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In Montauk, One Candidate, $18.5 Million Budget

Publication: The East Hampton Press
By Virginia Garrison   May 8, 2012 3:09 PM
May 8, 2012 4:44 PM
Kelly White is running unopposed for a second five-year term on the Montauk School Board. Voters in Long Island’s easternmost hamlet will also face an $18.5 million budget proposal, 2.2 percent more than the $18.1 million budget approved last year.

If approved, next year’s budget would translate to an estimated 2.87-percent tax rate increase and 2.1-percent increase in the tax levy. The tax rate is expected to be about $53.16 per $100 of assessed value compared to this year’s actual rate, which is $51.68 per $100.

Ms. White is a teacher at the Amagansett School, where she has also been an adminstrator, and both roles help her better serve the Montauk School District as a board member, she said. Her two daughters, Erin, who’s in sixth grade, and Megan, who’s in third,... more

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