The Village of Thomaston Board of Trustees introduced at proposed 2016/17 budget Monday that calls for $2,021,551 in spending — up $3,251 from last year or less than 1 percent.
The budget, which runs from March 1, 2016 to Feb. 28, 2017, also calls for the village to collect $1,524,326 in property taxes, up $2,425 from the previous year’s budget.
Village Administrator Denise Knowland said the increase in spending was for a contract the village has with the Great Neck Vigilant Fire Company that covers some of it’s residents.
The biggest increase in the budget is $115,000 for street maintenance for a street repair contract.
“The last few years we have been paving portions of the village,” Knowland said. “So the next scheduled roads are going to be paved this year and that’s the estimate on it.”
She said the village would be repaving streets in the village west of South Middle Neck Road and Susquehanna Avenue.
This year, state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) secured a $110,000 grant for the village, which Knowland said would be used for the road paving project.
She also said the village had a $18,977 surplus from the 2015/16 budget, which will be used to balance the proposed 2016/17 budget.
The board scheduled a public hearing on the proposed budget for the Jan. 11 meeting.
The budget will be voted on immediately after the hearing, Knowland said, and will be finalized after the vote if the board approves it.
