General Fund - Village of Red Hook Draft Budget 26/27

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Account	26/27 Draft	25/26 Projected	24/25 Actual	23/24 Actual	22/23 Actual	21/22 Actual
Income
A1001 · Real Property Tax	1,465,214 adj for higher PILOT pymt	1,431,952	1,399,573	1,369,370	1,311,680	1,296,286
A1081 · Other Payments in Lieu of Taxes	RHC Pilot	21,838	15,938	15,120	14,207	13,358
A1090 · Interest/Penalty-Real Prop Tax	6,500	6,500	5,630	8,446	6,474	4,100
A1116 Tax on Adult-Use Cannabis	60,000 Town est $80k	50,000
A1120 · Non-Prop Tax Dist-Sales Tax	135,000 assumes stable economy	135,000	189,418	134,517	189,157	176,947
A1170 · Franchises (Charter Comm)	30,000 trending down	32,240	38,014	39,502	42,202	39,397
A1255 · Clerk Fees	800	800	861	670	520	387
A1289a · LOSAP Audit Town Share	3,750 75% exp from Town	3,750	—	—	—	—
A1289 · LOSAP Other Gov. - Other	3,750 75% exp from Town	24,721	13,210	7,734	8,246	(2,036)
Total A1289 · LOSAP Other Gov.	7,500	28,471	13,210	7,734	8,246	(2,036)
A1520 · Police Fees	600	600	600	475	708	748
A1689 · Other Health Departmental Inc	10,000 Employee Contributions	10,841	11,559	7,131	9,360	15,848
A2033 - Snow Removal (VORH)	2,000	3,202
A2110 · Zoning Fees	40,000	38,634	36,285	43,956	35,770	27,449
A2130 · Material Managment Tag Sales	34,000	33,000	33,953	34,191	32,617	35,361
A2150 - EV Charging Revenue	1,500 started 2/15/26	486
A2260a · Police - Town of Red Hook
2260a.1 · Police- Mileage	1,746 10%	1,527	1,274	1,720	1,206	—
2260a.2 · Town of Red Hook Court	22,977	21,080	9,240	14,560	8,400	—
2660a3 · Bard College	—	—	—		—	—
A2260a · Police - Town of Red Hook -Other	150,000	111,200	98,370	95,000	99,830	99,630
Total A2260a · Police - Town of Red Hook	174,723	133,807	108,884	111,280	109,436	99,630
A2260b · Police -Infrastructure Security	22,000	20,075	16,865	14,640	14,560	4,880
A2260c · Dutchess County DWI	1,000	1,000	275	—	1,664	1,350
A2260e · Dutchess County STEP	—	—	—	—	—	1,247
2260f · Town School Crossing Guard	—	—	—	—	—	3,000
A2260g · Police Donation	—	—	300	—	300	—
A2260T - Village of Tivoli - Patrol	23,000 + 0.00 adj	20,000	31,144	17,259	9,824
A2260U - Village of Tivoli - Court	prob not continuing	5,400	5,876	4,198	330
Total A2260 · Public Safety Serv - Other Govt	220,723	180,282	163,344	147,376	136,114	110,107
A2261 · School Police
A2261a · School activities	8,250	7,500	6,134	7,212	4,104	9,000
A2261b · School SRO	169,510	154,100	144,725	153,170	104,050	67,850
A2261 - School Police - Other	24,750	22,500	7,500	—	292	—
Total A2261 · School Police	202,510	184,100	158,359	160,382	108,446	76,850
A2262 · Fire Dept - Town Work Comp	31,500 75% of actual from Town	25,224		17,461	24,780	37,757
A2376 - Refuse & Garbage Service - Other Gov't	39,039 +682.51.152	33,443
A2389 - Other Revenue (DPW work outside Vil))	—	1,030	2	1,000	642
A2401 · Interest and Earnings	32,000 assumes good int rates	32,000	21,759	17,769	2,550	89
