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Cheektowaga‑Sloan board adopts $42.9 million budget, sets May hearing and May 20 vote; authorizes $19.5M capital proposition
Summary
The Cheektowaga‑Sloan UFSD Board of Education adopted a $42,901,087 budget for 2025–26, set a public hearing for May 13 and the annual vote for May 20, and authorized a capital proposition up to $19.5 million to be presented to voters, including use of $5 million in reserves.
Board President Denise McCowan presided as the Cheektowaga‑Sloan Union Free School District Board of Education on April 29 adopted the proposed 2025–26 budget totaling $42,901,087 and set the public hearing and election dates. The board resolved to hold a hearing on May 13, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School and scheduled the annual vote for May 20, 2025 at John F. Kennedy Middle/High School between 12:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
"The Cheektowaga‑Sloan Union Free School District Board of Education shall be authorized to expend the sum set forth in the proposed 2025–2026 budget in the amount of $42,901,087 and to levy the necessary tax," the motion to adopt the budget stated; the motion, moved by Board member Stephanie Dombrowski and seconded by James Stachewicz, carried 4–0 with three board members absent. The board also adopted and submitted the required Real Property Tax Report Card to the New York State Education Department.
In a separate motion the board authorized placing before voters a capital proposition "to construct and improve school buildings, facilities and sites" not to exceed $19,500,000. That motion, moved by Jennifer L. Kregg and seconded by Stephanie Dombrowski, specified funding of the project with $5,000,000 from the district's Capital Improvement Reserve Funds and $14,500,000 of serial bonds. The proposition and related ballot language will appear to voters as part of the May 20 election.
The board also approved a resolution to establish Capital Improvement Reserve Fund No. 3 under Education Law Section 3651, with a term not to exceed 10 years and a maximum aggregate funding of $10,000,000 plus interest; the resolution specified that the source of funding will be annual budgetary savings only. The motions on the budget and capital items carried by roll call vote (4 Ayes, 0 Noes, 3 Absent).
