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Town Board Town of Oyster Bay March 21, 2019 1 TOWN BOARD TOWN OF OYSTER BAY SPECIAL MEETING MARCH 21, 2019 10:15 A.M. JOSEPH SALADINO JAMES ALTADONNA JR. SUPERVISOR TOWN CLERK P R E S E N T: SUPERVISOR JOSEPH S. SALADINO COUNCILMAN JOSEPH D. MUSCARELLA COUNCILMAN ANTHONY D. MACAGNONE COUNCILMAN LOUIS B. IMBROTO COUNCILWOMAN MICHELE M. JOHNSON COUNCILMAN THOMAS HAND COUNCILMAN STEVEN L. LABRIOLA A L S O P R E S E N T: JAMES ALTADONNA JR., TOWN CLERK JAMES STEFANICH, RECEIVER OF TAXES Minutes of the meeting taken by: KRISTINA TRNKA Reporter/Notary Public ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay March 21, 2019 2 1 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: Good morning, 2 ladies and gentlemen. 3 Welcome to the Town of Oyster Bay Tobay 4 concessions open work session. 5 Today is Thursday, March 21st. Welcome 6 to Town Hall. 7 To led us in prayer as we begin every 8 public meeting here in the Town of Oyster Bay, 9 please welcome our friend Pastor John Yenchko of 10 North Shore Community Church in Oyster Bay. 11 Pastor, the podium is yours. 12 PASTOR YENCHKO: Thank you, 13 Mr. Supervisor. I'm glad to be with you this 14 morning. 15 (Whereupon, a prayer was recited by 16 Father John Yenchko.) 17 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: Thank you, Pastor 18 Yenchko. 19 Thank you for always joining us and 20 thank you for all of your leadership and your 21 wisdom. 22 And now we ask to be joined by 23 Commander Richard DeJesu from AmVets Post 21 here 24 in Oyster Bay to lead us in the Pledge of 25 Allegiance. ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay March 21, 2019 3 1 Commander, it's all yours. 2 (Whereupon, the Pledge of Allegiance 3 was recited by Commander Richard DeJesu.) 4 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: Thank you so 5 much, Commander Rich DeJesu. Thank you for taking 6 the time. 7 And I ask you all to please remain 8 standing while we recognize a moment of silence for 9 our men and woman in the armed services, those 10 serving here in the homeland and abroad and in 11 recognition of the men and women in law enforcement 12 and all of our first responders who we hold so dear 13 and we greatly appreciate. 14 (Whereupon, a moment of silence was 15 observed.) 16 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: Thank you. 17 Please be seated. 18 Thank you for joining us all here today 19 as we administer open, honest, and a very 20 transparent process to choose new concessionaires 21 for our facilities at Tobay Beach. 22 When the administration changed in 23 2017, we made a pledge to our residents to 24 establish a very open process, implement reforms, 25 and usher in a new day in the Town of Oyster Bay. ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay March 21, 2019 4 1 One of the initiatives I was most 2 pleased to have introduced, along with the Board, 3 was the open, public work session, which we hosted 4 nearly two years ago. We had that open process to 5 select new concessionaires for our Town facilities. 6 We will be repeating that process today. 7 With the Summer on the horizon and fun 8 days ahead at Tobay Beach, it's important that we 9 select vendors very soon and have them in place for 10 the start of the beach season. 11 Over the course of the day the Town 12 Board will publically review multiple proposals in 13 response to a request for proposals for the 14 operation of the food and beverage services at 15 Tobay Beach ahead of the upcoming Summer season. 16 And, again, the entire process will be 17 conducted publically. 18 Presentations will be made by a number 19 of companies with many years of experience in the 20 food service industry. Each of the presenters have 21 provided financial documents to an outside, 22 independent accounting firm that represents our 23 Town. After the presentations are completed, the 24 council members and I will deliberate openly and 25 publically to determine the applicant who ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay March 21, 2019 5 1 represents the best value for our residents. We 2 want to provide you, our residents, with the best 3 food and beverage services in a way that is 4 affordable and enhances the overall experience at 5 Tobay Beach. 6 Selecting companies at a public meeting 7 is an open, honest, and transparent way, which 8 ensures that we not only get it done in time for 9 the season, but that we get it done right. 