Commissioning the study
Press reports state that WASENC agreed to pay Sansoucy $55,000 for the study. WASENC Chairman Richard Ronan said that he did not recall the study’s exact price, but that he believes it was several thousand dollars less.

George Sansouncy, principal of the firm that bears his name, is a civil engineer. His resume, available online, indicates that he is a certified property appraiser in New Hampshire and belongs to various appraisers’ professional organizations, but that he does not hold degrees or certifications in economics or finance.

WASENC Chairman Richard Ronan said the authority selected the firm through a competitive bidding process. WASENC’s directors are appointees of the Republican-controlled towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay. Ronan is a retired Hempstead Town sanitation commissioner; WASENC Secretary John Reinhardt is the current Hempstead Town water commissioner and leader of the North Bellmore Republican Club; Director Walter D’Amato is a Massapequa community activist, CEO of a construction company and former vice president of the Massapequa Chamber of Commerce; and Director Maureen Fitzgerald is the current Oyster Bay Town community and youth services commissioner and a former Oyster Bay intergovernmental affairs commissioner.

The board’s fifth seat has been vacant since John Molloy, a retired chairman and CEO of a group of engineering and architecture firms, resigned in 2011. Last year County Executive Ed Mangano, a Republican, nominated Molloy to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board.

Southeastern Nassau’s water service