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Farmingdale trustees approve budget boosts, ARPA allocation and $1.3M bond for North Main St. work
Summary
The Board of Trustees approved budget adjustments including a $415,000 increase from fines and forfeitures, accepted a $42,896.24 DASNY grant for fire department equipment, authorized $287,633.10 in ARPA funds for burial of utility poles on North Main St. Phase II, and approved a $1.3 million bond resolution to finance part of North Main Street improvements.
Mayor Ralph Ekstrand and the Board of Trustees approved a series of budget changes and financing measures at the Jan. 6 meeting that leaders said will support public-safety equipment and infrastructure work.
Trustee Craig Rosasco moved, and Trustee Walter Priestley seconded, a package of resolutions that included "To increase the budget by $415,000 due to unanticipated revenues in fines and forfeitures and to be used for General Fund expenditures," acceptance of a $42,896.24 DASNY grant to purchase gators and related equipment for the Fire Department, and authorization to use ARPA funds of $287,633.10 "to be used for government services specifically for the expenditures related to the burial of the utility poles on North Main St. (Phase II)." The Board also approved a bond resolution in the amount of $1,300,000 to finance part of the cost of improvements on North Main St.
The measures were recorded as part of RES #2025-01-02. Trustees did not amend the dollar amounts on the floor; the packet presented to the Board lists the DASNY grant, the ARPA allocation and the fines-and-forfeitures adjustment as discrete line items. The actions fund a mix of ongoing operations and a near-term capital project on North Main Street.
The Board did not set an immediate construction schedule during the meeting; project timing and implementation steps were not specified.
