All but one of the 18 school districts in Chautauqua County saw their 2013-2014 spending plans approved by the public on Tuesday.
Residents in the city of Jamestown have given the thumbs up to the 2013-2014 budget presented by school administration and the board of education. A total of 388 votes were cast for the $73,370,000 budget, with 320 voting in favor of the spending plan and 68 voting against it. In addition, the district’s school bus proposition also passed by a vote of 302 to 79. That will allow the district to lease-to-own several vehicles over a five-year period, at a cost not to exceed $790,000.
Voters also were able to vote for two candidates for the school board’s two open seats. Winning reelection were current school board president Joe DiMaio as well as fellow incumbent Patrick Slagle. DiMaio received a total of 304 votes while Slagle picked up 282. A third candidate, Todd Rushforth, received 118 votes.
All results from yesterday’s vote are unofficial until tonight’s Canvas of Votes.
Residents in the Bemus Point School District voted down the proposed $11.9 million spending plan. According to the Jamestown Post-Journal, the unofficial tally was 227 against the budget and 215 for the budget. The failure of the district’s budget proposal was not a complete surprise, as it had recently received criticism during a public hearing earlier this month. The budget contained a 5.7 percent spending increase of $645,175.
A proposition in the form of a school bus amendment did pass, 251-193.
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