(Oneida, NY – March 2014) Voters in the Oneida Public Library Special Legislature District on March 4 overwhelmingly approved Oneida Public Library’s proposed budget for its next fiscal year 322 votes to 97 and elected two new members of the library board, James Dieso and George Richard “Rick” Kinsella, Jr.
The library’s new operating budget for FY 2014-15, starting July 1, is $382,110, a 1.66 percent increase over FY 2013-14. Of the total, the OPL’s Special Library District tax levy will be $334,110.
Dieso, who received 345 votes, will fill out the term of retired board member Eileen Kinsella for one year. Rick Kinsella, tallying 341 votes, will serve a full five-year term. Both assume office July 1.