May 17, 2022 - ChaddsFordLive.com

U-CF board set for budget vote

Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors voted on a proposed final budget for the next school year during their May 17 meeting. The final vote to approve the budget is scheduled for June 20.

The budget, if approved as is, calls for appropriations of $95.4 million with property tax rates of 30.73 mills in Chester County – an increase of 2.57 percent — and 15.98 mils in Delaware County —an increase of 3.36 percent. The different rates reflect a difference in how the counties assess property values. (A mil is a tax of $1 for every $1,000 of assessed property value.)

Director of Finance Joe Deady said that the numbers could change before the June 20 vote.

Directors also approved spending $477,307 on a variety of facilities. New hands-free faucets and flushometers will be installed at Patton Middle School. Also at Patton, the second-floor hallway will be resurfaced. Hillendale’s exterior masonry will be cleaned and sealed, and the district will get a new robotic floor scrubbing machine. The district will also pay $46,765 toward the Chester County Intermediate Unit asphalt bid.

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Wrong machine in Concord

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Some early morning voters in the 6^th Voting Precinct in Concord Township were turned away from the polls because the wrong machine was sent to the precinct at the township building.

Precinct Judge of Elections Steve Critchlow said the voting machine delivered was for the 6^th Precinct in Collingdale. While initial voters were told to come back later, Critchlow said, Voters’ Services advised him to have people fill out the paper ballots and then put them in a box to be scanned later.

Paul Marra, from the Delaware County Department of Elections said the Concord machine was sent out with the wrong “V-Drive.” That drive is specific for the scanner at the designated precinct. Why and how it happened had not yet been determined. However, he said a technician was sent out with a new scanner for Concord’s 6th Precinct.