Saugerties Library budget cuts spending, but tax rate rises
Daily Freeman – 9.7.13 – By William J. Kemble – “Voters in the Saugerties Library District have approved a $563,125 library budget that cuts spending by more than 6 percent but increases the library tax rate by 3.99 percent.”
Voters also gave two library board seats, each carrying a five-year term, to Vernon Benjamin, who received 165 votes, and incumbent Trustee Irene Hurst, who received 130 votes.