Fire, Water Votes Set for Tuesday

Voters around Huntington will elect commissioners to fire and water boards Tuesday, with a $4.5-million bond issue topping the ballot for the Huntington Fire Department.

The department wants to renovate its 1958 building, fixing wear-and-tear problems, finding more space in the building and creating training areas in a utility building across from its main building.

In addition, said Ed Erickson, a fire commissioner who is running for re-election unopposed, the department needs to upgrade its communications system and move a generator from the basement. "We have a shallow water table," he said, and the generator has to be moved to higher ground should the waters rise in a storm. He said that if the bond passes, the department would have to seek bids and sell bonds, meaning the renovations probalby wouldn't start until mid-2013.

The utility building work has two purposes, he said. "One is to place equipment we have to keep outside now and use it as a training facilty. Volunteer departments are getting more requests for training on their own. We have to do it close at home," he said.

Commissioners are running unopposed in the following districts:

Halesite Fire Department: Wayne Jeno running to replace Robert Waring, who is stepping down. Voting from 6-9 p.m.

Huntington Manor Fire Department: Incumbent Dane R. Martin running. Voting from 3-9 p.m.,  department HQ, 1650 New York Ave., Huntington Station.

South Huntington Water District: Incumbent Dominick Feeney. Voting from 3-9 p.m. at 75 Fifth Ave. South, Huntington Station, and at the King of Kings Evangelical Lutheran Church, (Ante-Room), 2601 New York Ave., Melville.

Greenlawn Water District: James M. Logan, chairman of the board of commissioners. Voting is 3-9 p.m. at 45 Railroad St., Greenlawn.

Greenlawn Fire Department: Incumbent Larry Ancewicz. Voting runs from 6-9 p.m. at the Greenlawn Fire Department 23 Boulevard Ave., Greenlawn.