East Hampton Village residents will go to the polls on Tuesday to elect a village board member to complete the final year of the late Elbert Edwards’s term. Voting is from noon to 9 p.m. at the Emergency Services Building on Cedar Street.

Mr. Edwards died in October. Philip O’Connell, who was appointed to the board following his death, will face Arthur Graham on Tuesday.

Mr. O’Connell is an attorney and a senior managing director of Corcoran Group Real Estate. A former chairman of the planning board, he is on the village’s planning and zoning committee and is the village’s liaison to the Town of East Hampton’s community preservation fund advisory board.

Mr. Graham, who is known as Tiger, worked in the financial sector in New York City. He bought a house in East Hampton in 1983 and became a year-round resident in 2003. He is a member of the village’s planning board and the East Hampton Historical Society and secretary of the Thomas Moran Trust.

The candidates spoke highly of each other during an interview with The Star’s editorial staff on June 1. “I feel that I am an able individual,” said Mr. Graham, who had always hoped to succeed Mr. Edwards upon his retirement. “I think I have good ideas. I think I did a good job as president of the historical society. I think I’ve done a pretty good job as chairman and now secretary of the Thomas Moran Trust.”

Participating in village government “was all about public service,” Mr. O’Connell said. “East Hampton has been very good to me. I absolutely love it here, and I want to give back.” His service on elected and appointed boards “has been a good experience, I’ve learned a lot,” he said.

At just over 30 minutes, Friday’s meeting of the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals was unusually crisp. Equally uncommon, four applications were heard and four applications were closed. The board, absent Frank Newbold, its chairman, and John McGuirk, also announced several determinations.

Peter Morton of 57 West End Road, a co-founder of the Hard Rock Cafe restaurant chain, was seeking coastal erosion hazard area and zoning variances to construct swimming pool equipment and install a swimming pool dry well. The pool equipment would be 20 and 25 feet from the side-yard lot line, where the required setback is 40 feet. The dry well, for pool discharge, would be seaward of the coastal erosion hazard area line.

A house is under construction on the property; the original house, built in 1926 for Ellery S. James and designed by Roger Bullard, who also designed the Maidstone Club’s 1922 clubhouse, was destroyed by fire in March 2015.

In previous hearings, Mr. Morton had stated his intention to rebuild the original house as closely as possible. To that end, the board granted variances from code pertaining to coastal erosion hazard areas, preservation of dunes, and zoning. Mr. Morton was also granted variances to remove a swimming pool and construct a larger one.

When plans for the rebuilt house were drawn, “the homeowner thought he could get the pool equipment in the basement,” said Jon Tarbet, an attorney representing Mr. Morton, but issues surrounding the property’s location in a flood zone and the need to access the house to perform swimming pool maintenance made that impractical, he said. The new plan is to house the pool equipment in a shed.

Despite the property’s 2.3 acres, there are a number of obstacles to locating the pool equipment in a conforming location, Mr. Tarbet said — a septic system, the state building code, and proximity to the ocean, to Georgica Pond, and to wetlands. “It actually made more sense to keep going farther from the house, to get it farther from our house and the neighbor’s home,” he said.

Fortunately, there is very little erosion at the site, said Lys Marigold, the board’s vice chairwoman, who presided in Mr. Newbold’s absence, and the proposed equipment will be 150 feet from the edge of beach vegetation. “Oddly, the beach is getting wider here,” Mr. Tarbet said.

Chris Minardi, a board member, said that Mr. Morton “has also done a good job putting back exactly what he had. He could have put a much bigger house on this lot.”

The hearing was closed and a determination will be issued at a future meeting.

Five determinations were issued. Michael Fisch, the founder and chief executive of American Securities, was granted variances to legalize the installation of four stormwater dry wells that lie between 4 and 13 feet from the 20-foot contour line of the ocean dune, where the required setback is 25 feet, at 174 Further Lane. Mr. Fisch was before the board last year and in 2014; he has completely redeveloped property that once belonged to the broadcaster Roone Arledge and, before that, the torch singer Libby Holman.

The variances were granted on condition that fencing seaward of the 20-foot contour line is restored to its previous location, and that a revised landscaping plan “depicting woody vegetation characteristic of a maritime heath environment, as opposed to meadow-like vegetation” is implemented.

