School Budget, Bus Purchases Approved By Gilboa-Conesville Voters

GILBOA-CONESVILLE — Tuesday's school vote saw a $12.87 million budget with a 1.84 percent property tax increase approved by Gilboa-Conesville voters.

The budget was approved by a healthy margin of 69-21. Also approved, 71-19, was the purchase of one full-six 60-passenger school bus, and two seven-passenger vans for a total of $251,118. The money will come from the school district's Capital Reserve-Bus Reserve Fund, according to the proposition.

School Board member Stephanie Bruck was reelected to another five-year term to expire on June 30, 2030. She received 74 votes, with one write-in candidate receiving one vote.