{"id":12719,"date":"2026-09-25T19:08:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/york-special-budget-approval\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T12:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:36:26","slug":"york-special-budget-approval","status":"publish","type":"referendum","link":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/york-special-budget-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"York special budget approval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e44e021b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-4-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-left is-style-short-red\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-portland-press-herald wp-block-embed-the-portland-press-herald\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FWqpWlxRID\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/07\/02\/york-ambulance-doubles-funding-request-from-town-amid-financial-strain\/\">York Ambulance doubles funding request from town amid financial strain<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cYork Ambulance doubles funding request from town amid financial strain\u201d \u2014 The Portland Press Herald\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/07\/02\/york-ambulance-doubles-funding-request-from-town-amid-financial-strain\/embed\/#?secret=3C85ntvojO#?secret=FWqpWlxRID\" data-secret=\"FWqpWlxRID\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-portland-press-herald wp-block-embed-the-portland-press-herald\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"oxnHHzPUso\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/08\/18\/york-voters-may-be-asked-to-bail-ambulance-service-out-of-financial-crisis-with-500k\/\">York voters may be asked to bail ambulance service out of financial crisis with $500K<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cYork voters may be asked to bail ambulance service out of financial crisis with $500K\u201d \u2014 The Portland Press Herald\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/08\/18\/york-voters-may-be-asked-to-bail-ambulance-service-out-of-financial-crisis-with-500k\/embed\/#?secret=rDMfNd7AEj#?secret=oxnHHzPUso\" data-secret=\"oxnHHzPUso\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-portland-press-herald wp-block-embed-the-portland-press-herald\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"L2ySMIcNe5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/09\/01\/york-select-board-delays-approval-of-500k-ambulance-bailout-question\/\">York Select Board delays approval of $500k ambulance bailout question<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cYork Select Board delays approval of $500k ambulance bailout question\u201d \u2014 The Portland Press Herald\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/09\/01\/york-select-board-delays-approval-of-500k-ambulance-bailout-question\/embed\/#?secret=7pWYpOla9S#?secret=L2ySMIcNe5\" data-secret=\"L2ySMIcNe5\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The people of York will vote whether to spend $500,000 from the unassigned fund balance to sustain the York Ambulance Association through the end of its contract in July 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"voter_guide_referendum_type":"","voter_guide_referendum_needs":"","voter_guide_referendum_fiscal_impact":"Up to $500,000","voter_guide_referendum_effective_if_passed":"","voter_guide_referendum_sponsor":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_required":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_collected":"","voter_guide_referendum_legislative_action":"","voter_guide_referendum_on_ballot_since":"","voter_guide_referendum_vote_yes_means":"The town will immediately allocate $300,000 to York Ambulance and can distribute further monthly payments until July 2027, so long as the nonprofit meets requirements set by the Select Board.","voter_guide_referendum_vote_no_means":"York Ambulance Association must raise funds on its own to sustain service through the end of its contract.","voter_guide_referendum_related_links":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/07\/02\/york-ambulance-doubles-funding-request-from-town-amid-financial-strain\/\nhttps:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/08\/18\/york-voters-may-be-asked-to-bail-ambulance-service-out-of-financial-crisis-with-500k\/\nhttps:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/09\/01\/york-select-board-delays-approval-of-500k-ambulance-bailout-question\/","_speedyseo_primary_vg_referendum_type":"","footnotes":""},"vg_scope":[899],"vg_municipality":[],"vg_referendum_type":[],"class_list":["post-12719","referendum","type-referendum","status-publish","hentry","vg_scope-local"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/referendum"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13409,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12719\/revisions\/13409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_scope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_scope?post=12719"},{"taxonomy":"vg_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_municipality?post=12719"},{"taxonomy":"vg_referendum_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_referendum_type?post=12719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}