Key Actions & Decisions

• ◆ • Feb. 28, 2024: Village Board tabled an item its minutes list as "PILOT ORLEANS COUNTY" pending review by the village attorney.
• ◆ • March 13, 2024: Board adopted a resolution stating the Orleans County Legislator had resolved to remove certain properties inside the village from the Village of Albion's taxing authority, without advising the Village Board beforehand; vote was Mayor Angel Javier Jr., Deputy Mayor Joyce Riley, Trustee Timothy McMurray, and Trustee David Buczek all AYE, Trustee Christopher Barry absent.
• ◆ • The resolution states the decreased assessment removed more than six thousand dollars from the village's yearly allotment of county tax money, with no PILOT or other remuneration offered by the county, and that the resulting shortfall falls on village water/sewer customers and taxpayers rather than the county.
• ◆ • The remedy sought: reinstatement of the lost county tax revenue "with perpetuity" plus a PILOT on the properties rising 3.5% a year.
• ◆ • March 26, 2024: Orleans County Legislature's meeting record lists "Resolution 2024-09: Potential PILOT Plan between the Village of Albion and Orleans County on Property Purchased in the Village of Albion" among its business; no vote or discussion on it appears in the available minutes, which move on to unrelated proclamations.
• ◆ • Separately, county and village tax administration are already linked by Local Law No. 4 of 1997, under which the County Treasurer relevies unpaid Village of Albion taxes onto the county/town tax bill each year with a 5% penalty added — $175,346.12 in Town of Albion village taxes alone were relevied this way under Resolution No. 575-1123 for the 2023-2024 cycle.