Town Board Budget Workshop Minutes- October 1, 2025

TOWN OF FORESTPORT
BUDGET WORKSHOP MINUTES
FORESTPORT TOWN HALL
10275 State Route 28, Forestport, NY 13338
October 1, 2025 @ 6:30PM

PRESENT: Supervisor Entwistle
Councilman Addison
Councilwoman Verschneider- VIA ZOOM
Councilman Scouten

ABSENT: Councilwoman Abrial

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE:

CALL TO ORDER:

LEGAL NOTICE:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Forestport will be holding a Workshop Meeting on: October 1, 2025, at 6:30PM, at the Forestport Town Hall, 10275 Rte. 28, Forestport, NY. The Workshop is being held to discuss the proposed 2026 annual budget.
Tracy M. Terry – Forestport Town Clerk

DATED: September 16, 2025
PUB. DATE: WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 23, 2025

BOARD COMMENTS:
• Supervisor Entwistle started off by presenting the Tentative Budget to the Town Clerk, Tracy Terry.
• Raises are 4% across the board
• The Board would like to see the Buildings & Grounds trucks be put on a five-year schedule. The current trucks are 2016 and 2018. A new 3 ¼ ton truck tax free is $59,000. They will just transfer the old plow onto the new truck.
• The oil tank needs to be replaced. The lifespan is 20 years, and it is 27 years old. The DEC flagged it because the alarm doesn’t work. It is $321,000 for a new one. The current one is 10,000 gallons and they would like to replace it with a 5,000 or 5,500 tank. Lucas Kafka, Building & Maintenance Supervisor would like to switch the boilers to propane.
• Central Data has $9500 in for new computers. Desktops need to be replaced.
• Demo and Unsafe buildings- $10,000 a
• Seniors have an increase to $12,000
• Zoning- $20,000
• Refuse and Garbage-The turnout is getting less and less. There’s a possibility of doing dump day every other year or shortening the hours.
• $2,000 for the Cemeteries: $1,000 Beechwood, $1,000 Woodgate
 Beechwood is in the market for a new computer. Supervisor Entwistle mentioned Total Solutions wiping one out and giving it to the Cemetery for them to use.
• Highway: Nancy Kardash, Highway Clerk and Bill Gardner, Highway Superintendent will both get a 4% increase. The Highway workers are all getting 8% for 2026, 5% in 2027 and 4% in 2028.
• Codes have a $14,000 increase in case a Part- Time helper is needed due to the Comprehensive Master Plan there’s a possibility of Part Time stuff such as research or Airbnb that may get contracted out.
• Fire: All three are getting a 10% increase. The Town Board is hoping to meet with the Ambulances and Fire departments in January to discuss having districts. Discussion took place.

PUBLIC COMMENT:

ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made by Councilman Addison and seconded by Councilman Scouten to adjourn the meeting.
4 ayes/ 0 nays/1 absent MOTION CARRIED

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:32 P.M. by Supervisor Entwistle.
Respectfully submitted,
Tracy M. Terry

Forestport Town Clerk