November 13, 2025 — Town Board Work Session

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0:00Thank you.

0:30Thank you.

0:58Thank you, Supervisor.

0:59Thank you, Supervisor.

0:59I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

1:12Thank you.

1:13Thank you.

1:17Okay.

1:17We – on work session today, the only thing we have for the open portion are the resolutions.

1:25So we'll do those, and then after resolutions are done, we'll –

1:29we'll make a motion and go into executive session.

1:32I just wanted to mention real quick we had a massive fire last night out in the Aqaba Jameswood area at the Wells Farm,

1:43which is one of the oldest farming families that I know of locally.

1:49And we just – we praise our men and women of the fire department, our men and women of the police department.

1:56There were a couple minor injuries with smoke inhalation.

1:59And they lost some farm animals up there, but they saved a lot of farm animals.

2:08And that credit is being directly given to the first responders, in particular, I believe, the police officers that showed up.

2:15They helped get pigs out of the barn, and the pigs were highly stressed at the time because of all the commotion and the fire and the smoke, understandably.

2:25And they did an excellent job saving what they could save to get out of it.

2:27So thank you.

2:28Thank you.

2:28to get out of that barn and thoughts and prayers with the Wells family they've

2:32been really good farmers for generations really good people and certainly

2:38anything the town can do to help them out we will we will do our best to do

2:42that so thoughts and prayers to the Wells family and thank you to the fire

2:45department EMS and police department everybody that went up there and pitched

2:50in surrounding surrounding fire departments from other townships showed

2:56up to help out and much appreciated so god bless you all okay work session we

3:02have resolution so at this point in time I'm going to ask deputy supervisor

3:06Higgins to come up and read the resolutions good morning everyone it's a

3:13short packet today but we'll get right into it resolution number one approves

3:17expenditure of trust and agency account funds and community benefit funds to

3:21Riverhead cap 2026 2027 I'm told that this has to

3:26just be re-looked at there may be a little boo-boo in this resolution so it

3:32may change a little bit okay change this it needs to be by the board meeting

3:37right otherwise it it can get punted to the following meeting yep resolution

3:43number two authorizes the removal of fixed assets number three ratifies the

3:49authorization for the recreation superintendent to attend the 2025 NYS

3:53RPS conference

3:56resolution number four appoints an automotive equipment operator number

4:02five appoints an automotive equipment operator number six ratifies the

4:08appointment of a maintenance mechanic to seven appoints a traffic control

4:13specialist to the police department number eight authorizes the promotion of

4:20a detective detective grade three to detective grade two this is for detective

4:25D

4:26and Hogan he's an awesome awesome detective very proud to have him a

4:31member of our police department former military guy and he works very hard so

4:36that's well deserved resolution number nine ratifies the reclassification of a

4:42senior office assistant to a principal office assistant pretend ratifies the

4:48resignation of a code enforcement officer we wish the best to Connor but

4:53again it's it's basically because of the

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5:56of these resolutions authorizes the appraisal of the actual tanks, the actual physical objects over there.

6:02The other appraisal resolution authorizes the evaluation of the actual land.

6:09Resolution number 15 approves extension of license agreement with the United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service

6:16access for hi-fi water level logging equipment at Wading River boat ramp.

6:21They've had this in place.

6:22This is going to continue for one additional year.

6:26Number 16 resolution of the town board of the town of Riverhead designated the Jazz Loft Inc.

6:32as a qualified and eligible sponsor for the purchase and redevelopment of town-owned property known as the Vale-Levitt Music Hall

6:38and described as Suffolk County tax map number 600-128-6-80 located at 18 Peconic Avenue, Riverhead, New York 11901.

6:51Number 17 approves special event chapter 255 application for the Lions Club

6:55of Riverhead.

6:56This is going to continue for one additional year.

6:56Number 18 approves special event chapter 255 application for the Lions Club of Riverhead Christmas parade and extravaganza.

6:58This sounds really good.

7:00I'm excited for that.

7:01Yeah, a little bit different this year.

7:03A lot of people collaborating to make that a really fun day for everybody.

7:08Going to take place on December 6th.

7:10And then it's going to include also a merry market of sorts around Town Hall here.

7:15Here around Town Hall.

7:16Yep.

7:16Instead of ending up in the back parking lot where a lot of construction is going on,

7:21parade route will go down through Main Street and come up back to 2nd Street.

7:24That's right.

7:24Come past Town Hall here.

7:26Yep.

7:26And everything will be set up to show mobile and vendors and everything will be set up here on the Town Hall property.

7:32Yep.

7:32Should be.

7:33Lighting the trees in the front of Town Hall.

7:34And we'll do a tree lighting in the front, right?

7:37Very nice.

7:38Okay.

7:39Resolution number 18.

7:41Publication and posting of a notice to amend the Community Development Block Grant CDBG budget for program years 2024 and 2025.

7:52And number 19 pays the bills.

7:56Okay.

7:58Resolutions.

8:00We are going to go in a moment into executive session to discuss under litigation matters surrounding tax litigation with traditional links.

8:19That's with Howard, Tenenberg, Brown, and Lipinski.

8:23And we have an item on under personal litigation.

8:25Sale for Sale.

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8:55VA and probably I assume nursing homes, things they can use, clothing items, personal care items.

9:02So the box is in here in the lobby of the town hall.

