March 13, 2006

Yatauro approves mortgage tax revenues for local villages 

County to Disperse $21M to 64 Incorporated Villages

Also approved agreement to fund new tennis court at Locust Valley High School

Mineola, NY – Nassau County Legislator Diane Yatauro (D-Glen Cove) recently approved a resolution to disperse more than $21 M from Nassau County mortgage tax revenue to the County’s 64 incorporated villages. The following villages will receive: Bayville ($56,084); Centre Island ($20,151); Lattingtown ($43,143); Matinecock ($28,216); Mill Neck ($32,003); Old Brookville ($53,904); Upper Brookville ($50,233), Sea Cliff ($46,850), Old Westbury ($21,071), Brookville ($54,784), and the City of Glen Cove ($367,832). 

“I am delighted that we can continue to offer our fiscal support and cooperation at a time when the villages really need it,” Yatauro said.

In other business, Legislator Yatauro was named chair of two legislative committees. Legislator Yatauro will once again chair the Towns, Villages, and Cities Committee and was also named chair of the Government Services Committee. Yatauro is also a member of the Health and Human Services; Public Works; Planning, Development, & the Environment; and Finance committees.

In other business, the Legislature’s Rules Committee approved a $2 Million contract with J. D. Posillico, Inc. for the rehabilitation of the Bayville Bridge to address corrosion problems. The project includes the removal and installation of the sidewalk, roadway, and concrete filled steel grating, rehabilitation of various steel supports, painting and general repairs.

               Legislator Yatauro also approved an intermunicipal agreement between the County and Locust Valley School District to enable them to receive Community Revitalization Program funds to finance the installation of a tennis court at the High School.

In other business, Legislator Yatauro approved the following supplemental appropriations for grant funds: $68,569.46 for the Correctional Center from the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency to be used for law enforcement equipment and training; $593,900 for the Probation Department from the NYS Department of Correctional Alternatives to provide intensive probation services to prison bound defendants as alternative sentencing; $348,752 for the Probation Department  from the New York State Department of Criminal Justices Services to provide life skills training, cognitive behavior therapy, anger management training and pre-employment skills to juvenile delinquents who have been adjudicated for violence, assault, menacing, sex offenses and gang crimes and who are held accountable by making amends to the victim and community through community service.  Five Probation Officers and one supervisor will be funded, and it will be implemented by Freeport Pride; $250,000 for the Probation Department (Stop DWI Program) Monies to be received from the NC Traffic Safety Bureau DWI Grant Fund to fund three Probation Officers and one Probation assistant for salary, fringe benefits, and overtime & equipment for the DWI unit.

Legislators also authorized the transfer of funds for the following Health Department programs: $11,057 Health Department’s Public Health Campaign-TB Grant; $6,779 Environmental Protect Agency Grant; $8,761 Immunization Action Plan Program Grant; $1,000 Bathing and Beach Water Quality Monitoring Grant.

Legislators also approved: $ 16,000 for Nassau Community College (Chancellor’s Award for Internationalization) Funds to be received from SUNY to be used to supplement expenditures in connection with travel to Ethiopia for a Physical Anthropology course and to Poland for an Economics course.  The College won these two awards as a result of a competition, and they are $8,000 each; $147,310 Nassau Community College (Nursing & Allied Health Services) Funds to be received from the Department of Health & Human Services Administration to provide funding for the purchase of equipment for the Nursing and Allied Health Services Department; and $319,810 Nassau Community College (Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant) Funds to be received from the Department of Health & Human Services Administration to provide services which will increase retention of minority and underserved students in the nursing Program.

The Legislature’s majority members approved the following appointment:

Martin Melkonian to the Nassau County Rent Guidelines Board, for a three year term expiring on December 31, 2009 and John E. Imhof as the Commissioner of Social Services.

In other business, Legislator Yatauro approved the renaming of the Hempstead Transit Center to “Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center.”

The legislature also approved the acceptance of a donation consisting of 200 pieces of assorted office furniture valued at $30,000 from T&O Associates in Westbury and the following agencies were added to the list of agencies with which the County may execute contracts on behalf of the Youth Board: BiasHELP, Inc.; COPAY, Inc of Great Neck; Help End Violence Now, Inc; S.T.R.O.N.G. Youth, Inc; and the Westbury Community Improvement Corporation, Inc. All the agencies will address youth-related issues, including gang related violence prevention, recreational and educational services, and assistance for “at risk” youth and families.