Valley Stream swears in Sharon M. Daley; board adopts appointments, contracts in reorganization meeting

Mayor Edwin A. Fair swore in Sharon M. Daley as a trustee at the Village of Valley Stream’s reorganization meeting and the board approved a series of mayoral appointments, administrative resolutions and contract items by unanimous roll call.

The reorganization meeting included the formal oath for Daley after an election the mayor described as resulting in a 10-to-1 vote in her favor. Following her swearing-in, Daley addressed the meeting: “Thank you, everybody. I appreciate your great support, and it's my privilege to serve the residents of Valley Stream.”

Why it matters: Reorganization meetings set the village’s leadership roles, committee liaisons and legal and administrative vendors for the coming municipal year. The board’s approvals establish who will serve on advisory bodies, which law firms will represent the village and which firms will provide auditing and merchant services.

What the board approved

The board moved through a consent-style calendar of mayoral appointments and routine resolutions. The mayor presented a mayoral-appointments resolution listing dozens of appointments and term lengths for boards and committees, including the planning board, board of zoning appeals, library board, ethics board and various legal counsels and deputy village attorneys. The meeting also adopted the village’s official newspapers and set the schedule for work sessions and regular meetings.

Votes at a glance (each passed by unanimous roll call unless noted)

- Resolution 060-25 (mayor appointment): Mayor Edwin A. Fair’s slate of appointments across boards and committees; outcome: approved. Vote record: Trustee Tuffarelli—yes; Trustee Jermon E. Thomas—yes; Trustee Waszak—yes; Trustee Sharon M. Daley—yes; Mayor Edwin A. Fair—yes.

- Resolution 051-25 (approve village auditors): outcome: approved. Vote record: Tuffarelli—yes; Thomas—yes; Waszak—yes; Daley—yes; Mayor Fair—yes.

- Resolution 052-25 (Michael T. Hopkins Associates, PLLC, legal services): outcome: approved. Vote record: Tuffarelli—yes; Thomas—yes; Waszak—yes; Daley—yes; Mayor Fair—yes.

- Resolution 053-25 (minutes): outcome: approved. Vote record: Tuffarelli—yes; Thomas—yes; Waszak—yes; Daley—yes; Mayor Fair—yes.

- Resolution 054-25 (unpaid taxes): outcome: approved. Vote record: Tuffarelli—yes; Thomas—yes; Waszak—yes; Daley—yes; Mayor Fair—yes.

- Resolution 055-25 (public hearing by department contract): outcome: approved. Vote record: Tuffarelli—yes; Thomas—yes; Waszak—yes; Daley—yes; Mayor Fair—yes.

- Resolution 056-25 (accept proposal — not specified in transcript): outcome: approved. Vote record: Tuffarelli—yes; Thomas—yes; Waszak—yes; Daley—yes; Mayor Fair—yes.

- Resolution 057-25 (single signal 5 fire apparatus): outcome: approved. Vote record: Tuffarelli—yes; Thomas—yes; Waszak—yes; Daley—yes; Mayor Fair—yes.

- Resolution 058-25 (Merchant Services Agreement): outcome: approved. Vote record: Tuffarelli—yes; Thomas—yes; Waszak—yes; Daley—yes; Mayor Fair—yes.

- Resolution 059-25 (use of village facilities): outcome: approved. Vote record: Tuffarelli—yes; Thomas—yes; Waszak—yes; Daley—yes; Mayor Fair—yes.

- Resolution 060-25 (unit 2 reclassification — transcript reuses the 060-25 number for multiple items; description from transcript): outcome: approved. Vote record: Tuffarelli—yes; Thomas—yes; Waszak—yes; Daley—yes; Mayor Fair—yes.

- Resolution 061-25 (unit 3 reclassification): outcome: approved. Vote record: Tuffarelli—yes; Thomas—yes; Waszak—yes; Daley—yes; Mayor Fair—yes.

- Resolution 062-25 (unit 3 contract amendment): outcome: approved. Vote record: Tuffarelli—yes; Thomas—yes; Waszak—yes; Daley—yes; Mayor Fair—yes.

- Resolution 063-25 (unit 3 designation): outcome: approved. Vote record: Tuffarelli—yes; Thomas—yes; Waszak—yes; Daley—yes; Mayor Fair—yes.

- Resolution 064-25 (payment of audited vouchers): outcome: approved. Vote record: Tuffarelli—yes; Thomas—yes; Waszak—yes; Daley—yes; Mayor Fair—yes.

Details and clarifications

- The mayor’s appointment resolution lists specific term lengths and end dates for many appointments (examples: associate village justice John L. Hiller, term ending 04/06/2026; certain planning-board members with terms ending 04/01/2030; library-board terms listed as 5 years ending 04/01/2030). Those term lengths and end dates were read into the record as part of the appointments resolution.

- The transcript duplicates the numeric label “060-25” for more than one agenda item; the record presents different subjects under that number. Where the transcript gives a resolution number and textual description, this article reports them verbatim; missing details are noted as not specified in the transcript.

What was not decided

The board’s action items were routine approvals and appointments; there were no contested votes recorded in the meeting transcript and no motions that were tabled, postponed or failed.

Next steps

The board set the schedule for its monthly work sessions (first Monday at 6:30 p.m.) and regular meetings (third Monday at 7 p.m.) and invited those listed on the reappointment calendar to sign the oath book with Village Clerk James J. Hunter. The meeting concluded with an invitation to a post-meeting reception at the Valley Stream American Legion on Roosevelt Avenue.