May 19, 2009

Budget, Bus Purchase propositions pass; Wellington and Prorok returned to Board of Education

Voters in the Hilton Central School District approved the $68.5 million Budget by a vote of 869 – 321 on May 19, 2009 at the annual Budget Vote and Board Election. The $650,000 bus purchase proposition was also passed by a vote of 817 – 347.   Incumbents returned to Board of Education for three-year terms were: Daniel Wellington with 945 votes, current Board President, and Robert Prorok with 892 votes.    

Two Propositions were on Ballot:       

Proposition 1   Be it resolved that the Board of Education of the Hilton Central School District, County of Monroe, New York, is hereby authorized to expend the Budget as set forth showing expenditures of $68,515,896 and to levy the necessary taxes thereof.  TAX RATE IMPACT: -$3.98/$1,000 assessed valuation decrease in Clarkson and Greece; a -1.01% tax rate decrease in Parma due to equalization rate adjustment; and a -$1.81/$1,000 assessed valuation decrease in Hamlin due to equalization rate adjustment.   

Proposition 2   Resolved that the Board of Education of the Hilton Central School District is hereby authorized to undertake the acquisition of five 65-passenger school buses at an estimated cost of $88,600 each; three 20-passenger school buses at an estimated value of $26,000 each; and three, 20-passenger school buses at an estimated cost of $43,000 each at an estimated maximum aggregate cost of $650,000, less any trade-in value. TAX RATE IMPACT: No impact in the 2009-10 school year.

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