Croton-Harmon District Voters Pick New School Trustees

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY — Residents of the Croton-Harmon school district approved a 2022-23 school budget on Tuesday plus and elected one incumbent and one newcomer to 3-year-terms on the Board of Education.

The $52.67 million proposed budget was approved with 85 percent of the vote. The spending plan comes with a 1.92 percent hike in the school tax levy. That is within the state's tax cap for the district so the budget only needed to be approved by a majority vote.

Four people including school board incumbent Joshua Diamond and Cathy Connolly, Greg Burns, and Theo Oshiro were on the ballot. Trustee Iris Bugliosi did not seek re-election.

Board of Education

Four candidates ran for two seats. Unofficial results:

• Joshua Diamond: 1296
• Cathy Connolly: 498
• Greg Burns: 431
• Theo Oshiro: 1366

District spending

Proposition 1: the $52,672,111 proposed budget for 2022-23

Yes: 1517

No: 261

Proposition 2 seeks voter OK to spend up to $447,800 for a bus bond to fund a new 66-passenger bus and a new 20-passenger mini-bus.

Yes: 1207

No: 549

Proposition 3 asks approval for district officials to allocate $2 million in excess fund balance to a new Vehicle Capital Reserve Fund. The fund would cover the purchase of vehicles, land and buildings and upgrades for the transportation department, including fuel pumps and charging stations.

Yes: 1383

No: 369

Proposition 4 covers putting $100,000 in a Repair Reserve Fund from the 2021-22 unassigned fund balance for capital improvements or equipment repairs of a type not recurring annually or at shorter intervals.

Yes: 1546

No: 198

Proposition 5 is the Croton Free Library budget of $915,861

Yes: 1469

No: 272