Blind Brook-Rye Union School Budget Hearing On May 10

Rye NY

02 May, 2022

12:14 PM

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RYE BROOK, NY — The final public hearing on the proposed 2022-23 budget for the Blind Brook-Rye Union School District will be held May 10. The meeting will detail the spending plan for the upcoming school year. The proposed budget is $52,567,594, with a 2.73 percent increase over the 2021-22 spending package. School officials said the tax levy will increase by 4.01 percent if the budget is approved by voters later this month. There are a total of two school board seats to be filled for three-year terms. The candidates for the school board are: Richard Buzin (incumbent)Naomi Schaefer Riley Samantha Smith The district said that it needs to replace four of its school buses. Therefore, the following bus proposition will appear on the ballot: "Shall the Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District be authorized to lease-purchase four (4) 72-passenger school buses at an annual cost not to exceed $103,680, for a five (5) year term, commencing July 1, 2022 and terminating on June 30, 2027, and to levy the necessary tax therefore?" A Candidates Night will be held on May 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Blind Brook High School, sponsored by the League of Women Voters. The School Budget Vote and Board of Education Elections will take place May 17, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Bruno M. Ponterio Ridge Street School, in the gym. Additional voting information can be found here.