The Village of Flower Hill adopted a budget of $3,246,219 for the 2013-14 fiscal year at its April 1 board of trustees meeting, a number treasurer Kathy Wade said is approximately $100,000 lower than last year’s.
The budget calls for the village to raise $1,473,660 in taxes, the same total from 2012-13, and will not raise the tax levy for the upcoming year, according to the village’s budget document.
Wade said that even though the village tax rate would increase 1.73 percent from last year, total assessments were going down and would offset the overall tax levy.
Wade also said village expenditures would decrease 3.43 percent from last year.
The board also swore in trustees Tab Hauser and Eileen Mills for new terms, and appointed Anne Frankel as the new village arborist.
Hauser, an incumbent re-elected to his trustee position, was also re-appointed as the village’s deputy mayor.
Trustee Robert McNamara, who was also re-elected to his position in last month’s election, had been previously sworn in and was not in attendance at the meeting.
The board approved a proposal from the Long Island Sports Cars, a new luxury vehicle dealership soon to open along Northern Boulevard, to put in one no-left turn sign off the property to meet village traffic concerns with the property.
The ruling is a modification of the Nassau County Planning Commission’s initial recommendation of no-left turn signs on the property and on Northern Boulevard signaling no left turns onto the property.
Since the decision differed from the county’s initial recommendation, the board needed a supermajority vote for it to pass. The county now has 30 days to respond to the village’s ruling.
Two building applications were presented at the meeting, one for an in-ground pool and patio to be put in at 36 Sycamore Drive and another for a house on Ridge Drive East in Roslyn Park, which village Building Superintendent James Gilhooly said was of “exceptional design.”
During the public comment, resident Doug Chaskin approached the board about a structure in his neighbor’s backyard that he feels is obstructing his view and may cause loss of value to his home, urging the board to uphold village code.
Village of Flower Hill Mayor Elaine Philips advised him that she would speak to the architectural planning committee to attempt to resolve the issue.
