The Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES component school boards voted on Wednesday, April 19, to approve the $3,985,465 Herkimer BOCES administrative budget for the 2023-24 school year.
Component district school boards took a vote on whether to approve the BOCES administrative budget and then cast an overall vote as a board. The budget passed unanimously among the 10 Herkimer BOCES component school boards – from Central Valley, Dolgeville, Frankfort-Schuyler, Herkimer, Little Falls, Mount Markham, Owen D. Young, Poland, Richfield Springs and West Canada Valley.
BOCES component district school boards only vote on the administrative component of the BOCES budget.
The component school boards also unanimously voted for four incumbent Herkimer BOCES Board of Education members.
The following board members were elected to three-year terms from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026: Michele Szarek, representing Poland; Ronald Loiacono, representing Mount Markham; and James Schmid, representing Dolgeville.
Board member Kathy Sarafin, representing Frankfort-Schuyler, was elected to fulfill a one-year-plus term from April 20, 2023, through June 30, 2024.