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Town expands Brookhaven refuse district to Strathmore Court and shifts financing to user fee
Summary
The Town Board authorized the Brookhaven Refuse & Recycling District boundary extension to include the Strathmore Court development in Coram and adopted a change in the district’s financing method from a benefit assessment to a user fee model; town officials said the change should not raise the basic 2026 contracted rate.
The Town of Brookhaven agreed to expand the Brookhaven Refuse & Recycling District to include the Strathmore Court subdivision in Coram and adopted a change in how the district’s contracted services are financed, moving from a benefit assessment model to a per‑user fee.
Commissioner Christine Fenton and town staff explained the petition to extend district service was filed by owners representing more than 54% of the assessed value in the Strathmore Court development. The development comprises roughly 440 occupied single‑family houses…
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