NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing on the
proposed 2008-2009 Budget for the Garrison Union Free School District shall
be held at the Garrison Union Free School Building on Route 9D in Garrison,
Putnam County, New York, on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at 7:30 p.m., prevailing
time. The budget will be available for review on April 30, 2008, at the
Office of the Superintendent of Schools, Garrison Union Free School
Building.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual
meeting of the qualified voters of the Garrison Union Free School District,
Putnam County, New York will be held on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, between the
hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the Garrison Union
Free School building, Garrison, New York, at which time the polls will be
opened to vote by voting machine on the following items:
1. To adopt the annual budget of the Garrison Union Free
School District for the fiscal year 2008-2009 and to authorize the requisite
portion therefor to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the
District.
2. To elect two (2) members to the Board of Education to
three (3) year terms commencing on July 1, 2008, and expiring on June 30,
2011, to succeed James Cannon and Diana Swinburne.
3. To transact such other business as may properly come
before the meeting pursuant to the Education Law of the State of New York.
The election and budget vote shall be by machine or
absentee ballot. The hours during which the polls shall be kept open shall
be from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, or for as long thereafter
as necessary to enable qualified voters who are in the polling place at 9:00
p.m. to cast their ballots.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the
statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School
District’s budget for the 2008-2009 school year, exclusive of public
monies, may be obtained by any taxpayer in the District during the fourteen
days immediately preceding the Annual Meeting except Saturdays, Sundays or
holidays, at the Office of the Superintendent of Schools of the Garrison
Union Free School District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.,
prevailing time, and also at said District Election.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that personal
registration of voters is required either pursuant to §2014 of the
Education Law or Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore
registered pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an
annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years,
he or she is eligible to vote at this election; if a voter is registered and
eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also
eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must
register.
The Board of Registration will meet for the purposes of
registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the
Education Law in the Office of the Superintendent of Schools of the Garrison
Union Free School District on Monday, May 5 to Thursday, May 8, 2008,
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., except for Wednesday, May 7,
2008, during which registration will be between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
9:00 p.m., to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the
aforesaid election, at which times any person shall be entitled to have his
or her name placed upon such register provided that at such meeting of the
Board of Registration, he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of
such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the
School District Meeting for which such register is prepared.
The register prepared by the Board of Registration
pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law shall be filed in the Office of the
Superintendent of Schools of the Garrison Union Free School District and
shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District
beginning on May 15, 2008, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
prevailing time on weekdays and each day prior to the day set for the
election, except Sunday, and at the polling place on the day of the vote.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to
§2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of
Registration of the District will meet on May 20, 2008, between the hours of
12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the Garrison Union Free School
to prepare the Register of the District to be used at the election to be
held in 2009 and any special district meetings that may be held after the
preparation of said Register, to add any additional names to the Register to
be used at the aforesaid election, at which time any person will be entitled
to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at such
meeting of said Board of Registration he/she is known or proven to the
satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled
to vote at the school election for which said Register is prepared, or any
special district meeting held after May 20, 2008.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT absentee ballots
may be applied for at the main office of the School District. The School
District Clerk must receive applications for absentee ballots at least seven
days prior to the vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or on or
prior to May 19, 2008, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the
voter. The School District Clerk must receive absentee ballots not later
than 5:00 p.m. on May 20, 2008. A list of all persons to whom absentee
ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the
Superintendent of Schools from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. prevailing time on
each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except Sunday, May
18, 2008. Any qualified voter may challenge the acceptance of the ballot of
any person on such list, by making his challenge and reasons therefor known
to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT petitions
nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education
shall be filed with the District Clerk at the Office of the Superintendent
of Schools of the Garrison Union Free School District in Garrison, New York,
not later than April 21, 2008, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Each petition
must be directed to the District Clerk, must be signed by at least
twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District and must state the name
and residence of the candidate. A copy of such petition may be obtained at
the Office of the Superintendent of Schools of the Garrison Union Free
School District during regular school hours. Memberships on the Board of
Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at
large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific membership of
the Board of Education for which the candidate is nominated.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a
rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with §2035 and §2008
of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or
otherwise to be submitted for voting at said vote and election, must be
filed with the Board of Education at the Garrison Union Free School on or
before April 21, 2008, at 5:00 p.m., prevailing time; must be typed or
printed in the English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School
District; must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) of the qualified
voters of the District; and must state the name and residence of each
signer. However, the School Board will not entertain or place before the
voters any proposition if its purpose is beyond the power of the voters or
is illegal, or any proposition requiring the expenditure of moneys that
fails to include specific appropriations for all such expenditures.
Jinx Remson
Clerk of the School District
March, 2008
