GLENS FALLS — City school district voters rejected a proposal to install permanent lights at Putt LaMay Field on Tuesday, but overwhelmingly approved a $17.55 million capital project to renovate all buildings in the district.

In the region’s only other capital project proposition, Warrensburg voters approved an $11 million proposal by a vote of 330-54.

The Glens Falls vote against the $691,000 football field lights project was 833-549, and the vote for the capital improvement project was 1,122 to 259.

“It was great to see such high turnout for this vote,” Superintendent Paul Jenkins said in a press release. “Topping 1,300 voters is a record for our district. The community’s support for our schools is essential to the success of our students.

“Clearly the community was not in favor of the lights,” he added. “But they overwhelmingly supported the budget, as well as the renovations and repairs that the district’s buildings need.”

Voters approved the $43.05 million Glens Falls City School District budget, 1,108 to 260, and a proposal to lease five vehicles by a vote of 1,178 to 205.

Some neighbors, as well as a number of former school board members, opposed the proposal for lighting the football field.