Lauded for Saving Life at Maidstone

Members of the East Hampton Village Police Department, emergency medical technicians, and an employee of the Maidstone Club were recognized by the village board on Friday for their role in saving a life. 

Around 3 p.m. on Sept. 25, police received a 911 call after Jan Roosenburg collapsed on the third tee of the Maidstone Club, on Dunemere Lane, Chief Gerard Larsen said. Sgt. Richard Mamay and Officers Steven Niggles and Matt Kochanasz were the first to arrive, and started to work on Mr. Roosenburg, who had no pulse and was not breathing. The officers used a defibrillator to deliver a single, controlled electric shock, and Mr. Roosenburg started to breathe before an ambulance arrived and took him to Southampton Hospital, where he remained for six days.

Thanks to the officers, emergency personnel, and Miguel Quiroz, a caddy at the Maidstone, “Mr. Roosenburg is alive today,” the chief said.

In addition to Sergeant Mamay, Officers Niggles and Kochanasz, and Mr. Quiroz, Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. commended Pablo Betancur, Donna Collins, Ian Hoyt, and Mary Ellen McGuire of the village ambulance association, and Kyle McGuinness, a paramedic. “Because of your swift actions, a life was saved,” he said. “We’re proud of you, the community is proud of you.” 

“What a great conclusion to a tough situation,” said Ken Koch, the club’s general manager. “In many cases like this it doesn’t end this well. I’m so thrilled with the actions of the police and E.M.T.s and Miguel. On behalf of the Maidstone Club, I just thank all of you from the bottom of my heart.” 

Mr. Roosenburg’s daughter Kimberly Roosenburg-Landrigan also addressed the gathering. “We are incredibly grateful for your quick response and lifesaving action,” she said. “My dad is not only alive, he’s totally fine.” She read a statement in which her father thanked all who assisted him. He remembered nothing of the incident, he wrote. “ ‘However, very importantly, I got back to East Hampton just in time for the celebration of our youngest daughter’s wedding and was thrilled to be able to attend it all.’ ” He said he was “incredibly lucky” for the care he received “by very professional people.” Ms. Roosenburg-Landrigan presented the mayor with a contribution from her family to the ambulance association. 

Also at the meeting, the board held hearings on four code amendments, three of them related to beaches. One clarifies requirements for resident beach-parking permits, which are free, by making individuals who are “residential shareholders in a housing cooperative,” and those “related by blood or marriage to residential property owners,” eligible for the permits. Domestic employees residing on village properties will no longer be eligible.

It also increases the number of nonresident parking permits from 3,000 to 3,100, and the number of daily parking spaces for non-permit holders at Main Beach from 40 to 60 vehicles, and sets the fees at $400 and $30 respectively. 

Two of the amendments set the restriction periods on prohibited conduct and vehicles on beaches at May 15 to Sept. 15. Previously, restrictions were in place from the second Sunday in May through Sept. 30. 

The fourth amendment clarifies filming permit requirements and changes the application fee from $250 to an amount fixed by resolution of the board. The board set the fee at $500.

With no public comment, the amendments were quickly adopted. 

The board scheduled additional public hearings on proposed code amendments for its Dec. 16 meeting. One would limit parking to one hour in designated spaces on Pleasant Lane near Newtown Lane. The other would prohibit left turns from Pleasant Lane onto Newtown Lane. 

Board members also voted to approve a lease agreement with the East Hampton Food Pantry allowing for the storage of equipment at the Public Works Department yard at 172 Accabonac Road, for a fee of $10. The lease terminates on July 31, 2017.

“The pantry was extremely grateful to receive that space,” the mayor said to Scott Fithian, superintendent of public works.