TIMES
WALLKILL VALLEY
Vol. 34, No 16 3 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016
Valley Central School District detailed
a proposed 2016-2017 budget at a public
presentation on Saturday morning at the
High School that manages to stay within
the tax levy cap while also adding some
key jobs and programs to the district.
The $98,533,456 budget represents a 1.91%
increase over last year’s spending plan,
with a .48% tax levy increase amounting to
an additional $275,781 due from taxpayers
this year.
The district estimates that homeowners
in the Town of Montgomery with
property assessed at $200,000 will pay
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VC budget offers 1.91% increase
By TED REMSNYDER
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an additional $33.52 in taxes over the
course of the year. Valley Central interim
Superintendent John Xanthis said that
the administration made a concerted
effort to stay within the state-mandated
tax cap. “I think it’s absolutely critical,”
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‘Lovely
site’
Montgomery considers
self-storage facility
and gas station
They’re all together ooky!
By RACHEL COLEMAN
Emma Friedrich
Morticia (Ciara Clark) and Alice Beineke (Megan Jeter, try to bond in the Wallkill Senior High School production of “The Addams Family,” which
hits the stage this weekend. Story, photos on pages 24-25.
A new gas station and a self-storage
facility are possibilities for the town
of Montgomery following a meeting
of town’s Zoning Board of Appeals on
Monday.
After about 38 years, the owner of an
18.8-acre parcel of land on Route 17K may
be able to develop the property for a selfstorage warehouse, a project referred to
as Red Birch.
Engineer Larry Marshall told the
board that the property is one of the
largest parcels of land in the town’s B-4
zoning district but that it has been “very
difficult” to develop the property without
access to municipal water and sewer. He
asked that the board grant a use variance.
The property was originally a trailer
park, approved for 100 units. After the
owner purchased the land in 1978, he
looked into developing it as a car auction,
but his application was denied.
Marshall said the Red Birch proposal
was viable, as it does not require a great
deal of water/sewer services and will not
generate a lot of traffic.
“It seems to be a reasonable use for
the area,” agreed board member John
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