Southampton swears in two new police officers and honors youth advisory seniors

The Southampton Town Board swore in two new police officer appointees and held a presentation honoring graduating seniors from the Youth Advisory Committee at its June 23 meeting.

The police chief recommended the appointments of two recruits (named in the meeting as Elvis Yemenz and Tyler Glorski) to attend the Suffolk County Police Academy, praising their selection and noting family attendance at the ceremony. The board approved resolutions to appoint both candidates; both took the oath to support the constitutions of the United States and New York State and to faithfully discharge the duties of Southampton Town Police Officer.

Immediately afterward the board recognized graduating seniors from the Youth Advisory Committee (YAK). Community Preservation and Youth Bureau director Tracy Coulson and council liaison (identified in the record as Councilman Aasili) highlighted the committee's community-service work. Coulson and Aasili said the graduating seniors collectively contributed thousands of volunteer hours; staff cited an aggregate volunteer-hours value of about $36.14 per hour (a national volunteer-time estimate) and projected the seniors' work this year represented more than $32,000 in value to the community.

Councilman Aasili praised the Youth Bureau's programs — including youth-government exercises, talent shows and GSA activities — and presented certificates and cords to participating seniors. Staff read names and service-hour counts for multiple students, including examples recorded in the meeting (Annabelle Nigen over 82 hours; Minor Fuentes 78 hours; Sarah Chami 103 hours; Evelyn Garcia 105 hours). Board members and the audience applauded.

The board's actions were recorded in the meeting minutes by voice vote as the two appointments and the youth recognitions were completed on the record.

Attributions: the police chief and Tracy Coulson (Youth Bureau director) spoke on the record at the meeting.