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Byron-Bergen board approves $9.57 million tax levy for 2025–26
Summary
The Byron-Bergen Central School District board voted Aug. 4 to levy $9,572,240 for the 2025–26 school year and authorized a tax warrant to collect taxes Sept. 1–Oct. 30, 2025; delinquent tax penalties and town-specific tax rates were set in the resolution.
The Byron-Bergen Central School District Board of Education voted Aug. 4 to levy $9,572,240 in school taxes for the 2025–26 fiscal year and authorized a tax warrant for collection from Sept. 1 through Oct. 30, 2025. The motion to approve the 2025–2026 Tax Warrant was moved by L. Forsyth and seconded by C. Matthews and passed 5–0.
The boardadopted a resolution that: "RESOLVED, that the Byron Bergen Central School District will levy a tax of $9,572,240 on the taxable property within the District," and fixed equalization and tax rates for the constituent towns. The resolution lists tax rates per $1,000 of assessed value for towns in the district (for example, Bergen $17.682586 and Byron $17.682743) and directs that, if payments are not made by the specified dates, unpaid taxes will be returned to Genesee, Monroe and Orleans counties where penalties will be applied. The resolution also specified a 60-day effective period for the tax warrant and delinquent-penalty guidance (a first-month grace period followed by 2% interest in the second month).
Board members said the levy follows voter authorization at the districtads annual meeting on May 21, 2025 to raise the necessary tax to fund the current budget. The motion passed 5 Yes, 0 No.
