In response to possible additions of new electronic towers being constructed in the village, the Board of Trustees has also approved a local law to regulate the placement, construction, and modification of all telecommunications facilities in the Village of Roslyn.

Mayor Galante said the village has received "many inquiries" by cellular companies to set up towers in the village. The law, BOT supporters said, was proposed to enable the village to have some say in the construction of any new telecommunication towers.

It would give the village an opportunity to regulate areas of telecommunication construction and operation "where it can" under the 1996 Telecommunications Act. Four BOT members voted in favor of the law. Trustee Marshall Bernstein abstained, claiming he hadn't had the chance to read the entire contents of the law.

On the legal front, Village Attorney John Spellman said that two appeals on lawsuits involving the lingering Stop & Shop issue have been filed, but not perfected, in Nassau County courts.

The first appeal concerns LCS Realty's attempt to revive the Site Plan Approval LCS obtained several years ago to begin construction on the supermarket. LCS's lawsuit was denied in State Supreme Courts and now the company is appealing that decision.

LCS is also appealing a decision which upheld the village's ability to use its new zoning laws to deny Stop & Shop construction. Mr. Spellman said that so far no briefs have been served on the village. Once the brief is filed, the appeal will go to court.

In other legal news, a new wall for the upper parking lot at the village hall is still scheduled to begin this summer. This lawsuit has to do with the rebuilding of a faulty retaining wall which has been on the village hall premises since that building's opening in early 1995. The resolution concerns several companies that were involved in the construction of the new village hall. According to Mr. Spellman, bankruptcy actions by one of the principals is not holding up the settlement, but only the implementation of the final agreement.

Police liaison Lester Arstark reported that the village so far has collected $3,000 in fines from truckers who violated local codes. He said the violations covered a wide array of charges, including speeding, brakes out of adjustment, overweight trucks, tires low on air, and trucks driving as unregistered motor vehicles.

Lawyers for Carriage Works Towing located on 20 Skillman Street, is still negotiating a lease with owners of an adjacent property to allow some parking of Carriage Works vehicles there. Earlier, residents had complained that Carriage Works was illegally storing wrecked cars on Skillman Street. The BOT is waiting on a ruling from the village zoning board before voting on the compromise solution.