A2410 · Rental of Real Property	—	—	370	500	250	—
A2414 - Rental of Equipment & Labor	3,000	3,000	2,619
A2420 · Solar	5,000 fixed	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000
A2440 · Rental - Other (Cell Tower)	105,000 assumes no new rental	102,000	151,960	128,525	124,613	119,496
A2590 · Permits - Other	—	—	—		—	10
A2610 · Fines and Forfeited Bail
A2610a · Court Receipts	55,000 Court ends Mar 2027	50,000	76,804	64,445	61,621	55,601
A2610b · Court Payments to OSC	(20,000)	(16,000)	(23,609)	(23,320)	(22,444)	(23,274)
A2610c · Zoning Fines		—	—	—	—	—
A2610d - Fines - Bus Patrol	1,000	1,200	1,120	1,823	1,595
Total A2610 · Fines and Forfeited Bail (Court)	36,000	35,200		42,948	40,773	32,327
A2625 · Forfeiture of Crime Proceeds		—	—	—	—	33
A2650 · Sale of Scrap Metal	4,500	4,500	5,969	6,985	4,015	6,944
A2665 · Sale of Equipment	—	—	—	22,629	585	14,905
A2680 · Insurance Recoveries	10,000	24,470	12,960	12,619	12,427	16,291
A2701 · Refunds of Prior Year's Expend	—	—	53	413	112	1,408
A2705 · Gifts and Donations	—	—	800	—	—	276
A2706 · Grants from Local Govt		—		3,045	—	17,881
A2706b · Grants NYS Member Item	—	75,873		1,000	—	—
A2706e - NYS Red Hook Responds	—	—	48,102
A2706f - Grants - DC MIG (Language Access)	—	3,000	7,106
A2706g - Grants - Composting	—	3,916
A2706 Other - Court Grant	—	10,803	2,670
Total A2706 · Grants from Local Govt		93,592		4,045	—	17,881
A2770 · Unclassified (specify)					1,808	—
A3001 · State Aid - Revenue Sharing	9,582	9,582	9,582	9,582	9,582	9,582
A3005 · State Aid - Mortgage Tax	20,000 assumes stable sales	20,000	20,031	20,602	25,061	18,625
A3089 - State Aid - Other (NYCOM Grants, OSC)	500	2,100		500
A3501 · State Aid - Consol Hghwy Aid - CHIPS	50,000	172,203	—	135,432	146,768	36,041
A4089 - Federal Aid (ARPA)	—	—	106,480	8,400
A4489 - Federal Aid Other	—	—	847
A5031 · Interfund Tranfers (In)	—	—		—	—	65,000
A5710 - Serial Bond	—	—	—	50,000	—	40,000
Fund Balance	68,000 From Fund Balance	42,145
Total Income	2,652,306 2,763,435.34 2,578,424.36 2,453,280.05 2,294,464.76 2,216,463.77
Expense		—
A1010.1 · Legislative Board - Per Srv	34,000 full board	32,685	33,055	34,208	29,230	23,908
A1010.4 · Legislative Board - Contr Exp	2,000	2,000	1,215	717	455	12
A1110.1 · Municipal Court - Per Srv		—
1110.11 · Court Clerk	24,000 Court ends Mar 2027	25,835	26,208	29,434	27,883	25,976
1110.12 · Court Justice	17,000 Court ends Mar 2027	21,946	20,900	20,183	20,114	20,133
1110.13 · Court Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total A1110.1 · Municipal Court - Per Srv	41,000	47,781	47,108	49,616	47,997	46,110
A1110.2 - Municipal Court - Equip & Cap		—	4,385
A1110.4 · Municipal Court - Contr Exp		—
1110.41 · Court - Lease/Maintenance	2,200	2,100	2,501	2,062	2,111	1,761
1110.42 · Court - Supplies	1,500	1,500	1,415	1,586	1,530	2,390
1110.43 · Court - Utilities	—	—	—	—	—	92
