At a board meeting lasting less than 10 minutes, Village of Saddle Rock Mayor J. Leonard Symanski said he is waiting on word from newly-elected state Sen. Jack Martins in regard to a state grant through the Dormitory Authority for $100,000 offered to Saddle Rock for dock repairs in 2009.
Former state Sen. Craig Johnson, defeated by Martins in 2010, contacted the village and suggested that Saddle Rock apply for the grant which was approved, according to Symanski.
Although the repairs to 100 feet of the 50-year-old seawall on Little Neck Bay in Saddle Rock were completed in June, the village is still waiting on money promised by Johnson.
“As I understand it, if the grant was approved before Johnson left office, we get the money,” the mayor said on Monday. “I expect a check from them for $100,000.”
Symanski said he is prepared if the funding falls through.
“I have been in office long enough to know, if you don’t have the money, don’t spend it,” said Symanski, who has served 20 years as mayor in the village.
Martins is investigating the hold-up of the grant money, according to Symanski.
Also at the meeting, Symanski said contract negotiations with Cablevision for a new contract are still ongoing.
“One of these days we will get an agreement with them. We, as the other 15 villages, are operating under the old agreement,” said Symanski.
