The Brockport Central School District Board of Education unanimously adopted the proposed 2015-2016 budget during its April 7 meeting.
The $75,946,267 budget projects a 0.89% tax rate increase (the actual tax rate is set in August).
The budget was balanced utilizing $2,975,000 of fund balance and reserves and a tax levy increase of 1.89%. The tax levy is less than Brockport’s tax levy limit (cap) of 2.48%. The estimated tax increase is approximately $15.40 per year on a home valued at $100,000 with the STAR program and $22 per year without STAR.
In addition to the 2015-2016 Proposed Budget, one board trustee position (five-year term), and a proposition to purchase 13 buses are on the ballot for May 19, 2015. The vote will be held in the Technology and Training Center from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. (40 Allen Street, Building 800).
Anyone interested in running for trustee on the Board of Education can pick up a petition in the BCSD Business Office between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Board of Education candidates will be announced after the April 20 deadline for petitions.
Absentee ballots may be obtained between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays, from the Deputy District Clerk, commencing April 20. Absentee ballots must be received by the Deputy District Clerk no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19. For information, contact the District office at 637-1820.
District residents will have an opportunity to learn more about the proposed budget in an insert in the May 3 Suburban News/Hamlin-Clarkson Herald and at a public hearing on May 5 at 7 p.m. in the Fred W. Hill School cafetorium. Additional budget information is posted at www.bcs1.org/Budget.
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