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Farmingdale trustees adopt revised 2025–26 budget after earlier vote to exceed state tax cap
Summary
Trustees adopted the village's revised 2025–2026 budget after work-session decisions to delete $51,500 from the proposed budget and to exceed the New York State tax cap (3–2). The board also approved raising downtown metered parking from $0.50 to $0.75 per hour, projected to add $132,000 in revenue.
Farmingdale's Board of Trustees adopted a revised 2025–2026 budget that reflects line-item reductions and a downtown parking-rate increase approved during recent work sessions.
At an April 14 work session, the board voted 3–2 to exceed the New York State tax cap for fiscal year 2025/2026 and agreed to delete $51,500 from four identified budget lines. The work session also approved raising metered parking downtown from $0.50 to $0.75 per hour; officials projected that change would increase parking revenue by $132,000. The board later adopted the revised budget as presented.
Deputy Mayor William Barrett read the meeting roll and announcements when the board convened May 5. The transcript does not record a roll-call vote on the final adoption at the May 5 organizational meeting; the earlier work-session vote to exceed the tax cap was recorded as 3–2. No public speaker provided testimony in opposition during the May 5 meeting.
The budget decisions were presented as part of routine work-session follow-up and included other administrative edits that totaled the $51,500 reduction. The board scheduled a separate public hearing on certain parking and zoning local laws for June 2, 2025. Further implementation details and specific line-item changes were not specified in the May 5 transcript.
