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Shelter Island board sets hearing on 10% property-tax exemption for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers
Summary
Resolution 2026-93 directs a Feb. 23, 2026 public hearing on a proposed local law to add a 10% town property-tax exemption for enrolled volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers and sets eligibility criteria (residency, primary residence, certification periods).
The Shelter Island Town Board on Feb. 10 directed a public hearing for Feb. 23, 2026, to consider a local law amending Chapter 115 (Taxation), Article VI, to grant a 10% Town property-tax exemption for enrolled volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers. The resolution text is filed in the minutes as Resolution 2026-93 and includes eligibility criteria and certification requirements.
The draft language in the minutes requires that applicants reside in the town or village served by the volunteer fire company or ambulance service; that the property be the applicant’s primary, residential property; and that the enrolled member be certified by the authority having jurisdiction as an enrolled member for a specified number of years (the draft text in the minutes reads both "five two years" in places; the town will clarify eligibility periods at the public hearing). The draft also provides that enrolled members with more than 20 years of active service certified by the authority will receive the exemption for life, and contains provisions addressing unremarried spouses of volunteers killed in the line of duty.
