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Keystone Central board directs staff to prepare budget assuming 1.78‑mill property tax increase after split vote
Summary
After hours of debate over staffing cuts and long‑term district deficits, the Keystone Central School District board instructed business staff to build the 2024–25 budget using a 1.78‑mill property tax increase; earlier in the meeting a separate motion calling for no increase briefly passed.
The Keystone Central School District Board of Directors on April 10 directed district business staff to prepare the proposed 2024–25 budget assuming a 1.78‑mill increase in the local property tax rate, following a contentious discussion over cuts, services and the district’s structural deficit.
Board members debated whether to raise taxes at all before the business office must finalize numbers for the May budget presentation. Earlier in the meeting a motion to adopt a 0% tax increase briefly passed on a roll call vote, but the board later voted to send the administration a separate directive to proceed with a 1.78‑mill increase for budget development.
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