Spending, tax rates increase
The Philipstown Town Board on Wednesday (Nov. 20) approved a $13.1 million budget for 2025 that raises the townwide tax rate by 2.4 percent while boosting pay for ambulance corps employees and funding a part-time building inspector.
Overall spending will rise by 1.5 percent and the tax levy, $9.7 million, by 2.7 percent. Property taxes townwide will rise to $3.47 per $1,000 of assessed value, and outside the village by 0.37 percent to $3.81.
Several revisions were approved, including raising hourly pay for Philipstown Volunteer Ambulance Corps employees to $22 from $18, adding $40,000 to cover salary and benefits for a building inspector the town will share with Putnam Valley and appropriating $15,000 for grant-writing services.
The supervisor’s salary will remain $27,000 annually and the four Town Board members will each continue to earn $18,000.
