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After months of debate, review and modification, the Rockville Centre Board of Trustees passed the 2012-13 village budget on April 24, with a 3-2 vote.
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By Aaron Axelson
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4/26/12
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In a unanimous vote at the Preliminary Budget Hearing on April 17, the Rockville Centre Board of Education adopted a proposed $97.3 million spending plan that will go to the district’s voters on May 15.
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Judy Rattner
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4/25/12
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After more than a year and a half of negotiations, the village has agreed on a new contract with the local chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association that will reduce starting salaries by 5 percent but will provide four across-the-board 2 percent salary increases by 2016.
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Aaron Axelson
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4/13/12
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When Village Comptroller Michael Schussheim presented the Rockville Centre Board of Trustees with his tentative budget, which includes a plan to raise taxes by 6.97 percent, Trustee Ed Oppenheimer made it clear that he did not believe that enough had been done to cut costs.
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Aaron Axelson
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4/11/12
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Last week, state leaders approved a $132.6 billion budget for 2012-13 that includes funding and a study for the redevelopment of Belmont Park. For many local residents, who've been urging development there for years, the announcement was considered a bout of luck.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/2/12
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Rockville Centre’s tentative budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year would see the village tax rate increase by 6.97 percent.
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Aaron Axelson
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3/21/12
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According to the FBI, Medicare and Medicaid fraud cost the American taxpayer over $80 billion a year.
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3/8/12
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Class size and staff levels will remain unchanged and the Rockville Centre school district’s proposed 2012-13 budget will stay within the state’s mandated 2 percent tax levy cap under a plan outlined by Schools Superintendent Dr. William Johnson.
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Judy Rattner
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3/7/12
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When school officials unveiled a preliminary 2012-13 spending plan at the first budget workshop on Jan. 31, Board of Education President Liz Dion issued a stark warning: To stay under the state’s new 2 percent tax levy cap, the district will have to cut staff.
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Judy Rattner
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2/8/12
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In his budget address, Governor Andrew Cuomo highlighted his two key initiatives for New York State — reducing public-sector pension costs, and implementing an evaluation system for schoolteachers. Gov. Cuomo is the state’s top executive, elected by the people, so who’s supporting his plans? It’s the state’s public workers unions and the teachers’ union — they are suing the governor in court. Did anyone elect the unions to be in charge of the state’s pension and school systems?
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By George Rand
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2/7/12
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