Village of Saddle Rock Mayor J. Leonard Samansky announced plans for the upcoming 100th annual village meeting of Saddle Rock at last Wednesdays village board of trustees meeting, along with an update on the new voting machine law and the upcoming village elections.
“There will be a host of dignitaries speaking, color guard, and we are trying to get a student from one our schools to sing the Star Spangled Banner, which will then be followed by brunch,” Samansky said in reference to the village’s 100th annual meeting. “There is a whole host of things needed to be done – appointment of banks, forming of committees, announcement of those who serve on committees, etc,” said Samansky.
The Village of Saddle Rock will hold its next regular meeting on April 6, however certain items on the list will be held off as the meeting will be adjourned until the annual meeting on Sunday, according to Samansky. One item held until Sunday will be the official swearing in of the newly elected officials for the village.
Samansky announced the village will be using lever pull voting machines instead of the optical scanning machines for the upcoming village election, and how the election inspectors have been finalized.
A new law put into place written by Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) and state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (D-Great Neck) will allow villages the ability to rent lever voting machines, which will only cost $150 a day, compared to the optical scanning machines which cost villages $1,500 a day.
“Savings to villages is tremendous,” Samansky said.
During the meeting Samansky jokingly remarked on how he wished Governor Andrew Cuomo was at the meeting.
“Too bad the governor isn’t here, we would show him how to budget things,” Samansky Said.
