Justin Folber

This Annual Action Plan for the Town of Brookhaven outlines a comprehensive strategy for housing and community development from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. The plan focuses on creating and maintaining affordable housing, improving public facilities and infrastructure, supporting public services for vulnerable populations, preventing homelessness, enhancing accessibility, and providing housing for individuals with HIV/AIDS. It also emphasizes effective administration of HUD grant programs and strategic partnerships to meet identified community needs.

The board meeting included discussions and resolutions on various topics. These included revenue reports, communications, highway matters, and a resolution agenda. Public comments were addressed, including concerns about aircraft noise at Calabro Airport. Resolutions were passed regarding property acquisition, land transfers, appointments of marriage officers, and support for reducing aircraft noise. Amendments were made to contracts and budgets, and agreements were authorized with various entities. The board also discussed setting dates for public hearings, including one to amend the uniform traffic code.

The meeting included discussions and resolutions on various topics, such as establishing Brookhaven's 2021 fee schedule for different departments, adopting fee schedules for parks and highway permits, and authorizing the town attorney to retain special outside counsel. Also discussed were town hall business hours, appointments of affirmative action officers, ADA coordinators, and title six coordinators. Additional resolutions covered the appointment of a minority women's business enterprise officer, labor council, medical consultants, and authorizations for the Department of Recycling and Sustainable Material Management to execute construction and demolition contracts. The board also addressed the appointment of appraisers, retention of special counsel, appropriations for stenographic services, insurance renewals, adoption of a capital asset policy, designation of banks as depositories, and agreements with school districts. Further discussions involved procurement policies, continuing education authorization policies, investment policies, P card policies, and the authorization for the commissioner of finance to retain bond counsel and financial advisors. Budget amendments, submission of annual financial reports, budgetary transfer policies, fund balance policies, grants policies, and grant application policies were also addressed. Additionally, the board discussed snow removal, highway equipment purchases, shade tree preservation, snow fence installation, use of highway equipment in emergencies, designation of official newspapers, setting annual salaries, and extending agreements with animal shelters. They also covered animal shelter promotional events, establishing the number of hard clam endorsements, designating banks as depositories for the tax receiver, utilizing credit card services, reappointments to the accessory apartment review board and board of zoning appeals, and appointing a new chairperson to the Black History Commission. The board also directed the assessor to grant certain exemptions and set a public hearing to consider enacting an introductory local law.

The meeting included discussions on various resolutions, including authorizing a special permit for alcohol sales, assignment of a pest control contract, amending a refuse removal contract, and awarding a contract for preliminary and final design services on a federal aid grant project. The board also discussed the termination of premises deemed unsafe and set a public hearing regarding the condition of the premises. Additional topics included amending the 2020 capital budget for a pump-out facility grant project, setting a public hearing to repeal covenants and restrictions on property, accepting a grant award for an engineering plan, and amending the capital budget to establish a new project for a parking system throughout the town. The implementation of a parking meter system was discussed, including its impact on residents with parking stickers and the proposed fee structure.

The Town Board meeting included discussions and resolutions on various topics. The board discussed accepting town board minutes, highway consensus agenda items, and a consensus resolution agenda. Resolutions were passed regarding the Cherry Grove Doc District, authorization for the supervisor to accept a grant award from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and accepting a grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Reappointments were made to the town's Local Development Corporation and Industrial Development Agency. Consent was given to the Davis Park Ferry Company for a month-to-month holdover. Approval was granted for a capital professional service requisition for Cameron Engineering and Associates LLP, acceptance of land donation from Anna Kravinsky, amendment of a contract for fire/intrusion alarm testing, and execution of an intermissible agreement with Suffolk County. Additionally, resolutions were passed authorizing the issuance of bonds for a strategic planning and feasibility study for the Mastic Beach neighborhood road corridor, and for a Suffolk County water quality protection and restoration program. The board also discussed amending a resolution regarding permit applications for regulatory agencies for wnd oyster maricultural operations, adopting the salary schedule for town employees, and appointments to the Board of Assessment Review. They authorized the Department of Housing and Community Development to apply for funding for the new covenant 19 emergency rental assistance program and approved town employees attending the New York State Association of Towns training school virtually. A public hearing was set to consider enacting a local law amendment regarding towing businesses and zoning. The board authorized updating the district user fee schedule for ambulance services and approved the acquisition of property for open space purposes. They also authorized the acquisition of farmland development rights and discussed a highway improvement project. Budget transfers were approved for the recycling department and various operating and capital budgets. An easement agreement with the Pines Foundation Inc. was also amended. Public hearings were held regarding license agreements between the town and the Pines Foundation for leasing property along Fire Island Boulevard.