Franklin County Legislature lists action to rescind 2025 tax-levy override, schedules related adoption item

The Franklin County Legislature’s 2026 resolution index shows the body set a public hearing on a proposal to rescind Local Law 3 of 2025, the local measure that overrode the county's tax-levy limit for 2026. The notice appears on the Jan. 15, 2026 agenda as an item to set a public hearing on rescinding the prior local law and authorizing a 2026 budget that would require a tax levy greater than the statutory levy limit.

The index later lists, on the Feb. 5, 2026 agenda, an item described as the "Adoption of Local Law 1 of 2026 Rescinding Local Law 3 of 2025 Overriding the Tax Levy Limit For Franklin County For 2026." The county's agenda index records these items as scheduled matters; it does not include vote tallies or a statement that the adoption occurred. The index therefore shows the Legislature placed both a public-hearing step and an adoption item on its winter agendas but does not provide a final outcome.

Why this matters: a local-law override of the state's tax-levy limit lets a county increase property tax revenues beyond the default cap. The entries in the index indicate the Legislature was following the procedural steps to reconsider and possibly reverse the override adopted in 2025. The resolution index itself does not provide details of testimony, amendments, or any vote counts.

Next steps noted in the index: the Jan. 15 entry places the rescission up for a public hearing; the Feb. 5 entry places an adoption item on the subsequent agenda. The resolution index does not specify whether the public hearing occurred, whether the adoption was approved, or any votes; those records would appear in the minutes or certified resolutions for the specified meeting dates.