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Windsor board adopts local law to allow 2025 budget to exceed state tax‑levy limit
Summary
After a public hearing, the Village of Windsor Board of Trustees adopted Local Law No.3‑2024 authorizing a 2025 budget that may exceed the state tax levy limit; the resolution passed with four votes in favor and one trustee absent.
The Village of Windsor Board of Trustees adopted Local Law No.3 of 2024 on Dec. 5 after a public hearing, authorizing the village to adopt a budget for the fiscal year beginning March 1, 2025 that may require a real property tax levy in excess of the statutory “tax levy limit” defined by General Municipal Law §3‑c.
The resolution (No.17‑2024) to adopt the local law was offered by Trustee James W. Miller and seconded by Trustee Thomas M. Skinner. The minutes record the vote as: Mayor Ronald G. Harting — AYE; Trustee Elaine L. Card — AYE; Trustee John R. McNulty — ABSENT; Trustee James W. Miller — AYE; Trustee Thomas M. Skinner — AYE. The resolution took effect immediately and the clerk was directed to file the local law with the New York State Secretary of State.
The local law text in the minutes states the board’s intent is to allow the village to adopt a budget for the 2025 fiscal year that requires a levy above the limit described in state law and cites municipal authority in the minutes’ text. The local law also includes a severability clause and states it will be effective upon filing with the Secretary of State.
At the meeting Mayor Ronald G. Harting thanked attendee Ed McLean for his service to the village and acknowledged Town Supervisor Mark Odell’s attendance. During public comment McLean raised a question about old NYSEG poles around the village; Mayor Harting said the village must wait for communications companies to transfer wires to the new poles before removal can proceed.
The minutes note an accompanying grant‑writer report (submitted in writing by Steve Contento) indicating Fire Chief Terrell advised that the NYS Fire Station Construction Grant will not move forward; the minutes also record that the SRBC Consumptive Use Mitigation Grant application window remains open through December and that the village may pursue FEMA Assistance to Firefighters funding. The minutes do not record any formal challenges to the local law during the hearing.
The clerk was directed to enter the local law in the village’s local law book and to give due notice of adoption to the Secretary of State.
