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Public Hearing Announcement on Adoption of the 2026 Budget

     
5:55 PM
48 Court Street

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Chair of the St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators that the Chair and the members of the Board of Legislators of the County of St. Lawrence will meet at the Board of Legislators’ Chambers, Court House, located at 48 Court Street, Canton, New York, at 5:55 p.m. on Monday, December 1, 2025, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing regarding the Adoption of the 2026 Budget, followed by the December Full Board Meeting.

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that copies of the Tentative Budget are available at the Office of the Clerk of Board of Legislators at Canton, New York, where they may be inspected or procured by any interested person during business hours or can be viewed online at www.stlawco.gov.

Pursuant to Section 359 of the County Law, the maximum salaries that may be fixed and payable during said fiscal year to members of said Board of Legislators and to the Chair thereof, respectively, are hereby specified as follows:

Members of the Board of Legislators                                    $12,000

Vice-Chair of the Board of Legislators                                 $14,000

Chair of the Board of Legislators                                          $17,000

2026 BUDGET SUMMARY

            EXHIBIT A:

CATEGORY                                                                                     APPROPRIATIONS

TOTAL BUDGET

General Government Support                                                                       $68,396,409

Education                                                                                                             961,000

Public Safety                                                                                                   24,494,551

Health Services                                                                                               22,978,145

Transportation                                                                                                 34,460,294

Economic Assistance & Opportunity                                                             93,865,471

Culture & Recreation                                                                                           647,839

Home & Community Services                                                                          9,348,925

Employee Benefits                                                                                          53,363,048

Debt Service                                                                                                     2,524,723

Interfund Transfers                                                                                         23,141,986

     TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS                 $334,182,391

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF LEGISLATORS

Rebekah K. Zuhlsdorf, Deputy Clerk

St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators

November 25, 2025