Management

• Ended the corrupt and illegal practice of Confidential Pay.
• Stopped health benefits for part-time board members.
• Cracked-down on overtime, saving taxpayers $1 million in 2007 alone. In total, around $2.5 million has been saved.
• Trimmed overall Town vehicle fleet by auctioning unnecessary cars; reduced take-home vehicle usage by 46%.
• Installed GPS technology, using it to make decisions on necessary and unnecessary vehicles, including the elimination of eight expensive street-sweeping machines deemed unnecessary; also used GPS technology to redesign the street-sweeping route, resulting in an 18-day completion schedule, versus the 40-day schedule before.
• Overhauled Town cell phone plan; eliminated nearly half of all cell phone usage.
• Recruited a Labor Relations professional to head personnel.

Advocacy

• Joined with United States Senator Chuck Schumer and United States Congressman Steve Israel to advocate for continued dredging on Fire Island.
• Established the Town’s first Civic Association roundtable.
• Reconvened the Anti-Bias Task Force, creating the Town’s first Unity Day and Student Ambassador Program.
• Tours all hamlets in Islip each year with his Neighborhood Chat program.
• Hosts a ‘Night of Champions’ for all Islip Town student athletes who have qualified for all-County, all-State, and all-American status.
• Advocated to stop the removal of a Departure Sequencing Program (DSP) from MacArthur

Airport

• Created Suffolk County’s first Braille Directory.
• Wrote a letter to the Long Island Rail Road requesting more information about the installation of an eight foot-high fence at the rail road tracks in Bayport.
• Hosted an event to welcome home members of the Fighting 69th.
• United Town’s historical societies.
• Raised the Town’s Service Star Flag.
• Hosted the Cpl. Chris Levi Coming Home celebration.
• Installed the Town’s first Suggestion Box, which came as the result of a constituent suggestion.

Long Island MacArthur Airport

• Appointed a new Airport Commissioner.
• Cut 2008 operating expenses for personnel by 13%; cut 2008 operating expenses for non-personnel by 20%.
• Recognized by US Homeland Security for exceptional performance during a major incident.
• Established cellular phone lot.
• Opened the first fully dedicated Mother’s Room in a New York Metropolitan Airport; also opened an interfaith Chapel.
• Convened a task force to plan the future of LIMA.
• Worked with US Congressman Steve Israel to get a grant to replace the aging control tower.
• Was awarded the TSA Law Enforcement Award for excellence in law enforcement.
• Received $500,000 from District Attorney Tom Spota and the New York State DOT to strengthen security surveillance at MacArthur Airport.
• Started the Runway 6-24 rehabilitation project and the terminal sprinkler project.
• Fire Rescue responded to a total of 448 alarms.

Town Attorney’s Office

• Appointed a new Town Attorney.
• Aided New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo with a Q and A forum held in Brentwood.
• Created the Law Enforcement Department.
• Ordered the highest penalties on Long Island for zoning code violators, especially those profiting from illegal, multi-family dwellings.

Clean Energy

• Joined with Councilman Edwards to create the Town’s first Clean Energy Action Plan and establish the Town’s first Clean Energy Task Force; Also worked with Edwards’ office on alternative energy solutions, as well as bringing EnergyStar training to contractors and builders.
• Saving taxpayers approximately $150,000 per year with the installation of induction lights.
• Made Islip the first Town to allow the construction of wind turbines on residential property.
• Created Islip’s first Community Gardens program.

Constituent Services

• Established a series of nighttime and offsite Town Board meetings.
• Created a Neighborhood Chat series where residents are invited to meet the Supervisor in their own community and ask him questions directly.
• Created a universal emergency radio frequency for Islip Town.
• Worked with The Rinx to create a bubbled ice skating rink for kids to practice hockey in.
• Allowed both Cablevision and Verizon to hold a franchise agreement with Islip Town, ending a decades-long monopoly.
• Offered a venue for parents to obtain Operation Safe Child cards.

Environmental Control

• Signed an intermunicipal agreement with Brookhaven Town officials in which Brookhaven will begin collecting ash generated by the Town of Islip and dispose of it in the Brookhaven Town landfill – with the deal, Islip has stabilized its costs and reduce its transportation expenses.
• Established the Multi-Purpose Recycling facility as a place for residents to properly get rid of their household hazardous materials Monday through Friday, from 7 am to 3 pm, all year round; has removed 135 drums of household hazardous waste from the waste stream.
• Joined with the New York Dog Federation to offer New York State’s first FREE Responsible Dog Owner Class.
• Received an “A” grade from the Citizens Campaign for the Environment for the Town’s recycling program – the only municipality to receive this distinction.
• Generated approximately $4 million for 54 million kilowatts of electricity.
• Generated approximately $800,000 in revenue for the sale of recyclables and for the sale of nutrient-rich compost and wood chips.
• Collected Christmas trees from a 7th grade science class in East Islip as part of their environmental project.
• Hosted the annual Stop Throwing Out Pollutants (STOP) Day.
• Removed more than 31 million pounds of recycling and more than 37 million pounds of yard waste from the waste stream.
• Instituted the first curbside collection program on Long Island, and removed more than 108,000 pounds of e-waste from the waste stream.
• Removed nearly 20,000 gallons of raw sewage from the boat-going public, through the Town’s Pump-Out Boat Program.
• In reaction to the death of Maximus the Dog, issued a series of measures to stamp out animal cruelty.
• Performs more than 20 classroom presentations and12 facility tours a year.
• With his Pump-Out Boat Program, removes approximately 25,000 gallons of raw sewage per year.
• Removed 6,320 lbs of batteries from the waste stream through the school battery drum recycling program.
• Grew 25.7 million clams and 4.46 million oysters; 5 million clams and 2.5 million oysters were sold for revenue.
• Adopts nearly 800 dogs and 800 cats from the shelter annually and developed the www.islipcares.com website in an effort to increase adoption.
• Received a national recognition award for the MacArthur Power Generating Facility from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Economic Development

