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Riverhead superintendent's business officer presents $211 million proposed budget within 2.16% tax cap
Summary
Interim assistant superintendent for business Dr. Mary Anne Cartesano presented a proposed 2025-26 budget of $211 million, a 4.95% increase; district officials said the proposal stays within the computed property tax cap of 2.16% and relies on anticipated state aid increases and pilot payments.
Dr. Mary Anne Cartesano, the interim assistant superintendent for business, presented the Riverhead Central School District's preliminary 2025'26 budget proposal at the March 4, 2025 board meeting, outlining revenues, major expenditure increases and the district's budget calendar.
The proposal and tax-cap context
Cartesano described a superintendent-proposed budget of $211,000,000 for 2025'26, which she said represents a $9,900,000 increase (4.95%) over the current year and remains within the district's calculated property tax cap of 2.16 percent. "The superintendent's proposed budget of $211,000,000 with a $9,900,000 increase or 4.95%, and that is within the 2.16% property tax cap limit," Cartesano told the board.
Revenue assumptions and notable line items
District staff said the revenue…
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