HomeMy WebLinkAboutAG-06/24/2025 WS June 24, 2025 Town Board Work Session
Open Session
IV-1 9:00 Councilwoman Anne Smith re: Transportation Commission Requests #1. Mary
Bess Phillips with John Carter re: Request to Meet with NYSDOT on Main
Topics of Concern on State Road 25 #2. Chief Steven Grattan and
Superintendent of Highways Dan Goodwin re: Speeding Concern/Stop Sign
Request for Old Sound
IV-2 9:30 Justice Louisa Evans and Chief Steven Grattan re: Transfer of Town Vehicle to
Fishers Island
IV-3 9:45 Deborah Doty, Rotary Club of Southold Town and Tim Abrams, Building
Maintenance Supervisor re: Donation of Street Clock for Silversmith Corner
IV-4 10:00 Justice Louisa Evans and Tim Abrams, Building Maintenance Supervisor re:
Next Steps for Fishers Island Tennis/Basketball Courts
IV-5 10:15 Town Board Break
IV-6 10:30 Nick Krupski, Solid Waste Coordinator re: Equipment Purchase and Pick Up Day
for the Composter Program
IV-7 10:45 Deputy Town Attorney Jack Squicciarini with Lloyd Reisenberg, Network and
Systems Administrator re: Town Hall Annex Security- Lobby Door/Phone for
Visitors
IV-8 11:00 Lloyd Reisenberg, Network and Systems Administrator with Zac Tomaszewski,
Network & Systems Administrator re: Municity 5 Access
IV-9 11:15 Michelle Nickonovitz, Town Comptroller re: PBA Retirement Bill Financing
IV-10 11:30 Justice Louisa Evans and Michael Collins, Town Engineer re: Update on Fishers
Island Seawall Title Search
IV-11 12:00 Gwynn Schroeder, Government Liaison re: Adopting Maximum
Rental and Sales Rates for Community Housing (Follow-up from 6/10)
IV-12 Supervisor Krupski re: Free Landfill Stickers for Active-Duty Fire Department
Members
IV-13 12:30 Town Board Lunch Break
Executive Session
IV-14 Labor- Matter Involving the Employment/Appointment of a Particular Person(s)
1:00 Chief Steven Grattan
1:15 Councilwoman Anne Smith re: Town Committees
IV-15 Contracts
1:45 Lillian McCullough, Land Preservation Executive Assistant
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IV-16 Potential Acquisition(s), Sale or Lease of Real Property Where Publicity
Would Substantially Affect the Value Thereof
2:00 Lillian McCullough, Land Preservation Executive Assistant and Michael Collins,
Town Engineer
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From: Noncarrow, Denis
Sent: Friday,June 13, 2025 10:08 AM
To: Doherty,Jill; Doroski, Greg; Mudd, Jennifer; Krupski, Al; Louisa Evans; Mealy, Brian;
Noncarrow, Denis; Norklun, Stacey; Born, Sabrina; Smith,Anne; Standish, Lauren;
Tomaszewski, Michelle; Schlachter,Amy; DeChance, Paul
Subject: FW: Subject: Letter Regarding Traffic and Safety Concerns on Old Sound Avenue,
Mattituck
Attachments: Letter to Southold Town Board - Excessive speeding on Old Sound Avenue.pdf
Please see letter attached.
Thank you
Denis Noncerrow
Southold Town Clerk.
Town of Southold, New York
www.southoldtownn . 'o
denim@south ldtown 0V
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From: Carmen Cynthia Sturner [mailto:cynthia.echecopar@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday,June 13, 2025 10:05 AM
To: Noncarrow, Denis<denisn@southoldtownny.gov>
Cc: Rudder, Lynda <lynda.rudder@town.southold.ny.us>;Tomaszewski, Michelle<michellet@town.southold.ny.us>;
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Subject:Subject: Letter Regarding Traffic and Safety Concerns on Old Sound Avenue, Mattituck
Good morning,
I hope this message finds you well.
Attached is a letter addressing urgent traffic and safety concerns on Old Sound Avenue in Mattituck.
I would be grateful if you could please forward it to the appropriate Town officials and any other relevant
decision-makers.
