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What’s on tap for today’s Suffolk County Legislature general meeting in Riverhead

The Suffolk County Legislature held committee meetings in Riverhead in May for the first time in more than a decade. File photo: Denise Civiletti

The Suffolk County Legislature holds its regular general meeting in Riverhead today, after a week of holding committee meetings here for the first time in years.

The general meetings open at 9:30 a.m. with presentations and an opportunity for public comment.

Scheduled public hearings begin at 2:30 p.m. Hearings scheduled for today’s meeting include the following:

a law to require dry cleaning businesses to post notification signs about the safety of chemical solvents they use;

a campaign finance reform law to limit campaign contributions from county contractors and public employee unions;

a law to limit nitrogen content in lawn fertilizers;

“Ginger’s Law,” to regulate pet grooming businesses;

a law to further regulate synthetic cannabinoids and synthetic cocaine, to cover “analogues”;

a law that would suspend the red light camera program.

The full meeting agenda is available here.

Live meeting audio of every meeting is available online while the meeting is in progress.

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Denise Civiletti
Denise is a veteran local reporter and editor, an attorney and former Riverhead Town councilwoman. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, including a “writer of the year” award from the N.Y. Press Association in 2015. She is a founder, owner and co-publisher of this website.