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Patterson board approves budget shift to buy garbage packer and two plow trucks
Summary
The board approved budget adjustment request No. 14 (effective 07/08/2026) reallocating fund balances and reducing contingency to purchase a packer truck for Garbage District No. 2 and two new plow trucks for highway maintenance, with multiple line-item reallocations read into the record.
The Patterson Town Board voted to approve budget adjustment request No. 14, effective July 8, 2026, to reallocate capital and fund balances in order to buy a packer truck for Garbage District No. 2 and two plow trucks for the highway department. The motion was moved and seconded and the board voted "Aye."
The motion included several line-item changes read into the record: increasing the fund balance designated for capital projects by $40,000; allocating $373,400 to the highway fund; allocating $146,723.15 to Garbage District No. 2; adding $140,000 to capital projects PC sales tax restricted; and decreasing the contingency account by $142,550. The motion also noted increases to machinery, equipment and capital outlay of $515,950 and sanitation equipment capital outlay increases totaling $326,723.15 across listed accounts. A board member moved to accept the adjustment request as written and it passed with an "Aye" vote.
Board members discussed that some purchases were originally scheduled for 2027 and are being moved into the current year through these adjustments. No opponent or abstention was recorded in the transcript for this item.
