2014-10-22Town of Wappinger
Special Meeting
Minutes
20 Middlebush Road
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
townofwappinger.us
Joseph Paoloni
(845)297-5771
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 7:30 PM Town Hall
Call to Order
called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM.
Attendee Name
Organization
Title
Status
Arrived
Barbara Gutzler
Town of Wappinger
Supervisor
Present
7:30 PM
William H. Beale
Town of Wappinger
Councilman
Present
7:30 PM
Vincent Bettina
Town of Wappinger
Deputy Supervisor
Present
7:30 PM
Ismay Czarniecki
Town of Wappinger
Councilwoman
Late
7:32 PM
Michael Kuzmicz
Town of Wappinger
Councilman
Late
7:32 PM
Joseph P. Paoloni
Town of Wappinger
Town Clerk
Present
7:30 PM
Fredrick Awino
Town of Wappinger
Accountant
Present
7:30 PM
Albert Roberts
Town of Wappinger
Attorney
Present
7:30 PM
Pledge of Allegiance
III. Accept Minutes 10/14/2014
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1. Motion To: Accept Minutes
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Vincent Bettina, Deputy Supervisor
SECONDER: William H. Beale, Councilman
AYES: Gutzler, Beale, Bettina, Czarniecki, Kuzmicz
IV. Adopting Correspondence Log
RESOLUTION: 2014-251
Resolution Authorizing the Acceptance of the Correspondence Log
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the letters and communications itemized on
the attached Correspondence Log are hereby accepted and placed on file in the Office of the
Town Clerk.
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The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
✓ Vote Record - Resolution RES -2014-251
ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER:
Vincent Bettina, Deputy Supervisor
SECONDER:
Ismay Czarnecki, Councilwoman
AYES:
Gutzler, Beale, Bettina, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
Yes/Aye
Absent
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„No/Nay„
„Abstain„
❑ Adopted as Amended
Barbara Gutzler
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Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
October 22, 2014
The Resolution is hereby duly declared adopted.
V. Public Portion
1. Motion To: Open the Floor
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: William H. Beale, Councilman
SECONDER: Vincent Bettina, Deputy Supervisor
AYES: Gutzler, Beale, Bettina, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
2. Motion To: Close the Floor
RESULT:
ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER:
Vincent Bettina, Deputy Supervisor
SECONDER:
Ismay Czarnecki, Councilwoman
AYES:
Gutzler, Beale, Bettina, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
VI. Public Hearing Proposed Benefit Assessment Roles for Special Districts
and Improvement areas
Attorney Roberts explained to the audience that the average benefit unit for a particular home is
one (1) benefit unit. However, if you have land in excess of two acres, an additional 0.2 benefit
units are assesed over and above the 2 acres. For raw land it is 0.2 benefit units for unimproved
land. This hearing will not tell what you will be charged that will be when the budget is adopted.
This hearing will provide the information on how many benefit units you are assesed.
70 Carroll drive. She asked about what improvements are being planned for Old Hopewell Rd.
Attorney Roberts explained that the town has nothing to with the improvements on Old
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1. Motion To: Open the Public Hearing
RESULT:
ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER:
Ismay Czarnecki, Councilwoman
SECONDER:
Vincent Bettina, Deputy Supervisor
AYES:
Gutzler, Beale, Bettina, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
2. Motion To: Close the Public Hearing
RESULT:
ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER:
Ismay Czarnecki, Councilwoman
SECONDER:
Vincent Bettina, Deputy Supervisor
AYES:
Gutzler, Beale, Bettina, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
VII. Resolutions
RESOLUTION: 2014-252
Resolution Adopting Final Benefit Assessment Rolls For Special Improvement Districts
And Special Improvement Areas For Fiscal Year 2015
WHEREAS, the Town Assessor prepared proposed Benefit Assessment Rolls for all
Special Improvement Districts and Special Improvement Areas in the Town of Wappinger for
Fiscal Year 2015 and said proposed Benefit Assessment Rolls were filed with the Town Clerk as
required by Town Law § 239; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Town Law § 239, the Town Board duly noticed and
held a Public Hearing on October 22, 2014, to hear and consider any objections to the Benefit
Assessment Rolls for all Special Improvement Districts and Special Improvement Areas within
the Town for use in Fiscal Year 2015; and
WHEREAS, all interested persons were given the opportunity at the Public Hearing to
challenge or contest such benefit assessment determinations; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has reviewed the proposed benefit assessment rolls for all
Special Improvement Districts and Special Improvement Areas within the Town for use in Fiscal
Year 2015 and has determined that they were prepared in proper order.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
1. The recitations above set forth are incorporated in this Resolution as if fully set
forth and adopted herein.
