The area’s five local fire districts will hold public hearings tonight on their proposed 2017 operating budgets.
State law mandates fire districts to hold public hearings on proposed budgets for the coming fiscal year on the third Tuesday of October.
The law requires the fire districts to file their proposed budgets with the town clerk in each municipality.
According to documents filed by the districts with Riverhead Town Clerk Diane Wilhelm (see below), the proposed budgets for 2017 are as follows:
Flanders Fire District
$669,600 appropriated
$130,000 estimated revenues from rental income
$569,600 tax levy
Jamesport Fire District
$859,062 appropriated
$81,378 unexpended prior years
$777,684 tax levy
Manorville Fire District
$1,773,584 appropriated
$57,000 fund balance
$1,718,584 tax levy
Riverhead Fire District
$4,975,616 appropriated
$250,000 fund balance
$34,960 pilot payments
$125,365 bond reduction reserve
$4,565,291 tax levy
Wading River Fire District
$2,300,015 appropriated
$55,750 revenues (pilot payments and interest earnings)
$2,244,265 tax levy
Each district will hold its public hearing before the district commissioners at their respective fire department headquarters beginning at 7 p.m. this evening, except Jamesport, where the hearing is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
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