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publish~ D~i~r ~o ~b~ d.a~ ~f $~e he~ia~ l~ ~h~ official new~
10th ~a~ ef November ~ 1980~ ~d
~h~r~of ~m ~o ~h~ looation of D~I~s, oondui~ g~s and e~her
s~n~ ~e F~i~ agre~ %o ff~-ai~t~ power for s~r~-e~ ii~r~ing
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
STATE OF NEW YORK
V~alter B. Gagen, being duly sworn, says
that he is the Editor, of THE LONG ISLAND
TRAVELER - MATTITUCK WATCHMAN, a public news-
paper printgd at Southold, in Suffolk County; and that
the notice of which the annexed is ct printed copy, has been
published in said~ Lang [~[and Trave!?r-MattitacK Watch-
man once each week for ..~. ~'~_~..~-- ..
successively, commencing on the .............. 4;z/.../... ...........
day of ......... .~...~; ....... 19....~.-..~
Sworn to before me this ........ ~.......~.. ...... day of
......... ....
............ N;taey Public¢' ..... ~"
Commission Lxp[res March $0, Lgf
NINBEES OF PUBLIC B~_~%RING
TC~N BOARD, TUrN OF_ SOL, HOLD
NOVE~Ba~ lO, 1960
~PRESENT: S~Dervisor Hemry H. Tuthilt (presidI~g)
Ceumcilmam Louis ~I. Demares%
Justice ef %he Peace Henry A. Cl~.rk
Justiee of the Peace Ralph. T~thill
Town Gl~rk Albert Ac Richmond
Towm A%~%o~aey Robert Tasker
U~llage Attorney Stamt.ey $. Corwim
Village Trustee George ~imps~m
Village Trustee Jo~m S. ~herwoed
Village Clerk Harry Beli~g
A ~ublie heari~g, en the question of granting a franchise
te ~he ~il~ ef~ Gr~emp0r~ ~r %he ~es~ e~ imstallim~ a~d malm~
tslni~g electric lisht alit ~wer li~ee was held e~N~emher lO, 1~60,
a~ 7~30 p.m. in the Buparvis~r's Office, Vi!la~e Hall, 16
~t~ee%~, Greempo~%~, New, ~k~
the h~i~ eden amd res~
the fellSwi~g NOTICE:
i~ hereby glve~ that a public hearing will
the Supervisor's 0£fice~, 16 Se~th Street,
New Y~rk, om '~ loth ~y of November,
7:30 p~m. p~ilin8 time~L em the question
~ franchise to the ~i~mge of ~ee~pe~
, ~ghwmy~ ~d ~blic p~ees or
~em er the~sp~ces~bove or u~der them for
i~stalling and ~i~t~l~lm~ electric
lines i~ so mu~ ef the tow~ as is
the bound~ies 0f the Umien Free
~er l~, T:o~ ~ff Beuthold, ~olk
New Y0r~. A copy o~ the p~eper conse~ im
i~ 2he ~ffice of the Tow~ Clerk, whe~ it
~ 0~D~ OF THE. TO~N BOARD.
~ted: Seutheld, New York
October 25, 1960
A!ber~ ~. Richmond
TO~ Clerk"
Supervisor ~uthill s%at~ that he had a~ affida~it fPem
the ~ews~per, signed, ~y ~alter B.. Galen, stating that this ~o~ice
wae published o~ the 27th day af 0traDer.
SUP~VISOR TUTHILL: Is there a~ybedy herewho wishes te
be heard?
~oi h~ ~. wh~ I m~ e~ another occasi~m, i do~'~ t~nk it is
ne~asa~ for me to ~pre~en~ any ~tendad remarka. I ~o~d like,
I t~mk t~t the Boa~ ~hould ~m ~o~iEh¢ so~ely upon
t~e que~t$~~ ef whether ~r ~at i~ i~ i~ t~ i~ta~¢ ef the p.e~ple
who_re~ide ~ this School District tha~ this f~m~ohise ~o~:ld be
c~a~ity of ~he Vi~a ~ p~ovide t~ ~e~ice, the matter of whether
left to. ~e Public ~erviee Co<,~:nissic~,
h~i~gs cc the ability of the applicant
~e~ce~sity for furnishing them, etc.
which holds extensive
to fur~ish ~er~Ices, the
Before ~e can de ~ythi~g, we will h~ve. to secure fv_~ther
consent from the Ccmmis~io~ to service the ~rea. They also go i~to
the Guestion ef investigatin8 v~rieus mspetts of the service which is
to. be furnished and ~:hether or not one, or maybe ~wo other utilities
~re b~st able to serve the mrez i~to which it is desired tha~ the
service be extended.
