2013 Mount Sinai Voter Guide: How Will You Vote?

Voters in the Mount Sinai district will head to the polls on Tuesday to say “yes” or “no” to the Mount Sinai School District’s proposed $55.2 million 2013-14 budget.

When this budget was adopted, board president Robert Sweeney said, “It is so important that while this budget sounds positive, that you the representatives of the community remind everyone that the only way to move forward is to vote. Apathy becomes our enemy.”   

Will you vote yes or no? Why? Log in to Patch and tell us in the comments.

Proposition 1: Quick Facts

• Proposed Budget: $55,155, 155
• Average Tax Increase for Homeowners: ---
• Tax Levy Increase: 4.05 percent (below cap)
• Year-Over-Year Budget Increase: .96 percent

Recent Budget Coverage on Miller Place-Rocky Point Patch:
• Mt. Sinai Adopts $55.2 Million Budget

School Board Candidates (vote for two)
• Lynn Jordon (Incumbent)
• John Kostic (Incumbent)

Library Contract
• Contract - $1,709,776

Proposition III - Capital Project
• Transfer of existing funds ($327,000) from Capital Reserve for Middle School Roof Renovation.

Polling Information

• Location: Mt. Sinai Elementary School (North Country Road, Mt. Sinai)
• Vote between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.

What if the budget doesn’t pass?
• The school board can choose to put the same budget up for a re-vote at a future date.
• The school board can choose to put up a revised budget at a future date.
• The school board can choose to go right into a contingency budget, which would not increase the tax levy but which would likely cause millions of dollars more in cuts.
• If a budget vote fails twice, the school district automatically is subject to a contingency budget.

View related budget documents on the school district’s website.