Sag Harbor Mayor Thomas Gardella has officially announced his intention to seek a second term. He was first elected in June 2023, after running unopposed.
Mr. Gardella had previously served as a village board member for five years, four of them as deputy mayor under former Mayors Kathleen Mulcahy and Jim Larocca.
He has lived in the village for more than 30 years and continues to run his own plumbing company. He has served as first and second assistant chief and chief of the Sag Harbor Fire Department.
“There are numerous things that we’ve done in the village that I’m proud of,” Mr. Gardella said by phone on Friday, “some smaller, some bigger.”
Among those was a coalition put together to clean up the Cpl. Jordan Haerter memorial near Windmill Beach, legislation concerning affordable housing, his work with the community preservation fund, and a law passed last February protecting trees in the village and setting up penalties for their improper removal.
Mr. Gardella said he was particularly proud of the environmental work the village has done with the Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Back to the Bays initiative on projects seeding eelgrass at Havens Beach and establishing a new oyster reef at Steinbeck Park.
Turning to a second two-year term, he is focused on a sewershed expansion in the village and the construction of a boardwalk from Windmill Beach, under the bridge to North Haven, and ending at Steinbeck Park.
“I want to be there to oversee that,” he said, “and to see that it goes smoothly.”
Also up for re-election are two village board members, Aidan Corish, who said Tuesday that he is “more than likely going to run” again, with a decision expected by mid-March, and Bob Plumb, who confirmed he will seek another term, adding that he would like to continue the restructuring of the historic preservation and architectural review board, with a view to adding “more expertise.”
As of now there are no challengers to any of the candidates. Petitions to run for office will be available in early April. The election will take place on June 17.
