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Westchester County, NY May 20, 2008 Election
Directory of Westchester County, NY Propositions
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Proposition AUFSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Ardsley Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 828 / 61.2% Yes votes ...... 524 / 38.8% No votes
Shall the sum of $56,203,810 be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for the 2008-2009 school year and taxes be levied in accordance with the law to meet the same?

Proposition AUFSD-2. Improvements to Food Services Operation -- Ardsley Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 984 / 75.5% Yes votes ...... 319 / 24.5% No votes
That the Board of Education of the Ardsley Union Free School District be authorized to use revenue from the Nonprofit School Food Service fund in the amount of 350,000 Dollars as approved by the State Education Department for improvements to the food services operation, including but not limited to reconstruction of the food service preparation area of the Ardsley High School and replacement of various pieces of equipment, such as stoves and the walk-in freezer; as well as costs related to any design and/or construction thereof, where the funding for the project shall come from the District*s nonprofit food service fund balance, at no cost to the taxpayers.

Proposition BCSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Bedford Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
RESOLVED: Shall the sum of $117,235,484 be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes of the Bedford Central School District for the fiscal year 2008-2009, and that same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be raised by a tax on taxable property of the school district.

Proposition BCSD-2. Construction of Access Road & Boiler Installation -- Bedford Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
RESOLVED:(a)That the Board of Education of the Bedford Central School District, in the County of Westchester, New York (the "District), is hereby authorized to construct a permanent access road at the Fox Lane Campus from State Route 172, and to install one boiler each at Fox Lane High School and Bedford Hills Elementary School; and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $824,000; (b) that a tax is hereby voted therefor in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $824,000 to pay such cost, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $824,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

Proposition BBRUFSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 649 / 70.5% Yes votes ...... 272 / 29.5% No votes
Shall the proposed budget or estimate of expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year (July 1, 2008 + June 30, 2009) presented by the Board of Education in the amount of $ $38,220,030 be approved and the taxes in the necessary amount therefore be levied?

Proposition BrUFSD. School Budget Vote -- Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 767 / 67.9% Yes votes ...... 363 / 32.1% No votes
Shall the 2008-09 Budget for the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District in the amount of $52,943,395 be approved?

Proposition BrUFSD-1. Various Improvements at Middle School/H.S. & Todd School -- Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 779 / 72.9% Yes votes ...... 290 / 27.1% No votes
Shall the Board of Education be authorized to construct or install at the Middle School/High School and at the Todd School the following: 1) replacement carpet in the High School library; 2) irrigation of the front practice field at the High School; 3) additional tables and chairs for the High School cafeteria; 4) climate control in the Todd server room; and 5) repair and/or replacement of the Todd boiler, including ancillary and incidental expenses therefore, at a total estimated cost of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000), said sum to be appropriated from the District's general fund without the necessity of additional taxation?

Proposition BrUFSD-2. Bus Purchase -- Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 617 / 56.9% Yes votes ...... 467 / 43.1% No votes
Shall the Board of Education be authorized to purchase one (1) sixty-six (66) passenger diesel bus at a total estimated cost of Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($95,000) and to vote a tax therefore to be collected in five annual installments and in anticipation of said tax, to issue obligations of the District?

Proposition BxUFSD. School Budget Vote -- Bronxville Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 274 / 69.4% Yes votes ...... 121 / 30.6% No votes
Resolved, that the Board of Education of the Bronxville Union Free School District, Town of Eastchester, Westchester County, New York, is hereby authorized to make expenditures as estimated in the Proposed Budget in the amount of Forty Three Million, Six Hundred Thirty One Thousand, One Hundred Forty Dollars ($43,631,140) and to raise taxes therefor.

Proposition BxUFSD-1. Flood Restoration Project -- Bronxville Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 272 / 72.5% Yes votes ...... 103 / 27.5% No votes
RESOLVED, shall the Bronxville Union Free School District, Westchester County, New York, be authorized to pay additional costs of the flood restoration project previously authorized by the voters on July 10, 2007, including original equipment, machinery, apparatus, appurtenances, site improvements, and other incidental costs and expenses in connection therewith, at a maximum estimated cost of $1,779,199, and said amount or so much thereof as may be necessary shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of said School District and collected in annual installments as provided by Section 416 of the Education Law; and in anticipation of such tax, obligations of said School District shall be issued.