The board granted Murray and Ilse Stark of 28 East Hollow Road variances to permit 1,000 square feet of coverage more than the maximum; to allow a statue, two storage bins, a liquid propane tank, pool equipment, and a generator to remain within the side-yard setback, and to allow a bocce court to remain within the other side-yard setback. All of the structures were constructed without a building permit. The applicants had previously agreed to remove a patio and to narrow a postman’s walk to reduce coverage.

The Corwin family of 25 Cooper Lane was granted variances to construct additions to the house and make alterations to a detached garage in the front yard; for the house to exceed the maximum floor area allowed by code, and for 149 square feet of coverage over the maximum. The house falls within front and side-yard setbacks, and the garage exceeds the maximum floor area for accessory structures. During the hearing, the board prevailed upon the applicants to alter their plans so that no undesirable change to the character of the neighborhood, or detriment to nearby properties, would result.

The board granted Cynthia Viole variances to construct a 278-square-foot addition to a house at 27 Jericho Road, resulting in 246 square feet of floor area above the maximum. Variances were also granted to allow the addition to fall within the front-yard setback and for a stone walkway, satellite dish, and underground propane tank to remain within the rear-yard setback. The variance relief was granted on condition that a sports court that had been installed without permits be removed.

Robert and Jessica Zecher were granted a variance to convert a 250-square-foot patio into living space at 97 Dayton Lane. The conversion will result in 249 square feet of floor area above the maximum permitted.

A hearing for Lee Fixel, a partner at the New York investment company Tiger Global Management who purchased 226 Further Lane last fall for $57.3 million, was scheduled for Friday’s meeting, but the applicant asked that it be postponed until Friday, June 23.

Three candidates running for two open Sag Harbor Village Board seats will gather for a forum at the John Jermain Memorial Library on Saturday morning from 9 to 10:30.

Ken O’Donnell is seeking his third term on the board. He is running with Thomas Gardella, a former Sag Harbor Fire Department chief, and Mayor Sandra Schroeder, who is seeking re-election unopposed. H. Aidan Cornish is also running for a seat on the board. Ed Deyermond has decided not to run again. The other board members are Robby Stein and James Larocca.

Save Sag Harbor, the library, and The Sag Harbor Express will host the forum. Stephen J. Kotz, the news editor at The Express, will moderate the debate. The election will be held on June 20.

Virginia Anna Haller and Ryan Royce Ehrensberger of Montauk were married on the beach at the Windjammer Landing Villa Beach Resort on Labrelotte Bay, Castries, St. Lucia, on May 5. A tented reception took place on the beach immediately after the ceremony.

The bride’s parents are Margaret E. Wickers and Dr. Eugene Z. Haller of East Hampton. The groom is a son of Roy Ehrensberger of Patchogue and the late Dr. Wendy Ehrensberger.

Sixty of the couple’s family members and closest friends traveled to St. Lucia for the wedding.

The bride wore a Katie May gown. Her six attendants included her sister, Victoria Haller of East Hampton, and Claire Sayers of Ireland as maids of honor. The best man was the groom’s brother, Ben Ehrensberger of Bayport. He was also attended by five groomsmen.

The bride is a 2003 graduate of East Hampton High School. She graduated in 2007 from the Performing Arts College in Cork, Ireland. Her husband graduated in 2003 from Patchogue-Medford High School and in 2008 from Dowling College.

The couple met in Montauk five years ago.

In the June 20 East Hampton Village election, two candidates are running for a single seat on the village board.

Philip O’Connell, who was appointed to the board after Elbert Edwards’s death in October, will try to keep the seat for the one remaining year in the term. Arthur Graham, a member of the village’s planning board and the East Hampton Historical Society and the secretary of the Thomas Moran Trust, is challenging him. 

Mr. Graham had previously expressed interest in running for mayor. Prior to Mr. Edwards’s death, he had also considered a run to succeed him once his term expired.

Mr. O’Connell, a former chairman of the planning board, is an attorney and a senior managing director the Corcoran Group Real Estate. He is on the village’s planning and zoning committee and is the village’s liaison to the Town of East Hampton’s community preservation fund advisory board.

The election will be held from noon to 9 p.m. at the Emergency Services Building at 1 Cedar Street.

A lengthy hearing before the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals was held on Friday despite the late receipt of revised plans, a development that ensured the hearing’s continuation next week.

