Politics & Government
Westhampton Beach May Require Fee to Sell Your Car
A $10 permit may soon be required to sell your clunker.
Public Hearing
Village residents trying to could face a new fee if a proposed village law is approved by the board of trustees.
The village has set a public hearing for Jan. 5 on a proposed law that asks for a $10 fee from anyone who wants to sell their car on their property with a for sale sign in the window, said village Clerk Rebecca Molinaro. The current law requires car owners to get a permit from the village police, but does not require a fee.
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The proposed law also requires that the car, which is being sold, be registered to the person who owns the property it’s sitting on, Molinaro said.
This provision targets commercial property owners who have numerous for-sale cars sitting on their property, Molinaro said.
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“If it’s not registered, it’s considered abandoned,” she said.
New Board Members
Also on Wednesday, Stephen Arrasate, a member of the Westhampton Beach Architectural Review Board, resigned from his position. Village board members voted to replace him with a retired elementary school teacher, Marion Covello.
Covello will fill out Arrasate’s term, which ends in May 2011. Covello taught in the Westhampton Beach school district for 30 years, and has lived in the village since 1961.
“I’ve always been very interested in Westhampton Beach and am interested in the type of development proposed in different areas,” she said.
The board also appointed Rob Rubio to the . Rubio owns Rubio Premier Motors on Windemere Court in Speonk. His term extends through June 2015.
Block Grant
Westhampton Beach-based non-profit Family Counseling Services received $10,000 in aid from the village.
The village board historically gives a portion of their Community Development Block grant funding to the social services provider. This year, the village received a total of $23,724 in grant money. The balance of the funding – $13,724 – will go to creating handicapped accessible curb cuts, according a village resolution.
FCS Executive Director Judy Margolis said that the economy has ravaged nonprofits’ finances – and the populations she serves. She said she has recently had former FCS donors ask for the organization’s social services help.
“2012 is not going to be better,” Margolis said. “It’s not promising.”
