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Little Falls hearing notes 3% tentative tax levy; no public comment
Summary
At a Nov. 11 Town Board public hearing, Supervisor Dan Casler said the tentative 2026 budget uses a 3% tax levy primarily to cover higher insurance, retirement and contractual costs; the hearing drew no public comments and closed at 6:10 p.m.
Supervisor Dan Casler told the Town Board of Little Falls on Nov. 11 that the tentative 2026 budget approved previously by the board uses a 3% tax levy to respond to higher liability and health insurance costs, rising state retirement obligations and contractual obligations with highway employees and the fire contract with the City of Little Falls.
"We approved the tentative budget at the 3% tax levy which was necessitated by the fact of increases received to liability and health insurance, state retirement, other contractual obligations with the town’s highway employees and the fire contract with the City of Little Falls," Casler said. He added that "the difference between the 2% and 3% tax figure is only about $3,300."
The board convened the public hearing at 6:07 p.m.; the clerk noted the hearing was advertised in the Times Telegram on Oct. 21, 2025. Casler invited comments for or against the budget; none were offered. The hearing was closed at 6:10 p.m., and the clerk filed the minutes.
The remarks at the hearing reiterated the board's earlier decision to adopt a tentative budget at a 3% levy and explained the principal cost pressures cited by the supervisor. No formal vote on the final budget was recorded in this hearing; the hearing served to provide legal notice and an opportunity for public comment, which was not taken.
