TOWN OF RIVERHEAD

ORDER CALLING PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING IMPROVEMENTS TO
FACILITIES OF RIVERHEAD WATER DISTRICT-WELLHEAD TREATMENT FOR PERCHLORATE REMOVAL – PLANT NO. 16

WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York, as governing body of the Riverhead Water District, has determined that there is a need to improve the facilities of the district through wellhead treatment for perchlorate removal at Plant No. 16, and

WHEREAS, the maximum amount proposed to be expended for said improvements is $522,500.00 including construction and engineering with said funds to be paid from existing District funds, and

WHEREAS, it is necessary that a public hearing be held on the question of the increase and improvements as described above, in accordance with the provisions of Section 202-b of the Town Law.

NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, by the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead, as follows:

  1. A public hearing will be held at the Riverhead Town Hall, 200 Howell Avenue, Riverhead, New York, on the 6th day of January, 2015 at 2:10 p.m. on the question of the increase and improvement of the facilities of the Riverhead Water District in the Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York, in the manner described in the preambles hereof, and to hear all persons in the subject thereof, concerning the same, and to take such action as is required or authorized by law.
  2. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause a copy of this resolution to be published in the December 25, 2014 edition of The News Review, the newspaper hereby designated as the official newspaper for this purpose, and also to cause a copy thereof to be posted on the sign board of the town, such publication and posting to be made not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the date designated for the public hearing.
  3. The project described in the preambles hereto is hereby determined to be an “unlisted action” under the State Environmental Quality Review Act, the implementation of which, as proposed, will not result in any significant environmental effects.
  4. This order shall take effect immediately.

Dated: Riverhead, NY
December 16, 2014

 

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF
THE TOWN OF RIVERHEAD, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY

DIANE WILHELM, TOWN CLERK

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