The annual budget for the Town of Milan is almost 2 million dollars. This is the public’s money and needs to be handled carefully, accurately, and reported fully and in a timely fashion. This is the minimum requirement for good government. This section discusses the management of the town’s finances.
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Budget and Tax Changes for 2010 |
| These budget figures for the local towns and cities were collected and analyzed by the Poughkeepsie Journal |
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| Town |
2009
Budget |
2010
Budget |
Change |
2009
Tax Levy |
2010
Tax Levy |
Change |
2009
Rate/ 1000 |
2010
Rate |
Change |
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| Amenia |
$2,298,157 |
$2,358,941 |
2.64% |
$1,091,924 |
$1,222,722 |
11.97% |
$1.93 |
$2.12 |
9.84% |
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| Clinton |
$2,268,647 |
$2,286,687 |
7.95% |
$1,129,704 |
$1,165,544 |
3.17% |
$2.17 |
$1.36 |
-37.32% |
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| Milan |
$1,550,664 |
$1,853,382 |
19.52% |
$ 743,235 |
$ 905,350 |
21.81% |
$1.67 |
$1.96 |
17.36% |
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| North East |
$1,962,221 |
$1,851,369 |
-0.58% |
$1,271,890 |
$1,307,865 |
2.82% |
$3.09 |
$3.09 |
0.00% |
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| Pine Plains |
$1,062,700 |
$1,123,200 |
-5.69% |
$1,006,421 |
$1,127,119 |
5.69% |
$8.16 |
$8.69 |
6.49% |
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| Red Hook |
$3,341,803 |
$3,193,593 |
-4.43% |
$1,792,644 |
$1,791,154 |
-0.08% |
$1.72 |
$1.75 |
1.74% |
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| Rhinebeck |
$3,976,066 |
$3,440,733 |
-13.46% |
$1,968,980 |
$1,907,013 |
-3.14% |
$1.67 |
$1.66 |
-0.59% |
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| Stanford |
$2,857,761 |
$2,374,763 |
-16.90% |
$1,386,073 |
$1,386,073 |
0.00% |
$3.38 |
$3.35 |
-0.88% |
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** Town Reevaluation |
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| Source: Poughkeepsie Journal, Jan. 11, 2010 |
Towns and cities cut spending, raise taxes to balance budgets
John Davis
Poughkeepsie Journal
January 11, 2010
Of the 20 towns and two cities in Dutchess County, 17 cut spending in their 2010 budgets, compared to the previous year. Despite the cuts, 12 of those municipalities raised tax rates for 2010.
In the 22 Dutchess County municipalities, 16 raised their tax levies, the total amount to be collected in property taxes, and 16 raised tax rates. Dover and North East held their tax rates to the 2009 levels, while Beekman, Clinton, Rhinebeck and Stanford cut the town tax rates, according to Poughkeepsie Journal research.
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Thanks to Milan's Republicans,
Taxes in Town Are Going Up 17% in 2010
By Evelyn Bartin, December, 2009
In a Special Meeting held on November 18, 2009, Republican Supervisor Richard Barrett and Republican Town Board members Bobbi Egan and David Byrne – over the very loud objections of minority Democratic Town Board members Diane May and Ross Williams – voted, in a blatantly obvious action, to pad the 2010 budget for Milan by including several tens of thousands of dollars of pre-payments to the NYS Employees’ Retirement System. You can click here to see the NYS Retirement System Projection FYE 2011 that clearly states, :“THIS IS NOT A BILL”
Though Mr. Williams and Ms. May tried repeatedly to get their Republican counterparts to re-think this action, they were met with a wall of resistance. Please take a few minutes to watch this video clip from the meeting:
Adding insult to injury was the manner in which this move was thrust upon Milan’s tax-paying citizens: though this NYS Retirement Projection for 2011 was dated September 25, 2009 (and was confirmed by a Retirement System representative to have been sent to Mr. Barrett on October 1, 2009), Barrett claimed to have not received it until the day before the November 18th meeting, thus blind-siding everyone at the proverbial eleventh hour. (By law, the final budget had to be submitted by November 20th.)
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Milan's 2010 Final Budget
Republican Majority Votes for 18% Increase in Tax Levy
LINK TO THE BUDGET
WHERE WAS EVERYONE?!
By Evelyn Bartin, November 2009
On Thursday, November 5th, a public hearing was held regarding the town’s proposed 2010 budget. If it goes through as it now stands, the final budget will result in a nearly 13% tax increase for Milan’s property owners.
Every resident of Milan was mailed a letter from Ross Williams and Diane May to this effect—a letter paid for out of their own pockets. This letter was also posted prominently on this website. And, as required by law, notice of the hearing was additionally published in the Poughkeepsie Journal and posted at Town Hall.
And yet, only SIX people were in attendance to voice their opinions!
Many of us believe this significant tax increase could have been ameliorated by following a couple of easy steps:
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Milan's Preliminary Budget for 2010
13% tax increase - Public Hearing - November 5, 2009 - 7:30, Town Hall READ MORE |
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