SINCLAIRVILLE — “Cassadaga Valley has been very good about holding taxes down,” CV school board member Bill Carlson said Tuesday after the 2008-09 tax rate was approved. The 2008-09 tax rate on true value is $16.51 per $1,000 of assessed property value, a drop from the previous true value rate of $17.06. But, as CV business executive Debra McAvoy pointed out, the equalization rate established by the state for each of the nine townships included in the district affects the tax rate. “The towns of Ellicott and Ellington have maintained a 100 percent equalization rate, the other seven fluctuating between 97.5 percent for Stockton to 20.44 percent for Pomfret,” she said. The equalization rates and tax rates for each of the townships are as follows: n Arkwright — 65.5 percent — $25.21 per $1,000 of assessed property value n Charlotte — 82.2 percent — $20.09 n Cherry Creek — 85.2 percent — $19.38 n Ellery — 87 percent — $18.98 n Ellicott — 100 percent — $16.51 n Ellington — 100 pe