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Proposed 2022 Yorktown Budget Holds Line on Spending

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Diana Quast and Supervisor Matt Slater with the proposed 2022 budget. Photo courtesy of the Town of Yorktown Town Clerk

Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater presented a proposed 2022 budget last week with no increase in the town’s general operations.

Under the proposed $63 million budget, the average home assessed at $10,000 would see an increase in special district taxes from $9 to $15, depending on where the home is located. Taxpayers in districts with existing sewer bonds will pay more due to the obligated debt.

Town taxes, which fund the general operating budget including the library and highway department, make up 12% of the total property tax bill. Other portions of the tax bill include refuse and recycling service, fire and EMS and water.

“We were able to protect taxpayers, make important investments to grow the economy, protect the environment, and improve our quality of life, all while dealing with the extraordinary adversity of the past year,” Slater said.

“My proposed budget will hold the line on taxes by not increasing the general operating budget of our Town. It allows us to maintain services, increase our paving budget and makes new investments in our youth and environment.”

In 2021, Slater delivered a budget that actually reduced operating expenses for the first time in Yorktown since 1997.

“We cut taxes, cut spending and added to the rainy day fund,” Slater said.

Slater also described some of the accomplishments that Yorktown logged in 2021, including three bridge replacement projects, five playground renovations, the conversion of 260 streetlights to LEDs, and a record 16.5 miles of local roads paved.

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