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$19 MILLION BUDGET OK’D

CCS Voters Pick

Hayes, Spencer

Election inspector (and Cooperstown Methodist Church pastor) Tom LeBeau, left, and School District Clerk Wendy Lansing double-check the voting-machine tallies after the polls closed at 8 p.m. at Cooperstown Central Middle/High School.   Superintendent of Schools Bill Crankshaw looks on. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Tim Hayes and Gillian Spencer

COOPERSTOWN – Incumbent Tim Hayes was reelected to the Cooperstown Central school board today, joined by newcomer Gillian Spencer.

The tallies were Hayes 283, Spencer 280, Kim Jastremski 272, Jeff Woeppel 246, and Bruce Markusen 188.

The $19 million 2017-18 budget was approved, 577-211.

Leasing a new bus was approved, 584-85.

The budget for the Cooperstown library and Hartwick’s Kinney Library was approved, 526-146.

 

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