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Ballston Spa trustees approve fiscal 2025–26 budget after contentious debate
Summary
The Village of Ballston Spa Board of Trustees voted 3–2 to adopt the final budget for the fiscal year beginning June 1, 2025, after several trustees and members of the public criticized the mayor's allocations, reserve-funding approach and timing of the budget process.
The Village of Ballston Spa Board of Trustees voted 3–2 April 28 to adopt the final budget for the fiscal year beginning June 1, 2025, and ending May 31, 2026, following an extended debate about reserve funds, alleged “padding” of department lines and the board’s involvement in the workshop process.
The vote followed public comments urging greater transparency and several trustees pressing the mayor to move planned capital funding into formal reserve accounts rather than listing large amounts inside operating lines.
The budget includes a capital plan that Mayor Frank Rossi described in his executive summary as a roughly $12,500,000 list of contemplated projects. Trustee Price Bush said the budget was “bloated” and criticized specific line-item increases she said…
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