Thank you very much for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Cynthia Sturner
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June 13, 2025
Southold Town Board
53095 Main Road
Southold, NY 11971
Subject: Urgent Concern Regardingi I venue, Maftituck
Dear Mr. Albert Krupski, Supervisor and Members of the Southold Town Board,
I am writing to you today as a concerned former long-time resident of both Mattituck and
Southold. I recently returned for a visit in May and stayed with a friend on Old Sound
Avenue, a street I have known and loved for many years.
One of the most wonderful things about this part of Mattituck has always been its
walkability. The ability for residents to safely walk to Love Lane and the Mattituck
shopping plaza is a treasure. Historically, traffic on Old Sound Avenue reflected its
residential character. Even ten years ago, drivers were mindful, and speeds rarely
exceeded the appropriate limit for a neighborhood with families, young children, seniors,
and pets. The road has long served not just as a connector, but as a community space
where residents walk, jog, bicycle, and enjoy time outdoors with their families and
neighbors.
I-n the 1990s, I served on the Southold Town Conservation Advisory Council. That
experience deepened my appreciation for the town's commitment not only to preserving
natural resources but also to enhancing the quality of life for residents through the
protection of scenic corridors and environmentally sensitive areas. Old Sound Avenue
has long embodied that spirit—a road that invites walking, reflection, and connection to
the land. It is also part of a significant wildlife corridor.
However, during my recent stay, I was shocked and deeply concerned by the excessive
and dangerous speeds at which vehicles now travel down this road. The quiet,
pedestrian-friendly nature of the avenue has been replaced by a constant stream of
cars going well over 40 miles per hour, treating it like a highway rather than a residential
street. This creates an unacceptable risk for everyone who lives there, especially
pedestrians who have no choice but to walk on the shoulder of the road.
I urge you to please look into this matter with the urgency it deserves. The current
situation is an accident waiting to happen. I respectfully request that the Board consider
implementing traffic calming measures, including but not limited to: increased police
presence, more prominent and frequent speed limit signage, and the installation of a
three-way stop sign at the intersection of Old Sound Avenue and Factory Avenue,
where visibility is limited and pedestrian crossings are particularly dangerous. Such
interventions would go a long way in restoring safety, preserving the residential
character of the neighborhood, and protecting the natural environment that makes
Mattituck so special.
Thank you for your time and for your service to the town of Southold. I trust you will give
this important issue your full attention.
Sincerely,
Cynthia Sturner
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631-255-1745
CC: Ms. Anne Smith, Town Board Member, and Southold Town Transportation Commission
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ROTARY CLUB OF SOUTHOLD, L.I., NY, INC.
P.O. BOX 420, SOUTHOLD, NEW YORK 11971
DISTRICT 7255 CHARTERED FEBRUARY 1948
June 17, 2025
BY HAND
Supervisor Albert J. Krupski, Jr. and Members of the Board
Town of Southold
53095 Main Road
Southold,NY 11971
RE: Donation of Street Clock
Dear Supervisor Krupski and Members of the Board:
The Rotary Club of Southold wishes to donate a street clock to be installed in
Silversmith's Comer on the comer of Main Road and Railroad Avenue.
The proposed clock would be the small "Howard" model (or similar) manufactured by
Electric Time Company. It will be a 4-dial clock and almost I Ptall. A 36" concrete pad to
support the clock and a dedicated electrical line will be required. The clock will bear Southold
Rotary's name,the Rotary logo, and a remembrance of former Rotarian Burt Lewis and his wife
(both now deceased).
Enclosed is a photograph of the small "Howard" model.
Southold Rotary asks that the Board approve this request so that we may proceed with the
donation of a street clock.
Respectfully submitted,
Deborah Doty
631-734-6648
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7688
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
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IN SENATE
April 29, 2025
Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
AN ACT in relation to authorizing certain police officers in the town of
Southold, county of Suffolk, to receive certain service credit under
section 384-d of the retirement and social security law
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1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the
2 town of Southold, in the county of Suffolk, a participating employer in
3 the New York state and local police and fire retirement system which
4 previously elected to offer the optional twenty year retirement plan
5 pursuant to section 384-d of the retirement and social security law to
6 police officers employed by such town, is hereby authorized to make
7 participation in such plan available to Frank Lyburd III, a police offi-
8 cer employed by the town of Southold with a starting date of October 20,
9 2003, who, for reasons not ascribable to their own negligence, was
10 enrolled in the general retirement plan contained in section 375-i of
11 the retirement and social security law. Frank Lyburd III may elect to
12 be covered by the provisions of sections 384-d and 384-e of the retire-
13 ment and social security law and full credit shall be granted in such
14 plan for such service upon election of the town of Southold to assume
15 the additional cost of such service.
