Votes at a glance: Mineola trustees approve budget and authorize multiple repairs, contracts and permits
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Summary
At its April 9 meeting the Mineola Board approved the 2025–26 budget and adopted resolutions authorizing repairs, contracts and permits including sewer and streetlight repairs, Wilson Park rehabilitation and several vendor contracts.
The Village of Mineola Board of Trustees recorded a series of formal actions during its April 9 meeting. The board adopted the fiscal year 2025–26 budget and passed multiple contract and permit resolutions, including emergency infrastructure repairs and capital contracts for park rehabilitation.
Key actions recorded in the meeting minutes and motion commentary included:
- Adopt homestead adjusted base proportions for tax year 2025–26 (motion carried).
- Adopt the 2025–26 village budget (motion by Trustee Clark, second by Trustee Soloski; resolution adopted).
- Approve the Villageresolution closing the March 12 public hearing and adopt the environmental negative declaration (transcript phrase used "CEQA" but Mineola is subject to New YorkState environmental review law; staff offered and the board adopted the negative declaration and proceeded to vote on the application).
- Approve a land-use application for which the Nassau County Planning Commission returned a local determination (motion carried; roll-call recorded for that application: Trustee Clark: yes; Deputy Mayor Debbie Sartore: yes; Trustee Casado: yes; Trustee Saloski: yes; Mayor Ferrer: yes).
- Approve a procession permit for Corpus Christi Church for April 18, 2025, 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. along the route in the agenda (motion carried).
- Approve the membership of four candidates to Mineola Fire Department companies (motion carried).
- Authorize emergency sewer repair on Westbury Avenue (contractor: Orchid Water and Sewer Contracting) at $23,780; funding from the 2024–25 General Fund budget or reserves (motion carried).
- Authorize streetlight repairs on Pembroke Drive, Grama Drive, Green Tree Road and Arlington Street (vendor Dennis O'Regan Electric), estimated $46,898; funding from the 2024–25 General Fund budget or reserves (motion carried).
- Authorize removal and replacement of 11 plastic and one galvanized water service lines uncovered during 2024 road work (Orchid Water and Sewer Contracting), $63,010; funding from the 2024–25 General Fund budget or reserves (motion carried).
- Award rehabilitation of Wilson Park (piggyback contract with Town of Huntington) to Land Tech Group for $1,090,403; funding from the 2025–26 General Fund budget or reserves (motion carried).
- Authorize installation of pathway lights for the Wilson Park project (Dennis O'Regan Electric) for $116,842 (motion carried).
- Approve change order No. 7 to plumbing contract for Well No. 4 removal and disposal of clear well coating (Benson Contracting), $74,700; funded from existing contract allowances, with no net change to the overall contract amount (motion carried).
- Approve fence repairs and installations (Island Fence), $20,970; funding from the 2024–25 General Fund budget or reserves (motion carried).
- Proclaim April 25, 2025, as Arbor Day in the Village of Mineola (motion carried).
- Approve bills and payroll (motion carried).
Most motions were moved and seconded by trustees or the deputy mayor and recorded as "Aye" with no recorded "No" votes in the transcript excerpts provided. Several votes were adopted by roll call when required or requested by the board; where roll-call names were read in the transcript, they are recorded above.