Important Information Missing From Tentative Budget

Village Law CHAPTER 64, ARTICLE 5

Important information required by law is not included in the 2025-2026 Tentative Budget

The requirements for a Village Tentative Budget are provided by New York Village Law Section 506 of the Village Law. Many of these requirements are not included in the Wappingers Falls 2025-2026 Tentative Budget. Citizens and taxpayers are unable to understand where tax dollars are going with the limited information provided to them. Worse yet, our village trustees are not being given the information they need to provide us with a responsible budget.

This is a list of some of the information missing from the 2025-2026 Tentative Budget:

Issues

§ 5-506 Form and content of tentative budget. 1. The tentative budget shall consist of the following schedules and statements:

• (1) Expenditures for the last completed fiscal year;

• (2) Appropriations for the current fiscal year reflecting supplemental appropriations to a date not more than forty-five days prior to the filing of the tentative budget with the village clerk;

• b(1) revenues for the last completed fiscal year;

• (2) estimated revenues f or the current fiscal year reflecting modifications to a date not more than forty-five days prior to the filing of the tentative budget with the village clerk;

• c. A schedule of fund balances estimated to be on hand at the close of the current fiscal year,

• f. A schedule of wages and salaries to be paid which shall be subdivided by administrative units and shall show in parallel columns, for each office or position of employment, the title, the number of persons in the title, the recommended rate of compensation for the title and the total recommended appropriation for the title.

NY State Village Law Section 506