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Port Jervis presents $103 million budget proposal with 0% tax-levy increase
Summary
District business officials presented a proposed $103 million 2025–26 budget that keeps the tax levy flat while warning board members that rising health, retirement and inflationary costs make continued zero increases unsustainable.
Port Jervis City School District officials presented a proposed $103,000,007 budget for 2025–26 that preserves a 0% tax-levy increase while reflecting a year-over-year spending rise driven largely by borrowing, benefit costs and retirement contributions.
The budget framework shown March 11 by Assistant Supervisor of Business John Tim keeps the tax levy flat but increases total spending, in large part because of planned capital borrowing and higher personnel-related costs. Tim said the districtproposal remains a rollover budget that meets contractual obligations and that the board will be asked to adopt a formal proposed budget next month.
Why it matters: District officials said previously deferred cost pressures are resurfacing. Health-insurance premiums and employer-paid benefit costs have…
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