Lee Fixel, a partner at the New York investment company Tiger Global Management, purchased 226 Further Lane last fall for $57.3 million. He plans to demolish and replace all the existing structures on the 4.1-acre parcel, which include a residence, swimming pool, pool deck, and tennis court.

Complicating the application, Mr. Fixel, who attended the meeting but did not address the board, is appealing several of the building inspector’s determinations, among them a finding that the proposed residence exceeds the allowable floor area. The inspector, Ken Collum, had determined the proposed floor area to be 13,562 square feet, whereas the blueprint shows a floor area of 10,682 square feet, just under what is allowable.

According to Mr. Collum, who cited a 2011 zoning board determination, the floor area of a garage should be included in the gross floor area of the house when they are attached by a covered breezeway, as Mr. Fixel plans. Mr. Collum also determined that areas shown as attic space on the second floor of the residence are includable in the floor area calculation.

Mr. Fixel is also appealing Mr. Collum’s determination that plumbing proposed in the garage’s cellar is prohibited by code; he plans to install mechanical equipment that requires plumbing there. He also seeks variances to allow a roof deck 31.5 feet above average grade and a maximum height of 35 feet for the house, where the maximum for a building of its design is 27 feet. The proposed tennis court requires a variance as well, as it would fall within the required side-yard setback.

The board’s policy, said Frank Newbold, its chairman, is to “look for compelling reasons to grant a variance” in applications proposing new construction. “Since your client purchased the property,” he told Richard Whalen, an attorney representing Mr. Fixel, “they knew the zoning code, they hired a very talented architect who’s met with the building inspector several times.”

The floor area conforms to code, Mr. Whalen said. “There is a separate, in our view, garage connected to the house by a covered breezeway, which is about 40 feet long.”

Mr. Whalen focused on the 2011 Z.B.A. decision, involving a house at 50 Huntting Lane, in which the board ruled that where a garage is attached to a one-family dwelling by a roofed connection or breezeway, it should be included in calculating the overall floor area. He quoted the village code’s definition of gross floor area: “The area in square feet of the ground or first floor level of any structure . . . plus the area of any other level or story of the same building or structure, measured to the exterior face of the frame or masonry wall.”

“We have an odd situation here,” Mr. Whalen continued. The 2011 determination “is saying that this covered breezeway is causing the garage to be essentially the same building as the house,” but “gross floor area is measured to the exterior wall . . . the breezeway doesn’t have walls, it’s open. So we have this odd situation where a structure — the breezeway, which is open, which cannot be gross floor area — is effectively making a detached garage part of the house.”

Taking that assertion to one possible conclusion, “could we have a bedroom and a bathroom in [the garage?]” Mr. Whalen asked. Both are prohibited. “It would seem to me that we could, not that we’re planning to . . . I don’t think that’s an outcome that you want to see.”

But Lys Marigold, the board’s vice chairwoman, said of the breezeway, “When you look at it, the very fact that there’s a roof attaching it contributes to the overall look of a lot of house.”

“We certainly hear your arguments,” Mr. Newbold said, “and will take that into consideration.”

The house as initially designed included a 1,000-plus-square-foot space marked “attic” on the second floor, across a corridor from bedrooms, Mr. Newbold said after the meeting. Mr. Collum, he said, had determined that that was clearly intended to be converted to habitable space in future. The architect, Oliver Cope, revised the plans, taking the center part of the “attic” space and making it a playroom. A playroom intended for the first floor was then made a screened porch, which would not be included in a floor-area calculation.

Mr. Whalen argued at the meeting that the space in question met the code’s definition of attic. “They are unfinished spaces and they sit at the upper level, the top floor of the house.” Concern that it could be converted to habitable space was unfounded, he said, as its intended use is “primarily for the air handlers and other equipment that is vital to the house.”

With respect to plumbing in the garage, Mr. Whalen again quoted code, stating that habitable space and a toilet, shower, or bathtub are prohibited, and that plumbing is prohibited on a garage’s second floor. The proposed garage has no second floor, and will have no plumbing on its first floor, but water lines partly associated with the residence’s proposed geothermal heating and cooling system are to be housed in the garage’s basement. That, he said, would not only allow additional space in the basement of the house itself for living and recreational areas, but also remove a potential source of noise from the residence and allow maintenance without having to go inside it. “What we’re proposing,” he said, “is clearly not prohibited by code.”

