Library Budget Passes; 2 Candidates Get Trustee Seats

The proposed Smithtown Special Library District budget was passed Tuesday night, and two library trustee seats were filled with one candidate retaining his seat.

The budget for 2013 totalling $13,321,568 was passed with 1,006 votes in favor to 768 in opposition.

The budget includes a 2.75 percent tax levy increase that would result in a $8.34 increase in annual taxes per household.

Suzanne Mohr will take one trustee seat while incumbent John Martins will keep his seat. Mohr received 1,157 total votes and Martins received 984 votes in victory. 

Opponents Wayne Schaefer and former library trustee Rosalind Palazzolo were defeated Tuesday. Schaefer received 624 votes and Palazzolo received 527 in defeat.