1110.44 · Court - Printing & Postage	300	300	3,202	2,462	1,426	148
1110.45 · Court - Miscellaneous	5,500	7,000	6,023	7,372	4,060	2,842
Total A1110.4 · Municipal Court - Contr Exp	9,500	10,900	13,141	13,481	9,128	7,232
A1210.1 · Mayor - Per Srv	13,620	13,620	13,672	13,725	13,672	13,725
A1210.4 · Mayor - Contr Exp	1,000	1,000	—	634	1,103	275
A1315.4 - Comptroller - Contr Exp	15,000 back to one audit	22,183	15,692	14,370	15,275	—
A1320.1 · Auditor - Per Srv		—	—		—	2,800
A1320.2 · Auditor LOSAP	5,000 RBT Annual Audit	5,000	—	—		—
A1320.4 · Auditor-Contr. Exp	12,000 RBT Annual Audit	36,830	7,916	—	—	—
A1325.1 · Treasurer - Per Srv	72,800 80% Treas, 100% Pyrl	71,035	57,948	40,531	28,950	14,543
A1325.4 - Treasurer - Contr Exp	2,000	3,700	2,300	—	—
A1330.4 - Tax Collector - Contr Exp	600	520
A1410.1 · Clerk - Per Srv	24,000	22,965	20,348	21,379	25,295	37,409
A1410.2 - Clerk - Equip & Cap Outlay	—	—	132
A1410.4 · Clerk - Contr Exp
1410.41 - Clerk - Utilities	—	—	1,806
1410.42 · Clerk - Payroll Fees	12,000	12,403	10,180	8,591	5,552	5,359
1410.43 · Clerk - Supplies	2,500	2,000	2,671	3,083	2,277	3,572
1410.44 · Clerk - Lease/Maintenance	1,500	1,500	1,623	1,647	2,615	2,735
1410.45 · Clerk - Miscellaneous	1,500	1,500	2,750	3,239	2,161	4,533
1410.46 · Clerk- Bank Fees	3,500 offset by higher interest	3,083	95	1,559	5,277	4,219
1410.47 · Clerk-Postage	4,500	4,500	2,143	5,329	1,238	1,094
1410.48 · Code Publisher	3,000	3,000	1,195	7,989	1,195	1,195
Total A1410.4 · Clerk - Contr Exp	28,500	27,986	22,462	31,437	20,315	22,708
A1420.4 · Law - Contr Exp
1420.41 · Law - Village Attorney	23,650	23,075	17,995	18,900	18,900	18,900
1420.42 · Law - Legal Union Services	3,000 negotiations	1,500	3,648	2,509	1,531	1,643
1420.43 · Law - Miscellaneous	3,000	3,000	5,000	769	5,838	1,248
1420.44 · Law - Special Prosecuter	5,400	5,400	4,950	5,400	4,950	5,850
1420.45 · Legal Planning Zoning	8,000	8,000	4,778	7,819	12,755	3,049
Total A1420.4 · Law - Contr Exp	43,050	40,975	36,371	35,397	43,974	30,690
A1430.4 · Grant Writer - Contra Exp	500	500	—	—	—	—
A1440.4 · Engineer - Contr Exp	5,000	—	3,100	8,400	—	—
A1450.1 · Elections - Per Srv	300	300	330	300	300	300
A1450.4 · Elections - Contr Exp	400	400	285	128	159	225
A1480.4 · Public Inform - Contr Exp
1480.41 · Communication	4,000	2,000	698	451	176	150
A1480.4 · Public Inform - Contr Exp - Other	13,200	13,152	10,935	10,935	10,935	10,935
Total A1480.4 · Public Inform - Contr Exp	17,200	15,152	11,633	11,386	11,111	11,085
A1620.4 · Buildings - Contr Exp
1620.41 · Buildings - Utilities	43,000 reduced internet/phone	42,300	47,959	47,240	45,282	31,281
1620.42 · Buildings - Service Contracts	7,000	8,463	6,479	5,033	9,538	10,657
1620.43 · Buildings - Supplies & Repairs	12,000	11,393	18,710	14,481	9,392	15,987
1620.44 · Buildings - Cleaning Services	11,000 increase & special projs	8,256	10,591	6,583	6,248	798
1620.45 · Buildings - Miscellaneous	500	200	250	811	726	1,660
