East Lyme — Voters on Thursday approved the town’s 2018-19 budget of $71,787,140, a spending plan that is 1.35 percent more than the current year’s.

The vote was 526 in favor and 184 opposed, according to First Selectman Mark Nickerson.

The Board of Finance is scheduled to set next year's tax rate at a special meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Town Hall.

The budget calls for $47,576,943 in education spending, a 2.17 percent increase; $18,071,025 for general government, a 0.13 percent decrease; $5,369,986 for debt service, a 0.07 percent decrease; and $769,186 for capital, a 2.84 percent decrease.