Ballot Proposition 3
On May 17, when Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District residents vote on the proposed 2022-23 school budget, they will also have the opportunity to vote on a proposition to levy and collect a tax in the amount of $1,544,958 for the Community Library of DeWitt & Jamesville.
New York state education law allows libraries to place a funding proposition on school district ballots and requires school districts, at the libraries’ requests, to levy and collect taxes for libraries. Libraries are separate legal entities from the school district, with their own funding and budgets. The school district does not endorse, control or recommend any aspect of how the libraries spend money.
If voters approve the proposition, the school district would annually levy and collect taxes in the new amount for the library beginning in the 2022-23 fiscal year. The amount authorized for library services is listed as a separate line on residents’ tax bills.
More information about the Community Library of DeWitt & Jamesville is available on its website: www.cldandj.org.
Vote Information
The library proposition will be on the school budget ballot. Voters will go to the polls 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. May 17 at J-D High School. Information about the proposed 2022-23 school budget and board of education election is available on the Budget and Finance section of the website.