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Shelter Island Town Board actions: Feb. 10, 2026 special meeting
Summary
At its Feb. 10 special meeting the Shelter Island Town Board adopted resolutions scheduling public hearings on Feb. 23, 2026 for proposals to (1) raise the senior property-tax exemption (Res. 2026-92), (2) add an exemption for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers (Res. 2026-93), and (3) exempt ADU-assessed increases and set tax-bill enclosure rules (Res. 2026-94). Meeting closed at 11:22 AM.
The Shelter Island Town Board met in a special session on Feb. 10, 2026 and recorded the following actions in its minutes:
• Resolution 2026-92: Set a public hearing for Feb. 23, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. to consider increasing the senior property-tax exemption percentage to up to 65% under Real Property Tax Law § 467 (minutes include vote header marking 'Adopted as Amended').
• Resolution 2026-93: Set a public hearing for Feb. 23, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. on a proposed local law to add Article VI to Chapter 115 to grant a 10% exemption for enrolled volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers and to set eligibility rules (draft text in minutes; service-year language contains a typographical ambiguity to be clarified at hearing).
• Resolution 2026-94: Set a public hearing for Feb. 23, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. on a proposed local law creating an ADU exemption (up to $200,000 initial exemption; five-year full exemption with staged phase-out through year 10) and on rules authorizing the Tax Receiver to include authorized nonpolitical enclosures with tax bills.
The meeting record shows the session opened at 11:11 AM, all Town Board members signed a waiver of notice, and the meeting closed at 11:22 AM. The minutes do not include numerical vote tallies in a clearly parsed form; vote-record lines are present for each resolution.
