Amityville Village elections Tuesday
by Carolyn James

Peter Casserly

A quiet and uncontested election season ends on Tuesday March 20, when voters go to the polls to reelect Amityville Village Trustees Peter Casserly and Joe Slack. Casserly, who has served for 24 years, seeks another four-year term under the Bay Village Party banner. Slack, who has served ten years and also seeks another 4-year term is running under the Oak Tree Party.

"Regardless if they had a candidate running against them, I am confident that they would have won," said Mayor Peter T. Imbert in whose administration the trustees serve. "We have a great board that works together and has helped to move this Village forward."

Casserly is the longest serving trustee in Village history, but added that he continues to enjoy the job and looks forward to helping the numerous and large Village projects underway reach fruition. He agrees that the board, despite some differences of opinion, is cohesive. "Everybody has put in a tremendous amount of time and work into getting these projects going and has been involved in constantly monitoring them to make sure they are done properly."

"It's been fun and we have a good Mayor and 'bunch of guys' to work with," said Slack.

Joe Slack

During their tenure on the board, the Village has seen several senior citizen projects get underway, the purchase of open space at Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue, which is now a nautical park, and the passage of a bond for a new Village Hall. The Village has also purchased the old Puglisi property on Merrick Road, just west of Lake Drive, snatching it from the hands of developers who wanted to build a car wash there. New codes have limited auto uses along Merrick Road and will help, said Village officials, transform the Village along that roadway.

"We have been criticized for taking properties off the tax roles, such as the old Colonial Motel, but when you consider that many of these were eyesores and that their transformation is likely to maintain and increase property values in the area, they were good moves," said Slack.

As for the lack of competition, Casserly looked at it this way. "This is a small Village where people are close," he said. "Very often if a resident

has a question or concern they call us at home or stop us at Finast (supermarket) and we answer their questions or explain what is going on right then and there. That usually resolves whatever problem they may have."

The eight regular polls in the Village are open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. for the vote.

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