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Tonawanda council delays budget changes, defers $100,000 reassessment decision and youth-board pay reclassification
Summary
At a Nov. special meeting, Tonawanda councilmembers discussed removing $100,000 for a reassessment, moving $5,100 from youth-board salaries into equipment/supplies, and flagged deep cuts to fuel lines as risky; formal amendments were deferred until absent officials can participate.
Councilmember (Speaker 1) urged the Common Council of the City of Tonawanda on Nov. (special meeting) to move a $100,000 reassessment professional-services line out of the 2025–26 budget and reclassify $5,100 from youth-board "professional services salaries" into a youth equipment and supplies line, saying, “We don't need the 100,000 for the assessment this year. We we can move that to 2026.”
The proposal was discussed during a short special meeting called to order at 6:00 p.m. by the presiding member (Speaker 2). City Clerk (Speaker 3) read the special-notice resolution invoking authority under the city charter (article 2 division 3 section 2.048) to meet with the city treasurer and conduct other business. Several elected officials were excused; Council President Cook and Raumstraw were noted as absent, and members said they did not have a city attorney or…
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