SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING
GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT,
IN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Education of the Great Neck Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted on December 12, 2016, a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of said School District will be held on
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
from 7:00 o’clock A.M. (Prevailing Time) to 10:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time), at the following voting places: (1) the E.M. Baker School, 69 Baker Hill Road, Great Neck, New York, for those persons residing in Election District No. 1; and (2) the Great Neck South Senior High School, 341 Lakeville Road, Great Neck, New York, for those persons residing in Election District No. 2; for the purpose of voting upon the following Bond Proposition:
BOND PROPOSITION
RESOLVED:
(a) That the Board of Education of the Great Neck Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the ‘District’ ), is hereby authorized to undertake a capital improvement project (the ‘Project’ ), substantially as described in a Plan prepared for the District by BBS Architects Landscape Architects and Engineers PC (the ‘Plan’ ), which Plan is on file and available for public inspection at the office of the District Clerk, such Project to include (as and where needed): construction of a new building and additions to existing school buildings to provide instructional, auditorium, music, multi-purpose, and related support, office and mechanical space; roof and window reconstruction and/or replacement; interior reconstruction and/or reconfiguration, including improvements to facilitate access by the physically challenged; plumbing, electric, lighting, public address, heating, ventilation and air conditioning system improvements; replacement of lockers, casework, ceilings and doors; building envelope, exterior masonry, parking, fencing, field and drainage improvements, including a new parking lot; safety, security, technology and energy efficiency enhancements; and other improvements; all of the foregoing to include the original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus and ancillary or related site, demolition and other work required in connection therewith; and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $95,407,955; provided that the estimated costs of the components of the Project as set forth in the Plan may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interest of the District;
(b) that the amount of $9,507,955, currently on hand and available in the District’s General Fund’s unassigned fund balance, shall be applied to pay a portion of the cost of the Project; and
(c) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $85,900,000 to pay the balance of the cost of the Project, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $85,900,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.
Such Bond Proposition shall appear on the ballots used for voting at said Special District Meeting in substantially the following condensed form:
BOND PROPOSITION
YES NO
RESOLVED:
(a) That the Board of Education of the Great Neck Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the ‘District’ ), is hereby authorized to undertake a capital improvement project, and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $95,407,955; (b) that the amount of $9,507,955, currently on hand and available in the District’s General Fund’s unassigned fund balance, shall be applied to pay a portion of the cost thereof; and (c) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $85,900,000 to pay the balance of the cost, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $85,900,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.
The voting will be conducted by ballot on voting machines or by paper ballot as provided in the Education Law and the polls will remain open from 7:00 o’clock A.M. (Prevailing Time) to 10:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that registration is permitted in the office of the District Clerk, Phipps Administration Building, 345 Lakeville Road, during the hours 9:00 o’clock A.M. (Prevailing Time) to 4:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time), Monday through Friday, up to and including February 9, 2017. A person shall be entitled to vote at said Special District Meeting who is a citizen of the United States, eighteen years of age, a resident of the School District for a period of thirty days next preceding the election at which he/she offers to vote, and is registered to vote at said Special District Meeting.
A register will be prepared and will be filed in the office of the District Clerk. Any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register, provided that he/she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such District Clerk to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at said Special District Meeting for which such register is prepared. The register of the qualified voters of said School District prepared for the Annual Meeting and Election held on May 17, 2016 shall be used as the basis for the preparation of the register for said Special District Meeting to be held on Tuesday, February 14, 2017. A person shall be registered to vote if he or she shall have permanently registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections or with the School District. Said register shall include (1) all qualified voters of the School District who shall present themselves personally for registration, and (2) all voters previously registered for any annual or special District election and who shall have voted at any annual or special District election held or conducted at any time within the four calendar years (2013-2016) prior to preparation of the register. Immediately upon its completion, the register will be filed in the office of the District Clerk at the Phipps Administration Building, 345 Lakeville Road, Great Neck, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 9:00 o’clock A.M. (Prevailing Time) and 4:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except Sunday, and between the hours of 9:00 o’clock A.M. (Prevailing Time) and 12:00 o’clock Noon (Prevailing Time) on Saturday, February 11, 2017; and at each polling place on the day of the vote.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be applied for at the office of the District Clerk during regular business hours. If the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, the completed application must be received by the District Clerk no later than Tuesday, February 7, 2017. If the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter at the office of the District Clerk, the completed application must be received by the District Clerk no later than Monday, February 13, 2017. No absentee voter’s ballot shall be canvassed, unless it shall have been received in the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on the date of the vote.
A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the District Clerk between the hours of 9:00 o’clock A.M. (Prevailing Time) and 4:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on each of the five days prior to the day of the vote, except Sunday, and between the hours of 9:00 o’clock A.M. (Prevailing Time) and 12:00 o’clock Noon (Prevailing Time) on Saturday.
The boundaries of the Election Districts are as follows:
Election District No. 1: Polling Place: the E.M. Baker School, 69 Baker Hill Road, Great Neck, New York. All that section of the School District lying north of the Long Island Railroad.
Election District No. 2: Polling Place: Great Neck South Senior High School, 341 Lakeville Road, Great Neck, New York. All that section of the School District lying south of the Long Island Railroad.
Only qualified voters who are duly registered will be permitted to vote.
BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Dated: December 12, 2016
Michele Domanick, District Clerk
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