Hannibal Budget Approved

by Nicole Reome | June 17, 2008 9:40 pm

HANNIBAL, NY – Given a second chance, voters in the Hannibal Central School District have approved the proposed $25 million spending plan for 2008-09.

With almost the same number of voters against the plan weighing in, more than 100 additional voters who supported the plan opted to go to the polls for the second vote.

After the budget was rejected in May, the Hannibal Board of Education removed a bus purchase from the regular budget lines to move additional money to increase the expenditure for diesel fuel. The bottom line of the plan stayed the same, however, at $25,122,068. The plan represents a 5.21 percent budget-to-budget increase over the current year’s spending.

During the vote May 20, voters rejected the plan 358 to 279. During the second vote today, district clerk Lisa Shortslef said that the vote tally came in with 407 voters in favor of the budget and 355 opposed.

Hannibal Superintendent Michael DiFabio said that the board of education is required to have the spending plan in place by the start of the 2008-09 fiscal year, which begins July 1.

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