WHB Village Board Notes: Eckart’s Honored for 100th Year in Business

During their monthly meeting on Thursday night, Westhampton Beach Village Trustees celebrated Eckart’s Luncheonette's 100th year in business with a plaque.

In presenting the plaque to the businesses owners, Mayor Conrad Teller joked, saying the luncheonette is where he “learned to read comic books and tell dirty jokes.”

The luncheonette is an iconic fixture in the community, run by the Eckart family for four generations.

Be sure to check back later this month as Hampton Bays Patch helps celebrate the business’ hundredth anniversary with an article detailing its history.

Public Hearings Scheduled

The WHB village board voted to schedule a public hearing on the village’s tentative budget. The hearing will be held on April 7 at 7 p.m. at Village Hall.

Another hearing on proposed changes the to village’s Wireless Tower ordinance will also be held on April 7 at Village Hall.

Changes in the ordinance are not major, according to village officials, who said they are simply looking to “clean-up” the code.

Events Approved

The Westhampton Beach Village Trustees approved a number of applications for upcoming events that will take place of village property.

Among the events approved is a run/walk for a fundraiser that will take place along Oneck on Saturday, April 2 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

The Village Board also approved an application for the Remsenburg-Speonk PTO to use the Village Green for their 3rd Annual Earth Day Festival on Saturday, April 30 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

Responsible Solutions for Valued Pets has been permitted to hold a dog walk on Sunday, June 12, 2011 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm beginning at the Great Lawn and ending at the Village Green with the actual dog walk taking place from 10:00 am to 10:30 am and festivities to commence on the Village Green at 10:30 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m.

And finally, the Westhampton Rotary Club has been authorized to use the Great Lawn for their Annual Flea Market on Saturday, August 13 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm and on Sunday, August 14 from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

Officer Retires

The Village board accepted the retirement of Village Police Detective Edwin Hamor, effective March 13.

Special Exception Granted

The Village Board approved a special exception permit requested by Westhampton Auto Supply, located at 141 Riverhead Road in Westhampton Beach.

The owner of the property asked to convert the use of the property from a personal fitness center to an automobile diagnostic center.  The board approved the permit.

Habitat For Humanity

The Village has relinquished rights of a 15,911 Square foot piece of property that it owns on Guildi Street to Habitat for Humanity. 

According to officials, the village acquired the land from the county in 2002 to be used for affordable houses. 

As per the land transfer agreement, Habitat Humanity can sell the home to individual who meets their income eligibility standards and who meets the following conditions in the following order: Must be a full-time employee of the Village of Westhampton Beach, an active member of the Westhampton Beach Fire Department, an individual who graduated from Westhampton Beach High School from 1980 to the present time and who was a resident of the Town of Southampton at the time of graduation, an individual who currently resides within the area of the Westhampton School District, Quogue School District, East Quogue School District or Remsenburg School District, an individual who currently resides within the Town of Southampton, an individual who currently resides within the County of Suffolk and any other individual who qualifies.

The agreement also states that the property “shall only be transferred to an individual to be used as the individual's permanent residence.”

 Concession Stand

The Board of Trustees have hired Quogue Country Market to run the village’s concession stand at Rogers Beach pavilion this summer. The company came in with the highest bid at $9,000.