Town Board Town of Oyster Bay December 11, 2018 1 TOWN BOARD TOWN OF OYSTER BAY SPECIAL PRESENTATION DECEMBER 11, 2018 10:16 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 COUNCILWOMAN REBECCA M. ALESIA COUNCILWOMAN MICHELE M. JOHNSON COUNCILMAN LOUIS B. IMBROTO COUNCILMAN THOMAS HAND 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 December 11, 2018 2 1 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: Ladies and 2 gentlemen, if I could have your attention, please. 3 Good morning and welcome to Oyster Bay 4 Town Hall for our Town Board meeting of Tuesday, 5 December 11, 2018. 6 To lead us in prayer this morning, we 7 welcome Dr. Mufti Mohammad Farhan, who serves on 8 the Plainview Old Bethpage Interfaith Clergy 9 Counsel. 10 Dr. Farhan, the podium is yours. 11 Would you all please rise? 12 (Whereupon, a prayer was recited by 13 Dr. Mufti Mohammad Farhan.) 14 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: Thank you, 15 Dr. Farhan. 16 To lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, 17 we are quite honored today to have with us, United 18 States Marine Corps Sergeant John Carter from 19 Farmingdale. 20 Sergeant Carter. 21 (Whereupon, the Pledge of Allegiance 22 was recited by Sergeant John Carter.) 23 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: Thank you, ladies 24 and gentlemen. 25 Please have a seat. ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay December 11, 2018 3 1 And specifically on behalf of all of us 2 in Town government, thank you Sergeant, thank you 3 for your service to our great nation. Please stay 4 with us here in the front of the room as I would 5 like our audience to have the opportunity to hear 6 more about you and some the great work as you 7 continue to do for our veterans, for our children, 8 for our community. 9 John joined us here this morning with 10 his wife, Claudia. He served eight years in the 11 United States Marine Corps. John was part of 12 Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and participated in 13 Operation Southern Watch and Operation Enduring 14 Freedom. 15 While serving our nation, John lost 16 many fellow soldiers in combat. He honors their 17 memory every day by continuing to advocate for 18 fellow veterans. Veteran suicide and PTSD are 19 among the issues he is most passionate about, and, 20 quite frankly, the issues that should be on all of 21 our minds. National Statistics indicate that 22 22 veterans take their lives each and every day. 23 John walked 22 miles on November 10th 24 from Smithtown to Calverton National Cemetery to 25 bring attention to this terrible statistic and to ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay December 11, 2018 4 1 raise awareness for all of us about the realities 2 of PTSD and veteran suicides. His walk raised 3 money for Heroes Among Us, a wonderful nonprofit 4 organization that intervenes by paying for therapy 5 and emergency relief for our veterans and their 6 families, as well as sends care packages. 7 The founders of Heroes Among Us is 8 Virginia Cervasio, who is also with us here today. 9 And, Virginia, if you wouldn't mind coming forward 10 and please joining with John at the front of the 11 room. Virginia. 12 MR. CARTER: She couldn't make it. She 13 got stuck in North Carolina with the Winter 14 weather. 15 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: And your name? 16 MR. CARTER: John. I'm John. 17 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: John. Thank you 18 so much for being with us. Thank you for all that 19 you do. 20 Virginia is a resident of Bayville and 21 she lost her son, Angelo, a United States veteran, 22 to suicide. 23 As you know, and it's important for all 24 of us to know, Virginia founded Heroes Among Us in 25 Angelo's honor and to help prevent other parents ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay December 11, 2018 5 1 and loved ones from having an experience of similar 2 anguish. 3 My colleagues and I are proud to 4 recognize the efforts of John Carter and Virginia 5 Cervasio and all of their service, their sacrifice, 6 and tireless efforts on behalf of our veterans. 7 We have citations to say thank you and 8 because the Town and its residents care very much, 9 we want to honor you. And I'm going to ask my 10 colleagues, including, Councilman Tony Macagnone 11 and Councilman Joe Muscarella, as well as all of us 12 to help by presenting these Town Citations for you 13 and Virginia, to say thank you in a very important 14 way for a difficult job that you and she do. 15 We appreciate you, we love the fact 16 that you continue to guide us through leadership, 17 and everyone in the room says thank you. 18 (Applause.) 