Speaker numbers apply only to this recording.
The Pekskill Common Council held a special work session budget meeting on September 30, 2026, at 6:00 PM. The meeting featured budget presentations from the Assessor, Department of Public Works (DPW), Community Hub (Seniors/Nutrition and Recreation), and Youth Bureau. Council members reviewed proposed budgets for fiscal year 2027, discussed departmental accomplishments and needs, and heard liaison reports. The meeting concluded with a motion to enter executive session.
And all right. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to our uh committee of the home meeting. Uh the budget work session. We have an agenda for budget presentations and then liaison reports. Executive session this evening. Matt? Yes, I do talk to you for a executive session for discussion of matters concerning the medical, financial credit, or employment history of a particular person, persons, or corporation, or matters leading to the appointment, employment, promotion, demotion, discipline, suspension, dismissal, or removal of a particular person, persons, or corporations. I'll turn it over to our city manager. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Good evening, uh tonight. We have the second set of budget presentations, uh, the assessor's office, department of public works, and the community hub will be presenting. Uh and Jonathan is going to take us through the seniors in nutrition, recreation, and the youth bureau, Darrell Francis will take us through. And so uh I think first I'd like to ask Tony if she could just give a quick explanation to the council and the public as to the 100 lines, the 200 lines, the 400 lines, and the 800 lines. What's the difference between them? Good evening, Mayor and Council. Good evening. So the budget is broken up into those sections. The first part of the number is a fund. The second part of it is a department, and the ones that the city manager just referenced are uh the 100 lines are salary lines, anything related to salary. The 200 lines are equipment purchases, capital purchases, things like that. The 400 lines are contractual expenses. The 800 lines are uh benefit related, so social security, things like that. And then we do have some other ones in the uh 900s like transfers and things like that, but those are the majority of the categories. Thank you. So welcome. Uh it used to be the case that the city would account for health insurance and pension by department. We've removed that to a section all the way at the bottom of the budget for the entire city. So uh tonight we're going through the general fund, and we're gonna have uh we're gonna start off with the assessor. Good evening, mayor and council. Good evening. Good evening. Okay, yes. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Good evening. To help explain how we serve our community, I'll begin with a brief overview of the assessment office and our core responsibilities. The assessment office values all real property within the municipal boundaries to establish the foundation of city, county, school, and special district taxation. We assess all properties at a uniform percentage of value to ensure all property taxes are distributed fairly and proportionately, and we maintain an accurate annual assessment role to support the city's tax structure and fiscal health. We review all deed transfers, update property ownership and update excuse me, property ownership records. We maintain and update official city tax maps, and we assist the public with exemption filings, assessment reviews, and general real estate inquiries. Our office administers approximately 2,800 property tax exemptions annually, including STAR, veterans, senior citizens, persons with disabilities, clergy and nonprofit organizations. In 2026, we mailed over 5100 bilingual postcards in English and Spanish to residential property owners to highlight available real property exemptions.