Proposition BxUFSD-2. Bronxville School New Boiler & Switchgear Addition -- Bronxville Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 272 / 72.7% Yes votes ...... 102 / 27.3% No votes
RESOLVED, shall the Bronxville Union Free School District, Westchester County, New York, be authorized to construct a new boiler and electrical switchgear addition to the Bronxville School including original equipment, machinery, apparatus, appurtenances, site improvements, and other incidental costs and expenses in connection therewith, at a maximum estimated cost of $6,607,862, and said amount or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of said School District and collected in annual installments as provided by Section 416 of the Education Law; and in anticipation of such tax, obligations of said School District shall be issued.

Proposition BHCSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Byram Hills Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
SHALL the Board of Education of the BYRAM HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT be authorized to expend for budgetary purposes in the school year 2008-2009 the sum of $75,173,375 and to levy the necessary tax therefor upon the taxable property of the School District?

Proposition CCSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Chappaqua Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
RESOLVED: That the Board of Education of Chappaqua Central School District be and hereby is authorized to expend the sum of $107,347,134 set forth in the School District Budget for the School Year 2008-2009, and that the necessary tax be levied therefor.

Proposition CCSD-2. Chappaqua Library Budget Vote -- Chappaqua Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
RESOLVED: That there is hereby appropriated the sum of $2,706,892 for the Chappaqua Central School District Public Library for the School Year 2008-2009, and that the necessary tax be levied therefor.

Proposition CHUFSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Croton-Harmon Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 727 / 56.9% Yes votes ...... 550 / 43.1% No votes
RESOLVED that there be raised by tax upon all the taxable property in the Croton-Harmon School District such amount as will with moneys otherwise available produce the sum of $41,848,800 as contemplated by the budget prepared by the Board of Education on April 14, 2008.

Proposition CHUFSD-2. Croton Free Library Budget Vote -- Croton-Harmon Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 812 / 63.6% Yes votes ...... 465 / 36.4% No votes
RESOLVED that there be raised by tax upon all the taxable property in this district the sum of $744,745 for the support of the Croton Free Library.

Proposition CHUFSD-3. School Building Improvement Program -- Croton-Harmon Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 765 / 60.0% Yes votes ...... 510 / 40.0% No votes
RESOLVED: (a) That the Board of Education of the Croton-Harmon Union Free School District, in the County of Westchester, New York (the "District"), is hereby authorized to implement a school building improvement program, and to expend therefore, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $539,975; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in the amount of not to exceed $539,975 to finance such cost, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and bonds and notes of the District are authorized and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds and notes as the same shall become due and payable; and (c) that the District expects to receive aid from the State of new York estimated to be sufficient in amount to pay substantially all costs of said improvements, and such aid as and when received by the District shall be applied to offset and reduce the taxes hereby authorized.

Proposition DFUFSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
RESOLVED, that the sum of $37,542,651 shall be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for 2008-09 and that a tax be levied in accordance with the law to meet the same.

Proposition DFUFSD-2. Increase Amount and Duration of Capital Reserve Fund -- Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Shall the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District be authorized to increase the ultimate amount and duration of the capital reserve fund established in 2002, known as the "Capital Reserve Fund for Facility Improvements" as follows: to $3,000,000, plus interest thereon, with such amount to be funded from transfers from surplus funds in the general fund to the "Capital Reserve Fund for Facility Improvements" over a period of 15 years.

Proposition DFUFSD-3. Renovation of Six Science Classrooms at the High School -- Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Shall the Board of Education of the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District, Westchester County, New York, be authorized to renovate six science classrooms at the High School, including associated costs and expenses, at a maximum estimated cost of $1,500,000, to be funded through the transfer of the amount of $1,000,000 from the Capital Reserve Fund for Facility Improvements to the capital fund for such purpose with the remaining amount to be transferred from the general fund and/or unappropriated fund balance as of June 30, 2008 to the capital fund, to pay the cost of the renovations.

