After Noone, town makes changes

By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com

The Town of Oyster Bay took a step to reduce the risk of fraud and conflicting interests among town employees and officials on Tuesday as it passed a resolution which included requiring all town vendors and contractors to disclose the names and percentage of interest of all partners, members or stakeholders.

This resolution comes on the heels of the resignation of Brian Noone, the town’s former inspector general, who resigned on June 23 after an investigation was launched due to allegations of ethics violations.

tor general from receiving any gifts or services from the same.

The proposed reforms are a day late and a dollar short.

Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino said that the new reform is meant to strengthen transparency in the town’s financial and business dealings. This is especially pressing, as Noone, who was the first and only inspector general appointed by the town since the position’s creation in 2019, is accused of ensuring cyber security request for proposals from the town went to his business partners and associates.

JARED BEHR

Candidate for Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor

and educational programs about addiction and drug use.

Last year, the organization held its first golf outing at the Brookville Country Club, where they will return this year. The first outing was organized with another local charity group, Good Graces, which hosted a similar event in 2021 to support the family of Paul Salinas, who was dying from pancreatic cancer.

Good Graces co-founders, Sean and Alexa Trager of Sea Cliff, now sit on the board of CASA. Sean said the event has been a great way to spread the word and support for the organization amongst the community.

“Addiction is something that’s been so

The new resolution passed unanimously during the Aug. 15 town board meeting, and follows previous changes they had made to the office of inspector general. Changes include prohibiting the inspector general from having any direct or indirect financial relationships with town vendors or contractors and prohibiting the inspec-

“This reform is designed to unmask ownership that is not readily apparent while adding transparency and allowing a greater due diligence to prevent conflicts of interest or the appearances thereof by instituting these new disclosure requirements,” Saladino said. “By instituting these new disclosure requirements, we are further protecting our taxpayers.”

Sea Cliff resident Arthur Adelman asked what the exact changes proposed in the resoluCONTINUED ON PAGE 4