2. The Town Board hereby adopts the Benefit Assessment Rolls as prepared by the
Assessor subject to any corrections made by this Board, as the final benefit assessment rolls for
all Special Improvement Districts and Special Improvement Areas in the Town of Wappinger for
Fiscal Year 2015.
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
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✓ Vote Record - Resolution RES -2014-252
Yes/Aye
Absent
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„No/Nay„
„Abstain„
❑ Adopted as Amended
Barbara Gutzler
Voter
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William H. Beale
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Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
October 22, 2014
The Resolution is hereby duly declared adopted.
RESOLUTION: 2014-253
Resolution Setting Public Hearing On Proposed Budgets, O&M Charges, Water/Sewer
Rates And Rents For Special Improvement Districts And Special Improvement Areas For
Fiscal Year 2015 And To Hear Any Objections Thereto
WHEREAS, the Town Board annually establishes budgets for the financing of capital
improvements of all Special Improvement Districts and Special Improvement Areas within the
Town of Wappinger for the ensuing year, and as part of the budget process the Town Board
establishes Operation and Maintenance Charges (O&M Charges), Rates and/or Rents, to be
charged against those properties within said Special Improvement Districts or Special
Improvement Areas; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has completed the proposed budgets for the financing of
capital improvements and has established proposed quarterly O&M Charges, Rates and Rents to
be charged against those properties within said Special Improvement Districts and Special
Improvements Areas for Fiscal Year 2015; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board, as required by Town Law, hereby schedules and orders a
Public Hearing to be held on November 5, 2014 for the purposes of hearing and considering any
objections which may be made to the aforementioned proposed budgets, and the proposed
quarterly O&M Charges, Rates and Rents for the Special Improvement Districts and Special
Improvement Areas for Fiscal Year 2015.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
1. The recitations above set forth are incorporated in this Resolution as if fully set
forth and adopted herein.
2. The Town Board hereby confirms that it has completed the proposed budgets for
the financing of capital improvements for Special Improvement Districts and Special
Improvement Areas for Fiscal Year 2015 and has set proposed quarterly O&M Charges, Rates
and Rents to be levied against the properties within the Special Improvement Districts and
Special Improvement Areas in the Town of Wappinger.
3. The Town Board hereby schedules a Public Hearing to be held at a special
meeting of the Town Board on November 5, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 20 Middlebush
Road, Wappingers Falls, New York for the purposes of hearing and considering any objections
which may be made to the proposed budgets and the proposed quarterly O&M Charges, Rates
and Rents to be levied against the properties within the Special Improvement Districts and
Special Improvement Areas in the Town of Wappinger, as noted below, for Fiscal Year 2015.
SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
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Town -wide Ambulance District
United Wappinger Water District
Fleetwood Water District
United Wappinger Sewer District
Wildwood Sewer District
Fleetwood Sewer District
Cameli Lighting District
Chelsea Lighting District
Hughsonville Lighting District
The Regency at Wappinger Lighting District
Keenan Acres Drainage District
Blackwatch Farms Drainage District
Meadowood Drainage District
Shamrock Hills Drainage District
Tuscany Subdivision Drainage District
SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT AREAS:
WST/TIA - Phases 1 & 2
WST/TIA - Phase 3A
Sewer Improvement Area 45
Wappinger Sewer Improvement Area No.
Watch Hill Sewer Improvement Area
Tall Trees Water Improvement Area
Watch Hill Water Improvement Area
Mid -Point Park Sewer Improvement Area
4. The Town Clerk is directed to post a Notice of Public Hearing in the form annexed hereto
in the Town's official newspapers, the Southern Dutchess News and Poughkeepsie Journal, not
less than five (5) days prior to said public hearing date and is further directed to post the Notice
of Public Hearing on the Message Board of the Town and on the Town website.
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
✓ Vote Record - Resolution RES -2014-253
Yes/Aye
No/Nay
Abstain
Absent
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❑ Adopted as Amended
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Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
October 22, 2014
The Resolution is hereby duly declared adopted.
3. Motion To: Adopt Elected Officials Salaries as Published in the Legal Notice
The last day that you can have a public hearing for the preliminary budget is on November 6th.