• Held a ribbon cutting for Constance Food Group; the Town helped Constance Food Group to become a ‘green’ manufacturing facility.
• Won the ‘Second Most Active Town Award,’ at LIDC in November 2008.
• Reintroduced the Foreign Trade Zone to the Long Island business community with marketing and events including a grand re-opening.
• Organized the first statewide association of FTZs.

Emergency Management

• Purchased a Titan generator, making Islip the first Town in the US to do so; other municipalities are now following suit.
• Received partial approval for the Debris Management Plan from FEMA. Islip will be the first municipality in New York State with such a plan.
• Holds an annual Hurricane Preparedness Seminar for residents.
• Secured a $250,000 EOC Communications grant from Assemblywoman Ginny Fields.
• Hosted ABC’s ‘Opportunity Knocks’
• Received FEMA grant for the Fire Island Beach re-nourishment plan. For this project, Islip Town won the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) award.
• Held three ICO 300 Classes, making Islip the most active municipality in training its staff with this important course in all of Suffolk County.

Human Services

• Hosted annual Black History celebration.
• Hosted annual Women’s History celebration.
• Hosted the first Unity Day celebration.
• Hosted the first anti-bias student fair.
• Worked with Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy to create a Teen Night at the Joyce Fitzpatrick Community Center.
• Increased home delivery meal route from 140 to 160 meals per day.
• With the Emergency Cell Phone Program, has provided cell phones to residents in need during emergencies.
• Dedicated the Brentwood Senior Center to Caesar Trunzo.

Information Technology

• Appointed a new director of Information Technology.
• Installed technology in the Town board room.
• Instituted the use of Microsoft Office, which has more capabilities than any other computer software office program.

Planning and Building

• Joined with the Suffolk County Board of Health to implement a plan to legalize all the Mobile Home Parks in the Town.
• Trained Building Department Staff in Energy Star regulations, which became mandatory in February 2009.
• Had trees planted in Bayport, Brentwood, East Islip, Great River, Holbrook, Sayville and West Islip through the Town-wide Street Tree Program.
• Successfully created the first Oakdale master plan.
• Hosted annual Housing Lottery in coordination with the Town Community Development Agency.
• Started an initiative to root out illegal construction and illegal renters. Worked cross-departmentally with Code Enforcement, Fire Marshal and Councilman Edwards to develop and appropriate methodology.
• Rebuilt parking lot on Third Avenue and Mechanicsville Road in Bay Shore, which continued the public walkway from Main Street through a private parking lot to the Town parking lot. The parking lot was repaved, and decorative lighting, brick pavers and street trees were installed.
• Completed streetscape program from West Islip Avenue to Union Boulevard in West Islip. This includes decorative street lights, stamped concrete and street trees.
• Accepted an award from Options for Community Living for working on various projects.

Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs

• Created and hosted the Town’s first Winter by the Bay holiday extravaganza.
• Created a FREE Trash Can art program, where local youths are invited to create artwork on trash cans.
• Hosted the annual “Just Say No” sharpshooter contest.
• Installed Automated External Defibrillator (AED) technology at all Town marinas.
• Established an online tee-time system at the Town’s golf courses, allowing golfers to sign up for their golf times on the Internet.
• Repaired Maple Street Dock in Islip.
• Initiated the SWEP Program.
• Kicked off the “It Starts in Parks” initiative.
• Made numerous improvements to infrastructure in parks and recreation facilities throughout the Town. Such improvements include: benches being installed, landscaping, bulk heading, tree planting, the installation of a soccer field and a new playground, irrigation systems and more.
• Held the Town’s first Recreation News Photo Contest.

Public Works

• Cleaned more than 250 basins, returning many stormwater systems to proper operation after years of malfunctioning; installed more than 170 new catch basins.
• Reduced street sweeping time from 7 weeks to 18 days.
• Auctioned off unused or underused vehicles.
• Changed the material used to patch potholes in cold weather, thereby increasing the life of the repair and reducing costs.
• Successfully utilized GPS unites to make a drastic improvement in the management of snowstorms and emergency pumping events by being able to track the equipment to assure timely performance and full coverage of the Town.
• Changed the approach to snow events, using salt as the primary de-icing material with a marked decrease in material cost and an improved service. In addition, the use of salt means the streets are not being covered with sand, so the catch basins are not being clogged. This makes spring cleanup easier and more productive.