DIR Return Create A Forum - Home
---------------------------------------------------------
Erie Canal Neighbors Association
HTML https://ecna.createaforum.com
---------------------------------------------------------
*****************************************************
DIR Return to: Brockport Village
*****************************************************
#Post#: 1126--------------------------------------------------
Brockport Village Tax Cap - A Lesson in "New" Math
DIR By: Doug K
Date: June 2, 2020, 2:44 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
Seems Brockport Village Leaders care little about the burden
they place on village residents & taxpayers...take the latest
Village Tax Bill as proof. Note that the % Change from Prior
Year says 5.7%
[attachimg=1]
There is a Tax Cap law in New York State, which for Brockport
Village Government means finding clever ways to convince the
public they are following the laws, when the "math" says
contrary.
Here's the Website for Property Tax & Government Reform
HTML https://reforminggovernment.ny.gov/reforminggovernment/guide-to-the-property-tax/
HTML https://www.tax.ny.gov/research/property/cap.htm
[attachimg=2]
And from there an explanation on the Property Tax Cap and how
it's applied. You will see that the wording in the law says that
Brockport has raised their Property Tax Levy by an additional
3.7% and simply stated it's OK. because of "Brockport Math"
[attachimg=3]
So how did Brockport totally avoid following the NY State Tax
Cap?
Simple. Just says it's OK and that the Budget Rate increase
complies, and hope they get away with it. Seems a bit of smoke &
mirrors, especially when calculators disagree with their math as
well as the New York State Law
HTML https://brockportny.org/files/VB_04-20-20_Budget_Adoption_Notice.pdf
[attachimg=4]
HTML https://brockportny.org/files/BgtHearing202021April62020.pdf
[attachimg=5]
How long will Brockport Village residents sit by while the
Mayor, and her gang, keep scoffing at New York State Laws? They
are now trying to empty empty taxpayer wallets at more than
TWICE the allowable rate to support a local government that has
FAILED most of it's ordinary residents in favor of giving
preferential treatment for the SUNY College & local business
owners.
When will local village residents say "Enough is Enough"?
#Post#: 1127--------------------------------------------------
NY State Comptroller Email Regarding Brockport Village Budget
DIR By: Doug K
Date: June 3, 2020, 6:49 am
---------------------------------------------------------
Its time to get some real answers...so I've emailed the New York
State Comptroller'a Office regarding Brockport's Village Budget
to see if it's "legal"
I have found a Citizens's Guide to the Tax Cap online -
HTML https://www.empirecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Property-Tax-Cap-Guide.pdf
[attachimg=1]
And I have also found a Tax Cap Implementation Guide for local
governments which sets how their calculations are made, with
lots of Q & A
HTML https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/publications/orpts/capguidelines.pdf
[attachimg=2]
Hopefully the letter I've written & emailed to the Office of the
State Comptroller will get an answer soon. After that Brockport
Village residents will hear the results and if the 5.7% increase
in Tax Levy growth is ACCEPTABLE, we will all hear that. This
large increase, over the 2% limit for GROWTH may have been
approved by a Village Board 60% vote, a vote that village
residents have almost no control over it appears.
If this large increase is not allowed then the Village Residents
can understand exactly why Village Government needs to be
reorganized, it's about saving taxpayers money and stopping an
out of control small government from becoming even more of a tax
nightmare for residents under their control.
[attachimg=3]
More to Come.....
#Post#: 1128--------------------------------------------------
Re: Brockport Village Tax Cap - A Lesson in "New" Math
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: June 3, 2020, 9:17 am
---------------------------------------------------------
STUNNING Stuff Doug! I'd like to think you could do this for
Fairport, because I wouldn't have a clue as to where to start to
find this stuff out!
Good work!
#Post#: 1133--------------------------------------------------
Brockport Village Tax Cap - 2020 Brockport Government is Growing
DIR By: Doug K
Date: June 5, 2020, 5:48 am
---------------------------------------------------------
Received an answer from the NYS Comptroller Office regarding the
5.7% Village Property Tax Levy increase...
[attachimg=1]
This increase is A-OK...according to the NYS Comptrollers Office
as 2020 is a "growth" year for Brockport, as one of the 10
remaining Village Governments in Monroe County. Those years of
growth for a given village are calculated and posted online for
Villages to use when calculating their Levy Increases.
[attachimg=2]
HTML https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/publications/orpts/tbgf/2020%20TBGF%20village%204-1-20.pdf
As you can see, Brockport Village & Government received an
"automatic" 3.89% increase in their "size" for 2020, and then
added their own 1.8% increase on to bring the total increase to
5.7%. Brockport actually decreased their overall down just a bit
from an original 6.1%. The Village of Webster received a 2%
automatic increase this year, second on the list for Monroe
County.
So the "mystery math" has been solved, it's all part of the
process to spoon feed NY State Villages with taxpayer funded
money on a regular basis.
Surely not what we all hoped to hear, but some are now a little
more informed about their tax bills and how village taxation has
changed
#Post#: 1136--------------------------------------------------
Brockport Village Tax Cap Form for 2021
DIR By: Doug K
Date: June 5, 2020, 7:49 am
---------------------------------------------------------
Here's the Tax Forms supplied to the NYS Comptroller's Office
for Brockport, for 2021
[attach=1]
It was sent along with the email I received, in case any
accounts reading this are interested..
*****************************************************
Page 1 of 1