By Jesse Serwer
Bossart, who is stepping down after eight years on the board, was presented with a plaque and a bouquet of flowers. Rinn, who lost his seat in a hotly contested village election June 21, will receive a plaque at a September meeting in honor of his four years on the board.
Mayor Eugene Murray called Bossart ³a very conscientious² board member, and praised Rinn for ³participating in every facet of village government.
³Whatever he did, he got very actively involved in,² Murray said of Rinn, who served as the board¹s liaison to the police department and senior center. ³You could see him riding his bike around the village checking on everything, and he was dedicated to building a consensus on the board.² Murray recalled how Bossart, a fan of trains, once beat him to Washington on a lobbying trip when Murray took a plane. Both Murray and Bossart said they would miss their lobbying trips to Washington and Albany.
Deputy Mayor Wayne Lipton, Trustee Jim Sutton and Village Administrator Ron Wasson fondly recalled their years of service with the departing trustees. ³First of all, I want to thank you for hiring me,² Wasson joked before adding, ³We have a 24-hour mayor. Greg Rinn was a 24-hour trustee.²
Rinn¹s departure came somewhat unexpectedly, when he was knocked out of office in last month¹s village election, in which Andrew Karamouzis and Jeanne Farnan Mulry were elected. Karamouzis and Mulry will be installed at the board¹s organizational meeting on July 11.
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