Southold
Town Board members Bill Ruland and Jim Dinizio concurred.
Town Board member Bill Ruland said as the hearing drew to a close that it was clear from the public comments that the issue needed to be visited again and include involvement of people with expertise on the subject, including the working group, the town's agricultural advisory committee and others who offered their help Tuesday evening.
The field of candidates for local office in the fall election gained two entrants in the past week, as former Woodstock councilwoman Terrie Rosenblum announced that she would run for town supervisor and current
Town Board member Bill McKenna declared that he would seek another term on the board.
Not exact matches
The
bill would allow for the mayors from the various
towns some park districts serve to appoint four additional
members to their five -
member boards.
A letter to the
town board authored by Eddy was read — it objected to the
bill he received from the
town for $ 1,282 to reimburse taxpayers for the cost of his inquiry to the
town's Attorney months ago requesting advice on the tie vote in the November election and the legality of the subsequent «holdover» of incumbent
board member Gail Seaman — to which Eddy had opposed.
On the
Town Board, incumbent council
members Jill Doherty and
Bill Ruland will seek re-election as will Supervisor Scott Russell, who is expected to face Democratic challenger Damon Rallis.
Mr. Hammerle was a
member of the
board during the tenure of former
Town Supervisor Bill McGintee, whose financial mismanagement resulted in charges against the onetime town budget officer, Ted Hults, in Mr. McGintee's resignation, and in an internal town fund deficit that was just recently tallied at $ 27 mill
Town Supervisor
Bill McGintee, whose financial mismanagement resulted in charges against the onetime
town budget officer, Ted Hults, in Mr. McGintee's resignation, and in an internal town fund deficit that was just recently tallied at $ 27 mill
town budget officer, Ted Hults, in Mr. McGintee's resignation, and in an internal
town fund deficit that was just recently tallied at $ 27 mill
town fund deficit that was just recently tallied at $ 27 million.
On Friday, Vecchio and
town board members Tom McCarthy and Lynne Nowick released a letter urging committee
members to attend the convention and vote for them instead of allowing
town Republican chairman
Bill Ellis to cast proxy votes.
The party previously screened Raymond Negron, a Mount Sinai attorney and Purple Heart recipient; John Kreutz, deputy receiver of taxes in Brookhaven
Town; Mattituck attorney Stephen Kiely; Southold
Town Trustee Bob Ghosio; attorney Anthony Palumbo of New Suffolk;
Bill Faulk of Manorville, a former Ed Romaine aide; and Southold
Town Board member Chris Talbot.
Town Supervisor
Bill Wilkinson said that, «because of the number of inquiries we were getting,»
board members had stepped in and reviewed the original proposals for the Otis Road concession on Thursday morning.
On the
Town Board, incumbent council
members Jill Doherty and
Bill Ruland will all seek re-election.
Although Southold
Town Board members discussed reservations they have about a
bill in the state Legislature to create a Peconic Bay Regional Transportation Council during a work session last month, Supervisor Scott Russell said Tuesday they haven't dismissed it altogether.
Members of the
Town Board had publicly signaled their reluctance to raise taxes past the tax levy cap, which would not only add more than $ 100 to the average tax
bill but also cancel a tax credit residents get when their municipalities remain under the cap.
Others who screened Monday include
Bill Faulk, who served as an aide to Mr. Romaine during his time in the Legislature; former Conservative Committee chair James Saladino; Catherine Stark, the daughter of former
town supervisor and councilman Jim Stark who now serves as chief of staff to County Legislator Jay Schniederman; Frank Seabrook; a ZBA
member and conservative blogger; and Ed Densieski, a
town Planning
Board member and former Riverhead councilman.
The focus of the ensuing fracas, however, was the section governing appearances by officers and employees before
town agencies — the provision that, according to a June 26 finding by the Ethics
Board, council
members Cathy Magarelli and
Bill McKenna violated when they attended a Planning
Board meeting last year.
Signaling a formal start to the campaign season, Woodstock supervisor Jeremy Wilber and
Town Board members Cathy Magarelli and
Bill
Signaling a formal start to the campaign season, Woodstock supervisor Jeremy Wilber and
Town Board members Cathy Magarelli and
Bill McKenna stated their cases for reelection at an August 19 forum that drew about two dozen residents, including acknowledged supporters of the three incumbents, to
Town Hall.
Photo: From right,
town attorney Bill Duffy with Town Board members Jim Dinizio and Bob Ghosio at Tuesday's work sess
town attorney
Bill Duffy with
Town Board members Jim Dinizio and Bob Ghosio at Tuesday's work sess
Town Board members Jim Dinizio and Bob Ghosio at Tuesday's work session.
East Hampton
Town Ethics Committee East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson announced last Thursday night that the town ethics board had found no wrongdoing after being asked to look into whether Len Bernard, the budget officer, had acted improperly in corresponding from his town office with the state comptroller and a member of the press regarding assertions in campaign literature for Zachary Cohen, Mr. Wilkinson's Democratic challenger in the November elect
Town Ethics Committee East Hampton
Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson announced last Thursday night that the town ethics board had found no wrongdoing after being asked to look into whether Len Bernard, the budget officer, had acted improperly in corresponding from his town office with the state comptroller and a member of the press regarding assertions in campaign literature for Zachary Cohen, Mr. Wilkinson's Democratic challenger in the November elect
Town Supervisor
Bill Wilkinson announced last Thursday night that the
town ethics board had found no wrongdoing after being asked to look into whether Len Bernard, the budget officer, had acted improperly in corresponding from his town office with the state comptroller and a member of the press regarding assertions in campaign literature for Zachary Cohen, Mr. Wilkinson's Democratic challenger in the November elect
town ethics
board had found no wrongdoing after being asked to look into whether Len Bernard, the budget officer, had acted improperly in corresponding from his
town office with the state comptroller and a member of the press regarding assertions in campaign literature for Zachary Cohen, Mr. Wilkinson's Democratic challenger in the November elect
town office with the state comptroller and a
member of the press regarding assertions in campaign literature for Zachary Cohen, Mr. Wilkinson's Democratic challenger in the November election.
Ms. Jones said that UpIsland party leadership chose not to endorse Mr. Wilkinson's Republican running mates, Steven Gaines and Richard Haeg, candidates for the
town board and instead provided de facto support for the local designees,
Bill Mott, an Independence Party
member, and Marilyn Behan, a Democrat who received Wilson Pakula authorization from party leaders to run on the Independence Party line.
Carole Anderson, a Zoning
Board of Appeals
member for the
town of Wesley Hills, also stated that she was already preparing for a second
bill.
Calverton resident Greg Fischer and two other men,
Bill Jurow, a Mastic Beach attorney, and Roger Scott Lewis, who is a Democratic committee
member in Southampton
Town, brought the suit against the
Board of Elections in Suffolk County, Nassau County and New York State on the grounds that LIPA trustees should be elected, not appointed, as they are currently.