tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-39426744849081260382008-05-08T14:49:00.000-04:002008-05-08T14:50:30.555-04:00<strong>Wayland-Cohocton Central School District</strong><br /><br />The Wayland-Cohocton school board approved a $27.69 million budget, up $206,000, or 5.67 percent, from the $26.19 million budget passed last year.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Incumbent John Sick will be joined on the ballot by newcomer Philip Trautman for two open seats on the Wayland-Cohocton school board.<br /><br />Other propositions include increasing the schools payments to local libraries. Under the proposition, the Wayland 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.<br /><br />The district also will have a proposition establishing a new vehicle and equipment reserve fund, which will ultimately set aside $2 million for new buses and other equipment.SARTREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079449084141937603noreply@blogger.com