Proposition EdUFSD. School Budget Vote -- Edgemont Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 658 / 78.6% Yes votes ...... 179 / 21.4% No votes
RESOLVED, that the sum $46,137,283 shall be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for 2008-2009 and that a tax be levied in accordance with the law to meet the same.

Proposition ElUFSD. School Budget Vote -- Elmsford Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 260 / 52.7% Yes votes ...... 233 / 47.3% No votes
Shall the School Budget as proposed by the Board of Education for the school year 2008-2009 in the amount of $28,280,547 be adopted and the necessary taxes be levied theron?

Proposition EUFSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Eastchester Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1449 / 55.6% Yes votes ...... 1159 / 44.4% No votes
Shall Eastchester Union Free School District of the Town of Eastchester, Westchester County, New York, adopt a budget for the school year 2008-09 for the Schools comprising said Eastchester Union Free School District, in the gross sum of $65,158,640 and raise the necessary taxes required for said budget in one sum by tax upon the taxable property of the District?

Proposition GCSD. School Budget Vote -- Greenburgh Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 547 / 55.6% Yes votes ...... 436 / 44.4% No votes
RESOLVED that the budget for the year commencing July 1, 2008 be adopted in the amount of $54,890,000. the said sums be appropriated, and that taxes be levied in the amount necessary therefor.

Proposition HCSD. School Budget Vote -- Harrison Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1933 / 51.8% Yes votes ...... 1796 / 48.2% No votes
RESOLVED: that the annual School District Budget for the 2008-2009 school year as proposed by the Board of Education in accordance with Section 1716 of the Education Law, in the amount of $97,693,271 be approved, and the necessary taxes levied therefore upon the taxable real property of the School District.

Proposition HHCSD. School Budget Vote -- Hendrick Hudson Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 764 / 58.2% Yes votes ...... 548 / 41.8% No votes
Resolved, that the Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District of Cortlandt in the County of Westchester be and hereby is authorized to expend the sum of $65,768,238 for the General Budget and to levy the necessary tax therefor.

Proposition HHCSD-1. Passenger Vans and Buses -- Hendrick Hudson Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 759 / 60.7% Yes votes ...... 492 / 39.3% No votes
Resolved: (a) That the Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District in the County of Westchester, New York (the "District"), is hereby authorized to purchase various school buses and vans for use by the District, and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $332,560; (b) that a tax is hereby voted therefor in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $332,560 to pay such cost, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $332,560 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

Proposition HHCSD-2. Free Library Budget Vote -- Hendrick Hudson Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 825 / 65.5% Yes votes ...... 434 / 34.5% No votes
Resolved, that the sum of $770,355 raised by tax to be applied in support of the Hendrick Hudson Free Library which has been registered by the State Board of Regents in the State of New York which sum shall be raised by a levy of taxes on the taxable property of said school district.

Proposition HOH-1. School Budget Vote -- Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 663 / 57.0% Yes votes ...... 501 / 43.0% No votes
Shall the Board of Education of the Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District, Town of Greenburgh, New York, be authorized to expend the sums set forth in the 2008-2009 Annual Budget in the total amount of $41,633,422.00 and to levy the necessary tax therefore?

Proposition IUFSD. School Budget Vote -- Irvington Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 631 / 55.3% Yes votes ...... 510 / 44.7% No votes
RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Irvington Union Free School District, Town of Greenburgh in the County of Westchester, New York be and hereby is authorized: To appropriate the sum set forth $50,583,424 for the fiscal year 2008-2009 and to levy the necessary tax therefor.