If there is no agreement, then the tentative budget becomes the preliminary budget by default.
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November 20th is the last day the budget can be finalized. If there is no approval, then
preliminary budget (approved or by default) becomes the final budget. The salaries for the
elected officials must be approved before the first Tuesday in November.
LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF WAPPINGER
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger will
conduct a PUBLIC HEARING on the 5th day of November, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. at the Town
Hall, Town of Wappinger, 20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York, for the purpose
of holding a Public Hearing on the Preliminary Budget of said Town for the fiscal year beginning
January 1, 2015. A copy of said Preliminary Budget is available at the Office of the Town Clerk
of the Town of Wappinger, Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York
during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, where it may be inspected by
any interested person.
The proposed salaries of each member of the Town Board, the Superintendent of
Highways, the Town Justices and the Town Clerk for calendar year 2015 are as follows:
Highway Superintendent $ 81,225.00
Supervisor $ 56,000.00
Town Justice $ 27,585.00
Town Justice $ 27,585.00
Town Clerk $ 53,868.00
Councilman $ 9,465.00
Councilman $ 9,465.00
Councilman $ 9,465.00
Councilman $ 9,465.00
Dated: October 22, 2014
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD
OF THE TOWN OF WAPPINGER
JOSEPH P. PAOLONI, TOWN CLERK
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: William H. Beale, Councilman
SECONDER: Vincent Bettina, Deputy Supervisor
AYES: Gutzler, Beale, Bettina, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
RESOLUTION: 2014-254
Resolution Approving Preliminary Budget For Fiscal Year 2015 And Directing A Public
Hearing Thereon
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WHEREAS, the Town Supervisor, as Budget Officer, pursuant to Section 106 of the
Town Law has presented the Tentative Budget to the Town Board for review, examination and
possible revision; and
WHEREAS, the Tentative Budget for calendar year 2015 has been submitted to the
Town Board in accordance with Town Law § 106; and
WHEREAS, New York State Town Law § 108 requires that the Town Board must hold
a public hearing on the Preliminary Budget on or before the Thursday immediately following the
general election in November; and
WHEREAS, Town Law § 109 requires the adoption of a Final Budget on or before
November 20, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has reviewed the Tentative Budget and has made changes
thereto deemed reasonable and appropriate and intends to adopt the Preliminary Budget
herewith.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
1. The recitations above set forth are incorporated in this Resolution as if fully set
forth and adopted herein.
2. Pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 106 of the Town
Law, and other applicable provisions of law, the annexed detailed statement of estimated
expenditures and revenues is hereby approved and adopted as the Preliminary Budget of the
Town of Wappinger for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2015.
3. The Preliminary Budget adopted herein shall forthwith be filed in the Office of
the Town Clerk in the Town of Wappinger where it shall be available for public inspection on
weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
4. The Town Board of the Town of Wappinger shall meet at Town Hall, 20
Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York on the 5th day of November, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
and then and there shall hold a Public Hearing upon such Preliminary Budget.
The Town Clerk of the Town of Wappinger shall give Notice of such Public Hearing in the
format attached hereto by publishing Notice thereof in the Southern Dutchess News, the official
newspaper of the Town of Wappinger, and also in the Poughkeepsie Journal, at least five (5)
days prior to the scheduled Public Hearing and the Town Clerk shall cause a copy of said Notice
to be posted on the sign board of the Town no later than five (5) days before the scheduled
Public Hearing.
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
✓ Vote Record - Resolution RES -2014-254
❑ Adopted
Yes/Aye
No/Nay
Abstain
Absent
❑ Adopted as Amended
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Next: 10/27/14 7:30 PM
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Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
October 22, 2014
The Resolution is hereby duly declared adopted.
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VIII. New Business
Councilman Beale asked for the last date that the board can make amendments to the budget.
Attorney Roberts said up until the 20th of November. Councilman Bettina asked what the fund
balances are. Accountant Awino responded that the funds were healthy citing $1.6 million in the
water district and $1.4 million in the sewer district. Others were inaudible.
IX. Adjournment
1. Motion To: Wappinger Adjournment & Signature
The meeting adjourned at.
