T IMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 14, No 17
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APRIL 26 - MAY 2, 2017
After a lengthy debate at last week’s
meeting, the Marlboro School Board
unanimously approved a budget of
$56,736,857 for the 2017-18 school year.
This is up from the current school budget
by $2.2 million.
In a slide presentation Business and
Finance Director Patrick Witherow
highlighted key provisions in next year’s
budget. The amount of the tax levy has
been set at $33,948,733, which is $276,730
lower than the levy for the current
budget, is at the tax cap and is the third
consecutive year that residents will see a
reduction in the levy.
The district is set to receive an increase
in state aid by
$2,970,087, bringing
the total that Marlboro will receive
to $16,717,455, however miscellaneous
revenues for next year will increase by
$279,052 to $1,184,052.
The district is proposing to tap the
reserves and fund balance accounts by
$3.7 million but Witherow expects the
district will use just $1.5 million of that
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Marlboro OKs $56.7 million budget
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
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amount and leave $2.2 million to pay for
unexpected expenditures that may arise
during the school year.
Witherow pointed out that the
combined costs of health insurance,
benefit trust payments and dental costs
are set to rise dramatically from $5,972,823
this year to $6,803,272 next year.
Witherow calculated that overall
salaries are up by $1,348,515, teacher
retirements are down by $285,518 but
Social Security payments are up by
$42,913. He said $300,000 is contained
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H eroes for H eroes
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Photo provided
On April 22, members of the Town of Lloyd Police Department joined members Town of New Paltz Police Department and SUNY New Paltz
Police Department for “A Hero for Heroes” Special Olympic Event. Participants had an opportunity to interact with members of law enforce-
ment and then close the day out with an obstacle course competition.
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Lloyd
discusses
conflicts
of interest
In February the Lloyd Town Board
appointed their town Code Officer
Anthony Giangrasso to work part-time
for the town Highway Department to
help with snow removal when needed.
Two board members who voted for that
seasonal appointment – Joseph Mazzetti
and Mike Guerriero – had previously
hired Giangrasso and his company
Community Plumbing, Heating and Air
Conditioning to do some work for them at
their residences.
Mazzetti said when he hired
Giangrasso’s company he consulted with
the Association of Towns about when to
recuse himself from certain town matters
because of his position as a Councilman.
“I would vote on anybody that I do
business with in the same manner, that
it’s something respectable and something
that’s above board,” he said. “I believe he’s
[Giangrasso] already a town employee
and for him to want to pile snow because
we have a shortage, if it’s our Highway
Superintendent’s recommendation, I’m
going to support that.”
Mazzetti said in this case he did not feel
he had to recuse himself from voting on
Giangrasso’s appointment. He added that
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