West Babylon District Hosts Revised Budget Meeting Before Re-Vote

WEST BABYLON, NY — West Babylon School District is hosting a virtual meeting on Monday night to share information about the budget re-vote scheduled for Tuesday after voters failed to pass a proposed budget piercing the tax cap by the required 60 percent vote in May, as Patch reported.

The meeting will take place Monday night at 8:30 p.m. Anyone seeking information about the vote is welcome to attend, District Clerk Jailin Parada confirmed with Patch.

"Tonight is a Zoom webinar providing an overview of the proposed budget and questions will be allowed," West Babylon School District Superintendent Dr. Yiendhy Farrelly told Patch.

On May 21, the district was one of six on Long Island seeking to pierce the tax cap, and only one of two to see the budget defeated.

"The district is discouraged by the defeat of the proposed budget but respects the voice of the community," a representative from the superintendent's office told Patch on May 22. She added that the revote will be based on a "revised budget."

The proposed $136,882,275 budget squashed in May reflected a budget-to-budget increase of 5.774 percent from the current $129,410,664 and a tax levy increase of 4.99 percent.

The votes were tallied,1,333 voted "yes" for the budget, with 1,028 "no votes," and 50.09 percent of the voters casting ballots to pass the budget.

If the vote fails a second time, the district will be forced to adopt a contingency budget and face program cuts.

Click here to find the link for Monday's virtual information session.