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The Town of Danby
1830 Danby Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
danby.ny.gov
Janice Adelman, Town Clerk
Cindy Katz, Deputy Town Clerk
+1-607-277-4788 | clerkoffice@danby.ny.gov Mary Ann Barr 2021
Local Law No 5 of 2021
A Local Law to Override the Tax Levy Limit Established in General Municipal Law 3 -c for the Fiscal Year
2022
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Danby as follows:
Section 1. Legislative Intent. It is the intent of this local law to override the limit on the amount of real
property taxes that may be levied by the Town of Danby, County of Tompkins, pursuant to General
Municipal Law 3-c, and to allow the Town Board of the Town of Danby to adopt a town budget for (a)
town purposes; (b) the fire protection district; and (c) any other special or improvement district
governed by the town board for the fiscal year 2021 that requires a real property tax levy in excess of
the “tax Levy limit” as defined in General Municipal Law 3-c.
Section 2. Authority. This local law is adopted pursuant to General Municipal Law 3 -c(5), which
authorized a town board to override the tax levy limit by adoption of a local law approved by a vote of
sixty percent (60%) of the town board.
Section 3. Tax Levy Override. The Town Board of the Town of Danby is hereby authorized to adopt a
budget for fiscal year 2022 that requires a property tax levy in excess of the tax levy limit specified in
General Municipal Law 3-c.
Section 4. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this local law, or the
application thereof, shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or
unconstitutional, such order or judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalid ate the remainder thereof,
but shall be confined in it operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this
local law directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment or order shall be rendered.
Section 5: Effective Date. This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Office of the
Secretary of State.
Vote Recorded on Wed 20 Oct 2021:
Councilperson Aye No Absent
Connors X
Holahan X
Schnabel X
Ulinski X
Gagnon X