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Hampton Bays board previews $67.5 million budget; May 20 vote to include $300,000 repair question
Summary
District administrators presented a $67.5 million spending plan with a 3.32% tax levy cap and a projected 2.16% spending increase; state aid is expected to decline and the budget goes to voters May 20.
HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y. — District staff on Tuesday presented the Hampton Bays Union Free School District’s proposed $67,500,000 spending plan for 2025–26 and urged the community to consider the measure when it appears on the May 20 ballot.
In a budget presentation, Mr. Clemenson (staff member) told the board the district’s tax levy cap is 3.32% and that the spending increase in the proposed budget is about 2.16. “Our tax levy cap is 3.32%, and that's how much taxes would increase,” Clemenson said. He also said the district will remain within that cap.
The proposal includes roughly $67.5 million in total spending financed by a mix of local tax revenue, PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) funds, other local revenue and state aid. Clemenson told the board the district expects to see a reduction in state aid this year — the first time he and a long-serving colleague had experienced a year-over-year decrease — and attributed that change to shifts in property equalization and the state Foundation…
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