Taxpayers in the village will get slightly reduced property taxes this year if the value of their home is the same as last year. The total assessed value in the village increased as the result of new construction.
The proposed $65.8-million Saugerties school district’s draft budget for the 2019-20 school year represents an increase of roughly $1.8 million, or 2.83 percent, over the current year. The proposed budget comes with a potential tax-levy increase of 2.67 percent. School officials will try to deal with a revenue shortfall of $705,423 prior to the school board meeting scheduled for next Tuesday, April 9.
A ruling by a state Supreme Court justice has halted the Town of Saugerties from enforcing stop-work orders issued by its building department to J. Karolys and Son, a local trucking and excavation company that’s now under scrutiny for disposal of construction debris on four properties in the town.
For town board, the committee plans to endorse Mike Ivino and current Village Board member Vince Buono; for town supervisor, they support Paul Andreassen.
Parker joins Robert Dodig, Jr., John Gambino, George Beisel and Gregg Jones in the Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame Club’s 2019 class. The induction banquet is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 13 at Diamond Mills in Saugerties.
‘You have to trust us, and we have to trust folks…’
The dumping of construction materials will be the subject of an open public meeting this coming week.
A sculpture show organized by Jen Dragon will be on exhibit in former Saugerties antique space this April.
Board plans to keep taxes flat in 2019-20 budget; Teetsel St. zoning change hearing postponed; reports of water leaks continue.
The spring carnival will be this Saturday, March 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the cafeterias at the high school and the junior high gymnasium.