Michael Ryan in The Windham Journal reports that Prattsville passed a 2016 budget, $665,861 in spending for the general and highway funds and $94,370 for the fire district. Overall, Prattsville taxes will rise .06, under the state-mandated two-percent tax cap and smaller than last year’s .84 percent increase. Council members did not get pay raises, but the town supervisor’s pay goes up from $8,500 to $8,750. The town meeting also reported that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection bought 123 acrea next to the highway department in the vicinity of Conine Road. Read the full story in The Windham Journal.