16 § 2. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the town
17 of Southold, in the county of Suffolk, a participating employer in the
18 New York state and local police and fire retirement system which previ-
19 ously elected to offer the optional twenty year retirement plan pursuant
20 to section 384-d of the retirement and social security law to police
21 officers employed by such town, is hereby authorized to make partic-
22 ipation in such plan available to Brian McNamara, Peter J. Jacobs, and
23 Roman S. Wilinski, police officers employed by the town of Southold with
24 a starting date of November 1, 2004, who, for reasons not ascribable to
EXPLANATION--Matter in it atix, (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[-] is old law to be omitted.
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1 their own negligence, were enrolled in the general retirement plan
2 contained in section 375-i of the retirement and social security law.
3 Brian McNamara, Peter J. Jacobs, and Roman S. Wilinski may elect to be
4 covered by the provisions of sections 384-d and 384-e of the retirement
5 and social security law and full credit shall be granted in such plan
6 for such service upon election of the town of Southold to assume the
7 additional cost of such service.
8 § 3. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the town
9 of Southold, in the county of Suffolk, a participating employer in the
10 New York state and local police and fire retirement system which previ-
11 ously elected to offer the optional twenty year retirement plan pursuant
12 to section 384-d of the retirement and social security law to police
13 officers employed by such town, is hereby authorized to make partic-
14 ipation in such plan available to Alex U. Chenche and Tara T. Desposito,
15 police officers employed by the town of Southold with a starting date of
16 December 15, 2014, who, for reasons not ascribable to their own negli-
17 gence, were enrolled in the general retirement plan contained in section
18 375-i of the retirement and social security law. Alex U. Chenche and
19 Tara T. Desposito may elect to be covered by the provisions of sections
20 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social security law and full cred-
21 it shall be granted in such plan for such service upon election of the
22 town of Southold to assume the additional cost of such service.
23 § 4. The town of Southold may so elect by filing with the state comp-
24 troller within six months of the effective date of this act, a resol-
25 ution of its legislative body, together with certification that such
26 police officers did not bar themselves from participation in such
27 retirement plan as a result of their own negligence. Thereafter, such
28 police officers may elect to be covered by the provisions of sections
29 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social security law, and shall be
30 entitled to full rights and benefits associated with coverage under such
31 sections, by filing a request to this effect with the state comptroller
32 within one year of the effective date of this act.
33 § 5. All costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act
34 shall be borne by the town of Southold and may be amortized over a peri-
3, od of five years.
3 § 6 This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE—Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would allow the Town of Southold to reopen the provisions of
Section 384-d, together with §384-e, of the Retirement and Social Secu-
rity Law for police officers Frank Lyburd III, Brian McNamara, Peter J.
Jacobs, Roman S. Wilinski, Alex U. Chenche, and Tara T. Desposito.
If this bill is enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session, we antic-
ipate that there will be an increase of approximately $110,000 in the
annual contributions of the Town of Southold for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2026. In future years this cost will vary but is expected to
average 9.1% of salary annually.
In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $1.45 million which will
be borne by the Town of Southold as a one-time payment. This estimate
assumes that payment will be made on February 1, 2026. If the Town of
Southold elects to amortize this cost over a 5-year period, the cost for
each year including interest would be $324,000.
These estimated costs are based on six affected members employed by
the Town of Southold, with annual salary of approximately $849,000 as of
March 31, 2024.
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Membership data as of March 31, 2024 was used in measuring the impact
of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2024 actuari-
al valuation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the
2024 Report of the Actuary and the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial
Report. The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the
2024 Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the
Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and
Control. The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in the March
31, 2024 New York State and Local Retirement System Financial Statements
and Supplementary Information.
This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viability
of the proposed change nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for
the professional judgment of an attorney. l
This estimate, dated April 23, 2025, and intended for use only during
the 2025 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2025-163. As Chief
Actuary of the New York State and Local Retirement System, I. Aaron
Schottin Young, hereby certify that this analysis complies with applica-
ble Actuarial Standards of Practice as well as the Code of Professional
Conduct and Qualification Standards for Actuaries Issuing Statements of
Actuarial Opinion of the American Academy of Actuaries, of which I am a
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