CATSKILL — The Catskill Central School District is set to hold a public hearing on its annual school budget for the 2022-23 school year 6 p.m., May 3, in the Catskill High School library.
The annual budget includes a proposed $49,888,670 million spending plan.
The proposed plan includes a projected tax levy increase of 2%, which is under the district’s New York State tax cap of 3.52 percent. The budget proposal reflects an increase of $1,312,669, a 2.7% increase from the current year’s budget.
“School officials focused on keeping the tax levy increase at 2 percent while ensuring that students would have the appropriate level of faculty and staff in each building, based on need and student enrollment,” District public information specialist Adam Charbonneau said Thursday.
The budget does not include any cuts to student programs, Charbonneau said, and the school district undertook efficiency measures and adopted and applied $3,576,422 in fund balance to reduce the year-to-year tax levy increase.
Included in the budget proposal is an estimated 2.3% increase in projected tax revenue
The Catskill Board of Education adopted the budget proposal at a meeting on April 21, Charbonneau said.
The annual school budget vote and Board of Education election is May 16 from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Catskill High School gymnasium.
The ballot also includes a contested Board of Education race with six candidates Deborah Johnson, Ryan Osswald, Lee Heim, Henry Haye, Allan Couser and Joseph Izzo seeking three seats.