Bedford School District Voters Will Head to Polls Tuesday for Budget Decision

Mount Kisco, NY — The Bedford Central School District will go to the polls Tuesday, June to try — once again — to approve a budget for the 2016-17 school year.

On May 17, the spending plan failed to receive a supermajority of the votes required for passage of a budget that was not within the state-mandated tax cap.

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After the budget failed, the board came up with a budget that was $2.85 million less that the failed budget.

Voters will be asked to OK the new $126,804,885 spending package. It is below the tax cap so it will only require a simple majority.

To bring spending down, reductions had to be made to all departments and schools. More than 50 full-time positions will be eliminated under the second budget.

Interim Superintendent John Chambers said a contingency budget will automatically go into effect if the second budget is not approved.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m.

According to information on the district’s website, voting will take place in each of the five elementary schools in the district. Registered voters can cast their ballots at the elementary school serving their attendance area.