Voting in the General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 3. Stillwater Village residents may vote from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Stillwater Town Hall, 881 Hudson Ave.

A sample ballot is posted below. Stillwater Village residents will also vote on a proposition to establish a Service Award Program for members of  the Newland-Wood Village Fire Department (also posted below). There will be NO tax increase if this proposition passes.

Proposition #1, Stillwater District 2, Village of Stillwater

The Board of Trustees of the Village of Stillwater adopted a resolution on June 16, 2026 authorizing, pursuant to article 11-a of the general municipal law of the state of New York, a public referendum of eligible voters of the village of Stillwater, in order to seek approval of the establishment of a defined contribution service award program effective January 1, 2027, which shall be administered by the New York state office of the state comptroller or its designee(s), for active volunteer firefighter members of the Newland-Wood Fire Company of the Stillwater fire department. Under the program, a $500 annual service award shall be credited to a participating volunteer firefighter’s service award program account for each year after 2026 during which a participating volunteer firefighter earns a year of service award program service credit. Additional $500 service award(s) shall be credited to the accounts of eligible participating volunteer firefighters for each year of such service credit earned for calendar years prior to 2027 and after calendar year 2021; stating that the total years of service credit and the number of service awards that can be earned is fifty; stating that such participating volunteer firefighter’s account shall be credited with investment income earned thereon less necessary program administration expenses. Participating volunteer firefighters upon application, generally at age 60, the entitlement age, shall be paid a lump-sum payment or 2 equal annual installment payments, participating volunteer firefighters age 60 and older may continue to earn service credit and be paid additional service awards; pre-entitlement age death benefits and disability benefits may be payable under the program, equal to the participating volunteer firefighter’s service award program account balance. The estimated annual cost of the program, to be paid by the Village of Stillwater beginning in calendar year 2028, shall be as much as $16,500 shall include an annual administration fee of about $1,075; such estimated calendar year 2028 cost shall be about $600 for each participating volunteer firefighter; the estimated total annual cost is expected to decrease to about $12,500 ($500 per active volunteer) after ten years when the cost of granting service credit for years before 2027 shall be paid. Therefore, shall the stated resolution to establish the Village of Stillwater service award program be approved?