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Rye Brook board adopts $20M FY2026-27 budget, approves contracts and program items
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Summary
Trustees adopted the village's fiscal year 2026-27 budget with a $20,000,005.38 levy and homestead/non-homestead rates; the board also approved funding for Memorial Day, a food-service permit renewal, a Village Hall repairs contract, capital transfers, and an NRCS buyout operations plan.
The Rye Brook Village Board on April 28 adopted the 2026-27 annual budget, approved routine contract awards and financing adjustments, and signed off on an operations plan for properties acquired through an NRCS recovery buyout program.
Staff told trustees the adopted budget sets a tax levy of $20,000,005.38 and projected homestead and non-homestead tax rates of 4.9107 and 8.1289 per $1,000 of assessed value, respectively; capital projects totaling $2,024,550 were established in the adopted budget.
The board also approved several related items by motion: $1,500 to the American Legion to support Memorial Day and Veterans Day ceremonies; renewal of a Westchester County food-service permit application for the Anthony J. Pasilopo Community Center; award of contract 26-08 for Village Hall building repairs to SMP Consultants for $24,009.50 plus a $3,600 add alternate; and capital fund transfers and project closings that reallocated prior resurfacing balances and appropriated insurance proceeds ($48,685.60) for replacement of a highway pickup truck.
Administratively, trustees approved an operation and maintenance plan required by the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) for eight properties purchased under the NRCS recovery buyout program; the village will own and maintain the parcels and must file inspection reports as required by the program.
Votes on the listed resolutions were recorded in the meeting transcript by roll-call; the record shows affirmative votes from the trustees present on the above items.
