Voters in the seven of the eight towns composing the Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit validated the RSU’s proposed $25 million budget at the polls June 12.
The verdict is a far cry from 2009-10, when RSU 12 officials tried five times without success to have a 2010-11 budget validated at the polls, each time after voters approved the budget a public meeting.
Results just released by RSU 12 show the $25,765,644 budget passed in every town but Somerville, which rejected the budget 38-36.
According to RSU 12, Alna passed the budget 60-50, Chelsea 242-164, Palermo 91-73, Westport Island 114-98, Whitefield 175-95, Windsor 176-128 and Wiscasset 333-26.
At an RSU 12 budget meeting at the Windsor School June 2, all 17 articles of the $25,765,644 budget passed by large margins.
Collectively, RSU towns will need to raise $14,369,061 for FY 2012-13, an overall increase of 4.64 percent from FY 2011-12.
As adopted by the eight towns on June 12, the budget will mean an increase of 3.48 percent for Palermo, a 5.29 percent increase for Somerville, and a 4.75 increase each for Alna, Wiscasset, Chelsea, Westport Island, Whitefield, and Windsor.
