The Village of Great Neck Estates approved a new health benefit and vacation plan for its non-union employees, which shortens the number of years required for employees to receive 50% of their health premium paid.

Employees who work for the village for at least 20 years will be entitled to the health benefits plan and 20 vacation days each year.

The decision was made at the Great Neck Estates Board of Trustees meeting Monday night.

Warner said to offset the costs for the village associated with the new benefits plan, new employees will be asked to contribute 20% of the costs of the health insurance premium coverage.

“We thought this was the fairest thing to do to the village and the fairest thing to do to our non-union employees,” Warner said.

The updated health benefits are for the village’s full-time, non-union employees, which includes its office staff, police dispatchers and parking enforcement officers. Excluded are its Police Department members and public works employees because both departments are unionized and have separate contracts.

Great Neck Estates was one of the only villages that did not provide this type of health benefits plan before passing the new plan Monday night, according to Warner.

The board also approved other various resolutions Monday night, including an appointment of a chairman on the village’s Board of Zoning Appeals and the time and location of polling for its March election.

The Great Neck Estates Board of Trustees approved the appointment of David Eshagoff, which was made by the mayor. He will be taking over the post of former Chairman Jerry Siegelman.

The village’s election on March 19 will be held at the village hall from noon until 9 p.m.

In other news, the village discussed the village’s property assessment, with one resident calling for a new assessment to fix over and under-valuations.

Warner said that he does not believe there is an issue with the village’s property assessment despite residents saying they believe there is and he does not see a reason for a reassessment.

The mayor said the village’s assessment is rated at 100% by the state and he does not think spending money on a reassessment is necessary.

“There are always going to be mistakes and errors, you can’t make every property exact, but my feeling is that we do an excellent job with that,” Warner said.

The Great Nek Estates Board of Trustees will convene again at 8 p.m. on Feb. 12.