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Sullivan signs off on casino agreement

By DAVID HULSE

MONTICELLO — Sullivan County negotiators and representatives of the St. Regis Mohawks and Park Place Entertainment on August 10 announced agreement on a seven-year, $15-million-per-year “host benefit” pact that would pay the county “and the other affected constituencies” should a planned casino-hotel be built at Kutsher’s Country Club.

The agreement was part of a memorandum of understanding (MOU), which a statement from the tribe characterized as a key to the county Legislature’s “official approval” of the 66-acre land trust to the Mohawks that would come with approval by federal Bureau of Indian Affairs and New York State.