Ia m mot sure, because of the difficulty of ex~ml~i~ the
records~ Just exactly whm% action this Bo~rd h~s takem iR the p~st
~ithrezloect to the franchise, but I believ~ you may have al~emdy
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he~h ~ ~d ~lect~ri~i.~y in ~he. entire ~o~s2Lip~. At ~me ~me:~ ~he
~ ~e~ w~ch we now so. ice a~ w~ we have .no hope~ of being
a~le to co~ete wi~h Lo~8 Isl~n~ Li~timg Oe~y w~r~ they are
alone the ~1~ mind se~th re~ds, t~ still ~e ~ems in the School
Di~triet wh~e ~e eou~ e~emicmlly ~te~ ~r lines which may ~eed,
im the f~t~e, services which we wi~ he mhle. to su~ly. The~e mre
~ ~ores~ ~ vac~ ~nd. some weed i~nd, some fm~ l~d~ some
ma~h tm~d., where ~ere ~e ~o public ~a~ ~t present., b~t whe~,
as~ ~e ~es~ o~ su~visie~, it is conceivable tha~ in the future
there will be p~blic ro~ a~d where presently there is ~o ~ti~g,
or whePe it will ~ impoe~ible for L~8 Island Lighting Comp~my t~
c~e i~ wi~ho~b, cross,lng our li~es. It is for that rezso~ ~ur
~pplicatiem ~es some sense and we feel it will be helpful to o~
u~ilitles ~ to people who live in t~t area im tov~ ~here the
eitumtien coul~ be m~de to prevail.
~e of the members of the Board are here. t am sorry
~. Momsell is~ not home to infe~ us whether e~ net there are
tec~icml quest.lone. ?~e will try to ~swer to the best of o~P
~hility any questions of a generml nat~e which ye~ mmy have.
~ ~'t~l ~u,the ~e~lem ~efe~e~ the ,Bo~d te~lgh~ is
~me ef ~ ~ ~eal ~f ~v~y. I~ is si~y ~a ~sti~em ~f whether
or no% you feet i~ wo~ld b~ i~ the ~es~ im~eres~s, ef ~e pu~ic to
~a this service. ~mittedly, if ~u~ ~ked a ~-~bem of fraue~ses
~ch ~y ~,. ~e to extend the Vi~ase be~aries on the ~ne
~ ~e u~d~$~m~d the. caste to be, to ma~. some subdivisions in the
a~ t~t ~a~ ~re seekln~ t~ f~chise for. I think %~% you
a~wa~e ~ lhe over-~l problem. There isn't ~ny ~ecessity for me
So into ~e1 ~ter ~y fur%her i~ detail 8~d, in %he imt~est of
sa~g ye~ time~, I am goin8 t~ tu~ i% over %e you simply with
repetition of the statement I made t~% we wo~d be ~ad te answer
any questions yGu have.
!~ DE~S~: I h~ve only e~e q~estio~. You, ~.
as a responsible attorney ~epresenting the New York !~, w~d
be~ as~Rg ~he Towo Bear~ to consider ~ythi~ mot le5~. Lt
to me ~t~ there~ wou~ be soma law prohlbitins ~he T~s~D
AP~ ~OE~I~: I thi~ t~e ~hele hi~ s~e~y of ~. s~rt
T~ Te~ l~ glve~ ~ s B~ ~e right to~ ~t these fr~hises.
~a~ises ~d ~ene~i~ i~ m~ effert te build ~ the c~try a~d it
is ~ D~is of e~ e~enomy, I thi~ ~here are mm~y c~es whe~
t~ ~e ~e~ w~t yo~ might cm~l ~uplic~ing fram~isas wish
resDect te~ w~t~, ferry be~t se~ice, g~m ~nd m~ o~t~r ~.
I ~ c~lide~t, znd I am zure Bob will be~ me out, ~ere is m~othing
i~e~L ~ t~m sit~umtiem a~d if i~ were 8~t~ed fa~erably ~o one
could ~y yo~ ~d taken ~ improper actien in any way.
~. T~: i de~'t ~think there is any quee~ie~ but wh~t
the TmO~ h~ the right to ~t the f~znchise, ~rdlesz of whether
er not we ~a~e m~dy g~nted the fr~ise t~ anoth~ utility,
~nd eve~ ~leng t~t lime I think the zgreem~t which was preps~red
~by the Vil~ge preserves the rights which we might have ~a~ted to
any ~tility.
ATTO~Y CO~: ~s. ~ the~e~ is going to be tomy
eppesi~o~ ~y the ~ther p~y i~ will prebably tm~ pl~ in the
Public Semi ce Oomm~ssien.
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~, ~RE~,; ~ was the~ e~ly ~e~stlem I ha~ ,- whether
or ~ e~ it ~ ~1 1~ $ ~ i~ is, it.'s a. ll righ~ with me.
~ stmteme~ t~o m~k~, ~Ph~ps i~ we~d be ~ ~rd~ ~o .......
~a~et ~w~e~ e~ ~e~ ~ri~g. It we~d s~e~ they dom~'t ~ve ~y
~te ~DLo~mi~i~ ~ ~ f~mne~; r~r ~ey feel t~ if there
is e~e ~t will ceme before ~he Public Semite CO~siem~ The
SUPERVIS~E Ti~: Does, ~nyene else wish to
~t this ~me? ~ net, I declare the hea. ri~ cleero.