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Shelter Island board authorizes filing of tax‑cap calculations, signals intent to exceed cap
Summary
The school board authorized filing 2025–26 property tax‑cap calculations with the New York State Comptroller and said the district anticipates going beyond the cap after reviewing levy calculations and exclusions; the motion passed unanimously.
The Shelter Island Union Free School District Board of Education voted Feb. 25 to authorize the administration to file the district’s 2025–26 property tax‑cap calculations with the Office of the New York State Comptroller and to notify the Comptroller that the district anticipates going beyond statutory cap limitations.
The board accepted the superintendent’s finance recommendations on agenda item 6.1 in a motion made by Tracy McCarthy and seconded by Katherine Rossi‑Snook; the motion carried unanimously. The resolution directed administration to file the tax‑cap calculations and to adjust calculations for any PILOT payments. The board recorded prior‑year figures including a prior school‑year tax levy of $11,498,886 and a computed Tax Levy Limit Plus Exclusions of $11,742,232.
The filing follows the board’s presentation of the calculation worksheet, which listed a tax base growth factor (1.0017), product figures ($11,518,434 and $11,430,580 in two lines of the calculation), and stated PILOT amounts of $63,458. The district’s resolution cited the requirement to notify the Office of the New York State Comptroller by March 1 of anticipated property tax‑cap calculations.
President Kathleen Lynch contextualized the vote, noting the district’s recent history with the cap: she said the board last pierced the cap nine years ago and that in 2020 the district managed a 0% increase during the pandemic. Lynch added, “this year it may just be the year where we have no choice, but to pierce the Tax Cap.”
What happens next: the administration is authorized to file the calculations with the Comptroller’s office and to update the submission to reflect any pilot payments; there was no separate recorded amendment or roll‑call breakdown in the transcript beyond the unanimous outcome.
