Suffolk County Legislature

The county legislature will hold its committee meetings in Riverhead this week in advance of its general meeting at the Evans K. Griffing County Center June 19. Here’s the committee schedule line-up, with pertinent highlights and links to published agendas.

A proposal by County Legislator Al Krupski to freeze pay for elected officials in county government will be considered by a legislative committee today and may come before the full body at next week's general meeting in Riverhead.

Rundown of the county legislative committee meetings scheduled at the Riverhead County Center this week and items of interest.

Faced with vocal demand and enticed by the prospect of tax revenues and an economic bump, legislators formed an ad hoc committee to explore possible locations in Suffolk.

North Fork Legis. Al Krupski voted with Republicans against amendments to County Executive Steve Bellone's proposed budget that restored a number of cuts and maintains a $135 million structural deficit, largely by borrowing.

The legislature's compromise under industry pressure ensured the plastic bag law won't be as effective as needed to deal with the problem.

Suffolk County consumers who take their purchases home in single-use plastic bags will have to pay a nickel apiece for the privilege beginning in January 2018.

For the second and last time this year, Suffolk County legislative committees will convene in Riverhead next week in the run-up to a Riverhead general meeting on Sept. 7. Here's next weeks's committee schedule, agendas and items of interest.

Public hearings on laws that would regulate nitrogen content in lawn fertilizers, pet grooming businesses and dry cleaning establishments, among others, will be held this afternoon at the county center in Riverhead.

The prime sponsor of the plastic bag ban bill says he will rework its provisions to allay concerns of the administration and other legislators, but expects the substance of the bill to remain largely the same.