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Town of Malone board adopts local law to override tax cap for 2025 budget
Summary
The Town of Malone Board unanimously adopted Local Law No. 1-2024 to override the statutory tax levy limit for fiscal year 2025, authorizing a budget with a property tax levy higher than the state-defined cap; the resolution cites General Municipal Law 3-C and takes effect upon filing with the Secretary of State.
The Town of Malone Board on Oct. 10, 2024 adopted Local Law No. 1-2024, authorizing the town to exceed the state-imposed tax levy limit for the fiscal year 2025 budget.
Councilor Paul Walbridge moved the measure and Councilor Brian Taylor seconded. The board voted unanimously, 5-0, to adopt the local law, which cites subdivision 5 of General Municipal Law 3-C as the authority to override the tax levy limit. The local law states it is enacted pursuant to Municipal Home Rule, contains severability language, and takes effect immediately upon filing with the New York State Secretary of State.
The adoption permits the town to adopt a 2025 budget that “requires a real property tax levy in excess of the ‘tax levy limit’ as defined by General Municipal Law 3-C,” but the record in the meeting does not specify any dollar amount or percentage increase. The board did not provide a detailed budget figure or tax-rate estimate during the motion on Oct. 10.
The vote followed a formal resolution process on the consent agenda; no substantive debate or amendments on the tax override were recorded in the meeting minutes. The board will need to file the adopted local law with the Secretary of State for it to become effective and to proceed with preparing the FY2025 budget consistent with the new authority.
The next procedural step for residents seeking details on the proposed levy or the draft budget is for the town to publish or present the FY2025 budget document in a future meeting or public filing, which was not included in the Oct. 10 meeting record.
