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Smithtown Notebook: St. James King Kullen Gets Public Hearing Date on Zone Change Application

Here's a rundown of what happened this week at town hall.

King Kullen Zoning Code Change Request Gets Public Hearing Date

The town board voted unanimously to approve a public hearing to consider King Kullen Grocery Co.’s request to amend the zoning code and map of the town from R-10, or 10,000 square foot residential or single-family, to Central Business District, on the east-side property of Washington Avenue, north of Third Street in St. James. The hearing will take place at the Eugene A. Cannataro Senior Citizen Center, located at 420 Middle Country Road in Smithtown on June 23 at 7 p.m.

Run Permits Granted

Second readings were heard for the Smithtown Christian School Run/Walk to be held on July 9, the Wood Park Primary School Annual Fitness Walk to be held on June 2, and the Kings Park Chamber of Commerce Kings Park Day, to be held on June 18. The town board approved permits for each of the events.

Employee Appointments and Continuation of Services

Scott J. Bottner and Lauren Biggane were appointed to the Youth Advisory Board for a term set to last from May 27 to Dec. 31, 2013 at the Thursday night town board meeting. The town board also voted to continue the use of services from Germano & Cahill to represent the town on solid waste matters for the inter-municipal agreement between Smithtown and the Town of Huntington, and the services of Covanta for the Resource Recovery Facility.

Upcoming Town Meetings

The lone meeting for the first week of June is the planning board meeting, which will take place on Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Eugene A. Cannataro Senior Citizen Center, located at 420 Middle Country Road in Smithtown.

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KFM May 21, 2013 at 04:17 pm
How, in a period of rapidly declining enrollment, can costs be increasing so much from year to year,Read More you ask? The answer is in front of you in black and white. I urge you to READ your district’s budget: we are funding retirements when many of us cannot afford to fund our own during difficult economic times. These wheels were set in motion by contracts negotiated in times of unrealistic growth that may likely not occur again. It is time to open up these plans and relieve this unfair burden from our shoulders. Whatever other measures are pursued in order to control costs, including consolidation within and eventually with other districts, are never going to be enough if you cannot get this problem corrected. Write your congressman, for the love of God. If you need any more incentive to do so, please go to http://rocdocs.democratandchronicle.com/database/teacher-pensions-new-york and look at what Smithtown’s retirees are collecting MONTHLY. It will sicken you.
KFM May 21, 2013 at 04:12 pm
They are allowed to exclude the pension and employee benefit increases when expressing the increase.Read More
Billie B May 20, 2013 at 10:17 am
Tomorrow is the vote..vote NO NOW or our taxes are going to continue to sky rocket. Unless we doRead More something this town will continue to spiral down. More taxes aren't going to help. We need to cut expenses and get ourselves on a fiscally responsible plan.