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Hempstead board adopts parking and traffic rules, approves administrative calendar
Summary
The Town of Hempstead Town Board closed multiple public hearings and adopted local laws on parking/standing, arterial stops and handicap parking; it also approved its administrative calendar (items 5–34) in a unanimous vote.
The Town of Hempstead Town Board on March 2025 closed public hearings and adopted a set of local laws affecting parking and traffic across several hamlets and villages, and approved an administrative calendar that bundled items 5 through 34.
Board members voted unanimously to adopt a proposed local law regarding parking and standing prohibitions in Bay Park, Merrick, Oceanside, Wantagh and near Westbury after no public speakers signed in on the item. Councilwoman Miller moved to close the public hearing and adopt the item; the motion passed with all members voting aye.
The board also adopted a proposed local law establishing arterial stops near Malvern and Merrick and a proposed local law establishing handicap parking on public streets in Bellmore, Elmont and Merrick; both carried without public comment. The board then considered a proposed amendment to Chapter 70 (Department of Water rates and regulations) related to returned payments; a staff speaker explained the change clarifies modern payment methods and raises the returned-payment fee from $15 to $20 for returned or bounced payments.
After handling the public hearings the board voted to approve the administrative calendar, which the clerk identified as items 5 through 34. The administrative calendar included a range of routine approvals and contract awards listed on the board’s website, including a licensing fee payment for broadcast music ($8,263 on the posted agenda), an awarded bid for roadway reconstruction and drainage improvements, an $800,000 electrical upgrade for town facilities, an amended lease with Saint George’s Episcopal Church and a competitively bid, no-cost contract for removal of pesticides and lawn products stored at Point Lookout. The administrative calendar motion passed unanimously.
All recorded roll calls on these items show only “aye” votes from Supervisor Clavin, Councilman Dunne, Deputy Supervisor Dorothy Goosby, Councilwoman Miller, Councilman Muscarella, Councilwoman Ryder and Councilman Schneider; no nays, abstentions or recusals were recorded in the transcript excerpts provided.
The board did not receive or record substantive public opposition on the listed items during the hearings, and several items were explained briefly by staff before the votes.