1620.47 · COVID -19	—	—	—	—	10	—
Total A1620.4 · Buildings - Contr Exp	73,500	70,612	83,988	74,148	71,197	60,383
A1640.2 - Central Garage - Cap Outlay	—	—	66,842
A1640.4 · Central Garage - Contr Exp
1640.41 · Welding	2,000	2,000	1,395	1,092	1,946	1,359
1640.42 · Fuel/Utilities	3,000	3,780	2,527	2,107	2,019	55
1640.43 · Misc Supplies	3,000	3,000	3,613	4,227	3,631	5,910
1640.44 - Apparel	2,000	2,000	2,192	1,298	1,481	187
1640.45 - Tools	1,500	1,800	1,467	328	238	—
1640.46 - Scrap Tools	2,000	2,100	2,073	3,346	2,048	—
Total A1640.4 · Central Garage - Contr Exp	13,500	14,680	13,267	12,398	11,363	7,512
A1670.4 - Central Print/Mail - Contr Exp			173		184
1680.41 - Software (Village/Hwy/Bldg-Zoning)	5,000	4,000	4,256	8,244	2,897
A1680.4 - Central Data Processing IT - Other	15,000	15,000	15,422	11,717	15,792
A1680.4 · Central Data Processing IT - Total	20,000	19,000		19,961	18,690	38,783
z	75,000	70,365	54,212	51,692	49,995	39,767
A1920.4 · Municipal Assn Dues - Contr Exp	2,000	2,500	1,873	600	1,816	2,266
A2450.4 · Tower Commission	14,000	14,000	10,128	13,504	10,128	13,504
A2989.4 - Educational Other (Staff Training)	2,000	2,000	1,592	1,862
A3120.1 · Police - Per Srv
3120.11 · Police -Officer Salary
3120.1A · Village Police	655,000 +4% by contract	630,000	609,472	506,436	460,290	387,826
3120.11 - Police - Officer Salary - Other		—	—	—	—	3,229
Total 3120.11 · Police -Officer Salary	655,000	630,000	609,472	506,436	460,290	391,056
3120.12 · Police - Support Staff	27,500	26,631	26,566	25,578	23,854	23,440
A3120.1 · Police - Per Srv - Other			—		—	191
Total A3120.1 · Police - Per Srv	682,500	656,631	636,038	532,014	484,144	414,686
A3120.2 · Police, Cap	5,000	5,000	80,462	7,047	—	46,900
A3120.4 · Police - Contr Exp
3120.41 · Police - Equipment Lease/Maint	25,000	20,597	21,228	30,209	7,409	9,729
3120.42 · Police - Supplies		—
3120.42b · Police - Supplies - Other	3,500	3,000	2,816	7,355	6,973	3,385
Total 3120.42 · Police - Supplies	3,500	3,000	2,816	7,355	6,973	3,385
3120.43 · Police - Utililities	3,500	3,500	4,021	3,429	2,665	2,219
3120.44 · Police - Vehicle Repairs/Maint	5,000	5,000	11,279	8,031	11,546	5,284
3120.45 · Police - Education & Training	1,000	300	425	830	918	—
3120.46 · Police - Miscellaneous	2,200	2,200	2,912	3,422	1,338	5,554
3120.47 · Police - Fuel	21,000	18,082	20,444	19,373	20,306	19,353
3120.48 Police - Storage	500	560	621	420	471	—
3120.49 Police - Software	20,000	20,000	13,391	27,855	11,385	5,500
Total A3120.4 · Police - Contr Exp	81,700	73,239	77,137	100,924	63,011	51,023
A3310.1 · Traffic Control - Per Srv		—	—		—	2,213
A3410.4 · Fire Protection - Contr Exp	120,305	120,305	120,305	120,305	120,305	117,154
A4090 - Climate Smart Community Task Force		—	98
A5110.1 · Maint of Streets - Per Srv	175,000 benefit time incl. here	169,077	137,401	127,524	138,761	165,913
A5110.2 · Maint of Streets - Cap Outlay	—	—		5,899	7,855	5,120
