven Verdugo at an hourly rate of $26.21, which is an annual salary of $47,000.70 for a 35-hour work week effective June 22nd, 2026. Sec- I apologize. Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> Left me hanging there, Dave. >> I did for a little bit. I apologize. I wasn't used to it. >> used to seconding you. >> Trust me, he deserves He deserves
049that appointment. >> Yes. [laughter] >> Resolution 10 1036. This is notice of public hearing to amend chapter 255 zoning of the East Hampton Town Code for the creation of rent-restricted employer-sponsored housing definition and special permit standards. Public hearing to be held on July 16th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Aye. Resolution 1037. This is a budget modification for the town clerk to decrease the budget line for full-time salaries in the amount of $1,500 and increase furniture and fixtures in the same amount. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Aye. Resolution 1038. This is a budget modification for the Office of Housing and Community Development to decrease budget line for construction of community housing in the amount of $4,000 and increase the budget lines for heat in the amount of $2,000,
050light and power in the amount of $1,000, and water in the amount of $1,000. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Aye. >> Resolution 1039. This is the list appointment from provisional to justice court clerk uh for care Spanish-speaking, sorry, for Carolina Lopez Ferraro. >> Second. >> And I'm sorry, and no change in an hourly rate effective retroactively to June 15th, 2026. >> Re-second. >> All in favor? >> Aye. Resolution 1040. This is to adopt the accessory dwelling unit construction assistant pilot program dated June 2026. This is for to budget $1,000,000 from the community housing funds for loans in the amount up to $100,000 for the construction of ADUs to eligible tenants. The program will begin on Monday, June 22nd, 2026, and interested parties may review detailed details regarding the program on the town's website
051starting then or contact East Hampton Town Office of Housing and Community Development. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Aye. >> I have resolution 2026-1041. It's to amend resolution 2026-975. The effective date for a police officer, Christian Rivera's appointment should be June 19th, 2026. Second. All in favor. >> I. [laughter] >> 1042, approve payments for services. Gregory Schaefer is approved approved to be paid as per the Town of East Hampton Superior Officers Association contract for services pursuant to a pending court matter. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> I. >> 1043 is to approve payments for services for Luke Back De Marra to be paid as per the Town of East Hampton's PBA contract for services pursuant to a pending court matter. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> I. >> 1044 is to increase
052the cap for the law office of Vincent Toomey general matters for 2026, constituting a total of $100,000. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> I. >> 1045 is a list appointment to public safety dispatcher one to the East Hampton Town Police Department for Jesse Rosas Romo Marquis. And Jesse Rosas Romo Marquis is hereby appointed to the full-time position of public safety dispatcher one at the annual rate of $60,454.36 effective June 1st. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> I. >> 1046 is a list appointment to police officer for Trinity Reed. Trinity Reed is hereby appointed to the full-time position of police officer with the police officer with the East Hampton Town Police Department and an annual salary of $69,210.62 effective June 28th. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> I. >> 1047 is a budget
053modification for the town attorney. This is for insurance deductible payments. We're decreasing um contingency in the A fund by 5,000 and B and contingency in the B fund for 25,000 and increasing other in the A fund for 5,000 and insurance in the B fund for 25,000. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 10:48 is a notice to bidders. It's bid number EH26-040. This is for HVAC repair, service, and installation for communication towers. The bid is available June 25th and due back July 16th. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 10:49 is time and attendance software. We need to amend the resolution 2025-627 and this is for a change order to extend the migration process by 90 days for the cost of $11,250. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 10:50 is to
054promote Nicholas Kachanis to police sergeant with the East Hampton Town Police Department. Nicholas Kachanis is hereby appointed to the position of police sergeant with the East Hampton Town Police Department at the annual salary of $165,628 and 49 cents effective June 21st. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 10:51 is the list appointment for Daniel Donato to police officer and to the police academy. Daniel Donato is appointed to the position of police officer with the East Hampton Town Police Department at the annual salary of $69,000 and 62 cents effective June 1st and then Daniel will be placed on an unpaid leave of absence beginning that date until the start of the Suffolk County Police Department Police Academy. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 10:52 is to pay an Nimer deductible to Bance Guerrero-Vergara
055in the amount of $25,000. Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 10:53 is to retain Certilman Balin Balin Adler and Hyman LLP for the Town of East Hampton Building Department versus Maccarria and Stahler. This is uh in an amount not to exceed $15,000 for the appeal of this lawsuit. Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> 1054 is a budget modification for the town attorney in the B fund and this is to retain outside counsel. We're decreasing contingency in the amount of $15,000 and increasing outside professional in the same amount. Second, all in favor. >> Aye. >> 1055 is to appoint volunteer student intern to the East Hampton Town Police Department, Mary Borrows, and this is for academic credit and it's effective June 24th, 2026. Second, all in favor. >> Aye. >> 1056 is to authorize
056a payment to Source Pass for a past due invoice in the amount of $2,438.80. Second, all in favor. >> Aye. >> 1057 is to appoint detectives with the East Hampton Town Police Department. Tyler Gilbride and Jack Bory are hereby appointed to detective with the East Hampton Town Police Department at an annual salary of 150, 157,739.44 cents effective June 21st. Second, all in favor. >> Aye. >> 1058 is to authorize the New York State Consolidated Funding Application for Sammy's Beach bulkhead replacement and this is a grant that we are going to apply for in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000. Second, all in favor. >> Aye. >> 1059 is to authorize a refund to the New York State DEC for a grant and this is in the amount of $62,244.92. Second, all in favor. >> Aye.
057>> Resolution 1060, this is for 19 Joshua Edwards Court in East Hampton to rescind a contract of sale between the Town of East Hampton and Paula Aguadella. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> Resolution 1061, this is for 54 Tub Oarsman Road in East Hampton to rescind a contract of sale between the Town of East Hampton and Melissa Anderson. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> Resolution 1062, this is a a permissive referendum for affordable housing Town of East Hampton to Melissa Anderson at 19 Joshua Edwards Court in East Hampton. Um, this is for a purchase price of $216,850 and also the assumption of a home lean in the amount of $95,000. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> Oh, sorry. Resolution 1063 is to amend resolution 2026-981 release
058of a performance bond to South Fork Wind LLC in the amount of $571,567.46. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> Last resolution I have is 1064. It's a budget modification for the finance department for anticipated year-end insurance expenses. Uh, we're decreasing New York State retirement for the housing office in the amount of $1,250 and decreasing New York State retirement for sanitation in the amount of $10,000. We're increasing the housing insurance line in the amount of $1,250 and increasing sanitation insurance in the amount of $10,000. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> I'd like to make a motion to go into executive session for the discussion on matters pertaining to litigation. >> Second. All in favor. >> Aye. >> Thank you everyone for joining us and thank you Matthew with