Video: Quogue Mayor Gives State of the Village Address

Before a packed audience on Saturday Quogue Mayor Peter Sartorius spoke for about an hour in giving his second annual state of the village address. During his speech, he spoke about numerous issues in the village, starting with three lawsuits that have been filed against the village.

The first suit he mentioned is one that was filed against the village by the ; the second, a suit filed by the Southampton Trustees against the village; and the third, a suit filed by the Department of Environmental Conservation that seeks to take control of the village’s Coastal Erosion Hazard area.

The mayor then moved to speak about the state of the village beaches, from permits for beach restoration projects to the current condition of the beaches. 

According to the mayor, the beaches are ready for the summer and the long winter did not cause any major damage to any of the beach structures.

One issue the mayor says he is working to tackle is flooding on area roads, including Dune Road, Shinnecock Road and Ocean Avenue.

All three roads, he said have flooding from time to time during storms.

“We have looked at them. They are problem areas,” he said and added that the village will be moving to raise Ocean Avenue and Shinnecock Roads.

Dune Road, however, he said needs more extensive work and the village would be joining with the Town of Southampton on that project.

The village’s deer program was another point discussed by the mayor.

According to the mayor, the village is working to combat the ongoing deer problem in the village with a group of hunters that the village refers to property owners.

Over the last hunting season, the mayor said hunters yielded over 160 deer.

“There could be less dear out there,” he said. “I don’t know.”

The mayor also talked about village’s finances from the assessment roles to the village’s budget, which was adopted last month and is up 2.9 percent.

And finally, the mayor praised the work that the village’s fire and police departments do and urged residents, who are able, to volunteer at the