At June’s school board meeting, Deborah Gatti, North Rockland School District Board President, stated that a final decision on the 2011-2012 budget would be made by August. There are 2 options that can help alleviate the current 7.6% tax increase on Haverstraw residents and further decrease taxes for Stony Point residents.
They are:
1. To take additional monies from the reserve “rainy day” funds.
2. To budget more conservatively and not over estimate expenses for the 2011-2102 school year. (This is something that Deborah Gatti stated at the June board meeting is common practice by school districts and municipalities to prepare for the worst and help build their reserve funds.)
By signing this petition, you are not criticizing the North Rockland school board or administration. You are only asking the school board to consider either one of these two strategies to reduce your property tax increase for this fall.
I will print out the final petition on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 and bring with me to the Committee of Whole Workshop meeting that evening to present to the board. Please make sure you list your name on the petition by no later than the morning of July 19, 2011.
If you have any questions before listing your name, please send an email to [email protected].
Updates
July 18, 2011
I have been hearing from so many of you who are struggling to manage these property tax increases on top of your existing monthly expenses. I am currently organizing these signatures into a packet to present at the next workshop because the board needs to understand that our bank accounts have limits.
July 18, 2011
Seeing this kind of momentum confirms that I am not the only one struggling to manage these tax hikes. It is encouraging to see our neighbors unified in asking for a more responsible budget.
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stony point residents r getting killed with these rates. use the rainy day fund for once!
its for a rainy day and it is pouring right now. use it.
FINALLY. Someone needs to speak up about this. My bill is insane.
my taxes are already way too high for this area. enough is enough.
so tired of the constant hikes. help us out here.
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At June’s school board meeting, Deborah Gatti, North Rockland School District Board President, stated that a final decision on the 2011-2012 budget would be made by August. There are 2 options that can help alleviate the current 7.6% tax increase on Haverstraw residents and further decrease taxes for Stony Point residents.
They are:
1. To take additional monies from the reserve “rainy day” funds.
2. To budget more conservatively and not over estimate expenses for the 2011-2102 school year. (This is something that Deborah Gatti stated at the June board meeting is common practice by school districts and municipalities to prepare for the worst and help build their reserve funds.)
By signing this petition, you are not criticizing the North Rockland school board or administration. You are only asking the school board to consider either one of these two strategies to reduce your property tax increase for this fall.
I will print out the final petition on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 and bring with me to the Committee of Whole Workshop meeting that evening to present to the board. Please make sure you list your name on the petition by no later than the morning of July 19, 2011.
If you have any questions before listing your name, please send an email to [email protected].
Updates
July 18, 2011
I have been hearing from so many of you who are struggling to manage these property tax increases on top of your existing monthly expenses. I am currently organizing these signatures into a packet to present at the next workshop because the board needs to understand that our bank accounts have limits.
July 18, 2011
Seeing this kind of momentum confirms that I am not the only one struggling to manage these tax hikes. It is encouraging to see our neighbors unified in asking for a more responsible budget.
6 Comments
Ridiculous. We cant afford to keep paying more every single year while they sit on all that extra cash.
stony point residents r getting killed with these rates. use the rainy day fund for once!
its for a rainy day and it is pouring right now. use it.
FINALLY. Someone needs to speak up about this. My bill is insane.
my taxes are already way too high for this area. enough is enough.
so tired of the constant hikes. help us out here.
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Ridiculous. We cant afford to keep paying more every single year while they sit on all that extra cash.