Town Trustees

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In accordance with the recent Executive Orders signed by Governor Cuomo, only essential services are being provided by the Town of Southampton at this time. In order to meet the challenge, the Board of Trustees have enacted the following policy regarding permits and licenses:

The Board of Trustees strongly encourages the public to utilize the
e-permitting option on the Trustees’ website

If anyone has any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the Trustees’ Office at (631) 287-5717 or via e-mail at: towntrustees@southamptontownny.gov


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Regular Meetings

Work Sessions

  1. RESCISSION OF EMERGENCY DESIGNATION OF SHELLFISH LANDS

    Pursuant to the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules & Regulations of the NYS, and based upon the determination that conditions that may cause shellfish to be hazardous for use as food are no longer present. Read on...
  2. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION OF SHELLFISH LANDS IN THE NYS AS UNCERTIFIED FOR THE HARVEST OF SHELLFISH

    Pursuant to the provisions of Subdivisions 13-0307 ( 1) and (2) and Subdivision 13-0309 ( 1) of the Environmental Conservation Law and Section 42.17 and 47.4 of Title 6 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Read on...
  3. RESCISSION OF EXISTING MARINE BIOTOXIN CLOSURES - Towns of Brookhaven, Southampton, and Southold

    Effective at sunrise, on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, in the areas described in notice, the harvest of carnivorous gastropods (conchs, whelks, moonsnails) is permitted. Read on...
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  1. Responsibilities
  2. The Dongan Patent

Established in 1686, the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of Southampton is the oldest continually elected board in North America. Their continuing charge is the stewardship of more than 25,000 acres of undivided, colonial-era lands consisting mostly of Southampton’s shores, water ways, marshes, and bottomlands.

The Trustees’ responsibilities in doing so includes:

  • Preserving public access to the water;
  • Upholding the traditions of a maritime community;
  • Advising the Town Board on coastal related issues;
  • Informing the public of the Facts of Coastal Issues and Policy;
  • Representing the best interest of the freeholders;
  • Maintaining and protecting surface water quality;
  • Regulating dock and bulkhead construction;
  • Promoting sustainable harvest of commercial shellfish and finfish;
  • Providing a safe marine environment;
  • Inspecting all structures built on bay bottom.