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Sayville district says Bristol PILOT change will raise 2025–26 tax levy cap to 2.8%
Summary
District staff told the board that a revised Payment‑In‑Lieu‑Of‑Taxes (PILOT) agreement restored 2024–25 revenue but defers credits that eliminate anticipated PILOT revenue for 2025–26, requiring the district to adjust its tax‑cap calculation and plan for a 2.8% levy increase.
The Sayville Union Free School District reported that a revised payment‑in‑lieu‑of‑taxes (PILOT) agreement with the town restored the district’s 2024–25 PILOT revenue but will remove the PILOT payment the district had budgeted for 2025–26, prompting an upward adjustment to the district’s tax levy cap.
District staff said the change stems from a settlement reached in June. "With this revised PILOT payment agreement, which we settled in June, it does make the schools whole for the 24–25 school year in terms of how much money we were gonna get in pilot payments," Robert Bartels, district staff, told the board. Bartels said the town deferred…
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