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FEBRUARY 17, 2026 AYES: Four NAYS: None CARRIED 4. MOTION by Trustee Park, seconded by Trustee Hackathorn, that the Village Recreation Commission recommends the Board approve the salary for the following Recreation Attendant PT for the 2025-2026 Fall/Winter season, effective 2/18/2026: AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM Abigail Cornelius $18.00/hr 65 Prospect Ave. AYES: Four NAYS: None CARRIED 5. MOTION by Trustee Park, seconded by Trustee Hackathorn, LOCAL LAW NO. 1 OF 2026 A LOCAL LAW to override the tax levy limit established in General Municipal Law §3-c. Be it enacted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hamburg as follows: Section 1. Legislative Intent It is the intent of this local law to allow the Village of Hamburg to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing June 1, 2026 that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the “tax levy limit” as defined by General Municipal Law § 3-c. Section 2. Authority This local law is adopted pursuant to subdivision 5 of General Municipal Law §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 Board of Trustees of the Village of Hamburg, County of Erie is hereby authorized to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing June 1, 2026 that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the amount otherwise prescribed in General Municipal Law §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 judgment 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 circumstance, directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment or order shall be rendered. 86