FREEPORT
The $33 million Regional School Unit 5 budget for 2018-19 has passed in Freeport, Durham and Pownal, the three towns that make up the school district.
According to unofficial results, Freeport voters approved the school budget by 1,837-470.
The margin was closer in Durham, which approved the school budget 553-346. That margin shrunk even more in Pownal were the budget was approved 321-200.
The $33.05 million spending plan, which includes adult education costs, is an increase of $747,339 or 2.31 percent. All three towns are impacted to see a tax rate increase.
Durham’s tax rate of $18.85 per $1,000 of assessed value will increase by $0.18, or 0.93 percent. With the increase, the owner of a home valued at $200,000 could pay $3,806 in taxes.
Freeport’s current tax rate is $14.95 per $1,000 of assessed value and will see an estimated increase of $0.45, or 3 percent. With the estimated increase, the owner of a home valued at $200,000 could pay $3,080.
Pownal’s current tax rate is $17.25 per $1,000 of assessed value and it could increase by $0.66, or 3.8 percent. The owner of a home valued at $200,000 could then pay $3,582 in taxes.
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