{"id":2291,"date":"2025-12-10T06:43:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T11:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.townofwheatlandaccess.com\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2025-12-10T06:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T11:43:17","slug":"message-from-the-supervisor-2026-adopted-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townofwheatlandny.gov\/?p=2291","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Supervisor &#8211; 2026 Adopted Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p id=\"viewer-kidyn2734\" class=\"Hasdr P8FAI _18oPJ DWkY9\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"I47Iv\">Last week we adopted the 2026 Town Budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<ul class=\"oAlTr _18oPJ\">\n<li class=\"vstrc\" dir=\"auto\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p id=\"viewer-oy9qg450\" class=\"Hasdr P8FAI _18oPJ DWkY9\" dir=\"\"><span class=\"I47Iv\">The Budget increased approximately 4% from the prior year. This is mainly driven by increased materials and labor costs. Additionally, there was a need to upgrade portions of the Town Office infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"vstrc\" dir=\"auto\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p id=\"viewer-l5uzn456\" class=\"Hasdr P8FAI _18oPJ DWkY9\" dir=\"\"><span class=\"I47Iv\">This is offset by an increase in Revenue and the commitment of additional dollars from the Unappropriated Fund Balances.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"vstrc\" dir=\"auto\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p id=\"viewer-hi299765\" class=\"Hasdr P8FAI _18oPJ DWkY9\" dir=\"\"><span class=\"I47Iv\">In the adopted 2026 Budget, the Town-wide tax rate has decreased approximately 10%. This will be the third consecutive year that the budget has produced a Town-wide tax rate reduction. This decrease coupled with the previous 2 years\u2019 reductions, represent an approximate 27% decrease in your town tax rate since 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p id=\"viewer-cgj724204\" class=\"Hasdr P8FAI _18oPJ DWkY9\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"I47Iv\">The 2026 adopted Town Budget maintains the same level of services you are accustomed to, as well as reducing your Town-wide tax rate, making the Town of Wheatland a more affordable place to live<u>.<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-hook=\"rcv-block9\"><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">At the same time, the town maintains a strong fiscal position heading into 2026.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p id=\"viewer-r2kcc934\" class=\"Hasdr P8FAI _18oPJ DWkY9\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"I47Iv\">Fiscal state of the Town:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<ol class=\"OEvv8 _18oPJ\">\n<li class=\"vstrc\" dir=\"auto\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p id=\"viewer-v0el4480\" class=\"Hasdr P8FAI _18oPJ DWkY9\" dir=\"\"><span class=\"I47Iv\"><strong>Strong Fund Account Balances<\/strong>: The projected End of Year Fund (EOY) fund balances are strong relative to historical levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"vstrc\" dir=\"auto\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p id=\"viewer-osp15484\" class=\"Hasdr P8FAI _18oPJ DWkY9\" dir=\"\"><span class=\"I47Iv\"><strong>2025 Budget Performance<\/strong>: The town is projected to leave 2025 with a budget surplus. We anticipate spending less, while also taking in more revenue than planned.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"vstrc\" dir=\"auto\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p id=\"viewer-5ubu9490\" class=\"Hasdr P8FAI _18oPJ DWkY9\" dir=\"\"><span class=\"I47Iv\"><strong>Strong Reserve Balances<\/strong>: The town maintains healthy Reserve Balances. These can be used in times of emergency, to help manage cash flow, or to smooth out fluctuations in revenues.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p id=\"viewer-ba5182596\" class=\"Hasdr P8FAI _18oPJ DWkY9\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"I47Iv\">The 2026 Adopted Budget and the 2026 Budget presentation are posted on the <a class=\"_5ircq hUrEg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.townofwheatland.org\/town-budget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><strong><u>Town Website<\/u><\/strong><\/a> for review.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p id=\"viewer-dwy1f2613\" class=\"Hasdr P8FAI _18oPJ DWkY9\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"I47Iv\">Thank you and enjoy the Holidays.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p id=\"viewer-hmapy1084\" class=\"Hasdr P8FAI _18oPJ DWkY9\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"I47Iv\">Jim Kirch, Town Supervisor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we adopted the 2026 Town Budget. The Budget increased approximately 4% from the prior year. This is mainly driven by increased materials and labor costs. Additionally, there was a need to upgrade portions of the Town Office infrastructure. This is offset by an increase in Revenue and the commitment of additional dollars from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/townofwheatlandny.gov\/?p=2291\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Message from the Supervisor &#8211; 2026 Adopted Budget&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-notices-and-articles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townofwheatlandny.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townofwheatlandny.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townofwheatlandny.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townofwheatlandny.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townofwheatlandny.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/townofwheatlandny.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2292,"href":"https:\/\/townofwheatlandny.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions\/2292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townofwheatlandny.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townofwheatlandny.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townofwheatlandny.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}