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Oak Beach residents press town for written terms after $16.84 million water project; board to provide answers
Summary
An Oak Beach resident urged the Town of Babylon to provide written loan or assessment terms for a $16.84 million water system, saying 56 homes face a $2.5 million shared cost and asking whether assessments could be open-ended; the board said staff and the attorney will follow up with details.
James Shappert, vice president of the Barrier Beach Civic Association, told the Town of Babylon board on Jan. 14 that the Oak Beach water-system project has a prolonged history of changing costs and unclear resident obligations.
"That number ' which you can see here in front of you ' has grown into at least in 2022 it was 16,840,000.00," Shappert said, adding that dividing that total among the 56 homes on the system would equal about $303,571 per home. He said residents were told they…
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