A5110.3 · Chips	50,000	172,203	—	135,432	146,768	65,386
A5110.4 · Maint of Streets - Contr Exp
5110.41 · Streets - Vehicle Repairs/Maint	8,500	8,700	10,892	11,952	10,731	6,704
5110.42 · Streets - Street Maintenance	30,000	30,000	16,884	25,901	21,541	17,568
5110.43 · Streets - Misc/Supplies	4,000	4,000	4,136	5,485	3,995	5,510
5110.44 · Streets - Tools	1,500	1,500	1,931	1,408	1,281	2,583
5110.45 · Streets - Fuel	6,000	4,822	5,132	6,793	12,201	11,113
5110.46 · Streets - Catch Basin/ Culvert	10,000	10,000	11,480	9,150	14,550	5,635
5110.47 · Scrap Tools	2,500	2,500	2,143	2,851	1,896	4,200
Total A5110.4 · Maint of Streets - Contr Exp	62,500	61,522	52,599	63,540	66,195	53,312
A5140.4 · Landfill/Brush & Weeds	10,000	10,000	8,400	8,480	9,000	8,400
A5142.1 · Snow Removal - Per Srv	14,300	27,866	13,784	6,652	8,885	9,094
A5142.4 · Snow Removal - Contr Exp
5142.41 · Snow Removal - Materials	10,000	33,976	14,920	15,559	16,168	19,977
5142.42 · Snow Removal - Equipment Repair	5,000		2,303	2,463	8,125	1,730
5142.43 · Snow Removal - GDB Clearing	18,000	21,716	9,278	—	—	—
5142.44 · Snow Removal -Fuel	1,500	1,500	640	1,204	1,146	756
Total A5142.4 · Snow Removal - Contr Exp	34,500	65,955		19,226	25,439	22,463
A5182.4 · Street Lighting - Contr Exp	76,613	76,208	73,107	66,747	63,640	61,541
A63104 - Commuity Action Admin	—	—	48,102
A7110.4 · Parks - Contr Exp
7110.41 · Abrahams Park	1,500	1,000	410	513	1,821	402
7110.42 · Veterans Park	300	300	3,317	186	93	—
Total A7110.4 · Parks - Contr Exp	1,800	1,300	3,727	698	1,914	402
A7510.4 - Historian - Contr Exp	—	—
A7550.4 · Celebrations - Contr Exp	5,000	5,000	2,346	4,452	5,567	2,540
A7610.4 · Programs for Aging-Comm. Action	1,600	1,600	1,600	1,500	1,500	—
A7620.4 · Adult Recreation - Red Hook Sr	—	—	—	1,000	2,000	1,000
A7989.4 · Public Art Space	—	—	673	1,387	1,216	170
A8010.1 · Zoning - Per Srv	27,500	26,500	24,598	33,489	65,050	70,628
A8010.4 · Zoning - Contr Exp
8010.42 · Zoning - Printing & Supplies	2,000	1,500	1,059	1,952	813	483
8010.43 · Zoning - Miscellaneous	1,000	1,001	91	231	1,160	5,082
8010.45 · Zoning Legal		—	—	—	—	14,018
8010.47 · Zoning-Postage	500	500	140	127	146	37
8010.48 - Contract Personal Service	40,000	40,000	37,821	45,688
Total A8010.4 · Zoning - Contr Exp	43,500	43,001		47,997	2,119	19,620
A8020.4 Planning & Surveying	10,000	10,000	5,415	6,856
A8040.4 - Human Relations Committee	—	—	1,000	870	—
A8160.1 · Refuse & Garbage - Per Srv	22,750	20,900	18,008	19,946	17,674	16,338
A8160.11 - Tivoli Garbage	17,420	14,457
A8160.2 - Material Management Equipment	—	—	—	196,654
A8160.4 · Materials Managment, Contr
8160.41 · EZ Pass	500 + 5,000.00 adj	780	350	438	500	325
8160.42 · Fuel		4,622	2,245	2,810	1,336	3,152
8160.43 · Repair	1,000	1,000	777	439	696	—
8160.44 · Tipping Fees	13,000	12,823	6,331	5,700	9,791	9,446
8160.45 · Misc	1,500	1,000	33	3,505	625	464
8160.46 · Tags	800	500	252	571	50	756