Proposition IUFSD-1. Excel Aid Proposition -- Irvington Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 781 / 73.8% Yes votes ...... 277 / 26.2% No votes
RESOLVED, (a) That the Board of Education of the Irvington Union Free School District, in the County of Westchester, New York (the "District"), is hereby authorized to construct improvements to all District school buildings, and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $627,781; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in the amount of not to exceed $627,781 to finance such cost, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and bonds and notes of the District are authorized and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds and notes as the same shall become due and payable; and (c) that the District expects to receive aid from the State of New York estimated to be sufficient in amount to pay substantially all costs of said improvements, and such aid as and when received by the District shall be applied to offset and reduce the taxes hereby authorized.

Proposition KLUFSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
RESOLVED, that the 2008-2009 budget, be and the same is hereby adopted for the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures, and authorizing the levy of tax of and for said Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District, Westchester County, New York, as set forth in the detailed statement of expenditures, which will be required for school purposes and for estimated district expenses for the ensuing year, in the amount of 107,642,000.

Proposition KLUFSD-2. Purchase of Various Vehicles & Equipment -- Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
BE IT RESOLVED (a) That the Board of Education of the Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District, in the County of Westchester, New York (the "District"), is hereby authorized to purchase various vehicles and equipment including: six (6) seventy-eight (78) passenger buses at the estimated cost of $125,000 each, aggregating $750,000; one (1) operations and maintenance vehicle, at the estimated cost of $30,000; one (1) operations and maintenance vehicle (garbage truck), at the estimated cost of $130,000; and one (1) generator at the estimated cost of $100,000 and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $1,010,000; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in the amount of not to exceed $1,010,000 to finance such cost, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $1,010,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

Proposition LCSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Lakeland Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1065 / 62.2% Yes votes ...... 647 / 37.8% No votes
RESOLVED, that the sum of $141,165,890 shall be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for the school year 2008-2009 and that the Board of Education be authorized to levy taxes to meet the same.

Proposition LCSD-2. Purchase of School Buses, Vehicles & Equipment -- Lakeland Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1034 / 61.0% Yes votes ...... 660 / 39.0% No votes
RESOLVED(a) That the Board of Education of the Lakeland Central School District of Shrub Oak, in the County of Westchester, New York (the "District"), is hereby authorized to purchase various school buses, vehicles and equipment for use by the District and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $1,210,000; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $1,210,000 to pay such cost, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $1,210,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

Referendum LCSD-A. Advisory Referendum on Changes to School Hours -- Lakeland Central School District (Advisory Vote Only)
Fail: 819 / 49.2% Yes votes ...... 846 / 50.8% No votes
Shall the Board of Education of the Lakeland Central School District of Shrub Oak, in the County of Westchester, New York, authorize a change in the daily start and end times at the Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School from 9:15 a.m. + 3:35 p.m. to 7:45 a.m. + 2:15 p.m., and at the District's five elementary schools from 8:25 a.m. + 2:40 p.m. to 8:40 a.m. + 2:55 p.m., and to ask the voters to approve any additional costs associated with such changes, effective September, 2009?

Proposition MmUFSD. School Budget Vote -- Mamaroneck Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2015 / 68.1% Yes votes ...... 943 / 31.9% No votes
Shall appropriation of the sum of $116,923,297 estimated expenditures for school purposes for the fiscal year 2008-2009 be approved and the Board of Education be authorized to levy taxes to meet the same?

Proposition MPCSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Mount Pleasant Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 751 / 54.3% Yes votes ...... 633 / 45.7% No votes
Shall the Board of Education of the Mount Pleasant Central School District be authorized to expend the sums set forth in the 2008/2009 Annual Budget in the total amount of $49,944,250., and to levy the necessary tax therefore?

Proposition MVCSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Mount Vernon City School District (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 864 / 37.9% Yes votes ...... 1416 / 62.1% No votes
Resolved: That the 2008-2009 General Fund Budget hereby adopted for the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures and that the Board of Education of the Mount Vernon City School District, Westchester County, New York, be authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $193,142,466 for General Fund purposes and to levy the tax necessary therefore.