19 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: John, if you'd 20 join us in front. 21 Councilman, if you would assist with 22 the presentations. Councilman, if you would 23 assist. 24 (Whereupon, a Town citation was 25 presented.) ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay December 11, 2018 6 1 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: John, again, on 2 behalf of all our residents and our Town family, we 3 thank you and Claudia for your commitment to our 4 soldiers, to our veterans and to all of America. 5 Let's again thank John. 6 (Applause.) 7 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: Thank you, again. 8 Now, our Town Board takes special 9 pleasure in recognizing an individual who displayed 10 great poise and skill in helping someone in crisis. 11 On November 2nd of this year while 12 attending a job fair hosted by the Town of Oyster 13 Bay, Bayville resident, Lisa Constantin, witnessed 14 another job seeker fall and then hit his head on 15 the floor. 16 The fall rendered the man unconscious. 17 Lisa, a member of the Locust Valley Fire Department 18 and an Emergency Medical Technician, immediately 19 rushed to the man's side, put her training into 20 action and administered aid to the victim. She 21 assessed his condition as he regained consciousness 22 and tended to a laceration in his forehead. She 23 also ascertained the victim had low blood pressure 24 and blood sugar. 25 Lisa then relayed this information to ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay December 11, 2018 7 1 responding members of the Bethpage Fire Department, 2 who subsequently took over the scene and 3 transported the victim via ambulance to Plainview 4 Hospital. Lisa's actions were exemplary and helped 5 mitigate a frightening and dangerous situation. 6 My Town Board colleagues and I are 7 proud to publicly acknowledge and commend Lisa for 8 demonstrating an ability to act quickly and 9 skillfully when citizens -- fellow citizens are in 10 need. These alert and essential actions were 11 exemplary and truly worth the Town's highest honor. 12 I'm going to ask Councilwoman to -- 13 North Shore Councilwoman to please make this 14 presentation to Lisa Constantin. 15 Lisa, if you could please step up. 16 (Applause.) 17 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: Thank you. 18 Councilwoman Johnson will be making 19 this presentation. 20 (Whereupon, a Town citation was 21 presented.) 22 COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON: That gentleman 23 was so lucky to have you there. 24 Thank you so much for your service to 25 our community in Locust Valley and for being ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay December 11, 2018 8 1 available anywhere in the Town. 2 Thank you. 3 (Applause.) 4 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: Thank you again, 5 Lisa, for your incredible service as a first 6 responder and always being there to help, support, 7 and, most of all, protect our community. 8 Ladies and gentlemen, Lisa Constantin. 9 (Applause.) 10 SUPERVISOR SALADINO: We are also proud 11 to welcome a very dear friend I've been fortunate 12 enough to know for quite some time, and, quite 13 frankly, many of us have known for some time. 14 Someone we look up to and someone we admire, 15 Retired Major Chuck Kilbride and members of the 16 United States Marine Corps. We thank you for being 17 here. 18 These honorable Marines operated Toys 19 For Tots, as they do each and every year, 20 delivering holiday gifts and joy to children who 21 need them the most in our communities and 22 throughout the greater New York area. 23 The Town of Oyster Bay is proud to 24 partner with Toys for Tots, and this year's efforts 25 have been coordinated by our good friend, ON TIME COURT REPORTING 516-535-3939 Town Board Town of Oyster Bay December 11, 2018 9 1 Councilman Tony Macagnone, good friends, and 2 Councilman Tom Hand. 3 It's not too late, ladies and 4 gentleman, to donate a new unwrapped toy for a girl 5 or boy, and those who wish to donate can visit our 6 collection boxes in our facilities throughout the 7 Town of Oyster Bay through Thursday.