Joseph P. Paoloni
Town Clerk
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Vincent Bettina, Deputy Supervisor
SECONDER: William H. Beale, Councilman
AYES: Gutzler, Beale, Bettina, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
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Town of Wappinger Meeting: 10/22/14 07:30 PM
20 Middlebush Road Department: Town Clerk
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Category: Budget
Prepared By: Joseph P. Paoloni
ADOPTED Initiator: Joseph P. Paoloni
Sponsors:
RESOLUTION 2014-251 Doc ID: 4031
Resolution Authorizing the Acceptance of the
Correspondence Log
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the letters and communications itemized on
the attached Correspondence Log are hereby accepted and placed on file in the Office of the
Town Clerk.
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Vincent Bettina, Deputy Supervisor
SECONDER: William H. Beale, Councilman
AYES: Gutzler, Beale, Bettina, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
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Town of Wappinger Meeting: 10/22/14 07:30 PM
20 Middlebush Road Department: Town Clerk
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Category: Budget
Prepared By: Joseph P. Paoloni
ADOPTED Initiator: Joseph P. Paoloni
Sponsors:
RESOLUTION 2014-252 Doc ID: 4020
Resolution Adopting Final Benefit Assessment Rolls For
Special Improvement Districts And Special Improvement
Areas For Fiscal Year 2015
WHEREAS, the Town Assessor prepared proposed Benefit Assessment Rolls for all
Special Improvement Districts and Special Improvement Areas in the Town of Wappinger for
Fiscal Year 2015 and said proposed Benefit Assessment Rolls were filed with the Town Clerk as
required by Town Law § 239; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Town Law § 239, the Town Board duly noticed and
held a Public Hearing on October 22, 2014, to hear and consider any objections to the Benefit
Assessment Rolls for all Special Improvement Districts and Special Improvement Areas within
the Town for use in Fiscal Year 2015; and
WHEREAS, all interested persons were given the opportunity at the Public Hearing to
challenge or contest such benefit assessment determinations; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has reviewed the proposed benefit assessment rolls for all
Special Improvement Districts and Special Improvement Areas within the Town for use in Fiscal
Year 2015 and has determined that they were prepared in proper order.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
1. The recitations above set forth are incorporated in this Resolution as if fully set
forth and adopted herein.
2. The Town Board hereby adopts the Benefit Assessment Rolls as prepared by the
Assessor subject to any corrections made by this Board, as the final benefit assessment rolls for
all Special Improvement Districts and Special Improvement Areas in the Town of Wappinger for
Fiscal Year 2015.
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Vincent Bettina, Deputy Supervisor
SECONDER: William H. Beale, Councilman
AYES: Gutzler, Beale, Bettina, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
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Town of Wappinger Meeting: 10/22/14 07:30 PM
20 Middlebush Road Department: Town Clerk
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Category: Budget
Prepared By: Joseph P. Paoloni
ADOPTED Initiator: Joseph P. Paoloni
Sponsors:
RESOLUTION 2014-253 Doc ID: 4021
Resolution Setting Public Hearing On Proposed Budgets,
O&M Charges, Water/Sewer Rates And Rents For Special
Improvement Districts And Special Improvement Areas For
Fiscal Year 2015 And To Hear Any Objections Thereto
WHEREAS, the Town Board annually establishes budgets for the financing of capital
improvements of all Special Improvement Districts and Special Improvement Areas within the
Town of Wappinger for the ensuing year, and as part of the budget process the Town Board
establishes Operation and Maintenance Charges (O&M Charges), Rates and/or Rents, to be
charged against those properties within said Special Improvement Districts or Special
Improvement Areas; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has completed the proposed budgets for the financing of
capital improvements and has established proposed quarterly O&M Charges, Rates and Rents to
be charged against those properties within said Special Improvement Districts and Special
Improvements Areas for Fiscal Year 2015; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board, as required by Town Law, hereby schedules and orders a
Public Hearing to be held on November 5, 2014 for the purposes of hearing and considering any
objections which may be made to the aforementioned proposed budgets, and the proposed
quarterly O&M Charges, Rates and Rents for the Special Improvement Districts and Special
Improvement Areas for Fiscal Year 2015.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
1. The recitations above set forth are incorporated in this Resolution as if fully set
forth and adopted herein.
2. The Town Board hereby confirms that it has completed the proposed budgets for
the financing of capital improvements for Special Improvement Districts and Special
Improvement Areas for Fiscal Year 2015 and has set proposed quarterly O&M Charges, Rates
and Rents to be levied against the properties within the Special Improvement Districts and
Special Improvement Areas in the Town of Wappinger.
