TOWN OF PINE PLAINS
Pine Plains, New York
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Preliminary Budget of the Town of Pine Plains for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2027, has been completed and filed in the office of the Town Clerk, Town Hall, 3284 Route 199, Pine Plains, New York, where it is available for inspection by any interested person.
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board will meet and review said budget and hold a Public Hearing thereon at the Pine Plains Town Hall, 3284 Route 199, Pine Plains, New York at 6:00 p.m. on the 10th day of November 2026, and at that hearing any person may be heard in favor of or against the preliminary budget, or for or against any item or items therein contained.
The proposed salaries of the following Town officers are hereby specified:
Supervisor $22,000
Budget Director $ 3,500
Councilpersons (4) $ 6,800
Justices (2) $18,000
Town Clerk $25,000
Highway Superintendent $64,790
BY ORDER OF THE PINE PLAINS TOWN BOARD.
Dated: October 22, 2026
MADELIN DAFOE, Town Clerk
2027 Preliminary Budget
2027 FINAL FIRE Budget Summary
At first glance, Pine Plains looks like an ordinary, small country town. Like the other towns in Dutchess County, it was created from a larger tract, called a patent, granted by the English Crown to groups of men or companies for speculation. Pine Plains, along with the town of Milan and part of the town of North East, was carved out of the 1706 Little Nine Partners Patent, one of the last in Dutchess County to be granted. But here the similarity ends. Geography would play a significant role in shaping Pine Plains’ development, making it quite different from other towns in the region. Called “the pine plains” for the abundance of pine trees covering its valley floor, the area, bounded on the east and west by mountains, was something of a backwater.
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