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Budget Summary |
Proposed Budget: $14,872,497
Dollar Increase: $869,267
Percent Increase: 6.2%
Estimated Tax Rate Increase: 3.98% |
Residents
to vote on $14,872,497
proposed budget
Duanesburg Central School District residents will go to the
polls on Tuesday, May 20, to vote on a $14,872,497
proposed budget for the 2008-09 school year.
If approved on May 20, it would result in an estimated tax rate increase of 3.98 percent for property owners in the
Town of Duanesburg.
Voters will also elect two
candidates to the Board of Education and decide on a
proposition to purchase three new school buses. Polls
will be open from 1 to 9 p.m. at Duanesburg Elementary
School.
The proposed budget represents
an $869,267 spending increase over the current year's
budget. Most of the increase is the result of contractual salary
obligations, rising costs for special
education and BOCES services, as well as debt payments for old and new capital projects.
These factors, totaling $745,000, make up 90 percent of the
spending increase.
Additionally, a large portion
of the remaining 10 percent of the increase is the result of
rising oil and diesel fuel costs.
While creating a school
budget, it always a difficult process, these rising costs
have had a significant impact on the 2008-09 proposed
budget, leaving little room to trim costs.
After analyzing, reviewing and
ultimately making reductions where significant savings could
be made, district administrators and the Board of Education
arrived at the proposed budget.
With this budget, we have made every effort to balance the
needs of our students while trying to minimize the tax
impact for our residents, said Superintendent of Schools
Christine Crowley.
The proposed budget includes
the implementation of full-day kindergarten, which is made
possible through extra state funding. it also includes about $129,000
in new educational initiatives and $219,000 in proposed reductions.
Residents can learn more about the proposed budget by
attending the public forum on Tuesday, May 6,
at 7:30 p.m. at the middle/high school, or by
reviewing the links to the right. District
residents will also receive a detailed budget edition of the
Soaring Eagle in mid May.
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