Voters in the Bedford Central School District overwhelmingly approved its proposed 2013-14 budget.
The results show that 1,568 voted yes while just 621 voted no.
The budget is $125,057,000 and includes a spending increase of 1.92 percent. The tax levy, which is the amount of property tax revenue to be collected, will increase by 3.37, which is within the state-mandated cap. The tax rates, which represent what taxpayers owe per $1,000 of assessed property value, are estimated to rise by 4.56 percent for Bedford, 0.68 percent for Mount Kisco, 2.30 percent for New Castle, 3.07 percent for Pound Ridge and 5.51 percent for North Castle.
Three school board seats were up for votes, all of which were uncontested. The people running were incumbents Jennifer Gerken and Suzanne Grant, along with Michael Solomon. Gerken received 1,362 votes, Grant got 1,359 and Solomon got 1,250.
DATA BY SCHOOL
The district held the election at five polling places, which were at each of its five elementary schools. Below are the results for the budget and school board by elementary school:
Mount Kisco Elementary School
Budget: 332 Yes, 88 No
Board: 256 Solomon, 300 Grant, 287 Gerken
Bedford Hills Elementary School
Budget: 208 Yes, 87 No
Board: 187 Solomon, 198 Grant, 186 Gerken
West Patent Elementary School
Budget: 277 Yes, 66 No
Board: 202 Solomon, 229 Grant, 213 Gerken
Bedford Village Elementary School
Budget: 412 Yes, 209 No
Board: 332 Solomon, 365 Grant, 416 Gerken
Pound Ridge Elementary School
Budget: 339 Yes, 171
Board: 273 Solomon, 267 Grant, 260 Gerken
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