8160.47 - Dumpster Service	2,750	2,623	2,438
Total A8160.4 · Materials Managment, Contr	24,550	23,348	12,425	13,463	12,998	14,143
A8510.4 · Comm Beautification - Contr Exp	4,000	4,000	2,030	440	6,749	3,209
A8560.4 · Shade Tree - Contr Exp	13,000	13,000	11,400	13,760	12,860	8,900
A8676.4 - Prov - Public Ser (Lang Access Grant)	—	3,855	5,370	1,341	2,996
A8989.4 - Home & Community Services (Compost)	—	2,951	1,870
A9010.8 · State Retirement System	45,000	42,328	37,900	30,560	27,600	48,274
A9015.8 · Police & Fire Retire - Empl Ben	135,000	128,808	130,796	108,306	86,721	81,438
A9030.8 · Social Security - Employer Cont	89,291	85,790	76,246	66,553	65,699	61,224
A9040.8 · Workers Comp - Empl Benfts
9040.81 · Workers Comp - Village	23,000	23,000	22,765	16,752	28,180	16,390
9040.82 · Workers Comp - Fire Department	42,000	46,591	57,039	33,294	42,905	52,774
Total A9040.8 · Workers Comp - Empl Benfts	65,000	69,591	79,804	50,046	71,086	69,164
A9055.8 - Disability (Fire)	3,700	3,701	2,782	2,464	3,669
A9060.8 · Medical Insurance - Empl Benfts	(66,000)	(8,500)	(66,000)	(70,438)	(43,000)	155,513
Medical Insurance - Police	121,000	106,089	118,231	92,790	76,936
Medical Insurance - Highway	91,026	58,341	62,008	59,422	52,554
Medical Insurance - Village	87,000	56,503	77,854	59,420	72,639
Medical Insurance - Retirees	13,700	12,000	24,163	29,230	25,477
A9060.8 · Medical Insurance - Empl Benfts Total	246,726	224,432	216,257	170,423	184,606	155,513
A9089.8 · Other Employee Benfts (LOSAP)	5,000	4,000	3,517	4,194	2,995	11,316
A9199N - Employee Benefits	1,000	900
A9621 · Transfer -Highway Reserve Fund	2,500	2,500	—	—	—	—
A9622 · Transfer- Police Vehicle/Equipm	2,500	2,500	—	—	—	—
A9623 · Fire Reserve Fund	2,500	2,500	—	—	—	—
A9624 - Building Reserve Fund	2,500	2,500	—	—	—
A9625 - Employee Benefit Accrual Reserve	2,500	2,500	—	—	—
A9710.6 · Debt Principal - Serial Bonds
9710.62 · Backhoe Principal	—	—	—	—	6,259	6,259
9710.64 · Snow Plow (Prin)	8,886 confirmed	8,886	8,886	8,886	8,886	8,886
9710.65 - 2020 Police Truck Principal	7,500 confirmed	7,500	8,220	7,500	8,000
9710.66? - Garbage/Leaf Truck Principal	20,000 confirmed	15,000	15,000	—
Total A9710.6 · Debt Principal - Serial Bonds	36,386	31,386	32,106	16,386	23,144	15,144
A9710.7 · Debt Interest - Serial Bonds
9710.72 · Backhoe Interest		—	—	—	9	336
9710.74 · Snowplow (Int)	525	787	1,056	1,311	1,194	1,707
9710.75 - 2020 Police Truck Interest	170	1,000	—	2,123	2,000
9710.76 - Garbage/Leaf Truck	1,000	1,576	2,101	5,409
Total A9710.7 · Debt Interest - Serial Bonds	1,695	3,363	3,157	8,843	3,203	2,043
A9730.6 · Debt Principal - VB Bond		—	—	—	—	230,000
A9750.7 · Debt Interest VB Bond		—	—	—	—	7,098
A9789.7 · Short Term Interest		28	—	—	—	108
Total Expense	2,652,306	2,763,435
Net Ordinary Income	—	—	48,869	7,990	148,757	40,535
A9025.4 - Local Pension Contr (LOSAP Adm)		25,308
Net Income	—	(25,308)	48,869	7,990	148,757	40,535

