The Deerpark town board on Nov. 7 unanimously adopted a $7.7 million budget for 2025, which is up by about $1 million from the current year’s budget.
The budget covers the town’s main operating fund, highway department, three fire districts of Huguenot, Cuddebackville, and Sparrowbush, and its only lighting district.
The majority of the budget bump is supported by projected increases in revenues—such as sales and mortgage taxes—and a larger share of the fund balance.
The property tax levy has a modest increase of less than 2 percent across six funds.
However, for an average homeowner in town, the combined mill rate, which calculates the amount of taxes levied per $1,000 in assessed property value, is lower than that of the current year, according to a rate schedule report attached to the proposed budget….