HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/22/2025 FISHERS ISLAND
1' ante Management
DISTRICT
DRAFT MEETING MINUTES
October 22, 2025
12:30 PM —3:10 PM
Community Center&Zoom
Commissioners Present:
K. Stevens Chair
G. Murphy, Treasurer
S. Malinowski, Secretary
M. Doyen
Staff Present:
J.Theodore, Operations Supervisor
C. Panza,Administration Manager
Minutes extract:
Whereas the public was duly notified and copies were made available to the public,
Therefore at 1:52 a motion by G. Murphy to approve the 2026 budget of$1,396,201 was duly
seconded by M. Doyen.The motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4-0. Four
Commissioners were present for this vote.
At 1:54 a motion by G. Murphy for a 2026 Budget Override was duly seconded by S.
Malinowski. The motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4-0. Four Commissioners were
present for this vote:
Whereas, the adoption of this 2026 budget for FISHERS ISLAND WASTE MANAGEMENT
DISTRICT requires a tax levy increase that exceeds the tax cap imposed by state law as
outlined in General Municipal Law Section 3-c, adopted in 2011; and
Whereas, General Municipal Law Section 3-c expressly permits the SPECIAL INDEPENDENT
DISTRICT, FISHERS ISLAND WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT board to override the tax levy
limit by a resolution approved by a vote of sixty percent of qualified board members; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved (above), that the Board of Commissioners of the FISHERS ISLAND WASTE
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT voted and approved to exceed the tax levy limit for 2026 by at least
sixty percent of the board as required by state law, on October 22, 2025, in the amount not to
exceed $135,000.