UPDATE: Region 14 Budget Comes Before Voters at Second Referendum [POLL]

Voter turnout as of noon today was 7.3 percent. Of the 6,554 eligible voters on the list, 481 people voted.

Original article:

Since voters rejected the first , the Region 14 Board of Education proposed a budget that is $387,748 less than the initial proposal.

The budget that failed at the May 8 referendum, at $31,205,513, featured a 3.17 percent increase or $959,484, over the 2011-12 budget of $30,246,029.

The new Region 14 budget before voters today — Wednesday, June 6 — is at $30,817,765 and features a $571,736 increase, or 1.89 percent, over the 2011-12 budget of $30,246,029.

"I hope every registered voter exercises his or her civic responsibility and votes in tomorrow’s referendum," said Region 14 Superintendent Jody Goeler in an e-mailed statement to Woodbury-Middlebury Patch.

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Changes From Defeated Budget: Reductions

• Stipends: $28,109
• Freshmen boys and girls basketball: $6,490
• Transportation (athletics): $7,600
• Purchased services (athletics): $7,000
• Electricity: $33,269
• Fuel oil: $20,000
• Burner replacement: $200,000
• Furniture: $15,000
• New staff (social worker): $78,363
• Benefits: $427

Changes From Defeated Budget: Additions

• Medical insurance: $8,510
  

 Do you support or disapprove of the Region 14 budget before voters at referendum? Vote in our poll and tell us more in the comments.