The roof deck would be invisible to neighbors or people walking on the nearby ocean beach, Mr. Whalen said. The house is of “a traditional shingle-style East Hampton design,” he said. An existing tennis court is to be replaced in the same location, but recessed below grade, “which would better protect neighbors in terms of noise impacts.”

Linda Margolin, representing the owner of lots to the east and north of Mr. Fixel’s, said that the plans “understate the amount of square feet” and exceed the allowable floor area. She also objected to the second-story space designated as attic. “If you take this to its possible extension, you could construct a first floor of 10,773 square feet on this property, then construct an unfinished second floor of five or six or seven or 8,000 square feet and call it attic, and it would just be fine. . . . We believe the building inspector properly included the attic space here” in his floor area calculation.

The hearing was left open pending Mr. Collum’s opinion on the disputed floor area calculation and a review of the revised plans. It is tentatively on the agenda of the board’s meeting on Friday, June 9.

Three determinations were announced at the meeting. Ellin Salzman and her family, who own what is considered a landmark modernist house at 20 Spaeth Lane, were granted variances to allow construction of a pool house, installation of pool equipment, and alterations to a patio, all within the required front-yard setback.

The board granted Dale Jones Burch a wetlands permit to legalize prior and continued removal of phragmites from the wetlands at 31 Terbell Lane, and to allow the continued existence of a children’s play set within the required front-yard setback. The permit was conditioned on compliance with the invasive species management plan by Land Use Ecological Services, a Medford provider of environmental planning and technical services.

James Zirin and Marlene Hess were granted variances to allow additions to a house, resulting in a floor area of 6,682 square feet where the pre-existing floor area is 6,119 square feet and the maximum permitted by current code is 5,509 square feet. The board also granted variances to permit alterations at the pre-existing setback of 37 feet where the required front-yard setback under current code is 50 feet.

The Village of East Hampton will be the recipient of a $16,000 rebate from the State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Municipal Zero-Emission Vehicle rebate program for the installation of an electric vehicle charging station in the long-term lot located off Lumber Lane. The rebate was announced on May 22.

The village board had decided to install the station months ago and applied for the grant opportunity. By installing the station for public use, the village will achieve another benchmark toward its designation as a Clean Energy Community.

“The village is thrilled to receive this rebate,” Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. said in a statement. “This opportunity allows us to provide cleaner fleets throughout our village and the greater East Hampton Town. We look forward to its installation in the coming months.”

Becky Hansen, the village administrator, said last week that it is hoped that the charging station will be installed by the end of the summer.

Cyanobacteria, which is known as blue-green algae, has been confirmed at Mill Pond in Water Mill and in Roth Pond at the State University’s Stony Brook campus. Cyanobaccteria blooms, which were previously detected, remained at Agawam Lake in Southampton as of Friday. The toxic algae were detected in samples taken by researchers at Stony Brook.

County health officials have asked residents not to swim, wade, or use these water bodies and to keep pets and children away from them.

Though blue-green algae are naturally present in lakes and streams in low numbers, they can form abundant blooms in shades of green, blue-green, yellow, brown, or red, and may produce floating scums on the surface of the water or cause the water to take on a paint-like appearance. Contact with waters that appear scummy or discolored should be avoided.

If contact does occur, clean water should be used to rinse the area immediately. Medical attention should be sought if nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea follows, or if skin, eye, throat irritation, allergic reactions, or breathing difficulties occur.

To report a suspected blue-green algae bloom at a body of water that contains a county-designated bathing beach, the Department of Health Services’ office of ecology can be contacted at 631-852-5760 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., or by email at [email protected].

The Division of Water at the State Department of Environmental Conservation can be contacted to report a suspected blue-green algae bloom in a water body that is not a county sanctioned bathing beach at 518-402-8179 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., or via email at [email protected].

The D.E.C.’s harmful algal bloom notification page, at dec.ny.gov/chemical/ 83310.html, features a comprehensive list of affected water bodies.

Ballots are set for the June 20 Sag Harbor Village Board election, with three seats open, the mayor’s and two board members’. Nominations were due on Tuesday.

Mayor Sandra Schroeder is unopposed in seeking re-election, but there are three candidates for the two open seats on the board.

