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Fayetteville-Manlius board approves $78.7 million tax warrant for 2025-26
Summary
The Fayetteville-Manlius Board of Education approved the 2025-26 tax levy and a slate of routine contracts and settlements, including a tax certiorari settlement and agreements for student mental-health services.
The Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District Board of Education on Aug. 4 approved a tax warrant totaling $78,731,764 for the 2025-26 fiscal year, the board said during its regular meeting. The warrant includes a school tax levy of $75,127,561 and a library tax levy of $3,604,203, before STAR reimbursement.
The tax levy motion was made and seconded during the meeting and was adopted by the board. The district stated the total tax warrant amount on the record during the vote.
Why it matters: The tax warrant sets the district’s collectible property taxes for the coming school year and provides the legal basis for collection and disbursement of funds to support district operations and the library. The board’s action moves the district into the 2025-26 budget year with levy totals that will determine taxpayer bills after STAR credits.
The board also approved a tax certiorari settlement with Fayetteville Hotel Ownership LLC as presented by legal counsel, and authorized agreements with Contact Community Services to provide a student assistance program and a mental health educator program for a combined amount of $250,712 for 2025-26. The board approved special patrol officer and school information/resource officer agreements and adopted updated policies in second reading consistent with the district’s policy review schedule.
Discussion versus formal action: Board members asked brief clarifying questions prior to votes; the transcript records no extended debate on the levy itself. The tax levy and the listed contracts and settlements were presented as motions and approved during the meeting. The minutes for an earlier special meeting (July 30, 2025) were amended for an accurate start time and that amended approval was tabled for later action.
Board process notes: The district clerk, Sarah Gridley, and board members identified by first name handled motions and roll calls; no formal roll-call vote counts were published in the meeting transcript beyond the chair’s request for “all in favor” and the board’s affirmative responses. STAR reimbursement was noted as a deduction from the warrant total; the transcript records the levy figure “before STAR reimbursement.”
The board concluded the consent agenda and adjourned the meeting at 7:27 p.m.