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2026-03-09→2026-03-09

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Minor wording changes were made to the NY Alert Notifications section.

Changed 'Noncompliance Reports' to 'Notice of Violations' in the NY Alert Notifications section
Changed 'DEC issued a Notice of Violation, attached' to 'DEC issued a letter, attached'

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## Village of Red Hook SEWER OPERATONS REPORT ## Late January/February 2026 We had operational meetings on Jan. 22, Feb. 5, Feb. 19 where we reviewed sewer operations. Present were Village Engineer Robert Flores, Sewer Operator Les Coon, DPW Foreman Jake Smith, Sewer Clerk Jen Cavanaugh, and Mayor Karen Smythe ## SEWER OPERATIONS: ODORS – Throughout February we had a series of odor complaints Feb. 5, 13 & 20 from Red Hook Estates, Feb. 15, 27 (2) from Smith Street. One from Kent Rd. appears to have been a private septic system issue; all the others appear to have come from our EQ tank. Last March 2025, a system to pull the air from the EQ tank into the odor control system was installed. On Monday, March 2, it was discovered that the blower fan that operated this system had failed. The operator thought they had confirmed it was working but it turns out it was not. A replacement fan was installed Monday (3/2/26) afternoon. ## NY ALERT NOTIFICATIONS/NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS On Feb. 20 & 24 there were NY Alerts and NoncomplianceNotice Reportsof Violations submitted to DEC regarding partially treated discharge. 2/20 was both Plant 1A & 1B. 2/24 was Plant 1B. In both cases solids were lost through the clarifier causing the sand filter to clog and overflow into the clearwell – meaning that the full treatment didn’t happen prior to discharge. DEC issued a Notice of Violationletter, attached. To simplify, the flow into the WWTPs was too much for the plants to handle. The design of the plant called for an EQ tank that is too small for proper operations. When the influent comes in all at once, without the extra EQ tank capacity, there is nowhere else for the influent wastewater to go. It is impossible to predict when these extra flows are going to occur. The interim solution prior to the expansion of our EQ tank capacity, is to set up a remote high-level event alarm system so the operator is alerted immediately to a high-level situation. A modem with cell service that will allow for internet access has been purchased and programmed. The full system with floats and sensors is scheduled to be installed and operational by 3/5&6. Once the ground thaws, Archtop will install underground fiber to supply the internet for the future. There is also a second temporary, above ground EQ tank waiting for back-ordered parts. Once these parts arrive, there will be additional temporary EQ capacity to help mitigate the extra flows. Until we are able to permanently add additional EQ tank capacity, we are operating with several temporary solutions. The alarm system should help to catch these overflow events faster, thus preventing partially treated discharges to occur. This plant design has little if any margin for error. In late February, we discovered that NYS’s NY Alert system was not distributing all our submitted alerts. We reached out to NY Alert and they did discover that DEC had made an error. From NY Alert: - _After a lot of digging, we have determined DEC made an error when creating the security role that had an incorrect setting preventing you from issuing alerts to the required group despite the template being set up properly. The setting has been corrected, and it should work properly going forward._ **NY Alert Support** ## COLLECTION SYSTEM – FROZEN PIPES With the unusually extended period of temperatures below freezing this winter, we found that some of the pipes from the septic tanks connecting to the forcemains have frozen – the majority of these are tanks in parking lots leaving less insulation from the ground to protect the pipes from freezing. Unfortunately, the design did not call for adequate insulation or depth to ensure these pipes wouldn’t freeze. When the system called for the pump to come on, the wastewater was not able to go through the pipe, causing the alarm to go off. These tanks must be pumped out by the Village waste hauler until the thaw. We are looking forward to the warmer weather and will be considering options for solutions for next winter. ## REMAINING REPAIRS NEEDED There are some repairs that still need to be made including replacing the return activated sludge valve in plant 1B (old plant) on the West side. When an attempt was made to replace the valve, the surrounding pipe broke. So further work needs to be done to replace the pipe as well as the valve. The UVs have been repaired. There is one sensor that is not reading correctly that needs to be fixed. One of the generators needs a new switch. ## ENGINEERING AUDIT Delaware Engineering has conducted an audit of sewer operations. We are waiting for the report. ## WEBSITE UPDATE The WWTP page under the Sewer Department on the Village’s website is updated regularly. There is a lot of information and documents on this page. Deputy Mayor Kjarval has completed a refresh of the page, reorganizing the data, making it easier to navigate and find information.

References

This document cites or incorporates the following separate documents:

2026-04-09Sewer Fund Budget 25-'26 / Draft 26'27
2026-04-09Sewer Fund Budget 26'27
2026-04-09Sewer Fund Budget — FY 2026-27 Draft
2026-04-23Sewer Fund Budget — Draft FY 26-27
Document A is the General Fund draft budget and Document B is the Sewer Fund draft budget—two separate fund budgets occupying different slots in the budget process, not revisions of the same instrument.

Referenced by

These other documents cite or incorporate this one:

2024-05-13Resolution for Budget Adjustments to Village General, Water & Sewer Funds
2025-10-06Resolution for Budget Adjustments to Village General, Water, & Sewer Funds
2025-12-08Lori Doty CPA Justice Court Audit Contract
2026-03-22Sewer Fund Budget — FY 2026–27 Draft
Document A is the Sewer Fund draft budget and Document B is the General Fund draft budget—two separate fund budgets prepared within 22 days, each a distinct board action on different fiscal instruments.
2026-03-22Water Fund Draft 26-27 Budget
Document A is the Water Fund draft budget and Document B is the General Fund draft budget—two separate fund budgets for the same fiscal year, each a distinct board action on different revenue/expense streams.
2026-04-13Village of Red Hook 2026-2027 Budget
Document B is a draft budget dated 2026-04-09 and Document A is the same 2026-2027 budget submitted 2026-04-13, showing the same singular budget instrument in working and near-final form with identical line items and structure.

Recurring pattern

These other chains use the same template but are separate decisions: