Sean Haggerty was elected mayor of the Village of Munsey Park last Wednesday, replacing Frank DeMento, who won re-election to the board as a trustee alongside Patrick Hance.
Haggerty, now the village’s former deputy mayor, received 70 votes, while DeMento received 72 and Hance 73 in the uncontested election.
“I’m grateful for having the opportunity to serve the village as mayor. I want to thank Mayor Demento for his service during his term as mayor, and I look forward to working with the board in my new role,” Haggerty said in an email. “I also want to thank the residents for their support, especially those who took the time to come down and vote.”
It is unclear whether DeMento will now serve in the village’s deputy mayor role. The board’s next meeting is April 15, in which it plans to introduce its 2015-16 budget.
DeMento, Haggerty and Hance each unseated long-term incumbents with their election to the village board in 2013.
Trustees Brian Herrington and Jay Beber were elected to full terms on the Flower Hill village boards, having been appointed to serve in the last six months following the resignations of former Deputy Mayor Tab Hauser and Trustee Eileen Mills.
Herrington and Beber each received 41 votes, while Deputy Mayor Robert McNamara was elected to his second term on the board with 42 votes.
“I am very excited and grateful the voters in Flower Hill gave me this opportunity,” Herrington said in an e-mail. “I am looking forward to working with the mayor and fellow trustees on the upcoming budget, environmental issues, and our other strategic priorities.”
Herrington was appointed to the board in November to serve the remainder of the term vacated by former Deputy Mayor Tab Hauser, who resigned from the village board in June after moving to Glen Cove.
Beber joined the board in December to fill the trustee position vacated by Eileen Mills, who resigned in November due to family issues.
McNamara was first elected in 2013 and was previously the chairman of the village’s finance committee. He was appointed deputy mayor in December.
In Plandome Heights, trustee candidate Gus Panopoulos was elected to succeed the departed Laurence Bourguet, who did not seek another term to office.
Panopoulos received 49 votes, while trustees Daniel Cataldo (50) and Norman Taylor (45) won another term on the board.
Village of Plandome incumbents Mayor M. Lloyd Williams (35 votes) and trustees Katie Saville (38) and Donald Richardson (39) won additional two-year terms.
In the Village of Plandome Manor, appointed Trustee James Baydar won a full term on the board with 26 votes, while longtime Mayor Barbara Donno (23) and Trustee Matthew Clinton (22) won re-election. Village Justice Saul Kobrick was re-elected with 23 votes.
Baydar, a former member of the village’s zoning and planning boards, was appointed to the board in September to fill the rest of the term of former Trustee Irwin Klein, who resigned in July and moved out of the village.
None of the positions are salaried. Each is for two years.
