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  • Commercial Water Unit Definition

    • A water unit is taxable revenue for the water fund.
    The 2009 Water Unit Assessment is $220.66 per unit.
    This amount is broken out on the taxes for bond payments and Operation and Maintenance for the Utilities department and water lines. The Commercial Water Units are being changed because the current method for determining then number of units for commercial users is not well defined. The Town's Engineer has reviewed the current commercial water unit policy and has generated a new policy that will be fair to all commercial water users in the Town. The Town's Engineer generated this new policy from guidelines being used by the American Waterworks Association.
    As per the July 13th Board Meeting, the new commercial water unit assessement will assess commercial water users based on water usage and will be phased in over time.
    Commercial water units will now be calculated by the water usage.
    The Town engineer's calculation for the average usage for a single-family residential customer is approximately 65,0000 gallons per year. He divided the actual annual metered use by 65,000 gallons to develop an
    "equivalent unit" for each commercial customer. This "equivalent unit" should be an approximation of an appropriate unit assessment for each commercial customer.

  • 2010 County Taxes

    • County Taxes are sent the last week in December,
    the first or full installment is collected through February 10th,
    a 1% interest imposed through February 28th,
    a 2% interest imposed through March 31st.
    These payments are made payable to Charleen V. Dygert, Tax Collector;
    at the Town Building M-F 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, phone (315) 252-8988.
    After April 1st, all payments go to:
    The Cayuga County Treasurer
    PO Box 190, Auburn, NY 13021.

  • Understanding the Equalization Rate

    • The equalization rate is the state's measure of a municipality's level of
    assessment. This is the ratio of total assessed value to the municipality's total market value. The municipality determines the assessed value; the market value is estimated by the state.

    The equalization rates are used for:
    establishment of tax and debt limits;
    determination of state assessments (special franchise);
    determination of level of STAR exemptions;
    apportionment of sales tax revenues and joint indebtnedness.

    What this means is the closer our equalization rate is to 100%, the greater the sales tax portion is for the Town of Fleming and the State Aid revenue that is distributed to the Town of Fleming. The most important reason the Town's equalization rate should be close to 100% is that the Fleming resident will pay a lower tax rate per thousand dollars.

    For more information, visit the Office of Real Property's website which can be found our "Links" or you can pick up a pamphlet at the Town Offices from the Town Clerk.

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