Spring Valley, NY - Village Adopts Nearly 11 Percent Tax Increase Budget

Spring Valley, NY - Despite some residents' requests to re-examine spending, the village swiftly adopted a $23.3 million budget that would raise the tax rate nearly 11 percent.

The budget, which was adopted by a 3-2 vote, with Trustees Bettie Brown and Joseph Desmaret voting no, cut about $44,000 from the preliminary budget proposed by Mayor George Darden.
Darden, who is a full-time mayor, and the four village trustees will be paid more under the new plan. Darden's salary of $95,790 will rise 2 percent to $97,706. Trustees now make $13,932 each, with $2,000 more for the deputy mayor. They will each be paid $14,625 under the proposal, an increase of about 5 percent.