Proposed Operating Budget 2026-2027

The 2026/2027 proposed tax levy exceeds the allowable tax cap of $12,109,266 by $396,521.

Candidate for the Board of Trustees

Thomas Lohr

Thomas Lohr is the Chief Growth Officer at Techworks Consulting, Inc., an IT consulting firm located in Ronkonkoma that specializes in business consulting services for small, mid-size, and enterprise companies.

He is on the Advisory Council for TD SYNNEX’s PartnerLINK Community, which is an elite network of IT Professional Solution Providers formulated of trusted IT advisors across the US and Canada. He sits on other technology and local government advisory councils in addition to his role on the Executive Board of the Farmingville Hills Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trustees for the Sachem Public Library that he’s served on since August of 2020.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems with a minor in Business and has continued education in Leadership and industry certifications including ITIL Practitioner, ITIL Foundation, Certified HIPAA Security Professional, along with multiple Microsoft and CompTIA certifications over his career.

Tom feels strongly about community involvement and helps support his company’s “Techworks Gives Back” mission which focuses on repurposing used technology, volunteering, charitable contribution, and raising awareness for good causes. He invests time and effort in helping communities like Farmingville be a better place to live and for its businesses to be successful.

Tom and his family have lived in the Sachem district their entire lives and moved to Farmingville in 2014 to set roots in their permanent home. He and his wife are both Sachem graduates, his wife is an educator in the district, and they are proud Chippewa and Sagamore parents!

Tom looks forward to continuing to serve the community in this capacity and believes the public library is an important conduit for strong community partnerships.