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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of Holley Central School District will hold the annual budget hearing for the qualified voters of said District on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 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 in said District to present a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the 2023-2024 school year for school purposes, specifying the purpose and the amount for each expenditure.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the detailed statement of the amount of money which will be required for the 2023-2024 school year for school purposes may be obtained by any resident of the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding such budget hearing, except Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, at the main offices in the Elementary School and the Middle/High School or at the District Office in the Elementary School between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be nominated by petition, and that such petitions must be filed in the office of the Clerk of the School District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., not later than April 17, 2023.

In accordance with a proposition heretofore adopted by the electors of the District pursuant to Section 2018(b) of the Education Law, vacancies upon the Board of Education shall not be considered separate specific offices and the nomination petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board of Education for which the candidate is nominated.  A separate petition shall be required to nominate a candidate.  Each petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the School District, shall be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District, shall state the residence of each signer and shall state the residence of the candidate.  Pursuant to Section 2034(d) of the Education Law, the candidates receiving a plurality of the votes cast respectively for the several offices shall be declared elected.

The election of members of the Board of Education shall be held to fill two at-large vacancies on the Board created by the expiration on June 30, 2023 of the terms of office of current Board of  Education members Robin Silvis and Andrea Newman.  The two candidates receiving the highest and second highest number of votes shall each be elected to three-year terms of office expiring on June 30, 2026.      

AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, May 16, 2023,  a vote of the qualified voters of Holley Central School District will be held in the main entrance foyer of the Middle/High School Building on Lynch Road in said District between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. for the following purposes:  (1) the election of two members of the Board of Education; (2) the vote upon Proposition No. 1, hereinafter set forth, authorizing the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures for the 2023-2024 school year, commonly known as the school district budget; (3)  the vote upon Proposition No. 2, hereinafter set forth, authorizing the purchase of  replacement school buses (two 72 passenger school buses and one 22 passenger school bus) at an aggregate estimated maximum cost of $338,000; and (4)  the vote upon Proposition No. 3, hereinafter set forth, to raise $200,815 by tax levy for library purposes to be used in support of the Community Free Library, Holley, New York.

PROPOSITION NO. 1
2023-2024 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, 2023 and ending June 30, 2024, 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 $338,000, 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
SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY FREE LIBRARY, HOLLEY, NY

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 raise the sum of $200,815 during the 2023-2024 school year, to be used in support of the maintenance and operations of the Community Free Library, Holley, New York, said sum to be in addition to the funds to be raised to meet the estimated expenditures of the School District in the form commonly known as the school district budget."

AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that qualified voters may obtain applications for absentee ballots from the office of the Clerk of the School District in the Elementary School Building.  Completed applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than Tuesday, May 9, 2023 if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, and no later than Monday, May 15, 2023 if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.  No absentee ballot will be counted unless it has been received at the office of the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 16, 2023, the day of the election.  A listing of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available for inspection by any qualified voter of the District at said 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 requested 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 21, 2023, and military ballots must be received at the District Clerk’s office not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 16, 2023, the day of the election. 

AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that the District is closely monitoring all current and future legal developments as they pertain to school district elections and budget votes.   All 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 vote.

Dated:  March 27, 2023 					Board of Education

								Holley Central School District