HOLLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET HEARING AND VOTE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual budget hearing for the qualified voters of the Holley Central School District (the “District”) on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. in the District Office BOE Room at the Elementary School building on North Main Street in the Village of Holley to present the proposed 2024-2025 budget.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual School District Meeting and Vote of the District (the “Annual Meeting and Vote”) will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the main entrance foyer of the District’s Middle/High School Building on Lynch Road for the following purposes: (1) electing four members of the Board of Education (the “Board”); (2) voting on the District’s proposed budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year; (3)  voting on the purchase of replacement school buses; and (4) raising funds for the Community Free Library; and transacting such other business as authorized by law or rules of the Board.  

AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that the Board will have prepared and completed a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the 2024-2025 fiscal year for school purposes, specifying the several purposes and the amount for each.  Such statement will be prepared and made available upon request to residents of the District from May 7, 2024 through May 21, 2024, during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., prevailing time (exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays) at the main offices in the Elementary School and the Middle/High School or at the District Office in the Elementary School.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that an election for members of the Board shall be held to fill four (4) positions on the Board consisting of the following: 3 three-year terms (resulting from the expiration of the terms of Anne Smith, Brian McKeon, and Salvatore De Luca, Jr.) and a two-year term (resulting from the resignation of Robin Silvis, which seat is currently held by Board appointee Jennifer Reisman).  The three candidates with the highest vote totals will be elected to three (3) year terms commencing July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2027.  The candidate with the fourth highest vote total will be elected to a two-year term of office commencing May 22, 2024 and ending June 30, 2026.  

AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that candidates for the office of member of the Board shall be nominated by petition, and that such petitions must be filed in the office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., not later than April 22, 2024. Each petition shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the District, shall be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District, or two percent of the number of voters who voted in the previous Annual Meeting and Vote, whichever is greater, shall state the residence of each signer and shall state the name and residence of the candidate.  Petitions may be obtained from the District Clerk in the Elementary School building during regular business hours Monday through Friday (except holidays).

AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that voting at the Annual Meeting and Vote shall consist of voting on the election of four members of the Board, and voting on the following propositions, and voting on such other propositions as may be authorized by law and the rules of the Board:

PROPOSITION NO. 1
2024-2025 BUDGET
Shall the following resolution be adopted, to wit:

“RESOLVED, that the budget for the Holley Central School District (the “District”) for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025, as presented by the Board of Education of the District, is hereby approved and adopted and the required funds therefor are hereby appropriated, and the necessary real property taxes required shall be raised by a tax on the taxable real property in the District to be levied and collected as required by law.”

PROPOSITION NO. 2
AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT SCHOOL BUSES

Shall the following resolution be adopted, to wit:

“RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of Holley Central School District be authorized to purchase replacement school buses at an aggregate estimated maximum cost of $363,000, with the cost thereof to be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable real property of the School District, to be collected in annual installments and partially offset by state aid, and in anticipation of such tax, such debt obligations of the School District as may be necessary (including obligations in the form of lease/purchase or installment purchase contracts having a term of not more than five years), not to exceed such estimated maximum cost, shall be issued.”

PROPOSITION NO. 3
LOCAL LIBRARY APPROPRIATION

Shall the following resolution be adopted, to wit:

“RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of Holley Central School District, pursuant to Section 259 of the Education Law of the State of New York, be authorized and empowered to levy and collect an annual tax, year after year, separate and apart from the annual District  budget, in the amount of $206,840 which shall be paid to the Community Free Library, Holley, New York for the support and maintenance of that library; with this appropriated amount to be the annual appropriation until thereafter modified by a future vote of the qualified voters of the District.”

AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that qualified voters may obtain applications for absentee and early mail ballots from the office of the Clerk of the District in the Elementary School building between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time. Completed applications for absentee and early mail ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than Tuesday, May 14, 2024, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, and no later than Monday, May 20, 2024, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.  No absentee or early mail ballot will be counted unless it has been received at the office of the Clerk of the District not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 21, 2024, the day of the election.  A listing of all persons to whom absentee and early mail ballots have been issued will be available for inspection by any qualified voter of the District at the District Clerk's office on each of the five days prior to the election, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that a District resident unable to vote because of military service, as defined by Regulations of the Commissioner (Part 122), who is absent from the District on the day of the election, or the spouse, parent, child or dependent of a voter as described above, accompanying or being with such voter, if a qualified voter of the State of New York and a resident of the District, may request an application for a military ballot. Applications may be obtained from Connie Nenni, District Clerk, by mail at 3800 North Main Street, Holley, NY 14470, by telephone at (585) 638-6316, Ext. 2003 or by email at cnenni@holleycsd.org. In a request for a military ballot application or ballot, the military voter may indicate his/her preference for receiving the application or ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail.  Ballot applications must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m. on April 25, 2024, and military ballots must be received at the District Clerk’s office not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 21, 2024, the day of the election. 

AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that District residents are encouraged to closely monitor the District’s website at www.holleycsd.org  for the most up-to-date information concerning the District’s Annual Meeting and Vote.

Connie Nenni, District Clerk						
Dated:  March 29, 2024

Holley Central School District