The East Hampton Town Trustees held their first meeting of 2026 on Monday, the governing body featuring the same nine members as last year, the four trustees who stood for re-election in November having easily prevailed over their challengers.
In their annual resolutions, the trustees voted to re-elect Francis Bock as clerk, or presiding officer, and Jim Grimes and John Aldred as the deputy clerks. They also voted to maintain Christopher Carillo as their attorney.
“Thank you for your vote of confidence,” Mr. Bock told his colleagues.
Mr. Bock’s salary will be $32,177. Mr. Grimes and Mr. Aldred will be paid $27,112, and the other six trustees will receive a salary of $12,834. Mr. Carillo’s law office will be paid $51,000.
Also by resolution, the trustees set the fee schedule for things like moorings, docks, walkways, traps, and duck blinds in waters under their jurisdiction, and the lease fees for lots at Lazy Point, where residents own their houses but not the underlying land, which is trustee-owned.
The senior operator of the trustees’ two pump-out boats, which serve vessels in Three Mile Harbor and Lake Montauk, will be paid $35 per hour. The trustees amended the resolution to increase the wage for a second, part-time operator, and for an additional part-time operator, if needed, from $25 to $30 per hour.
The Star will continue as the trustees’ official newspaper of record, per another resolution.
The trustees meet on the second and fourth Monday of each month. When one of those days falls on a legal government holiday, such as Memorial Day and Columbus Day, the meeting will be held on the following Friday.
