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Vol. 28, No 48
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NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 6, 2016
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NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Spending plan adopted Monday night by city council includes tax rate increases
The City of Newburgh budget for 2017
was adopted at City Hall on Monday,
receiving narrow approval by city
lawmakers.
The $44,410,285 spending plan ushers
in tax increases for both homeowners
and businesses - what city Mayor Judy
Kennedy described as a compromise.
“Between a rock and hard place, that’s
right where we are,” said Kennedy on
Tuesday night.
The new rates increase taxes by about
$26 on a $200,000 home and by $59 on
a non-homestead property of the same
value. The new tax levy of $19.4 million
stays flat for the third year in a row. The
levy remains within the state-mandated
ONE DOLLAR
Lady Goldbacks
take to the
court
City adopts $44.4 million budget
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
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tax levy limit, said city Comptroller Katie
Mack.
The levy generates a homestead tax rate
of $19.65 per $1,000 of assessed property
value and a non-homestead tax rate of
$26.13 per $1,000 of assessed property
value. The rates were raised by 13 cents
and 30 cents, respectively.
The council was presented with a “plan
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NFA presents ‘The Grinch’
Fit for
a chief
Cameron will continue
to receive police-chief
salary in 2017
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
Photo provided
The Newburgh Free Academy Dance team will present The Grinch this weekend with shows on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the main
campus auditorium.
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A month after the Newburgh Civil
Service Commission forced acting Police
Chief Dan Cameron to step down, the
Newburgh City Council has voted to
allow him to keep his police-chief salary.
“We could save overtime if the council
would consider paying at the deputychief position, which is currently at the
chief-pay level,” explained City Manager
Michael Ciaravino at a Nov. 10 council
work session.
With the passing of the 2017 city budget
on Tuesday, Cameron’s pay was restored
to the police chief-salary while he serves
as deputy police chief moving forward
into next year.
Cameron’s pay was reduced from
$116,000 to $101,000 after the civil service
commission ruled he could not continue
as acting police chief due to his refusal
to take an open exam earlier this year.
Cameron refused to take the test on
principal, claiming the test requirements
were unfair to internal candidates at the
City of Newburgh Police Department.
In October, when the civil service
commission ruled that time had run out
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