Government
Webster opens 2027 budget season with raises not yet negotiated
Six town departments and the justice court brought opening 2027 requests to the Town Board. None include raises, which are still being negotiated.
Government
Town Board, Town Supervisor, town departments, civic process pieces that don't fit a more specific beat. Use only when no narrower beat applies.
Government
How Webster's two governments actually diverge and cooperate
A follow-up to our May primer on town and village government, focused on the concrete places the two actually meet: a tax fund that splits by law, a wastewater permit that split in 2024, a five-party economic development partnership, and a summer vote that put a boundary change to Village voters.
Government
Revaluation mailers are back: what happens between now and the 2027 roll
The correction window on Webster's revaluation mailers is closing soon, per the town. Here's what the mailer covers, how to fix it, and what the 2027 timeline looks like from here.
Government
Who decides what in Webster: the Planning Board, Town Board, and Zoning Board of Appeals, explained
Three boards, three different jobs. A plain-language guide to which one rezones land, which one approves a subdivision, which one grants a variance, and who to petition for what.
Government
Who represents Webster: in the county legislature and in Albany
Two county legislators, one state senator, and one assemblyman whose seat is turning over: a guide to who represents Webster right now, and how to reach them.
Government
Town Board presses police chief on school-officer contract language, sets Aug. 6 date for traffic-law hearing
The board approved its school resource officer contract 5-0 after a councilman pressed the police chief on parental-notification language, and settled the traffic-law hearing date at Aug. 6, not Aug. 3 as the posted agenda had listed.
Government
How Webster's town debt reached $132 million, and who pays it back
Webster has authorized about $132 million in capital borrowing across eight projects. Here is what it paid for, and which taxpayers and ratepayers repay each piece.
Government
What's on the Webster Town Board agenda Thursday: the paperwork behind the 2027 reassessment
The board is set to take up the paperwork that would start a full town-wide reassessment for 2027, alongside a rescheduled school-officer contract and two still-vacant seats on the panel that hears assessment challenges.
Planning & development
Webster ZBA denies Solar Garden appeal, tables Waterview Phase 3 again
The Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously denied a citizen appeal of the Webster Solar Garden's industrial-use classification Tuesday, and separately pulled back from a vote on Waterview Apartments Phase 3 rather than risk it failing.
Planning & development
Webster ZBA revisits the solar farm appeal, and a timeliness question could end it
The citizen appeal of the Webster Solar Garden's permit classification is back before the Zoning Board of Appeals, which may first decide whether it was filed in time.
Government
How to read your Webster property tax bill: town, county, school, and special districts
Webster homeowners get two tax bills a year, and each is a stack of separate governments. Here is how the town, county, school, and special district pieces fit together, and the math behind every line.
Planning & development
Webster's zoning rewrite is coming: where the comp plan stands, and the state grant that would pay for it
The town wants $150,000 from New York State to overhaul zoning rules that date to 2003, to match the Webster 2040 plan now nearing a vote.