With a storm approaching, Mineola trustees reminded residents about safety protocol during Wednesday’s meeting.
The night before Thursday’s storm hit, the board warned residents to remember to move their cars off the street in order to let plows clear the roads.
Residents who don’t abide by the rules will receive summons, Mayor Scott Strauss said.
“It’s not about the revenue, it’s about compliance,” Strauss said
Strauss said there are municipal lots available for residents to use.
The building department received calls from residents on Wednesday asking if they are allowed to park cars on their lawns, according to Superintendent of Buildings Daniel Whalen.
Whalen said he suggests residents don’t do that.
Strauss said residents who do so will not receive summons, but said residents should utilize the municipal lots if they can.
Strauss also said residents may want to consider using a neighbor’s driveway.
Trustee Dennis Walsh said last year he and Deputy Mayor Paul Pereira drove around as workers cleared snow.
Walsh said he saw two areas where residents blew 100 percent of the snow on their property back onto the street.
Walsh said those residents must have had a big snow blower or more than one.
“When people [shovel] it’s inevitable that some goes onto the street and you shouldn’t do that,” Walsh said. “But when you take every drop of snow on your property and blow it back onto the street you deserve a summons and hopefully if that happens again there will be summons.”
At the meeting a resident voiced a couple of complaints to the board.
He said there is a difference between the upkeep and appearance of the two parks, Wilson Park and Mineola Memorial Park.
Wilson Park, he said, looks beautiful. Mineola Memorial Park, he said, “doesn’t look inviting.”
The resident said he think there should be a checklist that the employees follow to ensure the upkeep is the same in both parks.
Strauss said the village will make sure the staff is “doing what they should be doing to the level we expect it to be done.”
The resident also said he has issues with the red light cameras.
Strauss said that the village doesn’t have control over the red light cameras, only the county does.
