No Cell Tower For The Kings Park School District

There will not be a cell tower on the Kings Park School District property.  Addressing a packed gymnasium Board Of Education members were unanimous in their decision.  The audience responded with applause.

After receiving emails all week the Board anticipated a large audience at the meeting. They were not disappointed.  Many residents attended the meeting to express their concerns and angst at the district’s consideration of a proposal to enter into an agreement with Suffolk Wireless, LLC. 

The proposal allowed for the construction and operation of a cell tower on district property.  

Board members received emails from residents all week.  Mr. Motherway said he received one hundred emails and two phone calls urging a no vote on the proposal.  Other Board members concurred.

At the beginning of the meeting President of the Board, Mr. Motherway, announced that the agenda had been altered to allow the board to discuss the cell tower proposal as the first item on the agenda.  Mr. Motherway went on to explain that while the Board has a responsibility to explore options to relieve the economic pressures facing the district his opinion was that the district “not proceed.” Mr. Locascio, Ms. Barrett, Mr. Weber and Ms. Goldstein agreed. Ms. Goldstein, the last board member to speak, stated, “I will not be voting in any way other than to not go forward.” 

At this point item #5 on the agenda – Approval of Memorandum of Agreement with Suffolk Wireless, LLC was struck from the agenda. Again the audience applauded and that ended any discussion of the Kings Park School District’s exploration of generating revenue through receipts raised from a cell tower.  

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Comments

[sanremo]

Typical NIMBYism. Your home is more dangerous to your children than a cell tower. Ironic, walking around the audience before the meeting started, watching all these people who are opposed to the tower, checking their cellphones for messages. I see an awful lot of office and apartment buildings with cell antenae all over the roof. I guess those people that live and work in those buildings are doomed.