Guide to Tuesday's Local School Budget and Village Elections

On Tuesday, locals will once again head out to the polls to vote on revised budgets for Comsewogue and Mount Sinai school districts. The village of Port Jefferson will also be holding its annual elections for open board seats, although the contest is, well, no contest.

See below for details on where to vote in each local election and what/who you will be voting for.

Comsewogue School District

What: Revote on a revised school budget (see attached PDF of line-by-line budget from the district)

Where:

When: Tuesday, June 19 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The Comsewogue School Board has adopted a $78.3 million budget for a revote on Tuesday. The new budget will come in at the New York State tax cap, requiring a simple majority to pass.

In May, to garner the required 60 percent supermajority vote to institute a tax cap-piercing budget that sought to raise the tax levy by 4.5 percent. The newly adopted budget comes with , within state law according to Assistant Superintendent of Business Susan M. Casali.

The new budget also comes with a major reorganization of the elementary schools called the Princeton Plan. Click here to . Then read our about how the plan will affect the students and parents.

Mount Sinai School District

What: Revote on a revised school budget (see attached PDF for a budget summary from the district)

Where: Mount Sinai Elementary School

When: Tuesday, June 19 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Mount Sinai School District is putting up a new budget for a vote on June 19 after last month.

The $54.6 million budget is a decrease of .53 percent over last year’s operating budget, according to a summary released by the school and posted onto its website. The increase in the tax levy in the proposed budget is 2.13 percent. The cost to homeowners is $233.43 per $100 of assessed valuation or $13.40 more per month on average.

Port Jefferson Village Election

What: Vote for village board members

Where: (note this is a change in location from previous years)

When: Tuesday, June 19 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

On Tuesday, June 19, residents of Port Jefferson can go out to vote in village elections. The only items on the ballot are two open trustee seats and both have gone uncontested.

Trustee Lee Rosner and Trustee Bruce D'Abramo seats are both open this year. No one else has submitted to get on the ballot except Rosner and D'Abramo, according to Village Clerk Robert Juliano.

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