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Votes at a glance: Rhinebeck board actions, March 10, 2026
Summary
At the March 10 meeting trustees approved a resolution authorizing a potential override of the state tax-levy limit for the 2026–27 budget, approved hiring a temporary office assistant, authorized an RFP for on-call arborist services, approved a tree-pruning request, approved vouchers and the monthly operating statement, and approved several routine minutes and event items.
At its March 10 meeting the Village of Rhinebeck Board of Trustees recorded the following formal actions (summaries are based on meeting motions and roll-call outcomes recorded on the transcript):
- Tax-levy override authorization: The board adopted a resolution authorizing a local law to override the New York State tax-levy limit for budgeting purposes in 2026–27; the board emphasized this only grants the option to consider an override during budget development and does not itself change tax rates (motion carried; at least one trustee opposed).
- Hire: Trustees approved hiring volunteer Jaden Anise as a short-term contracted office assistant (15 hours/week at $15/hour through the end of the fiscal year) to complete e-code uploads, Laserfiche scanning and storage-room organization (motion carried).
- Vouchers and operating statement: The board approved vouchers and the March monthly operating statements after CFO Karen McLofflin presented fund balances and bills (motion carried).
- Arborist RFP: Trustees authorized issuing a request-for-proposals for an on-call certified arborist to provide tree services as-needed; bids were set to be due Friday, March 20 at noon (motion carried).
- Tree pruning: A pruning application from the Reformed Church was approved following the Tree Commission’s recommendation that pruning be done judiciously (motion carried).
- Special events and facility uses: Trustees approved a Lions Club event (with the condition the site be safe and usable) and approved Democratic Committee use of village hall; Porchfest was tabled pending a security plan.
- Personnel and minutes: Trustees approved vacation buyouts for two employees and approved prior meeting minutes as amended (motions carried; one abstention noted).
- Executive session: Trustees entered executive session to discuss a personnel matter and then adjourned the meeting.
Notes on voting and recordkeeping: the transcript records voice votes and some verbal tallies; individual roll-call vote names were not read into the transcript for many items. Where the transcript records an opposition or abstention, the article reflects that notation rather than assigning vote counts not recorded in the meeting text.
For reporters and residents: requests for copies of motions, the adopted tax-levy resolution text and vendor quotes for park equipment should be directed to the village clerk’s office; the board indicated additional budget workshops and a public budget hearing are scheduled in the coming weeks.
