Notice of Public Hearing and Budget Vote
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Grand Island
Central School District (the "District") of the Town of Grand Island,
Erie County, New York, will hold
a Budget Hearing. Said Hearing shall be held for the purpose
of presentation and discussion of the 2007-08 District budget and shall be held
on Monday, May 7, 2007at 6:30 p.m., Prevailing Time, in the High School/Middle
School Complex, 1100 Ransom Road, Grand Island, New York.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Annual District
Meeting, Election and Budget Vote will be held on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 from
10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Prevailing Time, in the High School Gym, 1100 Ransom
Road, Grand Island, New York, which vote will be on one or more propositions,
on the budget for the fiscal year 2007-08, and on electing two (2) at-large
members to the Board of Education as follows:
Two (2) three-year terms currently occupied
by Jeri Schopp and Neil Seaman. The
terms will commence July 1, 2007 after expiration on June 30, 2007 of the terms
of the above named Board Members.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all candidates for the office of members of the
Board of Education shall be nominated by petition. Each petition shall be directed to the District Clerk; shall be
signed by at least Eighty-two (82) voters of the District; shall state the
residence of each signer, and shall state the name and residence of the
candidate. Each petition shall be filed
in the office of the District Clerk between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m., Prevailing Time, not later than the thirtieth day preceding the election
of a member of the Board of Education, to wit:
Monday, April 16, 2007. Each
person nominated is a candidate to fill any of the vacancies as described above.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications
for absentee ballots may be applied for at the office of the District
Clerk. If the ballot is to be mailed to
the voter, the District Clerk must receive the completed application no later
than May 9, 2007. The completed ballot
must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m., May 15, 2007.
A list of all persons to whom absentee
ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the District
Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except
Saturday and Sunday, during regular business hours. Such list will also be posted in a conspicuous place at the
polling place during the election.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that voting machines
will be used to record the vote on the budget, on all propositions, and on the
election of members of the Board of Education.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of
Education of the District has adopted rules for the Use of Voting Machines and
the Submission of questions or Propositions to be placed thereon; and printed
copies of said Rules for general distribution in the District are available at
the office of the District Clerk located at 1100 Ransom Road, Grand Island, New
York.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of
Education of the District will have prepared and completed a detailed statement
in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the fiscal year
2007-08 for school purposes, specifying the several purposes and the amount of
each. The amount for each purpose
estimated to be necessary for payment to the Board of Cooperative Educational
Services shall be set forth in full with no deduction of estimated State
aid. Such statement will be available
upon request to taxpayers within the District during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m., Prevailing Time, weekdays, from May 1, 2007 to May 15, 2007, at each
of the public schoolhouses of the District.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that additional
propositions requiring expenditures for the fiscal year 2007-08 and the levying
of taxes therefore must be submitted to the District Clerk, 1100 Ransom Road,
Grand Island, New York, not later than 5:00 p.m., Prevailing Time on Monday,
April 16, 2007. Such propositions will
be presented with the proposed budget at the Budget Hearing.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that at least the
following additional proposition will be voted on:
PROPOSITION NO. 1:
Shall the following resolution be adopted to
wit:
RESOLVED:
That the Board of Education of Grand Island Central School District (the
“District”) is hereby authorized to purchase (3) 66 passenger school busses at
an estimated cost of $110,000 each, (1) 30 passenger BE school buses at an
estimated cost of $81,000 each, (1) 30 passenger BE wheelchair accessible
school bus at an estimated cost of $94,000, and (2) plow trucks at an estimated
cost of $25,000 each and to expend therefore a total sum not to exceed $555,000
to be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property in the District and
collected in annual installments as provided in Section 416 of Education Law,
and in anticipation of such tax, obligations of the District shall be issued.
By Order of the Board of Education
Grand Island Central School District
Grand Island, New York
Janet J. Schuster, District Clerk
PUBLISH: March 30, 2007
April 13,
2007
April 27,
2007
May 11,
2007