NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING AND VOTE GILBOA-CONESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Budget Hearing A budget hearing for the inhabitants of the Gilboa-Conesville Central School District qualified to vote at School District meetings will be held in the M. Matthew Murray Auditorium, 132 Wyckoff Road, Gilboa, New York, commencing at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, 2015, where there shall be presented the proposed school district budget for the following school year. Date of Vote The vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures or for any propositions involving the expenditure of money or the authorizing of levy of taxes, as well as the election of a member of the Board of Education shall be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, in the Foyer located by the Gymnasium between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m. Statement of Money Required for Next School Year A copy of the statement of the amount of money which would be required for the next school year for school purposes and the tax exemption report shall be completed seven days before the budget hearing and may be obtained by any resident of the District during the period of 14 days immediately before the annual meeting and election, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., except Saturday, Sunday or holiday. Vote for Board Member Petitions nomionating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education must be filed with the Clerk of the District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., not later than April 20, 2015. The following vacancy is to be filled: A five year term ending June 30, 2015 presently held by Howard Mattsson Each petition must be addresses to the Clerk of the District, be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District, shall state the residence of each signer, shall have the name and address of the candidate, and shall describe the specific vacancy of the Board of Education for which the candidate is nominated, which description shall include at least the length of the term of office, and the name of the last incumbent. Additional Propositions Any Proposition that is required to be included for vote shall be submitted in writing by means of a petition signed by at least 25 qualified voters, stating the residence of each signer, which proposition shall be filed with the Board of Education not later than 30 days before the date of the election as set forth in this notice unless a greater number of days is required by statute. Any proposition shall be rejected by the Board of Education if the purpose of the proposition is not within the power of the voters or where the expenditure of monies is required for the proposition, and such proposition fails to include the necessary specific appropriation. Absentee Ballots Applications for absentee ballots may be applied for at the office of the District Office. Such applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the vote set in this notice if the ballot is to be mailed to the absentee voter or the day before the vote if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. Absentee ballots must be received in the office of the District Clerk of the District not later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the vote. A list of all persons to whom absentee voters' ballots have been issued shall be available for public inspection during regular office hours which are between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Any qualified voter, may upon examination of such list, stating the reasons for the challenge. Such written challenge shall be transmitted by the Clerk or designee to the Inspectors of Election on Election Day. Registration Gilboa-Conesville Central School personal registration of voters is required for the annual vote, and no person shall be entitled to the vote thereat whose name does not appear in the register of the School District, except those persons who registered to vote pursuant to the provisions of Election Law 5-612. Persons otherwise qualified to vote who voted in any annual vote conducted within four calendar years before the preparation of the register need not personally register for this vote. Members of the Board of Registration shall meet at the School District, 132 Wyckoff Road, Gilboa, New York between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 pm.. to prepare the register of the School District on May 12, 2015. Any person shall be entitled to have his or her name placed upon such register in the district in which that person resides, provided that in such meeting of the Board of Registration that person is known or proven to the satisfaction of such members to be then and thereafter entitled to vote at the annual vote for which the registration is prepared. Any person 18 years of age or over, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the School District for 30 days next preceding the date for voting is entitled to register and vote. The register of the School District so prepared shall be filed five days before the date of the vote in the office of the District Clerk, 132 Wyckoff Road, Gilboa, New York where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the district between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., each day up to and including the day set for the vote, except Saturday and Sunday. DATED: April 8, 2015 Teresa Gockel, Clerk Board of Education Gilboa-Conesville Central School District
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