Proposition MVCSD-2. Bond for Reconstruction of School District Facilities -- Mount Vernon City School District (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1057 / 49.9% Yes votes ...... 1062 / 50.1% No votes
Shall the bond resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Mount Vernon, New York, on March 19, 2008, authorizing reconstruction of various School District facilities, including incidental improvements and costs (25 year useful life), at a maximum estimated cost of $20,000,000, authorizing the issuance of $20,000,000 bonds of said District to pay the cost thereof, providing that said sum of $20,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable real property of such District and collected in annual installments as provided by Sec. 416 of the Education Law; providing that, in anticipation of said tax, obligations of the District shall be issued and may be issued in excess of the constitutional debt limit as and if necessary; pledging the faith and credit of said District for the payment thereof; delegating the power to authorize and sell serial bonds and notes; and containing an estoppel clause, be approved?

Proposition NRCSD-GF1. School Budget Vote -- New Rochelle City School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2034 / 68.2% Yes votes ...... 948 / 31.8% No votes
RESOLVED, that the general fund proposed budget of expenditures of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, for the 2008-2009 school year in the amount of $222,335,393 for the purposes shown in the statement of estimated expenditures be and hereby is approved and authorized to be submitted to the voters at the Annual School Election/Budget Vote, May 20, 2008; and the amount thereof shall be raised by a levy of a tax upon taxable property located within the school district, after first deducting the monies available from State Aid and other sources as provided by law?

Proposition NRCSD-GF2. Library Budget Vote -- New Rochelle City School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2013 / 68.7% Yes votes ...... 918 / 31.3% No votes
RESOLVED, that the general fund proposed budget of expenditures of the New Rochelle Public Library, Westchester County, New York, for the 2008-2009 fiscal year in the amount of $4,168,943 for the purposes shown in the statement of expenditures be and hereby is approved; and the amount thereof shall be raised by a levy of a tax upon the taxable property of the City School District of New Rochelle after first deducting the monies available from sources as provided by law?

Proposition NRCSD-1. NYS Excel Funding Vote -- New Rochelle City School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2302 / 77.9% Yes votes ...... 653 / 22.1% No votes
PROPOSITION No. 1: Shall (i) the bond resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New Rochelle, New York, on April 1, 2008, authorizing reconstruction of and construction of improvements to School District facilities, including incidental improvements and costs (30-year useful life), at a maximum estimated cost of $3,041,955, authorizing the issuance of bonds of said District to pay the cost thereof, providing that such sum, after the use of $2,123,285 State EXCEL funds and other State aid, shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable real property of such District and collected in annual installments as provided by Sec. 416 of the Education Law; providing that, in anticipation thereof, obligations of the District shall be issued; pledging the faith and credit of said District for the payment thereof; delegating the power to authorize and sell serial bonds and notes; and containing an estoppel clause, and (ii) previously authorized boiler replacements be funded with an additional $1,182,900 State EXCEL aid, said prior authorization of $1,182,900 bonds to be used instead for the project described in (i) hereof, be approved?

Proposition NSCSD. School Budget Vote -- North Salem Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 630 / 71.8% Yes votes ...... 248 / 28.2% No votes
RESOLVED, that the sum of $38,194,990.00 shall be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for the school year 2008-2009, and that the Board of Education be authorized to levy taxes to meet the same.

Proposition OUFSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Ossining Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 996 / 55.5% Yes votes ...... 799 / 44.5% No votes
RESOLVED: that the School District Budget, as proposed by the Ossining Board of Education for the 2008-2009 school year, in the amount of $100,389,446 be adopted and the necessary tax levied therefore.

Proposition OUFSD-2. Ossining Public Library Budget Vote -- Ossining Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1023 / 57.2% Yes votes ...... 766 / 42.8% No votes
RESOLVED: that the Ossining Public Library Budget as proposed by the Board of Trustees of the Ossining Public Library for the 2008-2009 school year in the amount of $3,524,624 be adopted and the Board of Education of the Ossining Union Free School District is hereby authorized to levy the necessary tax therefore.

Proposition PCRUFSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 668 / 56.4% Yes votes ...... 517 / 43.6% No votes
Shall the Budget for the fiscal year 2008-2009 as proposed by the Board of Education in the gross amount of $72,900,016 be adopted?

