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Tringali new Mayor of N.PB
Councilman Don Noel sworn in forfirst meeting
by Denise Jaegers
Once Councilman Don Noel was
sworn in for his first meeting last
Thursday, the first order of business
on the agenda was the appointment
of a new Mayor, Vice Mayor and
President Pro Tenn for the Village of
North Palm Beach.
Mayor Edward Eissey "passed the
gavel" to Vice Mayor Joseph Tringali,
nominating him to hold the office of
Mayor for the next year. Although
Councilman Charles O'Meilia
nominated Councilman David Norris
for the same office, Norris respectfully
declined the nomination.
The nominations and voting for
officers in North Palm Beach produced
the following results:
• Joseph Tringali - Mayor
® Dr. Edward Eissey - Vice Mayor
® David Norris - President Pro Tern.
Tringali's opening remarks as
Mayor included the following
statements:
"This council has achieved many
notable goals during the past twelve
months, including the rebirth of the
Country Club and the opening of new
retail businesses on Northlake
Boulevard and US 1. Many other
projects are underway, among them
traffic calming in the Village and
improved landscaping of out public
areas.
"(But) If we are to survive the
"Let's do it on our own special
Heritage Day with picnics and parades,
block parties and events at our Country
Club. And let's make sure the youngest
members of our community are
involved in this, because they are the
ones who benefit most from a good
dose of heritage.
"After heritage, water is our most
unique asset ... We need to improve
those waterways; most of all, we need
to improve our thinking about our use
of those waterways to benefit our
community —Let's finally get moving on
the development of Anchorage
Park...(making) it into the jewel it
deserves to be and always should have
been.
"Here's one goal I would like us to
achieve even if it takes twenty or thirty
iears...Someday I would like to know
that a traveler visited North Palm Beach
and called it 'The Nantucket of the
South:' a traditional American
community, caressed by the sea,
without, the Northern cold and snow.
,purely that would be 'The Best Place to
i-iv� under the Sun.,"
In other action, the council:
® Approved, 5-0, first reading of a
proposed ordinance providing that
:mooring buoys, anchors, boat davits
and other boat lifting devices shall be
owned and constructed only by the
upland land owner; requiring building
permits for mooring buoys and anchors;
NPB'S NEWEST COUNCILMAN -
Don Noel won the race for Gail
Vastola's seat during the March 14
election, defeating his opponent, Sue
Smith. Noel wants to bring his
experience in business and the
community to the Village Council,
with the emphasis on Government
operating "within its means."
and amending requirements for
mooring buoys and anchors in Lake
Worth and the Atlantic Ocean.
• Adopted, 5-0, a resolution
amending the Personnel Rules and
Regulations of the Village to require
vacation time to accrue on a. weekly
basis.
Y Accepted a proposal from
SignCraft to fabricate and install a
monument sign for the North Palm
Beach Country Club restaurant; funds
to be expended from Clubhouse
Construction and Major Renovation.
(Councilman O'Meilia cast the lone
vote against this action.)
population boom that threatens to
engulf us, we must identify the things
that make our Village unique and build
on them. Although we are being
copied, we haven't been duplicated.
We still have one of the best golf
courses and some of the best
recreational assets in the county —Our
citizens, the owners of those assets,
must come first when we allocate our
resources.
"There are two things about North
Palm Beach that no one can copy: our
heritage and our waterways... Our
Village is unique in that the children
and the grandchildren of our founders
are moving back and driving their roots
ever deeper into North Palm Beach
soil ... This year, let's do something to
welcome them back.
NPB'S NEW MAYOR - Joseph
Tringali was sworn in as the Mayor::
`for the next year, following:
nominations and appointments for:
officers dosing last Thursday's
meeting. In his opening remarks as
Mayor, Tringali stressed "heritage
and waterways" as the Viiiage's most
unique assets.