Minutes August 6, 2014

Minutes

CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Chappaqua, New York

 

Date:

August 6, 2014

 

Time:

7:30 p.m.

 

Place:

Horace Greeley High School Commons

 

Present:

Board of Education
Karen Visser, President
Alyson Gardner, Vice President
Victoria Tipp
Warren Messner
Jeffrey Mester

 

Staff Members
Present:

Dr. Lyn McKay, Superintendent

Mr. Eric Byrne, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction

Mr. John Chow, Assistant Superintendent for Business

Mr. Andrew Selesnick, Assistant Superintendent for Leadership Dev. & HR

 

Absent:

Theresa Markley, District Clerk/Adm. Asst. to Superintendent

 

Visitors Present:

Representatives of the Chappaqua PTA, school PTAs, building administrators, faculty, and other interested citizens.

 

President Visser convened the public session at 6:30 p.m. Alyson Gardner moved to reconvene in Executive Session to discuss a legal settlement. Karen Visser seconded. The motion passed unanimously. At 7:50 p.m. Jeffrey Mester moved to adjourn the Executive session and reconvene the public session. Victoria Tipp seconded. The motion passed unanimously.

Warren Messner appointed Alyson Gardner as District Clerk Pro Tem. Jeffrey Mester seconded. The motion passed unanimously.

President Visser welcomed the community to the work session.

 

1.

Information Business Affairs

1.1

President's Report

1.1.1

Mandate Relief Liaison

President Visser discussed mandate relief liaison role with town and district efforts. Victoria Tipp commented on concentrating efforts to focus attention on one or two issues per year. The Board discussed having Judy McGrath speak to the mission at at a future meeting.

Presentation:

Assistant Superintendent for Business John Chow gave a small presentation of the 2014-15 budget, tax rates and tax levy final numbers versus estimated numbers. He pointed out that they are very close.

2.

Financials

2.1

Resolution to confirm tax rolls and authorize tax levy.

WHEREAS, the Board of Education has been authorized by the voters of the School District at the Annual Meeting to raise for the budget for the 2014-2015 school year a sum not to exceed $116,856,988 for School District purposes a sum not to exceed $2,963,384 for Library purposes;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board hereby fix the equalized tax rates by towns and confirm the extension of the taxes as they appear on the following described tax roll.

 

School Tax Levy

Name of Town

Total Taxable Assessed Valuation by Towns

Equalized Tax Rate by Towns

Total Tax Levy by Towns

New Castle

$917,142,075

21.02%

$95,646,703

Mount Pleasant

$6,716,774

1.60%

$9,202,522

TOTALS:

$923,856,849

 

$104,849,225

Library Tax Levy

Name of Town

Total Taxable Assessed Valuation by Towns

Equalized Tax Rate by Towns

Total Tax Levy by Towns

New Castle

$917,142,075

21.02%

$2,648,009

Mount Pleasant

$6,716,774

1.60%

$254,775

TOTALS:

$923,858,849

 

$2,902,784

   

     

 

 

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the tax warrant of this Board, duly signed, shall be affixed to the above-described tax rolls authorizing the collection of said taxes to give notice that taxes will be collected in two installments, due on September 30, 2014 and January 31, 2015, and collection will end April 30, 2015, at the expiration of which the tax collector shall make an accounting in writing to the Board;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that delinquent tax penalties shall be fixed as follows:

 

1st half

2nd half

During September

none

none

During October

2%

none

During November

5%

none

During December and January

7%

none

During February and March

10%

10%

During April

12%

12%

Thereafter

add'l. 1% per month on delinquent tax

 

 

Record Date of Adoption: August 6, 2014

Record Hour of Adoption: 8:28 p.m.

2.2

Alyson Gardner offered the following resolution issuing a tax warrant.

          WHEREAS, Chapter 73 of the Laws of 1977 amended Section 1318, subdivision 1, of the Real Property Tax Law; and

          WHEREAS, the unencumbered, unreserved fund balance at the close of the last fiscal year must be applied in determining the amount of the school tax levy, except for an amount not to exceed 4% of the current school year budget; and

          WHEREAS, this latter amount may be held as surplus funds during the current school year;

          THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education retain as surplus funds $4,664,107 from the fund balance of $6,514,107 thereby applying $1,850,000 to the reduction of the tax levy.

          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District hereby commands the Tax Collectors for the Towns of New Castle and Mount Pleasant to collect the amounts of the levy apportioned in Appendix "A" to the Tax Warrant, annexed hereto and made a part of this resolution, as follows:

To the Tax Collector(s) of the Chappaqua Central School District, Towns of New Castle and Mount Pleasant, County of Westchester, State of New York;

You are hereby commanded:

  1. To give notice and start collection on September 30, 2014, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1322 of the Real Property Tax Law;
  2. To give notice that taxes will be collected in two installments, due on September 30, 2014 and January 31, 2015, and collection will end on April 30, 2015;
  3. To collect taxes in the total sum of $104,849,225 on behalf of the School District and $ 2,902,784 on behalf of the Chappaqua Library, in the same manner that collectors are authorized to collect town and county taxes in accordance with the provisions of Section 1318 of the Real Property Tax Law;
  4. To make no changes or alterations in the tax warrant or the attached tax rolls but shall return the same to the Board of Education. The Board may recall its warrant and tax roll for correction of errors or omissions in accordance with the provisions of Section 1316 of the Real Property Tax Law;
  5. To receive from each of the taxable corporations and natural persons the sums listed on the attached tax rolls without interest penalties when such sums are paid before the end of the first month of the tax collection period. To add 2% interest penalties to all taxes collected during the second month of the tax collection period; to add 5% interest penalties to all taxes collected during any part of the third month of the tax collection period; to add 7% interest penalties to all taxes collected during any part of the fourth and fifth months of the tax collection period; to add 10% interest penalties to all taxes collected during any part of the sixth and seven months of the tax collection period; and 12% interest penalties to all taxes collected during eighth month of the tax collection period; to add additional 1% interest penalties per month to all taxes collected thereafter; and to account for such sums as income due to the School District;
  6. To issue press-numbered receipts only on forms provided by the School District in acknowledgment of receipt of payments of taxes and to retain, preserve and file exact carbon copies of all such receipts issued as required by Section 987 of the Real Property Tax Law; and
  7. To promptly return the warrant at its expiration and if any taxes on the attached tax rolls shall be unpaid at that time, deliver an accounting thereof on forms showing by town the total assessed valuation, tax rate, the total tax levy, the total amounts remaining uncollected as required by Section 1330 of the Real Property Tax Law.

The warrant is issued pursuant to Sections 910, 912 and 914 of the Real Property Tax Law and is delivered in accordance with Sections 1306 and 1318 of this law. It is effective immediately after it is properly signed by a majority of the Board of Education. The warrant shall expire on the date stated above, unless a renewal or extension has been endorsed on the face of this warrant, in writing, in accordance with Section 1318, subdivision 2 of the Real Property Tax Law.

Jeffrey Mester seconded. The motion passed unanimously.

Whereupon each board member present, signed, voted aye, and it was sealed by the district clerk, pro tem.

3.

President Visser gave Notice of Future Meetings -

Thursday, August 28, 2014, at Horace Greeley High School, 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, September 17, 2014, at Horace Greeley High School, 7:30 p.m.

Presentations:

Teaching and Learning Vision and Goals

K-12 Literacy

School Report Card

 

4.

Adjournment

At 8:30 p.m. Alyson Kiesel moved to adjourn. Jeffrey Mester seconded. The motion passed unanimously.

Respectfully submitted,

Alyson Gardner, District Clerk Pro Tem

Karen Visser, Board President

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