• City of Johnstown,   $21.11095 per $1,000 of assessed value
• Town of Johnstown, $20.24338 per $1,000 of assessed value
• Town of Ephratah,   $20.15228 per $1,000 of assessed value
• Town of Palatine,    $26.66968 per $1,000 of assessed value
• City of Gloversville, $14.77767 per $1,000 of assessed value

2009/10 Tax Levy Impact
At its August 13, 2009 business meeting, the Board of Education adopted a tax levy of $6,990,887 for the 2009/10 school year. There is no increase in the tax levy from the 2008/09 school year.

Due to significant changes in assessed total valuation in Ephratah and in the equalization rate in Palatine, there will be widely different impacts upon taxpayers. The school district has nothing to do with either assessments or equalization, it only sets the tax levy. Town assessors set property values and the New York State Office of Real Property Services sets the equalization rates. The same tax levy will have differing impacts on each municipality due to assessed total valuations and equalization rates.

The STAR program with an enhanced exemption continues, along with the senior citizen exemption. However, equalization rates are also a factor in the STAR reductions, with a parcel assessed at less than full value slated for less than the full STAR exemption after the equalization rate is applied.

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