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Votes at a glance: Amityville Board approves licenses, purchases, contracts and budget items
Summary
At its June 8, 2026 meeting the Board of Trustees approved minutes, multiple licenses, vendor payments and capital purchases, authorized a fireworks contract and accepted two resolutions; most votes were unanimous with one abstention recorded.
The Village of Amityville Board of Trustees on June 8, 2026, approved a slate of routine municipal actions, including minutes, licenses, vendor payments, capital purchases for Triangle Park and public-works equipment, a fireworks contract, and two resolutions. Most motions carried unanimously; one item recorded an abstention.
Key outcomes and motions recorded in the minutes include: approve minutes (motion by Trustee Adam Ansanelli; second by Trustee Roger Smith; vote 5–0); new landscaper license for HJR Landscaping (motion by Trustee Robert Russo; 5–0); cabaret renewal for Sophia at 71 Merrick Road (motion by Trustee Roger Smith; 5–0); consolidated approval of 13 storage-of-trailer applications (motion by Trustee Smith; 5–0); approval of a temporary storage container for Gail Wunsch (vote recorded 4 ayes, 0 nays, 1 abstain — Trustee Adam Ansanelli abstained).
Financial and contract approvals recorded: voucher abstract for May 21–June 3, 2026 (approved); contract with American Fireworks for Aug. 22, 2026 display ($7,325.00; approved); payments for employee benefits and insurance including Aflac ($3,203.11) and Arthur J. Gallagher ($3,651.00); audit billings to Nawrocki Smith, LLP ($27,500.00); Proclaim Inc. ($4,712.49); S.J. Hoerning Construction for interior alterations to Bennett Place Firehouse ($35,254.50); Rosenbauer pumper annual payment to Santander Bank, N.A. ($111,613.45); Country Casual Teak (12 benches for Triangle Park, $17,499.06); Henderson Products (6-wheel dump truck body, $135,927.00); Joseph’s Garden & Greenhouse (flowers, $7,480.15); Magniflood, Inc. (7 decorative light poles, $23,975.00); Walpole Outdoors (10 planter boxes, $4,178.00). Each of these motions was moved, seconded and recorded as carried in the minutes.
Other business: the Board approved an Amityville PBA request to use Village Beach Pavilion and the softball field on Aug. 27, 2026 for a fundraising event (approved 5–0). The Board also approved a budget modification for the Fire Department shifting $1,886.37 from training to celebration (approved 5–0).
The Board recorded approval of Resolution No. 26-06-08-01 extending the multiple-dwelling moratorium for six months and Resolution No. 26-06-08-02 accepting the annual examination of the Amityville Justice Court audit for June 1, 2024–May 31, 2025 (both approved 5–0). Public comment is recorded as having included Diane Mellish of 22 S. Ketcham Ave.; the minutes do not include the text of her remarks. The meeting adjourned at 7:19 p.m.
Votes recorded in the minutes are presented as recorded; where the minutes do not supply further detail (for example, contract terms or outreach plans) those items are described as not specified in the minutes.
