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Village unveils sewer lateral program dents to resolve any issues with sewer repair and maintenance. The price of repairing the latOne of the greatest conve- eral may range up to $15,000, niences of modern times is the according to Bloom. The Pipeability to answer nature’s call by logix program offers homeownusing a toilet. With a press of the ers a subscription fee-based serhandle, the whirling flush of the vice plan for $15.99 a month per wastewater clears subscriber, or $191.88 away instantly. Rareannually, for one ly do we give a secyear for all inspecond thought to the tion, maintenance lateral sewer pipes and repair services. buried below our In each successive homes that make year, the rates will this possible, and increase by $1 per rarer still do we conmonth, or $12 per sider the hazardous year. consequences of E n ro l l m e n t i s leaving those pipes proceeding on an unchecked — often Eliot BlooM opt-out basis. The until it’s too late. opt-out enrollment “The problem is Director, period will begin that generally these Pipelogix LMS two business days buried sewer pipes after the company have a certain life mails out the forms span, but nobody touches the to homeowners. If homeowners sewer line because it’s out of do not opt out within 30 days, sight and out of mind. And they will be automatically nobody thinks about it until enrolled in the program. there’s a problem,” said Eliot The village agreed to a fiveBloom, director of Pipelogix year contract with Pipelogix, LMS Inc., a private sewer lateral which may be extended for up to contractor headquartered in two five-year periods. Should a Long Beach. The village, in part- homeowner who is enrolled in nership with Pipelogix LMS Inc., the program fail to make any will roll out a new sewer lateral payments, the village will follow revitalization program for resiContinued on page 12
By JuaN lasso jlasso@liherald.com
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MoRE tHaN FiFtY residents attended the public hearing to voice their views on the cannabis opt-out resolution.
V.S. votes to opt out of retail cannabis sales
By JuaN lasso jlasso@liherald.com
The Village of Valley Stream voted on Monday to opt out of permitting adultuse cannabis dispensaries and on-site consumption lounges within the village’s jurisdiction. During the public hearing, trustees were faced with one of two options about the referendum process that residents could use to overturn the decision: a mandatory or a
permissive referendum. In a mandatory referendum, the village would assume the cost of carrying out an election on whether to override the cannabis opt-out decision. In a permissive referendum, residents would need to submit a petition signed by 20 percent of registered voters in the last village election within 30 days of passage of the local law to override the board’s opt-out decision, according to state officials.
There were 26,267 registered voters as of the last village election in 2020, according to village officials, meaning that more than 5,000 signatures would need to be collected on the petition. In the end, the opt-out vote with the permissive referendum won out in a 5-1 vote. Trustee Vincent Grasso, the lone board member who supports cannabis sales in the village, cast the dissenting Continued on page 5
obody thinks about it until there’s a problem.