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Cornwall Central business official outlines $97M‑scale 2026–27 budget; trustees split over using pension reserves or raising levy
Summary
Business official John Fink presented a recommended 2026–27 budget with an approximate $2.5 million shortfall and proposed a 3% tax-levy increase; board members debated drawing ERS/TRS reserves versus increasing the levy (options ranged to 4–4.81%), with trustees split on affordability and long‑term reserve risk.
The Cornwall Central School District presented a recommended spending plan for 2026–27 and fielded a lengthy trustees' debate about how to close an identified shortfall.
"We're recommending a 3% tax levy increase, which gets us about $1,600,000," John Fink, the district finance presenter, told the board, and he summarized revenue and expenditure projections the administration had prepared. In the slideshow he described estimated expenditures in the high‑90 millions range and a revenue projection that left an approximate $2.5 million gap that would be addressed by a combination of a 3% levy, use of fund balance and potential transfers from ERS/TRS reserves as presented.
Fink also stressed…
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