Jamestown   (CSi)  The Jamestown Public School Board has unanimously approved its $26.6 million projected 2018-19 budget .

The budget contains, employee salaries and benefits of 75.2 percent of the budget. State revenue sources make up  69 percent of the budget then 23.1 percent local funding followed by7.4 percent from federal dollars.

The general levy is 70 mills with an estimated valuation of $5.09 million

Superintendent Robert Lech added that the school district’s portion of the property tax is about $450 per $100,000 in residential property value in 2018-19, adding that the budget increase is just under one mill.

In the last school year it was  $445.55,

With Canvassing of the recent bond issue vote, 11 ballots that were held over, means the abstract of 1,140 votes in favor of the referendum remained the same as election day totals.

The votes opposed went from 2,769 to 2,774, and the total vote count increased from 3,909 to 3,914.