To combat the extensive asbestos problem at Ellis Hall, the village has engaged a consultant, Testing Mechanics, Inc., for $9,120 to collect and analyze data at the site as well as prepare an abatement program. The project will be done in two phases, leading up to the bidding process, according to Village Administrator Robert Schoelle, Jr. The report must be filed with New York State. It's the same company that removed asbestos at the field house.

Mayor Barbara Miller noted that the Senate and Assembly on June 19 did pass the home-rule legislation the board of trustees had been seeking in order to move forward with the Kanner house project. The legislation will, in effect, remove the "parkland" designation from 113 Tenth Street, the property in which the Kanner house will eventually be moved to in order to make way for additional parking in Field 10W.

Further, the board engaged architect John Stumpf of 648 Franklin Avenue for 115 Tenth Street for $155,000. The village sent out requests for proposals (RFPs) for the design and construction of the project; five architects responded. Robert Mangan of the village's Department of Public Works noted that four architects were only interested in the design. Stumpf, the fifth architect, however, has a construction company and is willing to do both the design and construction for the move.

Trustee Robert Rothschild, concerned that the board is not required to go through the same permit and site plan approval process for this project as it does with individuals' projects, suggested it be done. Mayor Miller noted that there's still opportunity for boards like the Architectural Design Review Board and the Planning Commission to review the plans, similar to when Garden City Village Hall was renovated.