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Shelter Island board to hear proposed rules for tax-bill enclosures
Summary
As part of Resolution 2026-94, the Town Board scheduled a Feb. 23, 2026 public hearing on rules allowing the Tax Receiver to include authorized enclosures with tax bills subject to conditions limiting political content and requiring board authorization and a notation 'by order of the Town of Shelter Island.'
The Shelter Island Town Board on Feb. 10 directed a public hearing to consider proposed Article IX to Chapter 115 that would authorize the Tax Receiver to include certain enclosures with town tax bills so long as the enclosure is authorized by resolution, contains a notation that it is included "by order of the Town of Shelter Island," does not reference an elected official by name (only office title), and is not political, propaganda, or advertising.
The draft language is procedural: it delegates placement of authorized enclosures to the Tax Receiver subject to board authorization and content limits. The resolution schedules public comment at the Feb. 23 hearing; the minutes do not record any public comment or fiscal analysis regarding costs associated with including enclosures.
