For the first time in 10 years, the Village of Great Neck is expected to surpass its $45,000 snow budget, Clerk/Treasurer Abraham Cohan said at the Tuesday, Feb. 17 board of trustees meeting on Tuesday.
The village has already spent over $42,000 on snow management this year, as the Department of Public Works prepares for more snow this weekend.
Cohan said he expects the village will have to dip into its $150,000 contingency fund.
After some delay, the board once again unanimously approved Trustee Steven Hope to sign the closing documents for a former sewer plant site at 263-267 East Shore Road, which was declared surplus, and to sell the property for $7.5 million.
The village also approved amendments to the contract of sale that dispersed ownership amongst six LLCs. Kings Point Mayor Kouros Torkan is the principal owner of each of them.
“The principal is the same on all of them,” Deputy Mayor Barton Sobel said.
The closing is set for Wednesday, Feb. 18.
During public comments, seven village residents living on North Drive spoke about safety on their street.
“We are concerned about the traffic on our block and how fast people are going,” said North Drive resident Bob Mehdizadeh.
Mehdizadeh said one night, a car was speeding and hit a tree on the road in the middle of the night.
Source: LI Press
