The Board of Finance (BOF) conducted a hybrid meeting on March 25, with some members joining in person at the Municipal Center and others online.
On the agenda ...
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As a lifelong resident of Monroe, I am writing to urge everyone to support Nick Kapoor as our Democratic candidate to fill the vacant 112th State...
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The Monroe Republican Party and Scott campaign are running a partisan, misleading campaign. They sent out its first mailer to make it look like i...
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Monroe and Newtown residents have a unique opportunity on April 13th to elect Nick Kapoor as their State Representative.
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I hope that concerned folks will focus on the budget that we vote to approve each year. It is the primary determinant of the taxes we pay. Assessments are, in a way, the distribution or redistribution of that tax burden across taxpayers based on the value of their homes. Even if there were no revaluation taking place, we would be paying more tax because we voted for an increased budget. The only other offset would be a meaningful increase in businesses or new homes providing additional tax revenues. As I understand it, the mil rate will adjust based on valuations (grand list) to provide the budget we vote for. Taxes will go up until we spend less or get more revenue from new sources.
Editor's Note: It should also be pointed out that NYA (and NVAC) built their own building — which has a footprint larger than Newsylum, Parent Connection, and the Ambulance headquarters combined — that each of the latter organizations also contributed their own significant funds to their construction and improvement projects; and that Newsylum and the Parent Connection both improved existing abandoned buildings that may have otherwise continued to be unused and deteriorating.
