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Thursday, July 11, 2024 ~ Volume 69 ~ Issue Number 38 ~ $1.00
Romaine Signs Water Quality Restoration Act Referendum Goes to Voters By Matt Meduri
Executive Romaine (seated, center) signs the Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act (Credit - Matt Meduri)
The saga of Suffolk County’s quest for wastewater solutions has reached its penultimate stop - at least for now - as County Executive Ed Romaine (R-Center Moriches) signed the bill to put the proposition in front of voters in November. The Monday afternoon bill signing was over a decade in the making, as legislators, stakeholders, and interested parties collaborated to design a formula, plan, and scientific outlook for the future of the county’s water quality. Negotiations came to a head last summer as the Suffolk County Legislature expressed doubt over ratios of taxpayer-funded wastewater solutions, with roughly 75% of funds generated from an eighth-cent sales tax increase going to Innovative Alternative Wastewater (I/A) Systems, 10% going to administrative costs, and 15% possibly going to sewers, although stipulations on the final 15% were not solid in the bill’s language. Continued on page 10
Village Idiot Opens Hauppauge Location at OTB Racing Forum Story on page 8
(Left to right) Former Mets Outfielder Art Shamsky, former Mets Pitcher Dwight Gooden, Village Idiot co-owner John Sarno, operations manager and partner Nicole Ferretti, consultant Mike Krohn, co-owner Tim Kelly, and OTB CEO Phil Boyle (Credit - Marisa Moschera, Suffolk OTB)
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