The Southold Town Board took care of business Tuesday morning, setting things up for the year ahead at its annual organization meeting. The board’s first meeting of the year had a packed agenda of 54 resolutions that tended to such items as appointments, salaries, committee assignments and meeting schedules.
James Rich III was reappointed to the planning board and Leslie Weisman was reappointed to the zoning board of appeals. Both offices carry annual salaries of $13,728, a 2 percent increase over 2015.
Weisman was reappointed chairperson of the ZBA and Donald Wilcenski was reappointed chairperson of the planning board. Both positions come with an additional salary of $3,000 per year, a boost of $1,000 over the additional salaries paid for those appointments in 2015.
Councilman James Dinizio cast the lone dissenting votes, without comment, in reappointing Weisman to the ZBA and naming her chairperson of that body.
The board reappointed assessor Kevin Webster as chairman of the board of assessment review at an additional salary of $7,000 per year, an increase of $5,000 over the additional salary he was paid for the chairmanship in 2015.
The board set the following salaries for the town’s elected officials:
Supervisor Scott Russell $104,417
Councilman William Ruland $34,390
Councilman James Dinizio $34,390
Councilman Robert Ghosio $34,390
Councilwoman Jill Doherty $34,390
Justice Louisa P. Evans $52,443
Justice William H. Price Jr. $70,348
Justice Brian Hughes $70,348
Town Clerk Elizabeth A. Neville $100,612
Superintendent of Highways Vincent Orlando $104,417
Receiver of Taxes George Sullivan $39,256
Assessor Robert I. Scott Jr. $75,203
Assessor Kevin Webster $75,203
Assessor Richard Caggiano $75,203
Trustee John Bredemeyer $18,991
Trustee Michael Domino $18,991
Trustee Charles Sanders $18,991
Trustee A. Nicholas Krupski $18,991
Trustee Glenn Goldsmith $18,991
Trustee president – additional $3,000
The supervisor again tapped Councilman William Ruland as his deputy supervisor, at an additional salary of $2,000 for the year.
The board set the following salaries for the following appointed officials, among others not listed here (for the full list click here):
Town attorney William Duffy $120,360
Assistant town attorney Stephen Kiely $104,040
Town comptroller John A. Cushman II $118,613 (plus 8 percent longevity)
Network & systems administrator Lloyd Reisenberg $106,468 (plus 6 percent longevity)
Town director of human services Karen McLaughlin $109,360 (plus 7 percent longevity)
Chief building inspector Michael Verity $94,395 (plus 6 percent longevity)
Town planning director Heather Lanza $118,454
Justice court director Leanne Reilly $89,751
The salary levels for 2016 represent a 2 percent increase over those paid to elected and appointed officials in 2015.
The town board named the following liaisons among its members to the following town committees:
Agricultural advisory: Councilman Ruland
Animal shelter: Councilman Ruland, Councilwoman Doherty
Anti-bias task force: Supervisor Russell, Councilman Ruland
Architectural: Councilman Ghosio, Councilman Ruland
CAST: Supervisor Russell
Helicopter noise steering: Supervisor Russell, Councilman Ghosio
Historic preservation: Supervisor Russell
Housing advisory: Councilman Dinizio
Land preservation: Councilman Ghosio
Personnel: Supervisor Russell, Councilman Ruland
Police advisory: Councilman Dinizio
Recreation: Councilman Ghosio
Shellfish advisory: Councilwoman Doherty
Stormwater run-off: Councilman Ghosio, Councilwoman Doherty
Transportation: Councilman Ruland
Tree: Councilwoman Doherty
Youth Bureau: Councilman Ruland, Councilman Dinizio
Zoning & building: Councilman Dinizio, Councilman Ghosio
Lynne Richards was named coordinator for the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Karen McLaughlin, the town’s director of human services, was named chairperson of the committee on health issues and services for the elderly.
The board authorized the supervisor to sign retainer agreements with lawyers Lisa Clare Kombrink and Mary C. Wilson as land preservation counsel.
It also named Bank of America, Bridehampton National Bank, Captial One, Empire National Bank, and Suffolk County National Bank as official depositories of the Town of Southold.
