The board seemed in favor of the proposition

The board seemed in favor of the proposition and with at least presenting a referendum for the public to vote on. But Mason has some leg work ahead of her.

Keefe asked that Mason attempt to generate signatures, and from there the board can take over and propose a referendum. The board said they believed she would have to generate around 1,000 signatures, but they were not able to corroborate that number with attorney Sam Drayo. She said she has about 65 signatures thus far.

The referendum, Keefe said, could possibly go along with the vote in November, or village election in March.
Mason also offered some data to the board on single-use disposable bags:
The U.S. uses roughly 100 billion plastic bags a year with the average family using 1,500 per year.
To create 100 billion plastic bags it takes an estimated 12 million barrels of oil.

Less than 5 percent of plastic bags are recycled.
The average plastic bag is only used for 12 minutes before it becomes waste.
For every square mile of ocean, there are roughly 46,000 pieces of plastic.

Ten percent (1 cent) of the proposed fee would go back to the business to help with the administrative costs associated with doing this, and the other 90 percent (9 cents) would be put into a sustainability fund. The fund would be joint between the village, city and town and it would be overseen by a committee. People, Mason said, would present projects to the committee and it would decide how that money would be spent.