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Lake Placid

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Voters in Lake Placid and Wilmington approved the Lake Placid Central School District’s proposed $20.7 million budget for the upcoming school year. The budget carries a tax levy increase of zero, meaning it plans to take the same amount in taxes from property owners next year.

Of the 276 ballots cast, 41 people voted to deny the budget proposal.

Voters on Tuesday also authorized the lease of three new buses and an increase in funding for the Wilmington E.M. Cooper Memorial Library.

There were three seats up for election on the district’s board of education. There were three candidates for the seats, all incumbents. Daniel Cash received 237 votes, Colleen Locke got 228 votes, and Martha Pritchard Spear got 205 votes. As the candidate with the fewest votes, Spear will serve the rest of a one-year term while the others will have three-year terms.

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AuSable Valley

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The AuSable Valley Central School District’s proposed budget of more than $34.7 million was approved by voters on Tuesday. The budget carries a tax levy of more than $14.8 million, an increase of 1.58%. The vote was 396 yes, 116 no.

Voters elected Mark Allen, Jenna Beauregard and Aubrey Bresett to the board of education. Patricia Gero was unsuccessful in her run against Beauregard. Derrick Hopkins was unsuccessful in his run against Bresett.

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Keene

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Keene Central School’s more than $6.7 million proposed budget was approved by voters on Tuesday by a vote of 88 to 18. The budget carries a tax levy increase of 7.67%, which despite being unusually high was within the district’s tax cap, due to capital project financing.

There was one seat up for election on the school board and only one candidate. That candidate, Emily Reynolds Bergh, was elected with 101 votes.