Lockport Public Library district voter Larry Jackson votes this afternoon while election inspectors Debbie Seeloff, Dotti Timkey and Linda Layer look on. The $1.64 million budget was approved. (PHOTOS BY SCOTT LEFFLER / ENP STAFF)

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Election inspectors Debbie Seeloff, Dotti Timkey and Linda Layer wait for more voters for the Lockport Public Library budget. In all, 291 cast votes.

The Lockport Public Library's $1.64 million budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year was overwhelmingly approved today by district voters.

With 291 votes cast, 246 residents voted in favor of the spending plan, according to Library Director Beverly Federspiel.

The approved budget will impose a $25,626 increase in local property taxes to fund the library's operations for the fiscal year.

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