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Hardyston board reviews budget outlook as tax levy supplies most revenue
Summary
At a public budget workshop, district staff told the Hardyston Township Board that 76% of projected revenue comes from the tax levy (tax-levy figure cited as 11,522,940) and that key figures remain estimates pending the governor's March budget address and results of ongoing labor negotiations.
District staff presented a preliminary budget picture at the board's second public workshop, saying the largest single revenue source is the local tax levy. "The biggest portion is the 76% of it comes from the tax levy," presenter Sue Versa said, and she read a tax-levy total of "11,522,940" as the working figure for the draft budget.
Versa told the board that state aid currently represents about 11% of the budget and that categorical aid (transportation, special education, security) fluctuates with student counts. She emphasized that many line items remain estimates: "Everything else that was input into the budget right now is flat, starting numbers from last year," Versa said, noting the district must wait for the governor's budget address before finalizing figures. Board members discussed scheduling committee and board meetings in mid-March to align with state numbers and the county submission deadline that was recently extended.
