2016-2017 School Budget Presentation is Set for April 19
April 18,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Residents are invited to hear from Board of Education members, the superintendent and the district business administrator about the proposed 2016-17 school budget. They will be at Benjamin Franklin Middle School auditorium on Tuesday, April 19, from 7:30 – 9 p.m. to review the proposed budget and answer questions.
Budget includes district staff, academic offerings, extra curricular activities, and transportation; as well as continuing to maintain and improve district facilities
2.00% Local Tax Levy Increase – Within the current state cap
1.91% Overall Levy Increase – Local Tax Levy + Debt Service Levy
Gen Fund State Aid – $2,196,000 Extraordinary State Aid – $1,376,345 $3,572,345 Debt Service State Aid – $440,918
$300,000 Revenue Budgeted – from Emergency Reserve to help offset Health Benefit Costs
Click here to view the latest information on the budget, updated on April 6, 2016.
So, we are not going over the cap? No vote?
$102mn??? Just because there is a 2% cap doesn’t mean you need to raise by 2% every year, how about cutting by 2%?
No raising the cap and they can afford all day K?
Will the new tracher contract affect the cap? Are we stalling till after the vote?
HA ! Ha! you people don’t get it do you…YOU’VE BEEN HAD.
102 MILLION DOLLARS
Think about that…absolutely criminal.
At a minimum Half a percent should have been rolled back just on energy cost spend savings rather than gobbled up by some feel good happy crap programs ..feed the Dolphins in Cambodia etc
Plundering of the Ridgewood Purse has become a national competition,..
Hey we are all wall street fat cats..ripe for a good cleaning out by the Union teachers. What do they do in that admin buiding on cottage place besides park expensive cars and read free health care brochures at free meters all day.
3:07 – you may have hit the nail on the head! LOL good question – I don’t think half the admins are even needed
$102mn for BoE and $47mn for municipal budget… $150mn from a Village of 25,000 residents, this is just insane. We also have debt and long term health & pension liabilities to pay for… People, wake up!!!