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Voters in the Wayland-Cohocton school district approved a $27.69 million budget, up $206,000, or 5.67 percent, from the $26.19 million budget passed last year, by a vote of 405-149.
In the budget, the school will levy $6.45 million in property taxes on the district, up $2.24 percent from $6.3 million in the 2007-08 budget.
Taxpayers wil see a tax rate of $17.06 per $1,000 of true assessed property value, up $0.38, or 2.28 percent, from last year’s tax rate of $16.68 per $1,000.
A property owner living in a $50,000 house with the Basic STAR exemption will pay approximately $511.80, up $11.40 from last year’s $500.40.
The public will see the full budget at a hearing at 7 p.m. May 13 in the Large Group Instruction Room at the Wayland campus.
Incumbent John Sick received 431 votes in his bid for re-election, and newcomer Philip Trautman garnered support for the other open post on the board with 382 votes.
Other propositions included increasing the schools payments to local libraries. Under the proposition, the Wayland Free Library Association will receive an additional $5,000, the E.J. Cottrell Library in Atlanta will get $2,000 more and an additional $10,000 is earmarked for the Cohocton Public Library. The proposition was approved by a vote of 392-144.
Voters also approved a proposition establishing a new vehicle and equipment reserve fund, which will ultimately set aside $2 million for new buses and other equipment, by a vote of 399-133.
Voters in the Wayland-Cohocton school district approved a $27.69 million budget, up $206,000, or 5.67 percent, from the $26.19 million budget passed last year, by a vote of 405-149.
In the budget, the school will levy $6.45 million in property taxes on the district, up $2.24 percent from $6.3 million in the 2007-08 budget.
Taxpayers wil see a tax rate of $17.06 per $1,000 of true assessed property value, up $0.38, or 2.28 percent, from last year’s tax rate of $16.68 per $1,000.
A property owner living in a $50,000 house with the Basic STAR exemption will pay approximately $511.80, up $11.40 from last year’s $500.40.
The public will see the full budget at a hearing at 7 p.m. May 13 in the Large Group Instruction Room at the Wayland campus.
Incumbent John Sick received 431 votes in his bid for re-election, and newcomer Philip Trautman garnered support for the other open post on the board with 382 votes.
Other propositions included increasing the schools payments to local libraries. Under the proposition, the Wayland Free Library Association will receive an additional $5,000, the E.J. Cottrell Library in Atlanta will get $2,000 more and an additional $10,000 is earmarked for the Cohocton Public Library. The proposition was approved by a vote of 392-144.
Voters also approved a proposition establishing a new vehicle and equipment reserve fund, which will ultimately set aside $2 million for new buses and other equipment, by a vote of 399-133.
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