Albion Trustees Set March Hearing to Override State Tax Cap
The Albion Village Board of Trustees, meeting with Javier, Mayor, and Barry, Trustee, both absent, set a March 26, 2024 public hearing on a proposed local law to override the state tax levy limit for the coming budget. Trustees also emerged from a closed-door personnel session, approved a $2,000 split payment for code-enforcement clerical work, and reinstated take-home vehicle use for department heads on a trial basis.
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▶Key Actions & Decisions
●• Scheduled a public hearing for March 26, 2024, at 6:00 PM on Local Law 1-2024, which would override the tax levy limit set by General Municipal Law §3-c (carried 3-0; Javier, Mayor, and Barry, Trustee, absent)
●• Entered executive session on personnel matters at 5:36 PM and exited at 6:07 PM, with no action recorded afterward (3-0)
●• Approved a $2,000 payment split among four office clerks for code-enforcement work performed December 2023 through May 31, 2024, at the village clerk's discretion (3-0)
●• Approved Mogle, Police Chief, buying a "tuff book" for his vehicle (3-0)
●• Reinstated 24-hour vehicle use for department heads for a three-month trial period (3-0)
●• Listed a budget review led by Grillo, Recreational Supervisor, with no discussion recorded
●• Adjourned at 6:08 PM
The Village of Albion Board of Trustees met as a special session on Thursday, February 8, 2024, at 4:30 PM at Village Hall, with only three of its five members present. Javier, Mayor, and Barry, Trustee, were absent for the entire meeting, leaving Riley, Deputy Mayor, McMurray, Trustee, and Buczek, Trustee, to carry every vote 3-0.
The board's most forward-looking action set a public hearing for March 26, 2024, at 6:00 PM on a proposed Local Law 1-2024 that would override the tax levy limit set by General Municipal Law §3-c, the mechanism that lets a municipality exceed the state's tax cap. The minutes record no discussion of why the override is being pursued or by how much the levy might rise.
Before that vote, the board went behind closed doors to discuss personnel matters, entering executive session at 5:36 PM and returning to open session at 6:07 PM with no subsequent action recorded. The agenda also lists a budget review led by Grillo, Recreational Supervisor, though the minutes note only his name, not the substance of what was reviewed.
In other business, trustees approved a $2,000 payment split among four office clerks for code-enforcement work performed from December 2023 through May 31, 2024, at the discretion of the village clerk. They also authorized Mogle, Police Chief, to buy a "tuff book" for his patrol vehicle, and reinstated 24-hour vehicle use for department heads on a three-month trial basis. The meeting adjourned at 6:08 PM.
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●• Carried, with Riley, Deputy Mayor, abstaining and Javier, Mayor, recorded voting aye: a motion to let Mogle, Police Chief, send a patch from the Albion Police Department to Paul Kilmurray on behalf of his son, Dexter; Javier said he would ask the Orleans County Sheriff's Department to do the same and asked Gavenda, Attorney, to follow up by email to confirm the vote.
●• Reviewed the budget for code enforcement with Chris Kinter, Code Enforcement; no figures are recorded.
●• Carried (Riley, Buczek, McMurray aye; Barry absent): a letter of support, to be written by the deputy mayor, backing a Community Action of Orleans and Genesee application for a Go Art grant for a mural at 131 S Main St.
●• Carried (Riley, Buczek, McMurray aye; Barry absent): authorized Jay Pahura, DPW Superintendent, to draw $1,963.45 from equipment reserves for a mounted generator.
●• Carried (Riley, Buczek, McMurray aye; Barry absent): a list of surplus items proposed by Jason Zicari, Cemetery Supervisor, including push mowers, blowers, trimmers and overhead door panels.
●• Accepted applications from five candidates for sewer treatment plant operator trainee, to be kept on file for one year; the minutes record no vote on this item.
●• Carried (Riley, Buczek, McMurray aye; Barry absent): adjourned at 5:25 PM.
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