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PUBLIC NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Orchard Park, on Wednesday, September 16 at 7:00 PM (local time) at the Orchard Park Municipal Center, S4295 South Buffalo Street, Orchard Park New York 14127, regarding a proposed Local Law for the Year 2026. This local law provides as follows: Town of Orchard Park to over-ride tax levy limit established in General Municipal Law Sec 3-c as follows SECTION 1: Legislative Intent It is the intent of this local law to allow the Town of Orchard Park to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2026 that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the "tax levy limit" as defined by General Municipal Law Sec 3-c. SECTION 2: Authority . This local law is adopted pursuant to subdivision 5 of the General Municipal Law Sec 3- c, which expressly authorizes a local government's governing body to override the property tax cap for the coming fiscal year by the adoption of a local law approved by a vote of sixty percent (60%) of said governing body. SECTION 3: Tax Levy Limit Override The Town Board of the Town of Orchard Park, County of Erie, is hereby authorized to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2026 that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the amount otherwise prescribed in General Municipal Law Sec 3-c. SECTION 4: Severability If a court determines that any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this local law or the application thereof to any person, firm or corporation, or circumstance is invalid or unconstitutional, the court's order or judgement shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this local law, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this local law or in its application to the person, individual, firm or corporation or circumstances, directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment or order shall be rendered. RESOLVED, that the Town Board does hereby schedule a Public Hearing in the matter of the proposed Local Law “Override the Tax Levy Limit established in general Municipal Law Sec 3-c” on September 16, 2026 at 7:00pm at the Orchard Park Municipal Center.