LONG BEACH, NY — The Long Beach City Council is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, with a 10-item agenda set for discussion.
Among the items on that agenda are amendments to the city’s trash code, purchasing ATVs for the lifeguard corps and the discussion of a $26.5 million bond ordinance to finance capital projects throughout the city.
Read on to see what’s on the city council agenda Tuesday evening.
Trash Code
The city’s trash policies are on the table again, after being discussed at a meeting in June.
At that meeting, the city council considered passing an ordinance that would have required food service establishments to put their garbage in cans or dumpsters, rather than simply leaving them outside in garbage bags for collection.
Among the reasons that proposal was tabled was a concern that the number of trash bins, dumpsters or cans needed to enact the plan could become an eyesore, especially in the West End of the city.
The reworded version of the trash disposal resolution removes the section saying trash must be stored in a receptacle with a secured lid, but preserves a section saying that trash must be put out for collection every day the establishment is open.
Lifeguard ATVs
Also on the agenda is a resolution that would allow the city to purchase four Polaris Ranger ATVs at a cost of $32,991.88. The funds for this purchase, per the city council’s agenda, would come out of the $37,416.35 remaining in the city’s budget from a 2021 donation of $300,000 by John Carbona, for whom the lifeguard pavilion is named.
As for the ATVs, they would be allocated for use by city lifeguards, per the resolution. This would be the second batch of new equipment in as many meetings for a lifeguard force that previously received a donation of rescue surfboards on July 7.
City documents list the ATVs as Sage Green in color, with individual costs of $8,247.97 per ATV, just over $50 below MSRP.
Tennis Center Lease
Also on the agenda is a resolution that would change the name on the commercial lease for the Long Beach Tennis Center and extend that lease through the 2035-26 fiscal year.
In 2018, the tennis center was leased to NY Tennis at Long Beach Inc.; a lease that was extended in 2023 to run through Aug. 31, 2028. The 2023 extension established an annual rent of $102,000, while the rent under the new lease will rise annually, beginning with a $150,000 charge for 2026-27.
The full rent table is as follows:
As part of the proposed resolution, the NY Tennis at Long Beach Inc name would be swapped out for “Long Beach Sports Center Inc.” State documents show Long Beach Sports Center inc. being incorporated June 15, 2026, with the same chief executive officer and address listings as NY Tennis at Long Beach.
$26.5 Million Bond Ordinance
The final item on Tuesday night’s agenda would authorize the publication for hearing of an ordinance “authorizing financing for various capital projects in and for the city,” with an estimated total cost of $26,566,000. The ordinance would also authorize the issuance of no more than $26,566,000 in bonds to finance the appropriation.
Tuesday evening’s resolution would not authorize the bond issuance itself, but rather would allow the city to publish a notice of public hearing on the bond ordinance. If approved, the city council agenda says the bond ordinance public hearing would take place Aug. 4.
According to the city’s agenda, the plan for financing the capital projects includes not only the bond issuance, but also, “State and Federal aid expected to be received,” and “the levy and collection of taxes on all the taxable real property in the City to pay the principal of said bonds and the interest thereon as the same shall become due and payable.”
The full city council agenda is available to read on the city’s website. The council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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