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Hamburg Board orders drainage district hearing, set tax override vote

Hamburg Town Board orders drainage fee public hearing. The board unanimously approved an order for a September 28, 2026, public hearing on a proposed Town-Wide Drainage and Stormwater Management District covering all of Hamburg except the Villages of Hamburg and Blasdell, with an estimated annual

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Hamburg advances ambulance district on property tax basis

Hamburg Town Board approves ambulance district on property tax basis. Supervisor Elizabeth Farrell Lorentz and the board held a public hearing and cleared environmental review for the proposed district, shifting emergency medical services from patient-pay to ad valorem property tax funding with an

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Hamburg establishes ambulance district with ad valorem tax funding

Hamburg establishes ambulance district with property tax funding model. The Town Board unanimously ordered a public hearing on August 24 for a Hamburg Ambulance District to replace current patient-pay services with centralized district funding supported by ad valorem property taxation. First-year

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Hamburg Town Board adopts zoning amendments, Fair Housing updates

Hamburg Town Board unanimously adopted amendments to Article XLIV Site Plan Review zoning code, completing a three-year planning initiative tied to the town's 2022 Comprehensive Plan. The board also advanced proposed Fair Housing Chapter 109 amendments with a public hearing set for August 10, and

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Hamburg Town Board approves routine June agenda

Hamburg Town Board approves its June agenda unanimously, including routine business and firefighter honors. Supervisor Elizabeth Farrell Lorentz and Councilmembers Daniel Kozub, Frank Bogulski, Lynn Dixon, and Nick Ortiz voted without opposition on personnel actions, facility improvements, and

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Town awards $1.17M jetty repair contract to contractor

Hamburg Town Board approves $1.17M beach jetty repair contract. The Board awarded the Town Beach Jetty Repair Project to Legend Excavating LLC for $1,170,416, to be funded initially from General Fund balance pending FEMA reimbursement with 25 percent local match. The Board unanimously adopted

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Hamburg Town Board approves police hires and infrastructure funding

Hamburg Town Board approves police staffing and community development grants. The board unanimously appointed three Police Officers at $31.01 per hour each and promoted three officers to Detective Sergeant, Narcotics, and Lieutenant positions effective May 19. The board approved Community

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Hamburg Town Board enacts 12-month solar and battery storage moratorium

Hamburg Town Board enacts solar and battery storage moratorium while updating regulations. The board unanimously approved a 12-month pause on new applications for battery energy storage systems and Tier 2 and Tier 3 solar installations as the Code Review Committee modernizes local ordinances

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Hamburg adopts temporary moratorium on solar and battery storage systems

Hamburg Town Board unanimously approves twelve-month moratorium on battery energy storage systems and Tier 2 and Tier 3 solar facilities. The ban, effective immediately, protects applications received before April 13, 2026, and allows the Code Review Committee time to update regulations adopted in

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