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Gloversville proposes $78 million 2025-26 budget; May 20 vote to include library and capital reserve propositions
Summary
District officials presented a $78 million proposed budget for 2025-26 that would raise the tax levy by 1.77% and place several capital reserve purchases and the Gloversville Public Library budget on the May 20 ballot.
Kathy Mayer, a district staff member, presented the Gloversville City School Districtproposed 2025-26 budget on the boardmeeting, saying the proposal totals $78,000,000.63 and represents a $2,937,054 increase, or 3.92%, over last year.
The proposal would raise the tax levy by 1.77percent — about $284,300 — and relies on currently proposed state aid figures from Governor Kathy Hochul's budget, which the presenter noted had not been finalized by the state legislature. Mayer said the district used conservative revenue assumptions and that a projected fund balance increase of just over $980,000 may not be needed depending on the final state aid outcome.
The budget presentation summarized major drivers of the increase: higher property insurance premiums tied to widespread natural-disaster claims; salary increases across multiple bargaining units; added costs for BOCES distance-learning services and P-TECH tuition; an expected 6% rise in health trust premiums; and increased transportation costs, including contracted routes for students covered by the McKinney-Vento program. Mayer told the board, "I'm not gonna read every single number. I'm just gonna kinda give an overview and, you know, I hate it when people read every single word on a slide."
Voters will also see several propositions on the May 20 ballot, to be held between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. at the Gloversville High School gym and the Bleecker Town Hall: approval of the 2025-26 Gloversville School District budget; purchase of two wheelchair buses, one suburban and one dump truck from the school bus and vehicle capital reserve fund; purchase of computer monitors, charging stations and infrastructure upgrades from the technology capital reserve fund; purchase of musical instruments and classroom furniture from the furniture, fixtures and equipment capital reserve fund; and approval of the 2025-26 Gloversville Public Library budget.
Board members were also told there are three Board of Education vacancies (three-year terms beginning 07/01/2025) and four Gloversville Public Library trustee vacancies (five-year terms beginning 07/01/2025). Petitions are available in the business office at 234 Lincoln Street on weekdays, require signatures of 100 qualified district voters and are due to the election clerk by April 30 at 5 p.m., Mayer said. Mayer said petition forms and vote information will be posted on the district website.
The presentation included a reminder that some revenue projections, such as state aid and interest income, are conservative and subject to change. Mayer said interest income was projected to rise by about $100,000 compared with the prior year given current interest-rate conditions.
