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Hornellsville board reviews 2026 tentative budget, proposes 3% cost-of-living increase
Summary
At a special Aug. 12 workshop, the Hornellsville Town Board reviewed a 2026 tentative budget prepared by Bookkeeper Debra Castle-Harvey and Supervisor Dan Broughton, noting higher medical insurance and state retirement costs and proposing a 3% cost-of-living increase for elected and appointed officials.
Supervisor Dan Broughton called a special Hornellsville Town Board meeting to order Aug. 12 at Hornellsville Town Hall to hold a budget workshop on the town’s 2026 tentative budget.
The budget, presented by Bookkeeper Debra Castle-Harvey and Supervisor Dan Broughton with information provided by each department, flagged increases in several expenditure accounts, including medical insurance and state retirement. The tentative plan also proposed a 3% cost-of-living increase for all elected and appointed officials. The document does not specify dollar amounts for those increases.
Present at the meeting were Supervisor Dan Broughton; Council Members James Giglio, Robert Mauro and David Oakes; Recording Secretary Jessica LaFrance, Town Clerk; Highway Superintendent Jason Emo; Bookkeeper Debra Castle-Harvey; and Town Justice Richard Scavo. Council Member Trisha Yanni was recorded as absent.
The session was conducted as a workshop to review and revise the tentative budget; no formal adoption of the 2026 tentative budget was recorded at the special meeting. With no further business, the special meeting was adjourned and the regular meeting was called to order. The minutes record a roll-call result of ayes 4 (Broughton, Giglio, Mauro, Oakes), nays 0, absent 1 (Yanni). The minutes were signed by Town Clerk Jessica L. LaFrance on Aug. 19, 2025.
The record does not state next steps or a schedule for further budget votes or public hearings; dollar amounts and department-level line-item changes were not included in the meeting minutes provided.