9:05If you have something you would like to donate to one of our veterans, by all means,

9:11come on down and place it in the box, and it will be distributed to them.

9:16And I just want to say thank you, Supervisor, for the very kind words you had at Acadia to the veterans there

9:21and the certificates that you gave them.

9:23It looked very appreciated by all of them.

9:26That was really a good event.

9:29Yeah, the veterans all lined up sitting there and waiting to be acknowledged, and rightfully so.

9:36They were very proud and very happy, and it was well done.

9:40I agree.

9:40I thank you for coming down to that, and that was a good day.

9:44Thank you for speaking to them.

9:47Okay, we're going to go into executive session.

9:49To speak on these items that I just mentioned, could I have a motion to close open session and go into closed session?

9:58So moved.

9:58Second.

9:59All in favor?

10:00Aye.

10:01All opposed?

10:02Okay, open session is closed.

10:04We will be going to executive session now.

10:06Thank you, everybody, and have a great day.

10:19Thank you.

10:33Thank you.

Full Transcript

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Supervisor. Thank you, Supervisor. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Thank you.

Okay. We – on work session today, the only thing we have for the open portion are the resolutions. So we'll do those, and then after resolutions are done, we'll – we'll make a motion and go into executive session. I just wanted to mention real quick we had a massive fire last night out in the Aqaba Jameswood area at the Wells Farm, which is one of the oldest farming families that I know of locally. And we just – we praise our men and women of the fire department, our men and women of the police department. There were a couple minor injuries with smoke inhalation. And they lost some farm animals up there, but they saved a lot of farm animals. And that credit is being directly given to the first responders, in particular, I believe, the police officers that showed up. They helped get pigs out of the barn, and the pigs were highly stressed at the time because of all the commotion and the fire and the smoke, understandably. And they did an excellent job saving what they could save to get out of it. So thank you. Thank you. to get out of that barn and thoughts and prayers with the Wells family they've been really good farmers for generations really good people and certainly anything the town can do to help them out we will we will do our best to do that so thoughts and prayers to the Wells family and thank you to the fire department EMS and police department everybody that went up there and pitched in surrounding surrounding fire departments from other townships showed up to help out and much appreciated so god bless you all okay work session we have resolution so at this point in time I'm going to ask deputy supervisor Higgins to come up and read the resolutions good morning everyone it's a short packet today but we'll get right into it resolution number one approves expenditure of trust and agency account funds and community benefit funds to Riverhead cap 2026 2027 I'm told that this has to just be re-looked at there may be a little boo-boo in this resolution so it may change a little bit okay change this it needs to be by the board meeting right otherwise it it can get punted to the following meeting yep resolution number two authorizes the removal of fixed assets number three ratifies the authorization for the recreation superintendent to attend the 2025 NYS RPS conference resolution number four appoints an automotive equipment operator number five appoints an automotive equipment operator number six ratifies the appointment of a maintenance mechanic to seven appoints a traffic control specialist to the police department number eight authorizes the promotion of a detective detective grade three to detective grade two this is for detective D and Hogan he's an awesome awesome detective very proud to have him a member of our police department former military guy and he works very hard so that's well deserved resolution number nine ratifies the reclassification of a senior office assistant to a principal office assistant pretend ratifies the resignation of a code enforcement officer we wish the best to Connor but again it's it's basically because of the !

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Number 17 approves special event chapter 255 application for the Lions Club of Riverhead. This is going to continue for one additional year. Number 18 approves special event chapter 255 application for the Lions Club of Riverhead Christmas parade and extravaganza. This sounds really good. I'm excited for that. Yeah, a little bit different this year. A lot of people collaborating to make that a really fun day for everybody. Going to take place on December 6th. And then it's going to include also a merry market of sorts around Town Hall here. Here around Town Hall. Yep. Instead of ending up in the back parking lot where a lot of construction is going on, parade route will go down through Main Street and come up back to 2nd Street. That's right. Come past Town Hall here. Yep. And everything will be set up to show mobile and vendors and everything will be set up here on the Town Hall property. Yep. Should be. Lighting the trees in the front of Town Hall. And we'll do a tree lighting in the front, right? Very nice. Okay. Resolution number 18. Publication and posting of a notice to amend the Community Development Block Grant CDBG budget for program years 2024 and 2025.

And number 19 pays the bills. Okay. Resolutions. We are going to go in a moment into executive session to discuss under litigation matters surrounding tax litigation with traditional links. That's with Howard, Tenenberg, Brown, and Lipinski. And we have an item on under personal litigation. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. Sale for Sale. VA and probably I assume nursing homes, things they can use, clothing items, personal care items. So the box is in here in the lobby of the town hall. If you have something you would like to donate to one of our veterans, by all means, come on down and place it in the box, and it will be distributed to them. And I just want to say thank you, Supervisor, for the very kind words you had at Acadia to the veterans there and the certificates that you gave them. It looked very appreciated by all of them. That was really a good event. Yeah, the veterans all lined up sitting there and waiting to be acknowledged, and rightfully so. They were very proud and very happy, and it was well done. I agree. I thank you for coming down to that, and that was a good day. Thank you for speaking to them. Okay, we're going to go into executive session. To speak on these items that I just mentioned, could I have a motion to close open session and go into closed session? So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Okay, open session is closed. We will be going to executive session now. Thank you, everybody, and have a great day.

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