Politics & Government
Village Board Reappoints Members, Sets Meetings
The board, led by Mayor Tom Brennan, meets for its annual reorganization meeting to make official several reappointments and resolutions.
The Village of Lindenhurst Board of Trustees met this week at for its reorganization meeting where it reappointed several members of the various boards, and set its meeting schedule for the year.
The board also spoke about and the at the same meeting, as reported by Lindenhurst Patch.
The board also established standard monthly hours for elected and appointed officials, in accordance with the NYS and local employees’ retirement system guidelines that require standard work days for elected officials. The table below outlines those that were established at the meeting.
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In addition, the board set the village’s fiscal year once again for March 1, 2011 to February 29, 2012, and re-established that it’ll meet the first and third Tuesday of each month except for July and August. The table below lists all of the meetings, which will be held at the village hall, unless otherwise noted.
Several of the meetings will be at 2:30 p.m., while the majority will be at 7:30 p.m.
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“We try to have several meetings in the afternoon a year so that seniors who can’t come in the evening can attend,” noted Trustee Mike Lavorata.
The board also established that residents with disabilities who wish to attend a regularly scheduled village board meeting but cannot access the second-floor village courtroom could request it be held at a handicapped-accessible location.
Such requests must be made a minimum of 10 days prior to any scheduled meeting via the village clerk’s office.
Mayor Tom Brennan also put forth that J.P. Morgan Chase Manhattan Bank, Citibank, Capital One Bank and New York Cooperative Liquid Securities Systems (NYCLASS) be designated as the official depositories of Lindenhurst. The motion was unanimously carried.
In addition, the board set the official mileage reimbursement for the use of private vehicles on official village business at $0.505 per mile.
It also reaffirmed it sexual harassment and American with Disabilities employment policies, as well as its investment policy for the village and purchasing policy for goods and services for the village – the full text of each one is available for review in the office of the village clerk-treasurer.
The tables below outline the reappointed positions, established job hours and the newly set meeting schedule.
Reappointments passed at the reorganization meeting:
Name
Position
Term Length
Kevin McCaffrey
deputy mayor
one year
Douglas Madlon
deputy village administrator clerk
one year
Douglas Madlon
deputy registrar of vital statistics
one year
Gerard Glass
village attorney
one year
Law firm of Glass and Glass
general counsel
one year
Gerard Glass
special assistant district attorney
one year
Maureen Glass
special assistant district attorney
one year
James McDonaugh
associate justice
one year
Louise Schrader
deputy treasurer
one year
Claire Collins
assistant to the mayor
one year
Gerard Glass
member of the non-conforming use board
one year
Douglas Madlon
member of the non-conforming use board
one year
Lauren VanKirk
member of the planning board
seven years
John Liebl
chairperson of the planning board
one year
Richard Burke
deputy chairperson of the planning board
one year
Eric Landau
member of the zoning board of appeals
five years
Patrick Pichichero
ZBA chairperson
one year
Brian McHugh
member of the two-family review board
seven years
Margaret Allar
chairperson of the two-family review board
one year
Howard Boynton
deputy chairperson for the two-family review board
one year
Evelyn Ellis
village historian
one year
Johanna Sandy
village museum director
one year
Mike Canobbio
summer youth director
one year
Ray Marko
assessor
three years
Evelyn Chivvis
secretary to the village board
one year
Hours per month established for village elected and appointed officials set at the reorganization meeting:
Position
Name
Hours Set per Month
Mayor
Tom Brennan
80 hours
Trustee/Deputy Mayor
Kevin McCaffrey
48 hours
Trustee
Maryann Weckerle
48 hours
Trustee
Mike Lavorata
48 hours
Trustee
Jodi Caravella
48 hours
Village Justice
H. John Bopp
28 hours
Village Associate Justice
James McDonaugh
6.5 hours
Two-Family Review Board Members
Evie Sosna
16.5 hours
Planning Board Member
Joseph Barone
12 hours
Planning Board Member
John Liebl
12 hours
Planning Board Member
Lauren VanKirk
12 hours
Planning Board Member
Richard Burke
12 hours
Planning Board Member
John Reynolds
12 hours
The set meeting schedule for the village board for the next year:
Date
Time
April 5, 2011
7:30 p.m.
April 19, 2011
7:30 p.m.
May 3, 2011
7:30 p.m.
May 17, 2011
7:30 p.m.
June 7, 2011
7:30 p.m.
June 21, 2011
2:30 p.m.
September 6, 2011
7:30 p.m.
September 20, 2011
7:30 p.m.
October 4, 2011
2:30 p.m.
October 18, 2011
7:30 p.m.
November 1, 2011*
2:30 p.m.
November 15, 2011
7:30 p.m.
December 6, 2011
7:30 p.m.
December 20, 2011
7:30 p.m.
January 3, 2012
7:30 p.m.
January 17, 2012
7:30 p.m.
February 7, 2012
7:30 p.m.
February 21, 2012
2:30 p.m.
March 6, 2012
7:30 p.m.
March 20, 2012
7:30 p.m.
All meetings will be held at village hall. Work sessions for all evening meetings shall precede the regular meeting and begin at 6 p.m. Work sessions for all day meetings shall precede the regular meeting and start at 2 p.m.
*Election Day
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