Government
Public hearing on proposed town budget, including hefty raises for most elected officials, slated for 2 p.m. today
The proposed budget includes double-digit salary increases for "non-policymaking" elected officials — justices, assessors, tax receiver, town clerk and highway superintendent— who would each get paid 'roughly $10,000 more' next year.
Government
Pierce the tax cap? Cue the crickets
No one turned out for a public hearing on a local authorizing the Riverhead Town Board to pierce the property tax levy cap in 2017.
Government
Walter delivers 2017 budget calling for 4.19-percent tax rate hike — $96 per year on the ‘average’ $350,000 home
Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter delivered his 2017 town budget to the clerk and council members this morning and, as he told the board...
News
Public hearing set on law authorizing town to pierce tax levy cap for 2017
A town board public hearing has been set for Oct. 18 on a local law authorizing the town to pierce the tax levy limitation...
Government
Riverhead Town Government Town had $300,000 shortfall in 2015, after budgeted revenues fail to materialize
Riverhead Town came up more than $300,000 short in 2015, after revenue projections in its adopted budget missed the mark by nearly $1.9 million.
Government
Riverhead police chief, already town’s highest paid employee, gets base salary boosted to $180,792
The chief's new $180,792 base salary — which is up $13,000 since 2013— only tells part of the story of his compensation package. Other payments, many of which are tied to his base pay rate, boosted his regular earnings to more than $215,000 last year — before a $112,000 sick and vacation time "buy back" brought his total compensation to more than $327,620 for 2014.
Government
Board members shoot down Dunleavy’s proposal to give elected officials annual cost of living raises
Councilman John Dunleavy’s proposal to provide an automatic annual raise for all elected officials died on the vine last night when he could not get the support of the four other town board members to set a public hearing on the idea. But the public had a hearing anyway.
Government
Town Board wrap: Nov. 17, 2015
Highlights of the Riverhead Town Board meeting on Nov. 17, 2015: law firm hired to defend federal lawsuit over use of water towers under leases with cellular companies; new accountant hired; 'World Prematurity Day' acknowledged.
Government
Riverhead Town pierces tax cap, nixing state property tax rebate checks for homeowners this fall
Eligible homeowners in Riverhead Town would have received state rebate checks this fall equal to the 2015-2016 increases in county, town and school property taxes — had all taxing entities kept within the statutory tax levy limit.
Government
State-imposed budget deadlines loom as Riverhead Town Board is set to hold its first budget discussion Thursday
News analysis: The time for making tough decisions about the 2016 town budget is passing quickly and, once again, Riverhead Town Board members have shown no appetite for partaking in the budget process in any serious way.
