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Fayetteville-Manlius board approves 2024–25 tax levy, multiple policy and safety actions
Summary
At its public meeting, the Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District board approved the 2024–25 school tax levy and a set of routine and safety-related measures, including SRO agreements and an emergency declaration for water-infrastructure repairs.
The Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District Board of Education approved the district—s 2024—25 school tax levy, several policy actions, and safety-related agreements during its regular meeting.
Board members voted to set the school tax levy at $72,547,830 and the library tax levy at $3,513,846, for a combined tax warrant of $76,061,676 before STAR reimbursements. The motion to approve the levy was presented and carried unanimously.
The board also approved routine governance items: minutes from the July 22, 2024 special meeting (motion moved by Cindy, seconded by Chrissy; vote recorded as 5 yeas and 2 abstentions), confirmation of the tax roll/tax rules (moved by Rebecca, seconded by Marissa; unanimous), and amendments to annual Title IX appointments (moved by Rebecca; second by Daryl).
On policy matters, the board rescinded policy 0102 and remanded it to the policy committee for first reading (moved by Cindy; second Rebecca), moved the 4000-series policies into second reading (moved by Chrissy; second Rebecca), and waived second reading to approve policy 4321.12 (moved by Marissa; second Rebecca).
Safety items included approval of agreements for a special patrol officer and a school information resource officer (SRO) with the town of Manlius; administration thanked the district clerk for coordinating with local officials. The board also approved the district—s 2023—24 district safety plan as presented.
The board approved an authorization item and confirmed that substitute pay rates had been reviewed previously with Mr. Gordon to remain competitive with neighboring districts. The meeting concluded after a discussion of upcoming schedule items and a postponed executive session.
The meeting also featured several procedural improvements: the district will trial BoardDocs electronic voting so the public can view instant vote tallies; the board said it will continue to announce official results verbally once votes are locked in.
Next steps: implementation of approved agreements and policies will proceed per district timelines; the board has until Sept. 20 to act on NISBBA resolutions that will be distributed around Sept. 4.
