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Bid restriction cost village $1 million: Toner
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MAKING STRIDES
Manorhaven attorney proposes law prohibiting use of mile restrictions B y S ara h M inkewic z Village of Manorhaven trustees proposed a law to forbid geographic restrictions on bids for services on Thursday. “The reason for this is in the past, not with this administration, with the past administration, there was a restriction put in to our bidding for services and for goods,” Village Justice James Toner said at the March 24 Board of Trustees meeting. “This restriction more or less effected the garbage and sewer contracts. What it did was it prevented outside companies from bidding if they did not have a maintenance facility within a four-mile radiance of Manorhaven within the Town of North Hempstead.” Toner said the geographic restriction cost taxpayers approximately $1 million between the garbage contract and sewer maintain contract. Toner said the Village Board
turned down a request by Meadow Carting Corp. of Westbury in 2008 to renew its contract to cart garbage for a year at a cost of $469,000 after imposing a requirement that vendors be located within four miles of the village. “What the board did at the time was they imposed a four-mile restriction. As a result of that four mile restriction Meadow was no longer able to bid,” Toner said. “The Dejana Company was able to Photo by: Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults bid because there was that fourmile restriction. The successful Former Helen Keller National Center student Jon Gabry and his Support Service Provider bid on the contract was $563,000 participate during last year’s Helen Keller walk/run in Sands Point. so the village paid $94,000 more because they rejected the renewal of Meadow who had an office in Westbury.” Toner said Meadow Carting had sent in two letters objecting to the four-mile radius restriction after it was imposed, stating that as a result of the four-mile radius law we are unable to bid for this contract.” Village Trustee Rita DiLucia B y N oa h M anskar Enforcement, or COPE, pro- cers between them, Acting Continued on Page 78 gram to tackle quality-of-life Police Commissioner Thomas
County police force to fight quality-of-life issues
Nassau County’s most popular cops are getting some help. The Nassau County Police Department has established a Community-Oriented Police
crimes and supplement the work of 16 problem-oriented police, or POP, officers. The department has plans to expand both programs and add at least eight offi-
Krumpter said in an interview last week. “It pays huge dividends,” Krumpter said. “The community loves it, the elected leaders Continued on Page 77
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