CANTON — The Canton Central School District Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday night to hire BCA Construction Management to oversee its $27.5 million capital project.
CANTON â Superintendent Ronald P. Burke learned how to swim at the Canton Central School District pool in 1976.
Small leaks have been bandaged â as have similar âleaksâ across the districtâs three buildings, parking lots and critical infrastructure â but district voters on Tuesday approved a multi-million dollar, multi-year revival.
One incumbent and four newcomer Board of Education members were elected from seven candidates, and all four ballot propositions passed, including a $33.1 million spending plan for 2021-22 with a 2.9% tax levy increase.
Less than an hour into Tuesdayâs noon to 8 p.m. voting window, about 70 people had stopped by the Hugh C. Williams High School Learning Resource Center to vote in person. With absentee ballots, vote tallies concluded shortly before 10 p.m.
CANTON â Four propositions and seven Board of Education candidates are up for approval from Canton Central School District voters Tuesday.
School districts statewide have been preparing for May 18 votes for months, and Canton Central taxpayers will be asked to consider annual bus and library propositions, a $33.1 million budget for 2021-22 and a $27.5 million, multi-year capital project.
This yearâs total $33,107,411 proposal, an increase of about $2 million from 2020-21, breaks down into $3 million in administrative costs; $5.2 million in annual capital costs, separate from the capital project; and $24.8 million in program costs.
A proposed 2.9% tax increase, which is under the districtâs 3.5% cap, amounts to $294,219, for a total tax levy of about $10.4 million to be collected from taxpayers. Initial budget figures drafted in February calculated a 3.5% levy, but with state aid announced, Superintendent Ronald P. Burke said during the boardâs April 19 meeting,