Corporation Agrees To Pay Town Cracks Down On
$ 16,750 In Suit Settlement
The Oyster Bay Town Board
this week agreed to accept a
settlement of $ 16,750 from the
R. Lansdell Bituminous Corporation
of Great Neck as settlement
of a claim by the Town
against the corporation for shortages
in the delivery of road
on dating back to 1962
and 1963.
m May of 1966 Town Supervisor
Michael N. Petite urged
that an outside, impartial audit
be done to determine just how
much Lansdell owed the Town.
The firm of Price Waterhouse
was subsequently hired to audit
Lansdell's books.
Meanwhile the Town held up
payment of more than $ 90,000
claimed by Lansdell for
materials which had been delivered.
Lansdell, as part of
the Town's agreement to accept
the $ 16,750, agreed to drop its
claim against the Town for interest
on the more than $ 90,-
00.
Building Violators
Deny Application For Shopping Center
The Town Board this week
denied an application of a zone
change on the north side of Merrick
Road east of Redwood Lane,
Massapequa, for the purpose of
erecting a supermarket and a
shopping center.
A group of residents appeared
to oppose the application and a
50 name petition was presented
to the Town Board in opposition.
The applicants were Edward
Moug and M. 0. Pratt.
The Oyster Bay Town Department
of Building and Zoning this
week began a campaign to crack
down on violators of the zoning
ordinance in an accelerated effort
to obtain full compliance
with the intent of the zoning and
housing ordinances.
Councilman Ralph J. Marino
said a recent on- the- spot inspection
conducted by Councilman
Philip B. Healey and Edward
J. Gaynor, Building Department
Director, has resulted in an increase
in the inspections by 80
per cent.
Healey said that a team of Kenneth
Tobiassen, Public Safety
Inspector, Bernhard Bruns, Assistant
to the Building Department
Director, and Ray Mara-gione,
Deputy Town Attorney,
joined in die meeting with officials
of the East End Civic
Association, Massapequa, on a
field trip of West Amityville.
" One of the results of our
tour was the issuance of a summons
to a violator who was subsequently
arrested and ordered
to appear in court," said Healey.
He added that Gaynor has r e assigned
his inspectors with the
stress on housing and public
safety. Placing more emphasis
on establishing a strong liaison
between the Building Department
and various civic groups is also
part of the plan, he said.
" The crackdown, plus the anticipated
local Town law allowing
inspectors to issue summonses
returnable in district court, will
aid in the drive to clean up
blighted areas and help prosecute
all violators," said Healey.
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Trustee Decries Water District
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Trustee Paul Lavigne took issue
with the Massapequa Water District
at Monday night's Board of
Trustees meeting at Village Hall
over their lack of what he termed
responsiveness to the people's
needs regarding last week's water
pipe freezing crisis. Lavigne
also charged that the Water District
had, in effect, ' disenfranchised'
a large segment of voters
by refusing to put a voting machine
in village hall during the
recent water district elections
in December. He said that their
• public be damned attitude' should
be investigaged.
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Trustee Morris Kolker also
decried the Water District's'undemocratic
way of conducting
elections'. He charged that there
was no checking back to see if
voters were residents and tax
payers. He suggested that the
Attorney General should be contacted
and put on notice.
Lavigne said that about 65
residents had comnlained of
f r e e Z i n c water pipes and that the
Water District should have either
rented equipment to put at residents
disposal, or given them
reliable information in order to
unfreeze the water pipes and
mains.
A water district spokesman is
quoted to have said that thC
days of near zero temperati
were extraordinary and were
a recurring situation. In other
business matters, which was
brought before the Village Board,
Trustee Peter Fpp made a motion
that the Recreation Committee
proceed to plan and carry out a
Field Day event on Memorial Day,
May 30; an Arts and Crafts exhibit
on June> 30 and a Model
Airplan Contest on July 28.
His motion was passed. Fpp had
begun by stating that a " void
has been created by the resignation
of our Recreation Commissioner
and we should provide
definite direction to the Recreation
Committee". Epp was
referring to Trustee Francis
King who had resigned this post
in order to study the matter of
' de- incorporating' the village.
King was not present at the Board
Meeting on Monday night so that
elections'. He charged that there
the matter on the agenda whether
to place a question on the ballot
regarding a committee to conduct
a study to determine the merits of
incorporation or de- incorporation"
was not brought up.
Trustee Lavigne suggested to
the board that the recently formed
Beautification Committee should
look into positive action to im-.
prove the sump area in the northern
section of the village. A
recent addition to the Committee
was a Mrs. Mott, President of the
Massapequa Garden Club, Lavigne
said.
Lavigne brought up the subject
of complaints by the new home
owners in the Imperial Harbor
development that the roads were
in an impossible condition and
suggested that the Building Inspector
no longer issue certificates
of occupancy until the
roads are improved by the
builder. Mayor Andrew Senese
authorized the Building Inspector
to make a report diis week on the
road conditions there.
Kolker had asked diat the village
confer with Al Serace, of the
Nassau County Engineering Department
regarding the sumps
and the village traffic lights. According
to Kolker there is a possibility
of the county paying for
the upkeep of these items radier
than the village.
A public meeting will be held
on February 19th rather than the
12th due to die Lincoln Birthday
holiday. Tuesday, February 20th
will be Grievance Night.
Robbed For Second Time
A paunchy well dressed robber,
entered the Long Island Trust
Company bank in East Farming-dale,
last Friday at 12: 40 p. m.
waved a revolver at three women
bank tellers, told them to'get the
money up girls, get it all up"
and then fled with $ 8,500. No
sooner had he scooped the money
into an attache case and headed
for the door when his picture was
taken by a sec ret camera. He was
seen driven away in green late
model Chevrolet.
The newly installed camera
was installed in the bank be-casue
of a number of holdups in
the East Farmingdale- Melville
area on Route 110.
The same bank was robbed
last February and from the description
of the gunman , it is believed
that he is the same man.
Residents Oppose Gasoline Station
A public hearing was held on
Tuesday on an application of
Patrick Cicorelli for a change
of zone from residence TJ' to
Business ' G' in order that a
gasoline station might be erected
on the southwest corner of
Patricia Court and the East side
of Hicksville Road.
The 148 by 139 foot plot house
a one story frame and two other
buildings. The applicant pointed
out that the three buildings would
be demolished in the event the
zoning change was approved.
A 300 name petition, opposing
the application, was presented
to the Town Board.
Decision was reserved.
Parked Car Stolen
Geraldine Boros of ; Jo7 North
V irignia Avenue, North Massapequa,
reported to police, the larceny
of a 19( 54 blue Chevrolet
which was parked in front of the
home.
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Kene Smith of 24 William Road,
North Massapequa, report to
police, that burglars e rite re J the
Smith residence and got away
with $ 135 in currency, a movie
camera valued at $ 85, a movie
projector-, and assorted jewelry
valued at $ 580.
Farmingdale OBSERVER Thursday, January 25, 1968
