> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://websterledger.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The week ahead in Webster: school starts Wednesday, three hearings Tuesday - URL: https://websterledger.com/2026-08-28-week-ahead-webster-sept-1/ - Published: 2026-08-28T16:43:02.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-28T16:43:02.000Z - Description: School starts Wednesday. The Planning Board holds three public hearings Tuesday, Sept. 1. Thursday's 6:30 p.m. Town Board workshop is canceled, and the 7:30 p.m. meeting is still on. - Author: Morgan VanDerLeest - Tags: Government, Community Students in the Webster Central School District return to class Wednesday, Sept. 2\. The Planning Board, the Town Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals each meet once between Monday, Aug. 31, and Tuesday, Sept. 8\. The school board also meets Sept. 8\. The town's 2027 budget passes three milestones on its published schedule. The Town Board workshop set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, is canceled. The regular Town Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. that night is still on, in the Town Board Room at 1002 Ridge Road. ## Day by day - **Monday, Aug. 31.** No school. Webster Central School District staff have a Superintendent's Conference Day. The town supervisor files the 2027 Tentative Budget with the Town Clerk. Community Office Hours with the supervisor start at 5:30 p.m. at 1002 Ridge Road. - **Tuesday, Sept. 1.** No school. Staff have a second Superintendent's Conference Day. The Planning Board meets at 7 p.m. in the Town Board Room, 1002 Ridge Road. - **Wednesday, Sept. 2.** First day of school for Webster Central School District students. - **Thursday, Sept. 3.** The 6:30 p.m. Town Board workshop is canceled. The Town Board meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Board Room. The board is scheduled to approve the Tentative Budget as presented, which makes it the Preliminary Budget. - **Friday, Sept. 4.** No school. The Preliminary Budget is filed with the Town Clerk. - **Monday, Sept. 7.** Labor Day. Town Hall is closed and there is no school. - **Tuesday, Sept. 8.** The Webster Central School District Board of Education meets at 5 p.m. at Spry Middle School, 119 South Ave., in the second-floor PDC. The school shares that address with the district office. The meeting listing names professional development and the WREA Citizenship Awardees. The district livestreams its board meetings. The Zoning Board of Appeals meets at 7 p.m. in the Town Board Room, 1002 Ridge Road. ## Three chances to speak Tuesday, Sept. 1 The Planning Board's Sept. 1 agenda carries three public hearings. A public hearing is the part of a meeting set aside for residents to address the board on a specific application. Two of the three are Verizon Wireless tower applications. The applicant on both is Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems, doing business as Verizon. - **1222 Wildflower Drive.** Preliminary site plan approval for a 125-foot telecommunications tower with a four-foot lightning rod, along with ground-mounted equipment. The parcel is 14.2 acres in the R-3 Single Family Residential District. - **Lake Road and County Line Road.** Preliminary site plan approval for a 125-foot tower with a four-foot lightning rod. The parcel is 7.8 acres in the LL Large-Lot Residential District. - **764 Ridge Road.** Preliminary site plan approval for a 15,000-square-foot one-story addition to an existing 11,000-square-foot building. ## The rest of Tuesday's agenda Five other items are scheduled without public hearings. Four of them are sign applications. - **Penfield-Webster EMS, 607 Phillips Road.** One non-illuminated sign of 14.89 square feet. - **Supercuts, 900 Holt Road.** One internally illuminated sign of 28 square feet. - **Monroe County Water Authority, 593 Basket Road.** One non-illuminated sign of 18 square feet. - **McAlpin Industries, 865 Hard Road.** Three internally illuminated wall-mounted signs, two wayfinding signs and one monument sign. They total 366.13 square feet. The fifth item is final site plan approval for 36 feet of decorative exterior lighting at Bloom & Blend, 790 Ridge Road. The board is also set to act on its Aug. 4 minutes. ## The budget steps this week The budget items on Monday, Thursday and Friday come from the town's published 2027 Budget Schedule. The town supervisor files the Tentative Budget with the Town Clerk on Monday. The Town Board is scheduled to approve it as presented on Thursday, which makes it the Preliminary Budget. That document is filed with the Town Clerk on Friday. The same schedule sets the public hearing on the 2027 Preliminary Budget for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, and adoption of the 2027 Final Budget for the same meeting. That is the night residents can speak on the Preliminary Budget. ## Finding the agendas The Sept. 1 Planning Board agenda is posted. The Sept. 3 Town Board agenda had not been posted as of Friday. The town posts agendas on its [AgendaCenter page](https://www.websterny.gov/AgendaCenter?ref=websterledger.com). The district posts Board of Education agendas, minutes and its board calendar on BoardDocs, linked from the board page at websterschools.org. Dates here come from the town's online meeting calendars, the town's 2027 Budget Schedule, the Webster Central School District calendar and the posted Sept. 1 Planning Board agenda. Previously in the Ledger: [Back to school in Webster: what parents need to know for Sept. 2](https://websterledger.com/2026-08-26-back-to-school-webster/) (Aug. 26). ## Get Webster news in your inbox Independent local journalism for Webster, NY. Subscribe free Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. --- *AI tools were used in drafting and research.*