Town Board - Regular Meeting

Ulster County
Thursday, October 8, 2026

The Rochester Town Board held its October business meeting, opened a public hearing for Local Law Z of 2026, and discussed the 2027 budget with town constables.

About this meeting

Government Body
Town Board
Meeting Type
Town Board
Location
Town of Rochester, NY
Meeting Date
October 8, 2026

Published excerpts

Only published remarks appear here. The full transcript is not published.

8 sections (from 9 segments)

635 p.m., if you could all join me in the pledge to the flag.

Councilman Coleman, Councilman Smith, your supervisor now. I am here. So first announcement is we have been having technical difficulty with our camera. It is being upgraded, but unfortunately it was not upgraded in time for tonight's meeting. So we will keep an eye on it and do our best to stay on top, but the video might go out, the audio still works. The first item on the agenda is the acceptance of the agenda. I'll make the motion that the town board accepts the agenda as prepared by the town supervisor with the following amendments. We're going to add a purchase resolution and move the ab

Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Abstain? Motion carries. So we have some department budget meetings. I would like to welcome three of our town constables up to the table to talk to the board about the 2027 budget. After we have the budget meetings, we're going to take a slight moment to rearrange the table because it's really big for a small group. So just some side note on that. HAB-Masyn Moyer- So. HAB-Masyn Moyer- Oh sure.

Thanks, Kate. So this year, just for the board is aware, Councilman Coleman and I have been working with the department to make sure you have the equipment and gear and things that you need in order to perform your jobs. So we have ordered new carrier vests. radios. We are in the process of trying to do a contract for the tasers, which would be an annual contract of between four and $7,000. And right now, most of the staff hours get put in the court budget. So what I had spoken to the department about is hearing from you about, in terms of the budget, what your vision is for 2027, what we migh

Thank you so much for being here and working with me this year. It's been a pleasure. DJ put together a really great spreadsheet. I love the last tab that totals up exactly what a new officer should have. So thank you so much. So we will Amy Nunez, need to increase that uniform budget. Amy Nunez, So the main places that we would see changes from what I proposed the equipment is going to cover the annual. Amy Nunez, would cover the annual body cam and taser contract so that is covered under that with a little bit. Amy Nunez, Additional for a new computer. Amy Nunez, and And the main thing that

Or that I was reading about this or there's a payback.

And I was thinking... Yeah, there might be other things that we might think about doing that with, but.

Yeah. So just turning it over to the board, do you have any. I do like the, the uniform proposal. It's definitely about, we've been talking about that style since I joined the board in 2020, so.

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