2025 Date On or before September 30th, 2025
Required Action
- Adopt proposed budget for 2026, including fund balance
- estimate for 2025.
- File budget with fire district secretary.
- Post proposed budget on fire district’s website (if district maintains a website).
- Provide copy of proposed budget for 2026, including fund balance estimate for 2025 to town clerk of towns in which district is located.
October 1st to October 6th 2025
Required Action
- Post notice of budget hearing on fire district website and signboard (if district maintains a website/signboard) Provide copy of notice of budget hearing to town clerk of towns in which district is located. (Each town clerk must post the notice on their town’s website. on their town’s bulletin board and their town’s signboard).
- Provide copy of notice of budget hearing to town clerk of towns, village clerk of villages and secretaries of fire districts with which district contracts for fire protection. (Each town clerk, and fire district secretary receiving notice must post it on the town, or district website; town clerks must also post the notice on clerk’s bulletin board and town signboard).
On or before October 16th,2025
Required Action
- Publish notice of budget hearing in official newspaper or, if not official newspaper, in newspaper having general circulation in district, and publicly post notice.
Remember That You Have Already
- Posted the notice on fire district’s website (if district maintains a website)(TL§181[3][a]). Provided a copy of proposed budget for public inspection to town clerk of towns in which district is located [see September 30th tasks stated above].
- Provided a copy of published notice to town clerk of towns in which district is located (Each town clerk must post the notice on the town’s website and on the town signboard).
Treasurer Performs Following Task on Comptroller’s Website:
After adopting proposed budget complete tax cap levy form for New York Comptroller’s Office and “save” but do not submit. Determine if proposed budget will exceed tax cap.
October 21st, 2025
[can be any day in the third week of October]
Required Action
Hold Budget Public Hearing
October 21st to November 4th, 2025
Required Action
Subject to certain restrictions, make changes, alternations and revisions to proposed budget.
Before adopting Fire District Annual Budget determine if the tax levy will exceed tax levy cap and if so the Fire District must pass a resolution by a 60% vote of its board to override the tax cap.
On or before November 4th, 2025
Required Action
Before passing any resolutions necessary to override the tax cap levy and adopting the Fire District Annual Budget “submit” the Fire District budget/ tax cap form to the New York State Adopt fire district annual budget.
On or before November 7th, 2025
Required Action
Fire district secretary delivers two (2) certified copies of fire district annual budget for 2026 to town clerk of towns in which district is situated, (TL§181[3][c]) and obtains receipt.
Make certain the final budget submitted includes any changes made to proposed budget after Budget Hearing.