3. The Town Board hereby schedules a Public Hearing to be held at a special
meeting of the Town Board on November 5, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 20 Middlebush
Road, Wappingers Falls, New York for the purposes of hearing and considering any objections
which may be made to the proposed budgets and the proposed quarterly O&M Charges, Rates
and Rents to be levied against the properties within the Special Improvement Districts and
Special Improvement Areas in the Town of Wappinger, as noted below, for Fiscal Year 2015.
SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
Town -wide Ambulance District
United Wappinger Water District
Fleetwood Water District
United Wappinger Sewer District
Wildwood Sewer District
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Resolution 2014-253
Fleetwood Sewer District
Cameli Lighting District
Chelsea Lighting District
Hughsonville Lighting District
The Regency at Wappinger Lighting District
Keenan Acres Drainage District
Blackwatch Farms Drainage District
Meadowood Drainage District
Shamrock Hills Drainage District
Tuscany Subdivision Drainage District
Meeting of October 22, 2014
SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT AREAS:
WST/TIA - Phases 1 & 2
WST/TIA - Phase 3A
Sewer Improvement Area 45
Wappinger Sewer Improvement Area No.
Watch Hill Sewer Improvement Area
Tall Trees Water Improvement Area
Watch Hill Water Improvement Area
Mid -Point Park Sewer Improvement Area
4. The Town Clerk is directed to post a Notice of Public Hearing in the form annexed hereto
in the Town's official newspapers, the Southern Dutchess News and Poughkeepsie Journal, not
less than five (5) days prior to said public hearing date and is further directed to post the Notice
of Public Hearing on the Message Board of the Town and on the Town website.
RESULT:
ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER:
Ismay Czarnecki, Councilwoman
SECONDER:
Vincent Bettina, Deputy Supervisor
AYES:
Gutzler, Beale, Bettina, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
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Town of Wappinger Meeting: 10/22/14 07:30 PM
20 Middlebush Road Department: Town Clerk
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Category: Budget Set PH
Prepared By: Joseph P. Paoloni
ADOPTED Initiator: Joseph P. Paoloni
Sponsors:
RESOLUTION 2014-254 Doc ID: 4022
Resolution Approving Preliminary Budget For Fiscal Year
2015 And Directing A Public Hearing Thereon
WHEREAS, the Town Supervisor, as Budget Officer, pursuant to Section 106 of the
Town Law has presented the Tentative Budget to the Town Board for review, examination and
possible revision; and
WHEREAS, the Tentative Budget for calendar year 2015 has been submitted to the
Town Board in accordance with Town Law § 106; and
WHEREAS, New York State Town Law § 108 requires that the Town Board must hold
a public hearing on the Preliminary Budget on or before the Thursday immediately following the
general election in November; and
WHEREAS, Town Law § 109 requires the adoption of a Final Budget on or before
November 20, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has reviewed the Tentative Budget and has made changes
thereto deemed reasonable and appropriate and intends to adopt the Preliminary Budget
herewith.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
1. The recitations above set forth are incorporated in this Resolution as if fully set
forth and adopted herein.
2. Pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 106 of the Town
Law, and other applicable provisions of law, the annexed detailed statement of estimated
expenditures and revenues is hereby approved and adopted as the Preliminary Budget of the
Town of Wappinger for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2015.
3. The Preliminary Budget adopted herein shall forthwith be filed in the Office of
the Town Clerk in the Town of Wappinger where it shall be available for public inspection on
weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
4. The Town Board of the Town of Wappinger shall meet at Town Hall, 20
Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York on the 5th day of November, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
and then and there shall hold a Public Hearing upon such Preliminary Budget.
The Town Clerk of the Town of Wappinger shall give Notice of such Public Hearing in the
format attached hereto by publishing Notice thereof in the Southern Dutchess News, the official
newspaper of the Town of Wappinger, and also in the Poughkeepsie Journal, at least five (5)
days prior to the scheduled Public Hearing and the Town Clerk shall cause a copy of said Notice
to be posted on the sign board of the Town no later than five (5) days before the scheduled
Public Hearing.
RESULT: TABLED [UNANIMOUS] Next: 10/27/2014 7:30 PM
MOVER: Michael Kuzmicz, Councilman
SECONDER: Vincent Bettina, Deputy Supervisor
AYES: Gutzler, Beale, Bettina, Czarnecki, Kuzmicz
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