Council Member, Town of Southampton: Richard W. Martel
Rick Martel, current Southampton Town Council member and Republican candidate for Southampton Trustee, poses for a portrait outside Skidmore Sports and Styles in Hampton Bays on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. -- slVOTE -- Credit: James Escher
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RICHARD W. MARTEL
Republican
BACKGROUND:
- Martel, 64, of Hampton Bays, is running for a second term on the town board.
- He owns the sporting goods store Skidmore’s Sports & Styles in Hampton Bays.
- He said he is involved in several nonprofits, including the San Gennaro Feast of the Hamptons and youth organizations such as Hampton Bays Little League.
ISSUES:
- Martel said affordable housing remains a key issue and he hopes to address it through the new Peconic Bay Community Housing Fund that voters approved last year. “Being able to afford to live here is a very difficult thing even for our seniors,” he said.
- He said he plans to continue to address water-quality issues and as the liaison to the highway department, he said he plans to address traffic issues.
- He said while there may be a time and place for battery energy storage system facilities, he is against seeing one built in a residential neighborhood of Hampton Bays. The town board has approved a moratorium on those facilities.
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