001those joining us via Zoom as well as those in attendance for tonight's public budget hearing. Everybody, please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. With that, I would like to turn the microphone off to Mr. Thank you, Dr. Festo. Good evening, everyone. Uh, this is the official public hearing for the budget. This follows three months of the board um working with the community and central office in uh putting together a budget for the 2526 school year. Uh there was several budget workshops uh during that time all of which are on our website. Um folks will be getting a newsletter in the
002mail either they received it today or it will be coming in the next day or two. This summarizes basically everything uh associated with the budget. One being the expenditure proposed expenditure increase is 2.88% with a budget of 143.8 8 million and the tax levy increase is at 2.94% uh which is below our tax levy threshold. Uh we're doing some capital projects. Uh that's proposition two. Uh primarily some uh roof work uh some windows districtwide districtwide uh chimney repairs. Uh also an emergency project at Williams. Um that's on the proposition number two totaling a little over $6 million. Those funds are already reserved so there's no additional uh tax impact uh for that proposition. Uh projects that we're doing this summer that were already voter approved. Uh one is the Jackson Auditorium. Um that is the
003last auditorium theater uh to be renovated and we're embarking on that this uh summer along with some district-wide bathrooms, windows, and of course uh the electrical panel repair from the flood that we had in November of 23. The permanent uh repair is scheduled for uh this coming summer. Uh so that's basically the summary and if there are any questions, I'll take them now. Okay, with that said, I'm going to invite up Angela, the director of the Jericho Public Library to speak a few moments about the library budget. Good evening. My name is Angela Sinmani and I'm the director of the Jericho Public Library. Uh for fiscal year 2526, the library board of trustees respectfully requests a budget in the amount of 5 million 88593 which is roughly a 2 and 12% increase. Uh this represents
004a tax levy increase of 2.15% and which is below the tax levy limit of 4.18%. Further budget information is available to view on the library website at www.jerichol.org and copies can be picked up at the library at the reference desk. It's a privilege to serve the Jericho community and we invite you to come to the library and discover all the wonderful programs and resources that are available to you. Thank you. Are there any questions? Thank you very much. All right. Thank you both uh for the presentation during the public budget hearing. I would be remiss if I didn't thank Mr. Manuel and the entire business office at Jericho schools for the diligence and hard work that went into developing this this very sound and reasonable budget that I am uh very confident is going to
005provide the best for our children. I would encourage everybody to please come out on Tuesday, May 20th to vote on the budget and for the board of education election. With that, if there's nothing else, I wish everybody a good night. Thank you, Joe.