Video for the most recent meeting of the Patchogue Village Board of Trustees follows. All videos posted on You Tube access is via our website. If you are interested in skipping the introduction any person can go directly to the website for the Citizens Campaign for Open Village Government and view the video directly:
www.patchoguevillagecitizens.com/
These videos are provided as a public service. Many residents do not attend these meetings most likely as they are held at 6 p.m. because residents are coming home from work. The meetings are also filmed to document in real images decisions made by our elected village officials in the name of the public.
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A time line narrative is provided here to allow viewers to go to any part of the more than one hour video that may be of interest.
From left to right at the meeting table: Trustee Keyes, Crean, Ferb, Deputy Clerk Irene Detmer, Mayor Pontieri, Deputy Mayor Krieger, Trustees Devlin, and Hilton, attorney Chris Bianco.
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Absent: Village Clerk Seal and Village Attorney Egan.
Time line as follow for first hour in minutes and seconds:
1:23 Mayor Pontieri introduces bills to be paid including 119K payment to the Community Development Authority (CDA)
3:11 Mayor Pontieri announces provisional award of grant money to the village for sewer hookups for 55 homeowners living at the bay end of River Avenue.
4:45 Suffolk County Legislator Calarco explains how grant was obtained, its terms and discussed purposes intended by aiding residents in hooking up their homes to the Village sewer system
12:02 Mayor Pontieri introduces resolution to hold public hearing on easing burden on senior residents who have or will apply for senior tax exemptions
13:23 Chamber of Commerce report by Executive Director David Kennedy
27:42 Deputy Mayor Krieger initiates presentation regarding proposed roof repairs to the Patchogue Theater, questions from Board members…no decisions reached
55: 31 Report from Trustee Keyes
59: 02 Report from Trustee Crean
59: 35 Report from Trustee Ferb
59:36 Report from Trustee Devlin
Now time points in hour, minute and seconds
1:02:01 Report from Trustee Hilton
1:17:07 Public portion begins (two residents speak)…resident concerns about holiday boat parade traffic issues, tree issue on main street
Meeting is adjourned.
Next meeting: Monday 9/23/13 at which meeting there will be a public hearing about relaxing the prohibition against tattoo shops in the village among other topics of interest. Meeting begins at 6 p.m. Public portion at which any member of the public may speak before the board begins at the end of the official agenda except that where there is a public hearing members of the public may speak on the specific issue at hand.
Also residents are reminded that the village website does allow for email contact with any member of the Board including the Mayor:http://www.patchoguevillage.org/
And lastly the website for the Citizens Campaign is now undergoing a revamp. Only the most recent videos taken by the group are currently posted. When our site is relaunched all prior videos will be reposted to serve as a permanent library of past meetings of the Board of Trustees and other Boards of the Village.
