Section 1. A Special School District Meeting in and for the Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School District, Otsego County, New York, shall be held on February 3, 2015, at the Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton Central School in said School District, at 12:00 o clock noon and the polls shall be kept open for voting between the hours of 12:00 o'clock noon and 8:00 o'clock P.M., Prevailing Time, on said date. The proposition hereinafter set forth in the Notice of said Meeting is described in Exhibit A attached hereto and hereby incorporated herein by reference. Section 2. Voting at said Meeting shall be conducted by the use of paper ballots. Section 3. The Clerk of said School District is hereby authorized and directed to cause a Notice of said Meeting in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A to be published in the official newspapers having a general circulation in said School District, such publications to be made so that such notice shall appear in said newspapers each four times within the seven weeks next preceding such district meeting, the first publication to be at least forty-five days (but, preferably, not more than forty-nine days) before said meeting, and to give such other notice as may be deemed desirable. Section 4. The School District Clerk is hereby authorized to amend the Notice of said Special School District Meeting from time to time as, in her discretion; such amendment may be required or desirable. Section 5. To the extent required by law, the Board of Education shall appoint election personnel to conduct said Special School District Meeting pursuant to a separate resolution of this Board of Education. Section 6. This resolution shall take effect immediately. EXHIBIT A NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School District Otsego County, New York PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Special School District Meeting of the Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School District, Otsego County, New York, will be held on February 3, 2015 (the "Election Date") at 12:00 o'clock noon, at Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School, in said School District, at which the polls will be kept open between the hours of 12:00 o'clock noon and 8:00 o'clock P.M., Prevailing Time, for the purpose of voting by paper ballots upon the following proposition: BUS PURCHASE-PROPOSITION NO. 1 Shall the following resolution be adopted, to-wit: RESOLVED, shall the Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School District, Otsego County, New York, be authorized to purchase one 66-passenger school bus and to expend therefore a maximum estimated cost not to exceed one hundred nineteen thousand dollars ($119,000.00), including incidental expenses in connection therewith, and a special needs bus to expend therefore a maximum estimated cost not to exceed sixty six thousand dollars ($66,000.00), including incidental expenses in connection therewith, and that $185,000 Capital Reserve Fund monies shall be used to pay the cost thereof. ESTABLISHMENT OF CAPITAL RESERVE FUND-PROPOSITION NO. 2 Shall the following resolution be adopted, to-wit: RESOLVED, shall the Board of Education of the Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School District be authorized to establish a capital reserve fund pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law to be designated Vehicle and Equipment Reserve Fund in order to pay costs of the purchase of the school transportation vehicles and maintenance equipment, and, in order to accomplish the same, said Board is hereby authorized to establish the ultimate amount of such Reserve Fund not to exceed $500,000, plus accrued interest and other investment earnings thereon, with a probable term of ten years and, to appropriate annually from available fund balance and/or other legally available funds of the School District to such Reserve Fund. ABSENTEE BALLOTS NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be obtained at the office of the School District Clerk. Any such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the date of the aforesaid Special District Meeting if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before such Special District Meeting, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. A list of all persons to whom absentee voters ballots shall have been issued shall be available for public inspection in the office of the School District Clerk not less than five days prior to the date of the Special District Meeting (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) during regular office hours until the date of the aforesaid Special District Meeting. In addition, such list shall also be posted conspicuously at the place of voting during the hours of such Special District Meeting. Absentee ballots must be received by 5:00 P.M. on date of election in the office of the School District Clerk. Dated: Gilbertsville, New York, December 2, 2014 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTSEGO COUNTY, NEW YORK. Amber Birdsall School District Clerk
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