Residents of Cumberland and North Yarmouth approved a $33.78 million budget for School Administrative District 51 Tuesday by a vote of 506-376.
The vote was 292-251 in Cumberland and 214-125 in North Yarmouth.
The budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 is an increase of $1.17 million, 3.6 percent, from the current budget. It will increase property tax bills in Cumberland by 69 cents for every $1,000 of assessed property value, $138 a year for a home assessed at $200,000.
In North Yarmouth, the school budget will increase property tax bills by 99 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, $198 a year for the owner of a home assessed at $200,000.
Meanwhile, in North Yarmouth’s municipal election, write-in candidate Jeanne Chadbourne edged out Keith Thompson for a seat on the Board of Selectmen by a vote of 155 to 145. Katherine Perrin ran unopposed for the SAD 51 board of directors.
Cumberland voters elected several town officials who ran with no opponents on the ballot. Ronald Copp Jr., Shirley Storey-King and George Turner were elected to the town council and Vickie Bell and Karen Campbell were elected to the SAD 51 board of directors.
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