Sentences with phrase «under the tax cap»

Last year he offered tax rebate checks contingent on municipalities staying under the tax cap and making moves to share services or consolidate.

But educators stress they are dealing with other budget issues, such as paying for employee health care and pensions while living under a tax cap.

The fiscal blueprint is the last of a five - year plan designed to bring the county under the tax cap and stabilize the fund balance.

If the state's costs keep rising faster than 2 percent, few governments will be able to operate under the tax cap.

Clearly, local control — which would be lost under tax caps — is working.

Education groups argued the borrowing plan was necessary in order to cover costs under the tax cap.

The calculation is a requirement for school districts under the tax cap law, which was passed in 2011.

The county would absorb the remaining $ 3.6 million this year in order to stay under the tax cap.

Schools, who must live under the tax cap are not fans of making it permanent.

«There's absolutely no way that we could get under this tax cap without a bunch of smoke and mirrors and some painful cuts to public safety and to the maintenance of county facilities.»

When asked what cuts would be needed in order to keep the budget under the tax cap for 2017, Town Board members agreed that employees would be first on the chopping block.

The Town of Stony Point chose to amortize their payments to the retirement funds, meaning to pay them over time, which partly contributed to their 2013 budget coming in under the tax cap.

In 2017, 45 counties enacted budgets under the tax cap, according to the New York State Association of Counties.

«Credit is due to Councilman Packer for analyzing the budget and recommending areas that can be reduced in order for the town to remain under the tax cap,» Leggett said.

The money was raised through the sale of bonds and didn't require a referendum because the bonds came under the tax cap and no tax increase was needed, Durlacher said.

As mayors prepared to make their case, the state School Boards Association released a survey that found work force costs in schools outside the state's major cities are on track to grow an average of more than $ 1 billion annually by the 2013 - 14 school year; revenues under a tax cap, however, would grow only $ 229 million per year through 2013 - 14, on average.

But the Eden budget did not gain even 50 percent approval, let alone the 60 percent needed for passage under the tax cap legislation.

Most of our folks are constrained under the tax cap to allocate resources to do these things without state aid,» he said.

«In past years we stayed under the tax cap when our expenses were rising and we probably should have gone up to the tax cap and exceeded it (then) in order to balance our budget,» said Dyster.

It's going to be very challenging for the community to see under the tax cap.»

School districts have sought to make changes under the tax cap, which limits levy increases to the rate of inflation or 2 percent, whichever is lower.

The Town of Plattsburgh's tentative 2018 budget is under the tax cap by approximately $ 65,000, according to Town Supervisor Michael Cashman.

During my tenure as one of the Peru Town Councilmen, we have accomplished many productive projects such as approving the building of the new water filtration plant to improve our drinking water, keeping our land taxes down under the tax cap for the past several years, approved the overdue improvements needed to our aging and unsafe walkway to our town hall, and approving the completion of our new town walking path for our residents to enjoy.»

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«We've met our goal... to get under the tax cap, which basically was forced on us by the state of New York,» Chautauqua County Legislator Larry Barmore, a Republican, told the Jamestown Post-Journal last week.

(County Executive Ed Day brought the 2017 - 2018 budget in under the tax cap.)

Hyde said she full expects the town to remain under the tax cap.

We introduced three consecutive balanced budgets while freezing the general fund property tax and holding all county taxes under the tax cap,» Bellone said.

Towns that stayed under the tax cap in the past year are afforded higher limits the following year.

The Black Brook Town Board is expecting to be under the tax cap for 2018, according to Town Clerk Helen Wirt - Kennedy.

The Lindenhurst Park District is proud that it has an established 25,000 sq. ft. Community Center and has made improvements at each named park and beach site within the decade, under a tax cap, and without referendum.

But under a tax cap, the revenue from real estate taxes in these cities is projected to be $ 1.02 billion in 2014 — not enough to cover even the health and benefit costs.

But reluctance to pierce the cap was further fueled by Governor Cuomo's state's «tax freeze» gimmick, which sent rebates to homeowners whose elected officials stayed under the tax cap (while, perversely, encouraging them to increase taxes up to the cap because the rebates grew proportionately).

«Under the tax cap, the best we can do is maintain the services we have,» said North Hempstead Deputy Supervisor Aline Khatchadourian, who said the town is under a directive from Supervisor Judi Bosworth to have no layoffs and to stay at or under the cap.

She has made the tough choices to make Suffolk County government more efficient, which saves Suffolk taxpayers $ 100 million per year in reduced costs and allows the county to stay under the tax cap.

For a change, most school districts acted like they were under a tax cap this year.

«Why not, instead of looking at gimmicks to get under the tax cap, why not cut taxes?»

«For the second year in a row, the administration has resorted to gimmickry to get under the tax cap.»

Schuler said all budgets that eventually passed in Niagara County last year stayed under the tax cap, with Niagara Wheatfield failing on its initial effort to exceed the cap last year.

Rallis: It's true we have a healthy fund balance, strong bond rating keeps us under the tax cap... We look good on paper, but how is Town Hall being managed.

«This budget came in $ 2.6 million under the tax cap.

At last count, New York State public schools» unfunded mandates numbered more than 150 — 150 unfunded mandates that cost schools money in time and resources — yet most of us get our budgets passed while staying under our tax caps.