BIDDEFORD — Voters in Biddeford validated the $39.2 million school budget 3,002 to 701 on Tuesday, July 14. The budget had been approved by the City Council in May.
The taxpayer contribution to the budget is pegged at $19.2 million, about .80 percent more than in the current year.
In all, 25.06 percent, or 3,782 of Biddeford’s 15,094 registered voters cast ballots in the July 14 election.
Voters also approved a five-year, no interest bond for security upgrades and other improvements at three schools in which 46.46 percent of the payback will be forgiven. The vote was 2,678 votes in favor to 1,027 against.
The vote allows the city to borrow $844,439 from the Maine School Revolving Renovation Fund for security upgrades at Biddeford Primary School, Biddeford Intermediate School and the Biddeford Regional Center of Technology. The funds would also be used for Americans with Disabilities Act compliance at the primary school and technology center.
The financing package allows $392,326 to be forgiven, and the city would pay back $452,133 at zero percent interest over five years.
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