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The annual vote to adopt the 2015-16 New Rochelle Public Library budget and bond referendum and to elect three New Rochelle Public Library trustees will take place from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 19 at the city’s school district polling places. Copies of the proposed budget and bond referendum are available at the administrative office of the New Rochelle Public Library.
The proposed budget calls for an increase of $211,908, or 4.35 percent. This translates to an increase of $13.91 per household for the “average” taxpayer, constituting one penny of every property tax dollar paid by New Rochelle property taxpayers. The proposed bond authorizes the New Rochelle Public Library to replace the library’s cooling system at a cost not to exceed $500,000.
An analysis provided by Wank Adams Slavin Associates LLP reported the system requires extensive repairs or replacement. The bond request is for the maximum amount the replacement may cost, although the library also will pursue all possible grants to help reduce the ultimate bond amount.
The May 19 vote also will elect three seats on the Library Board of Trustees.
The League of Women Voters will have its annual forum for school and library boards Monday, May 11 in the library’s Ossie Davis Theater. At 5:30 p.m., the forum for the two seats on the Board of Education will take place, followed by the forum for the three seats on the Library Board of Trustees at 6:45 p.m.
Registered voters who need to find out the polling location for their district, or who need an absentee ballot, may call the school district clerk’s office at 576-4219. Applications for absentee ballots also are available on the school district’s website (www.nred.org) and in the library’s community bulletin board area.
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