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Sachem board to hold public hearings on firefighter and senior tax exemptions
Summary
The Sachem Central School District board agreed Oct. 22 to schedule separate public hearings before March 1 on (1) lowering the years‑of‑service requirement for the volunteer firefighter/ambulance 10% school‑tax exemption from five to two years, and (2) possible increases to the senior/disabled limited‑income exemption threshold after trustees sought town cost estimates.
The Sachem Central School District Board of Education voted Oct. 22 to schedule separate public hearings on two real‑property tax exemptions, district officials said.
Superintendent Michelle Trombetta described proposed language that would reduce the required years of volunteer service to qualify for the 10% school‑tax exemption for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers from five years to two. District and town officials told trustees the change would be largely a recruitment tool and have a negligible fiscal impact on local tax rolls, affecting very few properties, Trombetta said. Trustees agreed to move that change to a public hearing so the…
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