The Roscoe Central School Board recently set the equalized tax rate for the 2022-23 school year. 

See the below legal notice for details:

WHEREAS the Board of Education of the Roscoe Central School District has been authorized by the voters at the Annual Meeting held on May 17, 2022, to raise for the current budget of the 2022-2023 school year a sum not to exceed $5,511,505 in Real Property Taxes. The STAR amount of the levy will reduce the warrant by the exact amount when finalized. In addition, the warrant will include an additional $94,930 for the Roscoe Public Library.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education fix the equalized tax rate by towns and confirm the extenion of the taxes as the appear on the following described tax roll. 

TOWN: ASSESSED VALUATION, FINAL EQUALIZATION RATES, TRUE WVALUATION, PERCENTAGE OF LEVY, TAX RATES PER $1,000 ASSESSED, AMOUNT TO RAISE

  • Colchester: $3,021,360, 2.82%, $107,140,426, 24.742%, 451.331954, $1,363,636.31
  • Hancock: $5,597,238, 10.83%, $51,682,715, 11.935%, 117.521340,  $657,794.91
  • Callicoon: $9,086,640, 44.40%, $20,465,405, 4.726%, 28.665677, $260,474.69
  • Fremont: $62,631,594, 50.00%, $125,263,188, 28.927%, 25.455122, $1,594,294.87
  • Rockland: $67,454,771, 52.50%, $128,485,278, 29.671%, 24.242973, $1,635,304.22
  • Total: $147,791,603, N/A, $433,037,012, 100.00%. $5,511,505.00


LIBRARY LEVY

  1. Colchester: 7.773728, $23,487.23
  2. Hancock: 2.024184, $11,329.84
  3. Callicoon:  0.493737, $4,486.41
  4. Fremont: 0.438438, $27,460.09
  5. Rockland: 0.417560,  $28,166.43

Library total: $94,930.00

Total Levy $5,606,435.00

TO BE COLLECTED BY TAX COLLECTOR: $5,606,435.00.

AND BE IT HEREBY DIRECTED THAT the Tax Warrant of the Board duly signed shall be affixed to the above described tax rolls authorizing the collection of said taxes to begin September 1, 2022 and end November 1, 2022 giving the tax warrant an effective period of 63 days. At the expiration of which time the Tax collector shall make an accounting in writing to the Board of Education:

AND IT IS FURTHER DIRECTED that the delinquent tax penalties shall be fixed as follows:

1st Month – Free Period (September 1 – September 30, 2022)

2nd Payment Period – 2% Penalty Added (October 1 – October 31, 2022)

3rd Payment Period – 3% Penalty Added (On or After November 1, 2022) 

The resolution was adopted on the 30th of August 2022 at 3:00 PM with 4 members voting yes, 0 members voting no, and 1 member absent.  Motion passed.