Serving Williston Park, East Williston, Mineola, Albertson and Searingtown
Friday, December 14, 2018
Vol. 67, No. 50
HOLIDAY GUIDE
MISCHIEF IN E. WILLISTON
SUOZZI VIES WITH OCASIO-CORTEZ
PAGES 35-54
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Pay for serving fire dept.
$1
S AY C H E E S E
5 volunteers from Mineola qualify BY J E D HENDRIXSON Five members of the Mineola Volunteer Fire Department will receive Service Award monthly payouts to begin the new year. Effective Jan. 1, Thomas Behan, Kenneth Cotroneo, Michael Gayson, Gary Mazur and Jack Stagnari will PHOTO BY JED HENDRIXSON begin receiving monthly payments ranging from $160 to $520 from the Santa Claus took time out of his busy schedule to sit down for photos at the Village of East Williston’s annual Christvillage’s Fire Service Award Fund as part of the Length of Service Awards mas tree lighting ceremony. See story on page 13. Program. The Village of Mineola Board of Trustees approved the awards at its meeting last Wednesday night. The Length of Service Awards Program, as outlined by the office of state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, credits firefighting services through an accumulation of points, to be rewarded to those eligible over the comments from the public regardThe rates overall will increase $51.14 for 10,000 gallons or less. BY J E D course of a year. ing the new rates at the hearing. The residential rate for every around 31 percent, as a result of H E N D R I X S O N In addition to the five receiving The new rates are built on the the demolition of the old water 1,000 gallons over 50,000 per monthly payouts, volunteer firefull water rate update conducted quarter rose to $5.36 from $4.09. tower and erection of a new one, The Village of Williston Park fighter Arthur Barnett will receive a one-time lump sum payout from the Board of Trustees on Monday projected to be complete by next! The commercial rate in the village in 2012 and maintain the same service award fund of $28,137.61. unanimously approved an increase summer. The project will cost is uniform at $5.67 per 1,000 gal- structure as that report, Michael $7,344,000, according to the vil- lons up to and exceeding 99,000 Savarese, an associate at D&B EnContinued on Page 75 in water rates ahead of the complegineers and Architects, said. Sagallons. lage. tion of the new water tower. The commercial rate for the varese consulted with the board The new residential rate is $5.14 per 1,000 gallons, up Village of East Williston is $5.65 on the newly established rates. A percentage increase was applied from $3.92 per 1,000 gallons per 1,000 gallons. Water rates are billed quar- to residential and commercial cuseffective in 2012. The residential minimum for the village terly. The new rates will go into ef- tomer classes, he said. was raised from $39.20 to fect starting Jan. 1. There were no Continued on Page 74
W.P. trustees raises water rates Overall increase of 31 percent to help pay for construction of new tower
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