Proposition PCSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Peekskill City School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 407 / 54.9% Yes votes ...... 335 / 45.1% No votes
RESOLVED: That the sum of $70,969,571 shall be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes of the Peekskill City School District for the fiscal year 2008-2009 and that said sum or so much thereof as may be necessary shall be raised by the levy of a tax on the taxable property of the school district.

Proposition PUFSD. School Budget Vote -- Pelham Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1548 / 65.3% Yes votes ...... 822 / 34.7% No votes
Shall the budget for the school year 2008-2009 amounting to $58,130,063 be adopted and shall the Board of Education be authorized to raise a tax on the taxable property of the District in such amount as may be necessary to provide for such expenditure?

Proposition PUFSD-1. Various Construction Projects for District Schools -- Pelham Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1363 / 59.6% Yes votes ...... 922 / 40.4% No votes
(a) That the Board of Education of the Pelham Union Free School District, in the County of Westchester, New York (the "District"), is hereby authorized to construct an addition and/or alterations and improvements to all District school buildings and the sites thereof, and to construct a storage building, and to expend therefore, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $24,069,000; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in the amount of not to exceed $24,069,000 to finance such cost, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and bonds and notes of the District are authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $24,069,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds and notes as the same shall become due and payable; and (c) that the District expects to receive aid from the State of New York estimated to be sufficient in amount to pay a portion of the costs of said improvements, and such aid as and when received by the District shall be applied to offset and reduce a portion of the taxes hereby authorized.

Proposition PUFSD-2. Installation of Synthetic Turf Fields -- Pelham Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 771 / 34.6% Yes votes ...... 1455 / 65.4% No votes
(a) That in the Event Bond Proposition No. 1 Is Approved, the Board of Education of the Pelham Union Free School District, in the County of Westchester, New York (the "District"), is hereby authorized to install a synthetic turf field each at Franklin Field and Glover Stadium Field, and to expend therefore, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $2,745,000; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in the amount of not to exceed $2,745,000 to finance such cost, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $2,745,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable; (c) that an aggregate amount of $800,000 is expected to be received from community sources and the Town of Pelham to pay a portion of the costs of the installation of a synthetic turf field at Glover Stadium Field, and such amount as and when received by the District shall be applied to offset and reduce a portion of the taxes hereby authorized; and (d) that if this Bond Proposition No. 2 is approved, it shall become effective only in the event that Bond Proposition No. 1 is approved.

Proposition PHCSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Pocantico Hills Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 204 / 63.9% Yes votes ...... 115 / 36.1% No votes
Shall the Board of Education of this school district be authorized to expend the sums set forth in the proposed 2008-2009 annual budget in the amount of $22,699,313 and to levy the necessary tax therefore?

Proposition PHCSD-2. School Bus Purchase -- Pocantico Hills Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 210 / 68.2% Yes votes ...... 98 / 31.8% No votes
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Board of Education of the Pocantico Hills Central School District, Westchester County, New York, is hereby authorized to acquire one approximately 60 passenger bus at an estimated cost not to exceed $100,000, and one suburban school bus at a maximum cost not to exceed $50,000, totaling $150,000, and that the maximum estimated cost of the foregoing, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of said school district and collected in annual installments as provided by Section 416 of the Education Law; and, in anticipation of such tax, obligations of said School District shall be issued?

Proposition PlUFSD-A. School Budget Vote -- Pleasantville Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 900 / 62.3% Yes votes ...... 544 / 37.7% No votes
SHALL the Board of Education of Pleasantville Union Free School District, Westchester County, New York be authorized to expend the sums set forth in the 2008-2009 Annual Budget in the total amount of $41,135,736.00 and to levy the necessary tax therefor?

Proposition PVCSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Putnam Valley Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 777 / 56.3% Yes votes ...... 603 / 43.7% No votes
Resolved,that the 2008-09 school district budget, as submitted by the Board of Education, is hereby approved and the Board of Education is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $42,695,238 for the school year July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 and further BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education is hereby authorized to levy the necessary tax therefor.

