The Huntington Town Board convened on February 25, 2026 at 9:00 AM at Town Hall. Deputy Town Clerk Patrick Searing called the four public hearings and managed the proceedings in place of Town Clerk Andrew P. Raia. Councilwoman Hebert was absent due to jury duty; the supervisor noted she supported the resolutions in an honorary capacity. The board adopted four local laws amending Chapter 178 (Taxation), each by a vote of 4 ayes with Councilwoman Hebert absent.
Okay, good morning, everyone. Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more snow out there today. At this time, I would ask our deputy town clerk to please call the notice for public hearing number one. Yes, good morning, Mr. Supervisor and members of the board. Just very briefly, the town clerk wanted me to uh express his regrets for not being able to be here this morning. Oh, and on that note, I should also uh councilwoman Hebert got called away for jury duty today. So uh she's with us here in spirit and said she would have sponsored if she was here. So she's on the on the resolution in an honorary capacity. Okay, go ahead, Mr. Town Clerk. The uh thank you for the promotion, supervisor. Deputy Town Clerk, sorry. And the uh town clerk is uh tending to the care of the one known as town clerk emeritus. So uh you're the third best clerk. Thank you. Uh so we have four public hearings uh as stated, starting with public hearing number one. The uh town board schedule this public hearing to consider adopting local law, introductory number seven of two thousand and twenty-six, amending the code of the town of Huntington, chapter one seventy-eight taxation, article eleven, exemption for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers, section one seventy-eight-thirty-seven qualifications. This is by order of the town board, Patrick Searing, Deputy Town Clerk. I have the affidavits of publication and posting in the Lawn Islander. Thank you. Is there anybody here that would like to speak on public hearing number one? Okay, that concludes public hearing number one. Please call the notice for public hearing number two. Public hearing two. The town board schedule this public hearing to consider adopting local law introductory number eight of two thousand and twenty-six, amending the code of the town of Huntington, Chapter 178 Taxation, so as to add Article 17 entitled Active Military Service Exemption. This is by order of the town board, Patrick Searing, Deputy Town Clerk. I have the affidavits of publication and posting in the Lawn Islander. Okay, is there anybody like to speak on public hearing number two? Okay, that concludes public hearing number two. Please call the notice for public hearing number three. Number three, the town board schedule this public hearing to consider adopting local law introductory number nine of two thousand and twenty-six, amending the code of the town of Huntington, Chapter 178 Taxation, Article 1, Senior Citizens Tax Exemption, Section 178-3, exemptions and extensions enumerated. This is by order of the town board, Patrick Searing, Deputy Town Clerk. I have the affidavits of publication and posting in the Lawn Islander. Okay, is there anybody here that would like to speak on public hearing number four? Excuse me, three. I apologize. Public public hearing number three. Okay. There is nobody here to speak on public hearing number three. That concludes it. And we'll call the notice for public hearing number four. Yes, public hearing number four, the town board schedule this public hearing to consider adopting local law introductory number 10 of 2026, amending the code of the town of Huntington, Chapter 178 Taxations so as to add Article 16, tax exemption for surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty. This is by order of the town board, Patrick Searing, Deputy Town Clerk, and I do have the affidavits of publication and posting in the Lawn Islander. Thank you. Is there anybody that would like to speak on public hearing number four? Okay. And we did we did receive a message from uh Ms. Tzola thanking us for this. Thank you very much.