Southtowns Record

3/10/26 Board Packet ​

Government
Village of Gowanda
Board
Village Board
Meeting
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
Agenda packet
Topics
Budget and taxes, Audits and oversight, Water, sewer and drainage, Public safety, Parks and recreation, Zoning and land use, Roads and traffic, Housing

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6.  CAPITAL  ASSETS  (UNAUDITED)

  Capital asset activity for the year ended May 31, 2025
  was as follows:

  Unaudited  Unaudited
  Balance  Balance
  6/1/2024  Additions  Disposals  5/31/2025
  Non Depreciable Capital Assets
  land  $217,078  -  =  217,078
  Total Non-Depreciable Capital Assets
  217,078  -  -  217,078

  Depreciable Capital Assets
  .
  Buildings  2,400,969  -  -  2,400,969
  (mprovements other than Buildings  2,296,243  -  -  2,296,243
  Machinery and Equipment  6,430,369  20,016  :  6,450,385
  Tota! Depreciable Capital Assets  11,127,581  20,016  -  11,147,597

  Total Capital Assets, Net  $11,344,659  20,016  =  11,364,675

  The  Village does not record depreciation expense on
  its capital assets.
7,  PENSION  PLANS

  New York State Police and Fire Retirement System
  s (“PFRS”) and New York State Employees’
  Retirement System (“ERS”) - The Village participates
  in the PERS and ERS (the “System”), cost-
  sharing, multiple-employer retirement systems. The
  Systems provide retirement benefits as well as
  death and disability benefits. The net position of the
  Systems are held in the New York State Common
  Retirement Fund (the “Fund"), which was established
  to hold all assets and record changes in fiduciary
  het position allocated to the Systems. The Comptroller
  of the State of New York serves as the trustee
  of the  Fund and is the administrative head of the Systems. The system
  s  benefit
  s are established under
  the provisions of the New York State Retirement and
  Social Security Law (“NYSRSSL”). Once a
  public employer elects to participate in the Systems,
  the election is irrevocable. The New York State
  Constitution provides that pension membershi p is a
  contractual relationship and plan benefits cannot
  be diminished or impaired. Benefits can be changed
  for future members only by enactment of a State
  statute. The Village also participates in the Public Emplo
  yees’ Group Life Insurance Plan (“GLIP”),
  which provides death benefits in the form of life insura
  nce. The Systems are included in the State’s
  financial report as a pension trust fund. That report,
  inchiding information with regards to benefits
  provided, may be found at www.osc.state.ny.us/retire/pub
  lications/index.php or obtained by writing
  to the New York State and  Local Retirement System, 110 State Street, Albany
  , NY  12244,
  The Systems are noncontributory, except for employees
  who joined the ERS after July 27, 1976 who
  contribute three percent (3%) of their salary for the first
  ten years of membership, and employees who
  joined on or after January 10, 2010 (ERS) or January
  9, 2010 (PFRS), who generally contribute three
  percent (3%) to three- and one-half percent (3.5%)
  of their salary for their entire length of service. In
  addition, employee contribution rates under ERS Tier
  VI. vary based on a sliding salary scale. The
  Comptroller annually certifies the actuarially determ
  ined rates expressly used in computing the
  employers’ contributions based on salaries paid during
  the Systems’ fiscal year ending March 31.

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