Proposition PVCSD-2. Repairs, Additions and Other School Building Improvements -- Putnam Valley Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 866 / 67.0% Yes votes ...... 426 / 33.0% No votes
Shall the Board of Education of the Putnam Valley Central School District be authorized to construct repairs and additions, including original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus and other improvements, and costs incidental thereto, at all school buildings in the District, at a maximum cost of $2,250,000, said sum to be appropriated from the District's general fund without the necessity of additional taxation?

Proposition RCSD. School Budget Vote -- Rye City School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1049 / 60.7% Yes votes ...... 679 / 39.3% No votes
RESOLVED that the Rye City School District Budget for the school year July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, in the amount of $68,251,850.00 as set forth in the detailed statement of the budget, be adopted and that the Rye City School District Board of Education be authorized to levy the necessary taxes therefor.

Proposition RNUFSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Rye Neck Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 507 / 60.2% Yes votes ...... 335 / 39.8% No votes
Shall the proposed budget or estimate of expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year (July 1, 2008 + June 30, 2009) presented by the Board of Education in the amount of $33,870,823 be approved and a tax in said amount be levied upon the taxable property of the district.

Proposition SCSD. School Budget Vote -- Somers Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1251 / 53.2% Yes votes ...... 1102 / 46.8% No votes
RESOLVED, that the sum of $77,248,547 shall be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for 2008-2009 and that the Board of Education be authorized to levy taxes to meet the same.

Proposition ScUFSD. School Budget Vote -- Scarsdale Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 505 / 79.2% Yes votes ...... 133 / 20.8% No votes
RESOLVED, that the sum of One-hundred Twenty-eight Million, Four-Hundred Eighty-two Thousand, Eight-hundred Ninety-two Dollars ($128,482,892), of which Two-hundred Thirteen Thousand, Four-hundred Eighty-two Dollars ($213,482) is for the cost of transportation beyond that mandated by law, shall be appropriated to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for the school year 2008-09, and that the Board of Education be authorized to levy the necessary taxes to meet the same.

Proposition TrUFSD. School Budget Vote -- Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 759 / 54.2% Yes votes ...... 641 / 45.8% No votes
Shall the Board of Education of this School District be authorized to expend the sums set forth in the 200-2009 annual budget in the total amount of $60,170,350, and to levy the necessary tax thereof?

Proposition TUFSD-1. Budget Vote -- Tuckahoe Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 460 / 53.9% Yes votes ...... 393 / 46.1% No votes
To adopt the annual budget of the Tuckahoe Union Free School District for the fiscal year 2008-2009 and to authorize the requisite portion therefore to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.

Proposition TUFSD-2. Board of Education Central Offices Lease Renewal -- Tuckahoe Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 416 / 55.8% Yes votes ...... 330 / 44.2% No votes
Shall the Board of Education of the Tuckahoe Union Free School District be authorized to renew its lease with respect to its central offices located at 29 Elm Street, Tuckahoe, New York, for a period not to exceed one (1) year from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 at a rent not to exceed $83,349 for the year of the renewed lease.

Proposition VUFSD. School Budget Vote -- Valhalla Union Free School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 584 / 52.1% Yes votes ...... 536 / 47.9% No votes
There is hereby appropriated the sum of $40,895,266 to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for the fiscal year 2008-09, said sum to be raised by tax upon the taxable property of the district.

Proposition WPCSD. School Budget Vote -- White Plains City School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1129 / 52.8% Yes votes ...... 1010 / 47.2% No votes
RESOLVED, that the budget for the 2008-2009 school year in the amount of $184,420,859 be adopted, and that the necessary taxes be levied therefor.

Proposition YCSD-1. School Budget Vote -- Yorktown Central School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 962 / 55.9% Yes votes ...... 760 / 44.1% No votes
RESOLVED, that the Annual School District Budget for the fiscal year 2008 - 2009 in the amount of $88,382,000 and the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District be approved.

 
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