Mineola Village Board Notebook: Oct. 19

The Mineola  held a meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Here are some of the things you may have missed.

Water Department Roof

• The board approved request for a change order for the roofs for the village hall and fire department.
• According to Superintendent of Public Works Tom Rini, the change order would be the new roof system out of the existing water department offices.
• “Back in August we had the two very heavy rain storms and then again with Hurricane Irene we found that we had developed some leaks in a number of locations in that building, more specifically behind our water control panel that controls all of our wells and how they operate and integrate into our system,” Rini said.
• The village is currently working on installing a new $750,000 computerized system at the facility. The cost for the new roof would be $53,000, which would come out of the water fund.
• The roof also comes with a 20 year lifespan and a 20 year guarantee.
• “We can’t have that building leak like that, especially if we’re putting in a new computerized system,” deputy mayor Paul Pereira said, referring to water seeping in when tropical storm Irene hit.

2011 Road Reconstruction

The 2011 road reconstruction project began on October 17 on Andrews Road from Jackson Avenue to Jericho Turnpike and Latham Road from Garfield Avenue to Jackson Avenue and Jackson Avenue to Jericho Turnpike.

Other Board News

• Trustee Lawrence Werther cautioned residents to be on the lookout for persons going door-to-door casing homes for robbery after incidents were reported in Westbury. While door-to-door solicitation is not permitted except by permission of the village, Werther cautioned to report the person(s) to the police and ask for identification if the person(s) represent themselves as village employees.
• A request from the will use the auditorium for its soccer, baseball and softball clinics on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Jan. 7, 2012 to April 15, 2012 and Monday and Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. from Jan. 9, 2012 to April 10, 2012 was approved. The Superbowl pancake breakfast would not be affected.
• During the month of September, the village justice court heard and collected the following fines for the number of cases listed: 39 moving violations for $3,225; seven village ordinances exclusive to motor vehicles for $2,000; three housing violations for $1,000; 2,092 parking violations for $121,314; five suspensions appearance fees for $245 for a total of $127,784.
• The following candidates were approved as new members of the : Company 1: Michael Scala; Company 3: Brian Alburquerque, Rebecca Guy, Jason Pereira.
• The Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct the VFW/ American Legion Veteran’s Day ceremony at on Friday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m.