NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING AND ANNUAL ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HEARING PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF OYSTER BAY COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual meeting of the qualified voters of the Plainedge Union Free School District, Nassau County, New York, will be held on May 17, 2016, at the Plainedge High School, Wyngate and Peony Drives, North Massapequa, New York, for the following purposes: a) To vote upon the annual school budget for the year 2016-2017 and to authorize the levying of a tax upon the taxable property of the district for the foregoing purposes. b) To elect t w o (2) members to the Board of Education for a term of three (3) years, commencing July 1, 2016 and expiring June 30, 2019, to fill the positions presently occupied by Raymond Paris and Douglas Pascarella. c) To elect one (1) member to the Board of Trustees of the Plainedge School District Public Library; to fill a five (5) year term commencing July 1, 2016 and expiring June 30, 2021. To vote upon such other propositions as may properly come before the meeting. d) To vote upon the following proposition: RESOLVED, that the Board of Education be authorized to expend out of the capital reserve fund I established on June 29, 2009, a sum not to exceed $1,500,000 and to expend a sum not to exceed $4,928,000 out of the Capital Reserve II fund established May 19, 2015 for the purpose of: replacement of John H. West roof, Bathrooms at the Plainedge High school, the Plainedge High school athletic facility upgrades, classroom floors district-wide, replacement doors district-wide, and the purchase and installation of smartboards including all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus, and incidental costs thereof. NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Board of Education will hold a public hearing on May 10, 2016, at 8:00 PM in the Plainedge High School located at Wyngate Drive, Massapequa, New York, for the purpose of explaining expenditure of funds and the budgeting therefore relative to the appropriation of necessary funds to meet the necessary expenditures of said school district for school year 2016-2017. NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Library Board will hold a public hearing on May 9, 2016, at 7:00 P.M. at the Plainedge Library located on Hicksville Road, Massapequa, New York, for the purpose of discussing expenditure of funds and the budgeting therefore relative to the appropriation of necessary funds to meet the necessary expenditures of said library for the school year 2016-2017 at which time and which place all persons interested in the subject matter thereof concerning the same will have an opportunity to be heard.
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the annual meeting and election shall be conducted by voting on propositions and candidates on voting machines on said May 17, 2016, commencing at 6:00 AM and ending at 9:00 PM. AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing year for school purposes (school budget) exclusive of public monies, and copies of propositions to be voted upon, may be obtained by any taxpayer in the district during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the annual meeting, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at each schoolhouse in which school is maintained during the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. The aforesaid budget statement shall contain the amount of money to be paid to the Plainedge School District Library for library services for the year beginning July 1, 2016. A Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the Distric t’s website. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that nominations for the office of member of the Board of Education and office of member of the Library Board, shall be made by petition subscribed by at least thirty-two (32) qualified voters of the District, stating the residence of each signer and the name and residence of the candidate. The nominating petition for the office of member of the Board of Education shall also describe the specific vacancy on the Board of Education for which the candidate is nominated, which description shall include at least the length of the term of the office and the name of the last incumbent, if any. No person shall be nominated for more than one separate office. The nominating petition must be filed in the office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM not later than April 18, 2016. AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the Board of Registration of this School District shall meet at the office of the District Clerk at the Plainedge District Office as set forth in this notice of meeting, between 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM on May 12, 2016 for the purpose of preparing a register of the qualified voters entitled to vote at the school meeting and election for which such register is prepared in the manner provided by Section 2014 of the Education Law. At this time, any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such registry provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, he/she is known, proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the annual district election for which such register is prepared. Registration of voters for the 2016-17 annual school meeting and election shall also be held in the office of the District Clerk at Plainedge ’s Administrative building from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM on days when school is in session. Such registration shall not take place less than five days preceding the school meeting and election. The register so prepared will be filed in the office of the Clerk of the District, and such register will be open for inspection on each of the five (5) days prior to the day set for voting on the budget and election, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM except Saturday when it will be available by appointment only, between the hours of 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM. AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a person shall be entitled to vote at the annual meeting and election who is a citizen of the United States, eighteen years of age, a resident of the school district for a period of thirty days next preceding the election he offers to vote
and registered to vote for said election. A person shall be registered to vote if he or she shall have permanently registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections or with the School Distric t’s Board of Registration. Only persons who shall be registered shall be entitled to vote. AND NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Registration will meet during the hours of voting at the Annual District Meeting and Election on May 17, 2016, at the polling place in the election district for the purpose of preparing a register for district meetings or elections to be held subsequent to May 17, 2016. Said register shall include (1) all qualified voters of the district who shall present themselves personally for registration, and (2) all previously qualified voters of the district who shall have been previously registered for any annual or special district meeting or election held or conducted at any time within the four calendar years 2012-2015 prior to preparation of said register. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election shall be held in accordance with the Education Law and the Rules for the Conduct of Meetings and Elections adopted by the Board of Education. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition or question to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 81 qualified voters of the District and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 9:00A.M. and 5:00 P.M. not later than April 18, 2016. This rule shall not apply to those questions or propositions, which are required to be stated in the published or posted notice of the meeting or to those propositions or questions, which the Board of Education has authority to present at any annual or special meeting of the district. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots for the school budget vote and election of board members may be applied for at the office of the District Clerk. Such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the District Clerk until the day of the election except Sundays. No absentee voter ’ s ballot shall be canvassed unless it shall have been received in the office of the District Clerk not later than 5:00 PM on the day of the election. Dated: March 15, 2016 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF Plainedge, New York EDUCATION OF PLAINEDGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF OYSTER BAY COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK TERESA MCCARTHY INTERIM DISTRICT CLERK
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