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Cheektowaga board reviews $113.6M preliminary budget; levy set at 2.58% increase, adoption tabled
Summary
Town staff presented a $113.6 million preliminary 2026 spending plan with a $75.5 million tax levy — a 2.58% ($1,898,206) increase under the state tax-cap calculation. The board read resolutions to adopt the ad valorem and benefit-basis budgets but tabled both measures to the next meeting.
The Cheektowaga Town Board on Nov. 6 heard a presentation of a preliminary 2026 budget that proposes $113,594,076 in total appropriations and a $75,500,000 tax levy, a 2.58% increase ($1,898,206) calculated under New York State's tax-cap formula.
Brian Krause, a town staff member who presented the packet, said the proposed plan balances spending with roughly $23,800,000 in other revenue sources and a $14,200,000 appropriation of fund balance, leaving the tax levy as the remaining balancing figure. Krause told the board the town is projecting a $3,500,000 increase in appropriations (3.24% year-over-year) driven largely by contractual labor settlements,…
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