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Lynbrook details 2023-24 village budget By NIColE FoRMISANo nformisano@liherald.com
The Lynbrook budget for 2023-24 is in the works. Here’s what you can expect from the upcoming plan. The total proposed budget is jus over $47.6 million — $2.1 million more than this year’s. The plan was “developed taking into account record high inflation, and possible recession,” according to Budget Officer John Giordano. The tax rate will increase by 3.35 percent, while the tax levy will increase 3.65 percent. Village officials explained that considering the past year’s inflation rate was 6.4 percent, a 3.35 percent tax increase is mild, especially in comparison with the previous five years, in which inflation and tax rate percentages were nearly identical. The tax rate per $100 of assessed valuation will increase from 22.9 percent to 23.68 percent. “Keeping tax increases minimal is a formidable process,” Giordano said in the budget statement. But the plan ultimately reaches 62 percent of its constitutional tax limit and 10 percent of its debt limit, making Lynbrook “a relatively low taxed, low debt community.”
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Spending plan highlights • $47.6 million total • $21.4 million to police force • $567,175 to fire vehicles, severances, public works vehicles, and walkway on Atlantic Ave. • $500,000 contingency plan — Nicole Formisano The Lynbrook school spending plan accounts for around 60 percent of total taxes. Other essential services maintained by taxes include highway maintenance, building code enforcement, fire and police protection, parks and recreation, the library system, and curbside garbage collection. The current financial landscape makes passing an efficient budget even more challenging than usual, with obstacles including “increased cost for the disposal of recyclable materials, fire trucks, and unrealized growth in the tax base,” Mayor Alan Beach wrote in an Continued on page 20