1967.11 _ Yorktown Faces $1.57 Tax Jump
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1967.11 _ Yorktown Faces $1.57 Tax Jump
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"John C. Hart Memorial Library Historical News Clippings" Binder, Volume 1, 1919 - 1970
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1967-11
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YORKTOWN - Stand by for a possible rise of "$1.57 per $1,000 in next years tax rate. For the first in history the town has to raise more than $1 million in taxes, according to early estimates.
Yorktown's preliminary 1968 budget, adopted by the town board Wednesday, totaled about $1,529,022.85 as against $1,353,156.89 for 1967. On the other side of the tax coin, non-revenues dropped: $495,022.40 for 1968; $49,6,427.10 for 1967. Result: $1,034,000.45 to be raised in taxes for a possible rate jump from $12.36 to $13.93 per $1,000.
Salaries and services tell the story in the expenditure columns, said Supervisor John R. Kibbe at a budget information meeting in Lakeland High School Monday Raise hikes for elected officials, department heads and across the board increases for town employees generally account for the biggest budget boost since the Kibbe administration took over four years ago, said the supervisor.
BIG SPENDERS in the service category will be the library and the department 1 of parks and recreation. The supervisor's salary is up from $9,000 to $10,500 with each of the four councilmen recommended for $300 hikes to $2,500 each. Preliminary figures show the town clerk's salary up $1,000 to $10,300 and the two town judges up $500 to $4,500 each. A new position, deputy town attorney, was tentatively budgeted at ,6,000 along with a $500 raise for the town attorney to $9,000.
The town engineer, who will bead a revamped engineering and building department was given -a $1 500 boost to $16,000. Other hikes in the engineering department were: engineer's aide - $7,200 to $8,006; junior civil engineer - $7,388 to $8,869. Building department pay rolls will be up from $7,000 to $8,000 for the building inspector and from $3,500 for a part-time assistant to $7,000 for a full-time certified assistant.
OTHER SALARY raised include: town planner, $12,500 to $13,000; highway superintendent, $10,000 to $11,500. Raises were also called for in the departments of receiver of taxes and the assessors' department.
The Yorktown Police Department reported in with a record $55,000 rise to $280,890, the bulk of the increase going for salaries. Projected raises would put the Yorktown squad on a level with the parkway police and "up very high on the county average" said Mr. Kibbe.
The Budget calls for the following raises: chief of police, $11 000 to $13,000; three sergeants, $8,500 to $9,000 each; lieutenant, $9,000 to $10,400; two detectives, $8,200 to $9,800 . plus boosts from $1,000 to $1,100 for 18 patrolmen for a $153,490 total.
Other big service expenditures this year will be: John C. Hart Memorial Library allotted $70,300 after a $98,448 request (see separate story) for a 44 per cent rise over last year's $42,992.74; department of parks and recreation from $80,291 t0 $100,032.
"BRIGHT SPOTS" in the five pages of figures, according to SUpervisor Kibbe, are decreases in the highway dpeartment expenses, down from $365,435 to $375,058 despite an increse in the general repair column and smaller drops in the planning and zoning board expenses.
The board okayed a $25,000 outlay for the town planner's continuing neighborhood analysis but that money will come back in the revenue column under the state's urban planning assistance grant.
In the miscellaneoue catagory: Dog control jumped by more than 100 per cent to $10,800 (see separate story); the architectural board went from $300 to #1,300; the youth council want from $1,500 to $2,500; and $5,000 in architect's fees was budgeted for the proposed police and court house building.
In the informal budget Session, Mr. Kibbe said the preliminary budget can be cut before the public hearing in early December. But it cannot be raised after preliminary adoption Wednesday except for highway casts and bond indebtedness.
ALTHOUGH the budget represents the highest potential rise in the rate since he took office, Mr. Kibbe pointed out that Yorktowners can still expect to pay more in county tax than town tax next year. He said the budget. "neither a Democratic budget, nor a Republican one," reflects "our concern for the taxpayer along with our desire to continue and improve town programs."
Yorktown's preliminary 1968 budget, adopted by the town board Wednesday, totaled about $1,529,022.85 as against $1,353,156.89 for 1967. On the other side of the tax coin, non-revenues dropped: $495,022.40 for 1968; $49,6,427.10 for 1967. Result: $1,034,000.45 to be raised in taxes for a possible rate jump from $12.36 to $13.93 per $1,000.
Salaries and services tell the story in the expenditure columns, said Supervisor John R. Kibbe at a budget information meeting in Lakeland High School Monday Raise hikes for elected officials, department heads and across the board increases for town employees generally account for the biggest budget boost since the Kibbe administration took over four years ago, said the supervisor.
BIG SPENDERS in the service category will be the library and the department 1 of parks and recreation. The supervisor's salary is up from $9,000 to $10,500 with each of the four councilmen recommended for $300 hikes to $2,500 each. Preliminary figures show the town clerk's salary up $1,000 to $10,300 and the two town judges up $500 to $4,500 each. A new position, deputy town attorney, was tentatively budgeted at ,6,000 along with a $500 raise for the town attorney to $9,000.
The town engineer, who will bead a revamped engineering and building department was given -a $1 500 boost to $16,000. Other hikes in the engineering department were: engineer's aide - $7,200 to $8,006; junior civil engineer - $7,388 to $8,869. Building department pay rolls will be up from $7,000 to $8,000 for the building inspector and from $3,500 for a part-time assistant to $7,000 for a full-time certified assistant.
OTHER SALARY raised include: town planner, $12,500 to $13,000; highway superintendent, $10,000 to $11,500. Raises were also called for in the departments of receiver of taxes and the assessors' department.
The Yorktown Police Department reported in with a record $55,000 rise to $280,890, the bulk of the increase going for salaries. Projected raises would put the Yorktown squad on a level with the parkway police and "up very high on the county average" said Mr. Kibbe.
The Budget calls for the following raises: chief of police, $11 000 to $13,000; three sergeants, $8,500 to $9,000 each; lieutenant, $9,000 to $10,400; two detectives, $8,200 to $9,800 . plus boosts from $1,000 to $1,100 for 18 patrolmen for a $153,490 total.
Other big service expenditures this year will be: John C. Hart Memorial Library allotted $70,300 after a $98,448 request (see separate story) for a 44 per cent rise over last year's $42,992.74; department of parks and recreation from $80,291 t0 $100,032.
"BRIGHT SPOTS" in the five pages of figures, according to SUpervisor Kibbe, are decreases in the highway dpeartment expenses, down from $365,435 to $375,058 despite an increse in the general repair column and smaller drops in the planning and zoning board expenses.
The board okayed a $25,000 outlay for the town planner's continuing neighborhood analysis but that money will come back in the revenue column under the state's urban planning assistance grant.
In the miscellaneoue catagory: Dog control jumped by more than 100 per cent to $10,800 (see separate story); the architectural board went from $300 to #1,300; the youth council want from $1,500 to $2,500; and $5,000 in architect's fees was budgeted for the proposed police and court house building.
In the informal budget Session, Mr. Kibbe said the preliminary budget can be cut before the public hearing in early December. But it cannot be raised after preliminary adoption Wednesday except for highway casts and bond indebtedness.
ALTHOUGH the budget represents the highest potential rise in the rate since he took office, Mr. Kibbe pointed out that Yorktowners can still expect to pay more in county tax than town tax next year. He said the budget. "neither a Democratic budget, nor a Republican one," reflects "our concern for the taxpayer along with our desire to continue and improve town programs."
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