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1 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK : STATE OF NEW YORK
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TOWN BOARD
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7 Southold, New York
8 November 5 , 2025
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14 B E F 0 R E :
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16 ALBERT KRUPSKI JR, SUPERVISOR
17 LOUISA P . EVANS , JUSTICE
18 JILL DOHERTY, COUNCILWOMAN
19 GREG DOROSKI , COUNCILMAN
20 BRIAN 0 . MEALY, COUNCILMAN
21 ANNE H . SMITH, COUNCILWOMAN
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NOVEMBER 5, 2025 REGULAR MEETING 2
1 INDEX TO TESTIMONY
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4 Budget Hearing 3-4
5 Chapter 275 Wetlands and Shoreline 4- 6
6 Community Development Block Grant 6-14
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NOVEMBER 5, 2025 REGULAR MEETING 3
1 BUDGET HEARING
2 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : We can
3 start . The first one will be the
4 Budget Hearing . We had it recessed .
5 We had the first one at 4 o ' clock, and
6 we ' ll resume it now at 7 o ' clock .
7 Is there anyone who would like to
8 speak on any matter to the 2026
9 Operating Budget?
10 (No Response ) .
11 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All
12 right . Seeing none in the audience and
13 none on the Zoom, is there a motion to
14 close the hearing?
15 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : I will
16 make a motion we close the hearing on
17 the 2026 Budget .
18 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY :
19 Second .
20 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All
21 in favor?
22 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
23 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
24 COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
25 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : Aye .
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1 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
2 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . :
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4 CHAPTER 275 WETLANDS AND
5 SHORELINE
6 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All
7 right . The next one is 275 Wetlands
8 and Shoreline .
9 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : I will
10 make a motion we close that hearing . I
11 guess Denis may want to read a summary
12 of what we ' ve received into the record,
13 so I actually withdraw that .
14 TOWN CLERK DENIS NONCARROW : The
15 record should reflect receipt of the
16 following comments concerning the
17 proposed local law . Correspondence of
18 the Planning Department dated
19 October 27 , 2025 , indicating that the
20 action was reviewed under the SEQRA
21 and determined to be an unlisted action
22 with a negative declaration, as the
23 action is not expected to have
24 significant adverse environmental
25 impact .
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1 Correspondence of the Local
2 Waterfront Revitalization Program dated
3 October 27 , 2025 , indicating that the
4 matter has been reviewed under LWRP
5 standards and found to be consistent
6 with the LWRP .
7 3 , correspondence of the Southold
8 Town Planning Board dated October 27 ,
9 2025 in favor of the local law .
10 4 , Correspondence from Victor
11 Barisi dated October 30 , 2025 .
12 5 , e-mail of Dan Oakley dated
13 October 9 , 2025 .
14 6 , Correspondence from John
15 Riedermeier dated October 7 , 2025 .
16 7 , e-mail from Douglas Hirsch
17 dated October 6 , 2025 .
18 8 , e-mail from Kevin Klein,
19 dated November 3 , 2025 .
20 9 , e-mail from Josephine Klein
21 dated November 3 , 2025 .
22 And finally, comments from the
23 Trustees . All have been made part of
24 the record .
25 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
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1 you, Mr . DeChance . All right . Greg,
2 you want to make that motion?
3 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : I will
4 make the motion to close the public
5 hearing entirely now .
6 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : Second .
7 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All
8 in favor?
9 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
10 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
11 COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
12 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : Aye .
13 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
14 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Aye .
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16 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
17 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All
18 right . The final public hearing . Who
19 would like to read the noticing for the
20 final public hearings .
21 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : I think
22 that is our Town Clerk ' s purview .
23 TOWN CLERK DENIS NONCARROW : So
24 the final public hearing is on the
25 community development Block Grant
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1 Funding . This advisory public hearing
2 seeks to elicit comments from the
3 public on local housing and community
4 development needs that can be addressed
5 with approximately $ 100 , 000 in
6 Community Development Block Grant Funds
7 that the Town expects to receive in
8 2026 . Legal notices for this public
9 hearing are published no less than 10
10 days prior to the public hearing in an
11 legible newspaper . The Town Clerk ' s
12 office has received the Affidavit of
13 Service from that newspaper indicating
14 that notice was published . The Town
15 Clerk file also includes the Affidavit
16 of Posting that the public notice of
17 the Town Clerk is put on the back
18 bulletin board of Town Hall . Thank
19 you .
20 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
21 you, Mr . Clerk . Mr . DeChance , are all
22 the notices in order?
23 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : The
24 documents are in order . Yes .
25 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
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1 you . Would anyone like to speak to
2 this public hearing, the Community
3 Development Block Grant?
4 ERICA STEINDL : Thank you .
5 Hello, I ' m Erica Steindl , the Executive
6 Director of CAST, and I want to thank
7 Southold Town for the CBDG funding
8 support we ' ve received in the past .
9 Thank you so much, and request renewal
10 of that support in the coming year .
11 I ' d like to highlight some of CAST ' s
12 contributions to supporting Southold
13 Town residents in need . We ' re
14 currently serving more than 1 , 400
15 families consisting of 3 , 500 , more than
16 3 , 500 individuals in this community .
