Vol. 37, No. 17 3 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019
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Maybrook trustees reject budget
By LAURA FITZGERALD
[email protected]
The Maybrook village board voted
down the proposed 2019-20 budget, which
proposed a 9 percent tax increase.
Had the proposed budget gone
through, the new 2019-20 tax rate for
a Town of Montgomery resident would
have been $15.43 per $1,000 assessed, up
from $14.17 last year. The new 2019-20
tax rate for a Town of Hamptonburg
resident, which has a small contingency
in Maybrook, would have been $10.03 per
$1,000 assessed.
Currently, the village’s fund balance is
at zero, so the tax hike would have helped
replenish the fund balance. The zero-
fund balance has caused the Office of the
State Comptroller to list the village as
moderately stressed for fiscal year ending
in 2018.
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Easter Bunny and friends
Pine Bush
approves
$119 million
budget
By LAURA FITZGERALD
[email protected]
Laura Fitzgerald
The Wallkill High School Leo Club facilitated the annual Wallkill Lions Easter Egg Hunt last Saturday, providing games, face painting, music
and more. The event was moved inside because of the rain.
The Pine Bush Central School District
approved an approximately $118.77
million budget for a public vote at its last
board meeting on April 9, an increase of
2.23 percent.
Totaling $53.9 million, voters will also
vote on two capital improvement projects
for infrastructure maintenance and
upgrades and athletic improvements.
Assistant Superintendent of Business
Michael Pacella said the tax levy for the
budget—the amount raised by taxes—
would increase by 3.07 percent, staying
within the tax cap. The tax levy is $60.05
million, an increase of $1.78 million from
last year.
This year’s budget goals were to
maintain the strong educational standards
of the district within the legal financial
constraints; address state standards,
maintain and decrease class sizes;
minimize out of district special education
offerings; and offer other curricular and
extracurricular options.
The expansion of foreign language to
seventh grade was added on a half time
basis to this year’s budget. Students would
take the Spanish program every other day
for the full year before the full year begins
in eighth grade, Assistant Superintendent
of Instruction Donna Geidel said.
Two Spanish teachers would be added
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