At its last village meeting, the Roslyn Board of Trustees approved the establishment of a sewer trust fund. The fund will require contributions from new developments to enable the village to increase sewer management facilities.

The law, BOT members said, was necessary to keep up with new and expected development in the village. According to BOT members, the capacity of the village to dispose sewage is not in line with the population growth of Roslyn.

In order to offset costs for necessary sewage sanitation services, the village needs to collect new capital improvement fees. The fee will be applied to all building permits in the village, including subdivisions, new lots, single lots, and multiple housing. It will be based upon the anticipated increase of sewage systems.

The new local law also allows the BOT to change the fee in anticipation of capital needs. No exact numbers on the original fee was given.

At the meeting, Mayor Janet Galante noted that new development plans may include work on the Stop & Shop property site in downtown Roslyn, the development of the viaduct property and sewage from the Pall Corporation. Pall in located in East Hills, but uses the Village of Roslyn's sewage facilities.

New development on the Stop & Shop site might include a "significant number" of townhouses on the 11,000 sq. ft. off Skillman Street. There is also the possible development of senior housing near downtown Roslyn and the approved development of 10 single-family residential units on property off Remsen Avenue.

Village Attorney John Spellman said the village doesn't expect a "major onslaught" of new construction, even the potential for such problems does exist. Either way, a fund was needed to be available to deal with increased development.

More specifically, the fund would be used for among other things, new sewage lines, pumping capacities and storm water lines.