The Glen Cove City Council approved a $4.9 million capital bond at its meeting on Tuesday, May 26, after failing to pass it two weeks earlier.
The council failed to approve the issuance of the $4,923,057 bond to finance capital improvement projects throughout the city after a vote in favor failed to receive the required supermajority at the Tuesday, May 12, meeting. The council, fully in attendance, unanimously approved the bond at Tuesday’s meeting.
The bond ordinance will allocate $905,000 “forever chemicals” treatment system project at Seaman Road to improve water quality, $600,000 for a rehabilitation project for the municipal garage, $575,000 for road and drainage improvements throughout the city, $385,000 for an improvement project at the Nancy Court water well, $340,000 to replace the boiler at City Hall, and more than $331,000 for stormwater infrastructure improvements.
The plan also includes numerous smaller projects involving parks, emergency services, technology, and public facilities across Glen Cove.
The bond will fund new police patrol vehicles and equipment, fire department radio upgrades, EMS life-saving equipment, harbor patrol radios, and boat rehabilitation.
Parks and recreation improvements include upgrades at City Stadium Park, Morgan Park, and the municipal golf course, including bunker reconstruction and new maintenance equipment.
Additional projects include City Hall elevator upgrades, parking lot rehabilitation, animal shelter improvements, security systems at beaches and parks, and information technology hardware and software purchases.
The bond will be backed by the city’s full faith and credit, with repayment supported through future tax levies, according to city documents.
The bond is roughly $2 million less than the $6.9 million capital bond the council approved in2025.
The council voted 5-0 at the May 12 meeting to approve a resolution deeming all capital improvement projects as Type II actions, having no significant environmental impact and requiring no further action or environmental review. Council Members Grady Farnan and John Perrone were absent from the meeting, which was one of the arguments Council Member John Zozzaro said when asking to table the vote.
Source: LI Press
