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WALLKILL VALLEY
Vol. 35, No 46 3 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2017
“We’re still over the cap,” said Town
Supervisor Mike Hayes.
The Montgomery Town Board voted
on Thursday to adopt a local law to
override the tax cap and subsequently
voted to override the tax cap and adopted
their proposed budget.
Hayes explained that despite some
minor changes to the budget since their
previous meeting, it still called for the
previously reported decrease in town tax
rates for most residents, due in large part
to a significant increase in the assessed
value of the town (about $30 million).
For a home with an assessed value of
$200,000 located within one of the three
villages (Maybrook, Montgomery and
Walden) the town tax will be decreased
$6.07. For the same home outside the
three villages, the decrease will be $0.28.
In other business, the board approved
the surplus of a police vehicle, a 2008
Crown Victoria and postponed the road
dedication for Powers Lane to their next
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Montgomery overrides tax cap
By RACHEL COLEMAN
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meeting.
Annexation
Approximately 34 acres are set to shift
from the town to the village of Maybrook,
if a recently filed petition for annexation
is approved.
The
Galaxy
property—located
partially in the town and in the village
of Maybrook—is situated between the
existing railroad and Stewart State Forest,
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The American Legion Rose Sheeley Post 1034 of Wallkill observed Veteran’s Day last week with a luncheon that featured an empty table, to
memorialize those who never made it home from battle. Story on page 2.
Gardiner
raises don’t
sit well with
all council
members
By JASPREET GILL
[email protected]
Town of Gardiner Supervisor
Marybeth Majestic presented the
preliminary 2018 budget during last
week’s town hall meeting.
“The cap was 2.84 percent and our
increase was 2.76 ercent for the cap,”
she says. “Overall increase of 5.85
percent. The overall increase includes
the dependent districts: [Gardiner]
Library, Gardiner Fire [Department] and
Shawangunk Fire [Department].”
Town board member salaries are
being increased from $21,059 (2017) to
$21,690.77 (2018), which became a central
issue during the meeting. Combined with
town board member conference amounts,
which were $300 in 2017 and will be $400
in 2018, the total town board budget is
$22,090.77, an increase from the 2017
$21,359.
“I want to bring up my concern that
we’re increasing town board salaries,”
said board member David Dukler. “It was
[previously] said that if we want people to
get more involved in government we have
to pay them more. If you really think
about it, on one level it sounds like it
makes sense but on another level I don’t
know if there is data that shows that’s
true….Especially in the kind of position
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