Unofficial results from May 19 vote
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Belfast Central School Budget Vote
Passed
89 yes votes
24 no votes
The Belfast Public Library Budget Vote
Passed
89 yes votes
23 no votes
Marc Smithers won his seat on the BCS Board of Education to finish out Chris Enders’ term set to expire 6/30/2027. With 84 votes.
Randa Harrington won her seat on the BCS Board of Education term set to expire 6/30/2031. With 98 votes.
Rosanna Wilson won the expired seat of Patricia Preston on the Belfast Public Library Board of Trustees; term to expire 6/30/2031 With 84 votes.
Total Ballots Cast = 114
Wellsville Central School
May 19, 2026, Vote Results
Candidates
Heather Gill 247
Michael Chaffee 269
Proposition 1: Budget (PASS) 234 YES, 111 NO
Proposition 2: Buses (PASS) 248 YES, 99 NO
Proposition 3: Library (PASS) 263 YES, 84 NO
2026-27 Alfred-Almond School Budget Vote Results:
Annual Budget Yes – 513 No – 129
Bus purchase: One 66-Passenger Bus and One 42-Passenger Bus with Wheelchair Access Yes – 501 No – 143
Member of the Board of Education: Five-Year Term Jason Burdick – 276 Mark Bloxsom – 365
Cuba-Rushford Central School
l . Proposition l : 2026-2027 Budget, failed 144-278
RESOLVED, that the budget Of the Cuba-Rushford Central School District (the “District”) for the fiscal year commencing July I 2026 and ending June 30, 2027, as presented by the Board Of Education in the total amount of $26,935,274, is hereby approved and adopted and the required funds therefore are hereby appropriated and the necessary real properw taxes required shall be raised by a tax on the taxable property in the District to be levied and collected as required by law.
2. Proposition Bus Purchase, passed 229-190
RESOLVED, that the Board of Education ofthe Cuba-Rushford Central School District, Allegany County, New York (the “District”) be, and it hereby is, authorized to purchase two (2) school buses and one (l ) school van at a maximum estimated cost of $466,744 for use in the transponation program of the District.
3. Proposition 3: Cuba Circulating Library. passed 276-142
RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Cuba-Rushford Central School District is hereby authorized to levy and collect taxes annually, separate. and apart from the school district budget, in the amount Of $302,884 for the Cuba Circulating Library to provide public library services and deliver such funds to the library’s Board of Trustees.
4, Proposition 4: Rushford Free Library passed 306-115
RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Cuba-Rushford Central School District is hereby authorized to levy and collect taxes annually, separate, and apart from the school district budget, in the amount of $90,588 for the Rushford Free Library to provide public library services and deliver such funds to the library’s Board of Trustees.
5. Board Seat: Joe Haskins (Elected) 343
Whitesville Central School Results:
RESULTS for the Budget Vote and Board Elections:
Board of Education:
Three-year Term – Write-in: Ruthie Jacobs – 49
Three-year Term – Tammy Ellison – 68 / Write-ins: Jeff Lewis (1) & Kristi Garis (1)
Library Board:
Two-year Term – Susan Beckhorn – 66
Three-year Term – Gay Thistle – 61 / Write-in: Tracey Waters (1)
Three-year Term – Marsha Van Vlack – 70
School Budget:
Yes – 73 Passed No – 16
Library Budget:
Yes – 59 Passed No – 31
