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Village Board News: Business Owners Honored, Field Bids In

Village Board also approved several contracts and conference trips for officials.

Three local business owners were honored at the Sept. 4 village board meeting for either upgrading their store fronts or for having an anniversary in the village.

Philip and Laura Hershkowitz, owners of Imperial China on Park Avenue, spent $140,000 to renovate their store, as well as the building. For their efforts, the village board honored the couple for helping beautify the downtown. Luca Miceli, owner of on Park Avenue, also paid for an extensive renovation to his business, for which he was honored by the Board as well.

Tom Mahoney, Sr., owner of on North Park Avenue, is celebrating his 40th anniversary in RVC, and was also given a proclamation from the village.

In other news, a check was given to the village to build a commemorative bench for village resident Sean Sweetman, a young boy who recently passed away. The money was collected from Sweetman's neighbors.

These action items were approved at the Sept. 4 meeting:

  • Professional services contract with Miller Environmental Group for inspection of the ammonia tanks at a cost of $39,848.
  • Professional services contract with Dvirka and Bartilucci for closure of garage bay drain at 110 Maple Ave. at a cost of $14,900.
  • Refunding Bond resolution.
  • Professional services agreements associated with refunding bond: NYMAC - financial advisor services - total of $19,300. Fulbright & Jaworski - total of $31,000.
  • Hold Harmless agreement for Boy Scouts use of Village's electric car.
  • New electrical inspector — Suffolk Bureau of Electrical Inspectors, Inc.
  • Attendance of Commissioner Gennario at the IACP Conference from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 in San Diego, Calif. at a cost of $2,000.
  • Attendance of Lt. Romance at the Department of Homeland Security National Planners Course from Sept. 17-21 in Buffalo at a cost of $960.
  • Attendance of Assistant Fire Chief Bob Seaman and Chief Fire Inspector Mike Banta at the NYS Fire Marshals Association Conference from Sept.24-27 in Auburn, NY at a cost of $824.60.
  • Professional services contract with the Data Visualization & Management Services, LLC for 100 hours of services for grant writing at a cost of $5,500.
  • Professional services contract with Jeff Kluewer for a one-year period covering June 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013.
  • Resolution for 2012-13 Justice Court Assistance Program Grant from the Unified Court System.
  • SEQRA resolution for Skelos Field Bid and Molloy Agreement.
  • Resolution for three-month extension of All County Towing agreement commencing Oct. 1, 2012.

These bid were approved at the Sept. 4 meeting:

  • Purchase of two, 2007 Chevy Suburbans
  • 240 meters for the Electric Department, costing $12,672, and authorization to buy another 120 within the next year at a cost of $6,336.
  • New bid for Fireman's Field — bid amount was not specified.
  • New bid for Tighe Field, at a cost of 63,450.
  • New bid for Klein Field, at a combined total cost of $1,034,100.

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Janet Shainis Cisario May 19, 2013 at 02:00 pm
The strongest talking point about the bond was that our High School building and grounds are fallingRead More apart. Our ranking and reputation is still high, and VERY important. No one said that our ranking is immaterial, just that the difference between 22 and 117 out of 26,000+ high schools is immaterial, and the idea that there was a conspiracy to hold that information from anybody is just plain silly. Out of curiosity Mr/Ms Esq, who do you suspect is using me?
rvc_esq May 19, 2013 at 01:36 pm
I would like to see a list of all of Mr. O'Shea's accomplishments over the past 3 years. I don'tRead More want to hear that he scrutinized the budget, looks to see were every pencil sharpener goes yet lets Admin run away with salary increases. I want a true hard look. You can't pass a 48 mil dollar bond with the strongest talking point being our high academic ranking and then weeks later when our low ranking is interfering with the annual budget vote, the talking heads say ranking is immaterial. It can't be both ways. If the ranking information is false, why hasn't the Patch reported differently? I feel sorry for those who think they are doing right by the community and can't see that they are being used. Today is a great day to drive about the community, take a random sampling of addresses that are promoting a YES vote and vote for O'Shea which will increase our property/school taxes and see who out of that sampling have had their property taxes contested within the last 5 years. Should be interesting...
Fred Stapleman May 17, 2013 at 10:44 am
Hey Matt Hogan, While I don't buy into posts that you are Johnson's press secretary and him havingRead More a hand in running this publication, I do believe myself and many other readers here would appreciate an in depth, unbiased and objective interview w/ him asking the tuff questions your readers asked here. He always seems available to comment on and inflate the slightest bit of positive news, perhaps he would like the opportunity to comment on and explain his take on the latest rankings, etc. Have you or any member of your staff ever directly interviewed him or requested and interview w/ him and would you consider requesting such an interview?
Fred Stapleman May 17, 2013 at 09:57 am
It is nothing short of amazing that people are still rushing to the defense of Johnson/Burris andRead More their minions at the PTA. What's wrong w/ you people? When the rankings come out positive they do everything they can to publicise them from plaques on the wall to streaming video on the district website and everything in between. Yet not a peep on the latest rankings. 500+ ranking in NYS, people thats based solely on test scores not the # of kids taking the test and how many free lunches the district provides. Do any of you wonder at all why Johnson encouraged kids to "opt out" of NYS testing? If so let me help you out...The scores are going to be awful and would have been worse had all the kids participated. The quality of life in this town and its education system is circling the bowl, we need positive change not the same old go along to get along mentality. Pls think about voting for Ms Rubino, we need some balance and accountability on that board not a bunch of Johnson puppets. Not sure when Johnson's contract is up but he too has got to go, he is slowly destroying this district. We might try to hire Baldwin's superintendant as he really seems to know what he is doing when it comes to AP.
mb May 15, 2013 at 03:33 pm
This is the funniest blog post ever. Someone thinks Patch is run by Johnson, another should haveRead More used the more appropriate pseudonym "know it all" and the most recent thinks the PTA is ruining our neighborhood. Go to a meeting, get involved, educate yourself. If you can't go to a meeting watch the local government and school channel. Then perhaps you would know that the bulk of the school budget is dictated by NY state.
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