10 Now, we will begin with presentations 11 for the restaurants. These companies will present 12 their proposals based on a randomly selected order. 13 After each presentation, the Board may ask 14 questions. After all the presentations for the 15 restaurants are complete, we will then except 16 public comment. We will do the same after the 17 concession presentations are complete. And we will 18 be taking a break between the restaurant portion 19 and the concession portion, so this way if anyone 20 needs to go out to lunch, we will provide you with 21 a 45-minute break for you to do so. 22 Our first presenter today will be 23 Island Time Hospitality Group. 24 All of these were chosen in a random 25 fashion. ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay March 21, 2019 6 1 We are going to -- yes. Before we do 2 that we're just waiting a moment. We are going to 3 be joined -- if you don't mind taking your seats. 4 We are going to be joined in just a moment by 5 Councilman Imbroto who is probably -- will be 6 walking in the door in just seconds. And then 7 we'll take the roll to open up our meeting and then 8 you'll go first. 9 So, we thank you for your patience and 10 we thank each and every one of the presenters for 11 coming here today and for presenting their proposal 12 in such an open and transparent way. 13 We will just take a moment more and I'm 14 sure Lou Imbroto -- Councilman Imbroto is about to 15 walk in the door. 16 (Whereupon, a pause was taken at this 17 time.) 18 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: Just give him a 19 minute more. 20 Town Clerk will now take the roll. 21 Call the roll, please. 22 MR. ALTADONNA: Supervisor Saladino? 23 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: Present. 24 MR. ALTADONNA: I'd just like to say 25 that there were some words said about Senator ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay March 21, 2019 7 1 McCain last night. And I'd like expand on that and 2 say that the man is a war hero and he doesn't 3 deserve those comments. 4 And I personally want it read into the 5 record that as Town Clerk of Oyster Bay, I stand 6 with Senator McCain. I think he served this 7 country honorably and served it with his last full 8 measure of devotion. And I think that anybody who 9 questions that should go visit Arlington Cemetery 10 or go visit any of the cemeteries on Long Island 11 and see what that last full measure of devotion 12 means. 13 Thank you. 14 (Applause.) 15 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: The clerk will 16 now call the roll. 17 MR. ALTADONNA: Councilman Muscarella? 18 COUNCILMAN MUSCARELLA: Here. 19 MR. ALTADONNA: Councilman Macagnone? 20 COUNCILMAN MACAGNONE: Here. 21 MR. ALTADONNA: Councilwoman Johnson? 22 COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON: Here. 23 MR. ALTADONNA: Councilman Imbroto? 24 COUNCILMAN IMBROTO: Present. 25 MR. ALTADONNA: Councilman Hand? ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay March 21, 2019 8 1 COUNCILMAN HAND: Here. 2 MR. ALTADONNA: And Councilman 3 Labriola? 4 COUNCILMAN LABRIOLA: Here. 5 MR. ALTADONNA: Okay. You have a -- 6 COUNCILMAN MACAGNONE: Excuse me, 7 Clerk. You neglected to poll the supervisor. 8 COUNCILMAN MUSCARELLA: He started with 9 him. 10 MR. ALTADONNA: I did. I did. 11 (TIME NOTED: 10:25 A.M.) 12 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: So, our first 13 presenter will be the Island Time Hospitality Group 14 for our restaurants. 15 MR. MILLER: Good morning. 16 Before we get started, I would just 17 like to say that the way you start your Town 18 meetings this morning with the prayer and the 19 pledge, that's awesome. That's something that's 20 lost in our schools and I was just blown away by 21 that. 22 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: Thank you. 23 MR. MILLER: So, good morning. Thank 24 you for having us today. And good luck finding the 25 perfect partner for your residents in the Town of ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay March 21, 2019 9 1 Oyster Bay. 2 It's a challenge. I know everybody 3 personally who is applying and they're all very 4 much -- what's the word I'm looking for -- 5 qualified. Thank you. 6 So for Island Time Hospitality Group, 7 my name is Mark Miller. These are my partners 8 here: James Bonanno, Scottie Campbell, Frank 9 Boyle, Kevin Mills.