Ken O’Donnell, an incumbent, and Thomas Gardella, a first-time candidate, are running with Mayor Schroeder on the Residents Party line. H. Aidan Corish is running under the Sag Harbor United banner. Ed Deyermond, a longtime member of the board, is not seeking re-election.

Mr. Corish is a newcomer to village politics. Originally from Ireland, he has lived in Sag Harbor for 22 years. He founded Tangram, a brand design firm, in 1986.

Mr. Gardella just finished two years as chief of the Sag Harbor Fire Department. At his last meeting with the mayor before he stepped down, he said, she asked if he would be interested in running with her and Mr. O’Donnell. All he needed was 24 hours to decide, he said, adding that he would like to represent the volunteer firefighters and ensure they get the support they need.

A plumber by trade, he owns T. Gardella Plumbing. He has lived in Sag Harbor Village for over 30 years.

Mr. O’Donnell, a businessman who owns La Superica, is seeking his third term on the board, and Mayor Schroeder  is seeking her second term. All the board positions carry two-year terms.

With the new fiscal year beginning on Aug. 1, the East Hampton Village Board presented a tentative 2017-18 budget at its work session last Thursday. It will hold a public hearing on the budget on June 1 at the Emergency Services Building.

The $21.4 million plan has a 1.78-percent spending increase of $372,000. Increases in revenue and taxes also would be minimal, with the tax rate to rise by .11 percent, to $28.89 per $100 of assessed value, and property tax revenue to go up by 1.1 percent, or $137,002. The tax rate increase is under the tax cap, Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. said. “I repeat, that’s under the tax cap, which is important.”

As in the current budget, the spending increase is largely a consequence of health insurance premiums, which the mayor said are estimated to rise by 10 percent. A new contract for annual crosswalk maintenance and vehicle upgrades also account for the spending increase. In addition, the village is increasing the amount it budgets for the Length of Service Award Program, which provides a stipend to volunteer firefighters and ambulance personnel.

Decreases in the tentative budget are attributed to lower contributions to the state retirement system — a decrease of $100,720 — as well as lower fuel and utility costs, and equipment purchases made during the current fiscal year. According to the mayor, more long-term savings will be realized when energy-efficient heating systems are installed at Village Hall and another municipal building. 

The budget includes reserves for future purchases for the East Hampton Fire Department, the ambulance corps, and Department of Public Works.

Nontax revenues show an increase of 3 percent, or $235,506. The $137,000 increase in non-property tax revenue, “is largely accounted for by a fee increase in the nonresident beach permits,” the mayor said, as well as an increase in the number sold. Nonresident permits to park at the village’s five beaches — Georgica, Main, Wiborg’s, Egypt, and Two Mile Hollow — now cost $400, up from $375, and the number of available nonresident parking permits went from 3,000 to 3,100.

“Finally, and most importantly,” the mayor said, “the Village of East Hampton has been fortunate to be able to maintain its healthy financial outlook and a very modest debt burden. We strive to provide the best services to our residents while maintaining an appropriate level of spending and modest revenue increases.”

Going on, he said, the board “tried very diligently to maintain the purse strings of village government as we would with our households: moving ahead, taking care of our infrastructure and our employee base, and trying to do the very best we can to deliver the best product back to the residents we serve. Now it’s up to everyone.”

Also at the meeting, the mayor discussed the drainage courses, a.k.a. bioswales, designed to trap pollutants and silt from surface runoff at the flagpole and across from St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. In April, Tony Piazza, of Piazza Horticultural, a Southampton firm, recommended planting a “ribbon” of native vegetation to connect them. A crew from Piazza Horticultural has now completed the work.

“It’s taken a long time in appearing, but this is the very first step on a matter of water quality that your board of trustees feels very strongly about,” Mayor Rickenbach said. He also said that the board would soon seek to dredge Town Pond to remove the thick sediment on the bottom. “We are in partnership with the Town of East Hampton and their water quality initiatives,” the mayor said.

The mayor also spoke of the street fair coming up on May 20 on Newtown Lane, which has been organized by the East Hampton Chamber of Commerce. “This is a first-ever event, brand-new to us, brand-new to the chamber, and brand-new to the community. We hope that it will be well received and we can build on that at a future time. We think it’s the nice thing and the right thing to do.”