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Watertown board adopts $103.9 million proposed budget, sets 2.44% tax levy and several voter propositions
Summary
The Watertown City School District board approved a $103,909,155 proposed budget for 2025–26 and a package of propositions including a $15 million capital reserve and a $1 million furniture reserve; the package will be submitted to district voters May 20, 2025. The board also approved a slate of routine motions and personnel actions.
The Watertown City School District Board of Education on April 14 approved a proposed $103,909,155 budget for fiscal 2025–26 and a tax levy set at the district’s calculated 2.44 percent cap. The budget, presented by Assistant Superintendent for Operations and Finance Brianne Durham, will be submitted to voters at the district budget vote on May 20.
“This budget is proposing a 2.44% tax levy increase,” Durham said during the presentation, describing revenue assumptions that include an increase in state and federal aid and a projected interest-income windfall. Durham said the district expects roughly $2 million in interest earnings this year and budgeted conservatively for $1 million next year. The proposed tax levy increase translates to about a $27 annual increase on a $100,000 home in Watertown, Durham said.
Durham outlined a recommended mix of revenues and spending: a projected near-$7 million increase in salaries (total proposed salaries just under $51 million), an increase in state and federal aid, greater use of fund…
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