The Village of Hempstead Board of Trustees awarded the Kennedy Memorial Park pool renovation at a special meeting on Aug. 18, 2026. It came as five separate prime contracts, bid together as Bid #9 HEMV 2026/2027. Together they commit $17,430,731.
The awards, as recorded in the adopted minutes: Contract G (General Contracting) to Renu Contracting & Restoration, Inc. of Copiague, $10,482,994. Contract X (Construction) to Norberto Construction Inc. of Commack, $4,153,225. Contract E (Electrical) to Eldor Contracting Corp. of Holtsville, $1,833,000. Contract P (Plumbing) to W.H.M. Plumbing & Heating Contractors Inc. of East Setauket, $667,512. Contract H (HVAC) to Traditional Air Conditioning Inc. of Hicksville, $294,000. Each was made on the recommendation of the village's purchasing agent and its parks superintendent, and each passed with no votes against.
What the record does not show: how many firms bid each contract, what the losing bids were, or an engineer's estimate. The minutes and the agenda packet carry the awards only. Without a published tab there is no spread to compute and no way to say how close any contract was. The general contract alone is 60% of the total. The board listing is RFI-002821.
The money that started this job came from Albany. In August 2024 the state's NY SWIMS program awarded the village $9,990,280 for the Kennedy Park Pool, the only Long Island project in that round. The state's award list describes the scope: replace the bathhouse, the concession building, the main pool and its filtration system; replace the wading pool with a spray pad; and pour a new concrete deck and walkways for accessibility. In March 2026 the village board took up a proposal from H2M Architects for the pool's rehabilitation, and a separate Laberge Group proposal for a Kennedy Park improvement plan.
Put the awards next to the grant and the gap is plain. $17.43 million in construction contracts is about 1.74 times the $9.99 million state award. The village records reviewed here do not say how the remaining roughly $7.4 million will be covered.
Why this matters. The job was bid as separate prime contracts for general, site construction, electrical, plumbing and HVAC work, the multi-prime format New York's Wicks Law sets for larger public jobs. Multi-prime means five contractors sharing one site, one schedule and one pool shell. Coordination is where these jobs make or lose money, and the general contractor carries most of it here.
What to do next. Pool finishes, tile and coping, concrete flatwork, fencing, spray-pad equipment, filtration and chemical-feed suppliers should price to Renu and Norberto now. Electrical and mechanical suppliers go to Eldor, W.H.M. and Traditional Air. Watch the village board's agendas for construction-phase approvals, change orders or funding actions on the pool. And remember 335 Greenwich Street is a working public park; summer operations will shape the schedule.