Two candidates are running for mayor in Williston Park in the elections on March 20 and three candidates are vying for two trustee spots.
Mayor Paul Ehrbar is facing former Williston Park Fire Department Chief Anthony Gagliardi in a bid to be re-elected for a third four-year term.
Trustee Kevin Rynne is facing two challengers for the two open trustee spots, Bill O’Brien and Williston Park Fire Chief Richard Sais.
Ehrbar, Rynne and O’Brien are all running with the Integrity Party Team.
Efforts to reach Ehrbar were unavailing.
In a statement previously shared with Blank Slate Media, Gagliardi said he believes he can “bring new ideas on improving the functioning of our village.”
If elected, Gagliardi said, he wants to concentrate on “desperately needed” village road work.
Trustee Teresa Thomann’s term is ending this year, too, but she is not seeking re-election.
Thomann is at the end of her eighth consecutive year as a village board member, after previously serving a four-year term in the 1990s.
She previously told Blank Slate Media that she hopes she can now serve residents as a member of the Williston Park Civic Association.
O’Brien previously said he believes the current board has been doing a great job for the village and said he wants to help do whatever is necessary to “make Williston Park the great town that it is.”
Sais previously shared a similar sentiment with Blank Slate Media, saying that there’s not a big difference between him and his fellow friends and neighbors on the board.
He said they’re all committed to keeping the village “as great as it is.”
Sais’ two-year term as Williston Park Fire Department chief ends in April and he said he plans to retire from the Suffolk County Police Department in the next year.
Sais said he will continue to serve as a firefighter regardless of the election results and would consider serving as chief again.
As a member of the board, Sais said he would be able to serve the village in a different way.
“I just want to tackle the normal stuff,” Sais said. “You want the roads to be nice and you want to maintain the beauty that attracted you to this village.”
Efforts to reach Rynne were unavailing.
Village Justice Kevin Riley is running unopposed for re-election.
The village elections will be held on March 20 at Village Hall from noon to 9 p.m.
