As the County Legislature is gears up to vote on Chairman James Rhinehart’s proposal to eliminate any revenues from sales taxes collected in Onondaga County from being passed down to towns, villages and school districts, local governments say it will hurt edjucation and more.
Officials from Spafford, Skaneateles, Camillis, and Marcellus banded together Monday to talk about what they believe will happen to towns, villages, and school districts if they don’t receive sales tax revenue from the county.
Skaneateles Town Supervisor Terri Roney said, “Towns will see an increase in tax bills if the county doesn’t share anything with towns and villages. There is no way around it.”
They say cuts will make their way to the schools. “They’ll be faced with cuts with the music, arts, athletics, all the nicety things for the kids that help mold each and every student.” said Skaneateles school board member Mike Card.