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Orchardville board approves amendments to FY2025 budget and adopts FY2026 budget, 4-0
Summary
At a special meeting, the Orchardville Town Board approved amendments to the fiscal year 2025 budget and adopted the fiscal year 2026 budget by unanimous 4-0 votes. Amendments reflect higher-than-expected revenues in several lines and revisions to project timing for park and trail grants.
The Orchardville Town Board on a special meeting voted unanimously to approve amendments to the town's fiscal year 2025 budget and to adopt the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget.
Board members approved the fiscal year 2025 amendments after staff presented revisions that increase several revenue lines where collections exceeded earlier estimates and move some planned expenditures into 2026. The board later adopted the fiscal year 2026 budget, which shows higher overall spending driven principally by park and trail projects.
Town staff presented the proposed 2025 amendments in detail. Key revenue adjustments included increasing the delinquent taxes line from $9,000 to $21,536 (amount collected as of the presentation), raising resort-related receipts toward an anticipated $250,000, moving business licenses from $3,000 to $3,500 and amending building permits downward from a $40,000 estimate to $20,000 based on actual permit activity. Zoning and subdivision fee revenue was increased from $5,000 to $7,000. Pool receipts were revised to the actual $2,819 collected. Fines and forfeitures were revised upward from $50,000 to $100,000 based on year-to-date collections.
Several grant and intergovernmental items were adjusted for timing. A state trails grant previously budgeted at $220,000 was moved out of the 2025 year (amended to $0) because the town does not expect to realize that revenue until the trail work moves into 2026. A transportation planning assistance grant (noted as the TPA) of $36,000 was recorded as received and amended into the fund balance; interest earnings on invested funds were modestly increased.
On the expenditure side, staff recommended higher appropriations in several categories to reflect invoices and ongoing commitments: municipal code/land use work was increased to account for expanded land‑use planning costs; judicial and personnel lines were raised to reflect outstanding and anticipated payments; auditor fees were updated per a newly received engagement letter; and engineering and surveyor allowances were adjusted to reflect work performed and expected invoices. The parks and recreation budget and cemetery maintenance lines were also revised in the amendments to reflect recent spending and upcoming obligations.
Board members asked clarifying questions about the town's Class C road allotment, how funds are held and rolled into future budgets, and whether water‑fund reserves and earmarked funds could be repurposed (staff noted legal and programmatic limits that restrict certain funds to specified uses). The board discussed a new fund for a community reinvestment area tied to a recent subdivision (referred to in the presentation as a CRA/ORA fund) that will capture a portion of subdivider‑paid incremental taxes to be returned to the developer over a multiyear schedule.
Votes at a glance: - Amendments to the Fiscal Year 2025 budget — Motion to approve amendments: outcome approved, vote 4–0 (Presiding officer: Yes; Susan: Yes; Sean: Yes; Mary Anne: Yes). Mover and seconder not specified on the record. - Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget — Motion to adopt budget: outcome approved, vote 4–0 (Mary Anne: Aye; Sean: Aye; Susan: Aye; Presiding officer: Aye). Mover and seconder not specified on the record.
Following the votes the board adjourned the special meeting and proceeded into a scheduled work session.
