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Morehouse board introduces tentative 2026 budget, plans tax-cap override and Nov. 5 hearing
Summary
The Morehouse Town Board introduced a tentative 2026 budget after Supervisor Anthony Fernandez said the Boardrevisions reduced the draftover the tax cap from 14.4% to 4.43%. The board set a public hearing for Nov. 5 and will consider Local Law No. 5 of 2025 to override the tax cap.
Town Supervisor Anthony Fernandez said the Townrevisions to the tentative 2026 budget cut the draft's tax-cap overage from 14.4% to 4.43%. "Before they had made any changes to the budget, the Town was at 14.4% over the tax cap. With all the changes that they have made, the Town is now down to 4.43% over the tax cap," Fernandez said at the Oct. 21, 2025 budget workshop.
The Board voted unanimously to introduce the tentative budget. Mary Ann Mosher moved to introduce the tentative 2026 budget, Brian Taylor seconded, and the motion carried with Sonya DeVuyst, Mary Ann Mosher, William Uebele, Brian Taylor and Anthony Fernandez recorded as voting "aye." The Board also set a public hearing for Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 7:00 p.m. to consider adoption of the 2026 budget and to consider adopting Local Law No. 5 of 2025, described in the minutes as "Overriding the tax cap." The Board did not adopt the budget at the workshop; the Nov. 5 hearing is the next formal opportunity for public comment and final action.
The actions at the workshop were procedural: the introduction places the draft budget on a path to adoption after the hearing and any further Board action. No department-level budget line items were finalized at the Oct. 21 meeting; Fernandez and the Board indicated they would continue to refine figures before the public hearing.