17 And that equates to 15% of the
18 population of Southold Town overall ,
19 and approximately 35% of the children .
20 So more than a third of the children in
21 Southold Town . We provided last
22 year -- we topped off at over 470 , 000
23 meals . And this year, we ' re on track
24 to surpass 480 , 000 meals provided to
25 our Southold Town community members .
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1 So we ' ve seen, you know, a lot of need .
2 There ' s a lot of need out there . And
3 we ' ve seen this need grow continually
4 over 2025 . It doesn ' t -- you know, we
5 expect the need to continue as
6 evidenced by our current situation . So
7 we ' re experiencing severely high rents .
8 Food is very, very expensive . And
9 year-round jobs are limited . Most of
10 the people that we serve work multiple
11 jobs in order to make ends meet, and
12 they are the workforce behind our
13 farms , our restaurants , our vineyards ,
14 our supermarkets , construction, and
15 other essential industries in our North
16 Fork community . The fact is that they
17 can ' t afford to live and work here in
18 our community without CAST support and
19 our essential services . So we need and
20 we really appreciate the funds we ' ve
21 received in the past and we appreciate
22 the support of the unseen community in
23 need here in Southold Town . So thank
24 you so much .
25 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
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1 you for coming .
2 Would anyone else like to speak
3 to this Public Hearing? Thank you .
4 Tom, go right ahead .
5 TOM STEVENSON : Hello , Tom
6 Stevenson, Orient . Can you guys hear
7 me?
8 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : We
9 can .
10 TOM STEVENSON : Excellent . Thank
11 you . I know you had a long day . I ' ve
12 spoken in the past as school board
13 president at Oyster Ponds School for
14 the use of the Block Grant Funds for
15 the partnership that the Town and the
16 School District have in East Marion at
17 Schoolhouse Park . As you know, we have
18 a gravel parking lot that is not ADA
19 compliant . And I think it would be
20 useful to address that . And also 25
21 years ago when the agreement was first
22 inked, the playground was put in, the
23 tennis courts were put in, and the
24 basketball courts were put in, the ball
25 field was put in . And, you know,
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1 according to the Comp Plan, maintaining
2 those parks is , you know, is one of the
3 priorities in the comp plan . I
4 wouldn ' t be asking to add, but the
5 playground equipment is 25 years old .
6 Some of the pieces are broken and
7 unsafe . And I think it ' d be worthy to
8 look at those and also looking at maybe
9 making it handicap compliant . So thank
10 you for your consideration and have a
11 great night .
12 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
13 you, Tom .
14 Would anyone else like to address
15 the Board on this public hearing?
16 TAMMY LEFFLER : Hello , everyone .
17 Tammy Leffler, Mattituck . I just
18 wanted to say thank you for approving
19 the changes to 275 . I know you had a
20 lot of feedback, and it ' s really
21 appreciated . So thank you so much for
22 protecting the wetlands .
23 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
24 you .
25 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE :
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1 Just for the record, Tammy, that was
2 premature .
3 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : We
4 didn ' t vote on it yet . We just closed
5 the hearing .
6 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Maybe
7 foretelling the future .
8 TAMMY LEFFLER : We have a lot to
9 learn about how the Board process .
10 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Don ' t
11 we all . All right . So do I have a
12 motion to close --
13 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : I will
14 make a motion to close the Community
15 Development Block Grant Hearing .
16 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : So
17 before the Board moves on that motion,
18 this hearing has to be held open for a
19 two week period .
20 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Yes , it
21 does .
22 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : You
23 want to amend your motion?
24 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : I will
25 amend my motion to leave it open for
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1 two weeks .
2 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY :
3 Second .
4 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All
5 in favor?
6 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
7 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
8 COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
9 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : Aye .
10 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
11 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
12 you for that correction .
13 Can I ask a question about the
14 grants ? What is the timeframe for
15 submitting our request to the County or
16 wherever the fund grant goes ?
17 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : That
18 is a good question for the County .
19 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE :
20 There is a specific -- there ' s a
21 specific timeline but Gwen or my office
22 -- we have --
23 TOWN CLERK DENIS NONCARROW :
24 Yeah, you ' re in real good shape .
25 You ' ve got another month to put it
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1 together .
2 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : And
3 when do the funds come in once we
4 submit the grant, if it ' s accepted?
5 TOWN CLERK DENIS NONCARROW :
6 April-ish .
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8 (Whereupon, the meeting continued
9 on to Resolutions , following by the
10 meeting being adjourned . )
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NOVEMBER 5, 2025 REGULAR MEETING 15
1 C E R T I F I C A T I O N
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3 I , Jessica DiLallo , a Notary
4 Public for and within the State of New
5 York, do hereby certify :
6 THAT, the within transcript is a
7 true record of said Board Meeting .
8 I further certify that I am not
9 related either by blood or marriage to
10 any of the parties to this action; and
11 that I am in no way interested in the
12 outcome of this matter .
13 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
14 hereunto set my hand this day,
15 November 5 , 2025 .
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