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Mount Kisco trustees confirm $1.25M in ARPA allocations, trim tax increase to 1.99%
Summary
Trustees reopened the FY2025-26 budget hearing and heard Village Manager Edward Brancati detail how American Rescue Plan Act funds and board changes lowered the proposed tax increase to 1.99% and allocated $1,250,135.71 to five capital priorities, including $450,135.71 for Byram Lake water-main replacement.
The Village Board of Trustees reopened the public hearing on the proposed FY2025-26 budget and heard a briefing from Village Manager Edward W. Brancati on the village’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and recent budget changes. Brancati said the board’s revisions reduced the amount to be raised by real property taxes by $142,874 and lowered the proposed tax increase to 1.99% from the tentative 2.89% level.
Brancati briefed trustees on the ARPA allocation and how the Village spent and planned the funds. He said the Village was allocated $1,107,176.15 as a non‑entitlement unit and earned $142,959.56 in interest, “for a total amount of $1,250,135.71,” and described specific allocations: $200,000 each for Independent Fire House addition/renovations, Mutual Fire House addition/renovations, Streetscape Phase 2 and Saw Mill sewer pump station upgrade; and $450,135.71 for the Byram Lake water‑main replacement. Mayor J. Michael Cindrich moved to close the public hearing after the briefing and the board adopted the motion unanimously.
Why it matters: the board’s changes lower immediate property-tax pressure while directing ARPA dollars to capital needs, including water‑system work that trustees flagged as a priority. The hearing closure advances the budget process toward final adoption and records trustees’ choices about using federal ARPA funds for infrastructure.
