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District finance chief lays out $156.9M preliminary budget and a proposed 4.21% tax levy
Summary
Assistant Superintendent for Business Mike Tuttle presented a $156,908,757 preliminary budget and said the district plans for a 4.21% tax-levy increase; trustees questioned the size of the increase amid rising city taxes and charter-school costs that are higher than budgeted.
At the March 18 Poughkeepsie City School District workshop, Assistant Superintendent for Business Mike Tuttle presented a preliminary 2026–27 budget overview and a recommended tax-levy plan. Tuttle said the district’s draft budget totals $156,908,757 and that the proposed maximum tax levy for the coming year is $34,952,161, which he characterized as a 4.21% levy (the calculation relies on state formulas and allowable growth factors).
Tuttle identified major budget drivers: salaries and benefits (roughly 70–75% of the budget), projected health-plan cost increases (projected…
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