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Tug Hill Commission to Hold Town Budget Workshop on
August 26th
Published: August 10, 2026
at 04:00 p.m.
By: Press Release
from NYS Tug Hill Commission
Town Budget Workshop August 26, 6 to 8 p.m., Town of Lee
 WATERTOWN, NEW YORK – The Tug Hill
Commission is sponsoring a town budget workshop on Wednesday, August 26
from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lee Town Hall, 5808 Stokes Lee Center Road, Lee
Center, 13363. This free training opportunity is designed to assist town
officials in preparing their annual budgets. The evening’s presenter will
be Laird Petrie, technical assistance provider with the Tug Hill Commission
for the last five years. Laird worked as a municipal auditor for the Office
of the State Comptroller (OSC) in Syracuse for 27 years, where he conducted
and supervised audits of local governments and school districts in an
eight-county region of Central NY. Laird served as the technical assistance
coordinator and conducted numerous training sessions for both OSC staff and
local officials. Before joining OSC, Laird worked as a Tug Hill Commission
circuit rider in the 1990's for a 14-town council of governments and
attended town board meetings and provided training and technical assistance
when requested.
Topics to be
covered include an overview of the budgetary responsibilities of local
officials, development of a structurally balanced budget, key elements of
the annual budget, tools available for assisting town officials in the
budget process and monitoring and amending the annual budget. Please bring
questions for Laird to address during the question and
answer period! Register for this free workshop by Monday, August 24
at tinyurl.com/2026BudgetWorkshop. Please call the call the Tug Hill Commission at (315) 785-2380 or
email tughill@tughill.org with any questions.
The New York
State Tug Hill Commission is a non-regulatory state agency charged with
helping local governments, organizations, and citizens shape the future of
the region, especially its environment and economy. The commission uses a
grassroots approach to build local capacity and provide technical
assistance in land use planning, community development, and natural
resource management.
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