We, the undersigned of the town of East Hampton, petition the Board of Finance and additionally the Town Council to send the 2017-18 Education Budget to voter referendum without reduction.

The integrity of the bifurcated budget requires that taxpayers are allowed to vote on the approved Education Budget that was unanimously adopted by the Board of Education on 2/28/2017.

We believe that the budget as adopted is reasonable, conservative and responsible, therefore we insist that this Education Budget is presented to the voters of East Hampton at referendum without any changes to the proposed 3.75% increase. Let the people decide!