04/16/24 Board Report
Thank you, Fire Chief Brian Hamerman, for your many years of dedicated service to our Village. Your time and talents have been and will continue to be a reassurance for all of us. To your beautiful family, thank you for the sacrifices you have made, and to Mom, I think we might be able to get you a ride in the Chiefs car once in a while.
I have thought a lot about what I might say tonight to Susan Walsh on her retirement. My grandmother always told us not to say good-bye, but so long. Good bye is permanent and so long is temporary. I want to thank you for all you did for me when I came on board as a new trustee, you have been kind, patient, and a wealth of knowledge that you are always willing to share. So, tonight, I say so long and I will see you soon.
Thank you to the Floral Park Little League for inviting us to participate in the Little League Parade and Festival. Thank you to all the volunteers who make our Little League such a wonderful place for our children to grow and play ball. Well done to fellow Trustee Mike Longobardi for his perfect ceremonial first pitch! I wish all players, coaches, Board members, and parents a wonderful season.
Four Village Studio (4VS)
The one show I would like to highlight this week is the Community Spotlight. Our neighbors to the West, Bellerose Village are celebrating their Centennial Anniversary this year and 4VS diligently put together a wonderful testimonial. I encourage all of you to watch and wish them a Happy Centennial Anniversary.
Department of Public Works (DPW)
Our beautiful veteran banners are being hung along Tulip Avenue, South Tyson and Elizabeth Streets, with the remainder to be hung prior to our Memorial Day Celebrations. A big thank you to Village Clerk Susan Walsh for all her work on this amazing project.
Additionally, all Village buildings have been cleaned and maintained, and the Village Hall bathroom is being refurbished. Our Sanitation Crews collected 65 tons of household waste, 8 tons of paper, 5 tons of plastics and glass as well as 14 tons of bulk rubbish. The Highway Department has swept all roads, filled pot holes on the south side and Remsen sections, milled and paved the Stewart Street/Terrace Avenue cut-through; all snow equipment has been cleaned and thankfully stored for the season. The Parks Department is continuing to clean up all Village Parks; a beautification project has begun in the Woodbine Parking Lot, and the three flags have been replaced at Centennial Gardens.
This past Wednesday, the Board met at Memorial Park to celebrate Arbor Day 2024 with a ceremonial planting of a beautiful Red Maple near the Plainfield Avenue and Tulip Avenue intersection.
As you heard as we moved the agenda, the Village has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the CSEA Supervisors Unit through May of 2027.
LIRR/MTA
Yesterday, the LIRR/MTA informed the Village that there will be no train service between Floral Park and Hempstead for the weekends of April 20th and 21st as well as April 27th and 28th. We expect some trains to be idling in and around the Floral Park Station. As always, please reach out to the MTA/LIRR at MTA.info with questions and concerns.