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Southampton board adopts 2026 CPF pilot plan, sets pilot payments under 10% cap
Summary
The board adopted the 2026 Community Preservation Fund pilot plan authorizing payments totaling $6,705,704, under the 10% cap of $7,011,706, and reaffirmed criteria for extraordinary financial hardship for eligible school and emergency districts.
The Southampton Town Board adopted the 2026 Community Preservation Fund (CPF) pilot plan and authorized payments to eligible school and emergency districts totaling $6,705,704, within the town’s 10% cap of $7,011,706. Jackie Fenlon, the town’s CPF director, explained the program makes school and emergency districts whole for tax‑exempt preserved land and described eligibility criteria adopted previously by resolution (noted in the record as resolution 20251358 adopted November 12, 2025).
Fenlon said the town has capped pilot payments at 10% of the previous 12 months of CPF funding; the board confirmed the program is voluntary and that the 2026 pilot stays within the cap. There were no public comments on Zoom for this hearing and the board closed the hearing before voting to adopt the pilot plan resolution. Several members thanked Jackie Fenlon for her work administering the program.
The resolution adopted (2026Dash0965) lists the amounts for eligible districts and authorizes the supervisor to execute payments; the record did not specify a detailed district‑by‑district breakdown in the spoken record, but Fenlon noted the combined total and the statutory cap.
