Budget hearing and annual meeting and election

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Liberty Central School District will hold a Budget Hearing at the Liberty High School Auditorium, Buckley Street, Village of Liberty, New York, in said District on Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 at 6:30 pm (Prevailing time) for the purpose of discussion of the expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof proposed by the Board of Education for the school year July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024.

NOTICE IS GIVEN pursuant to Section 1716 of the Education Law, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money, which may be required for the following year for school purposes, exclusive of public money, and the Real Property Tax Exemption Report will be annexed to any budget of which it forms a part and may be obtained by any resident in the District at the District Office, 115 Buckley Street, Liberty, New York, and at each of the three following school buildings in the District:  The Liberty Elementary School, Liberty, NY, The Liberty Middle School, Liberty, N.Y., and the Liberty High School, Liberty, NY during the fourteen days immediately preceding the annual budget vote and election, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. prevailing time, other than a Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday, together with the text of any resolution to be presented to the voters and will be available on the District website.  A copy of the detailed statement of estimated expenditures will also be made available at the Budget Hearing to be held May 2nd, 2023.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Annual Meeting and Election, including the vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures for school purposes for the 2023-24 school year, the election of members of the Board of Education, the vote upon the propositions outlined below, and any other business that may legally come before this meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, between the hours of 12:00 pm noon and 9:00 pm prevailing time, at the Liberty High School Gymnasium, 125 Buckley Street, Liberty, New York and

NOTICE IS GIVEN:  that the following persons have submitted nominating petitions to fill the vacancies caused by the expiration of the terms of the following Board of Education members: Maureen Stabak (One 3-year term), Robert “Keith” Torrens (One 3-year term) and for the vacated position of Anthony R. Sinacore (Term from May 16, 2023 to June 30, 2023);

Erin Abplanalp

Maureen Stabak

Eugene S. Thalmann

At-Large Voting: the three candidates with the highest amount of votes will fill the three vacant positions. The candidate with the highest amount of votes (with the exception of incumbent Maureen Stabak who is currently fulfilling her term though June 30, 203) will fill the seat vacated by Anthony Sinacore, the term effective May 16, 2023 through June 30, 2026. The remaining two seats will be effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 and will be filled by the candidates with the next highest amount of votes.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that the following propositions will appear on the ballot:

PROPOSITION NO. 1

Shall the following resolution be approved?

RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Liberty Central School District, Sullivan County be authorized to make the expenditures shown in the budget presented to the Board of Education, in the amount of $ 66,296,362  for the school year 2023-2024 exclusive of public monies and to levy the necessary tax therefore.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that pursuant to section 2014 of the Education Law, Personal Registration of voters is required, and no person shall be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and Election to be held on May 16, 2023, whose name does not appear on the register of the District or who does not register as hereinafter provided, except a person who is otherwise qualified to vote and is registered under the provisions of Article 5 of the Election Law.   The times and place of registration are set forth below, and any person shall be entitled to have that person’s name placed upon such register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, that person is known or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which such register is prepared.

The Board of Registration shall prepare a register for said Annual Meeting and Election which shall include all persons who shall have presented themselves personally for registration for any annual budget vote and election or special District meeting or election and who shall have voted at any Annual or Special Meeting or Election or conducted at any time during the 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 calendar years.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that Personal Registration may be achieved on any day, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. prevailing time at the Liberty Central School District Office, 115 Buckley Street, Liberty, New York up until Thursday, May 11, 2023.

NOTICE IS GIVEN:  that the register of the District, so prepared, will be filed in the office of the School District Clerk at the Liberty CSD District Office, 115 Buckley Street, Liberty, N.Y., where the same shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District on each of the five (5) days prior to the Annual Meeting and Election, weekdays between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., prevailing time (with the exception of Sunday and Saturday by appointment only) Said register will be open for inspection at the Liberty High School Gymnasium, 125 Buckley Street, Village of Liberty, N.Y. during the hours of the Annual Meeting and Election.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that the members of the Board of Registration shall meet at the Annual Meeting and Election on Tuesday, May 16, 2022, at the Liberty High School Gymnasium, 125 Buckley Street, Village of Liberty, N.Y., between the hours of 12:00 pm and 9:00 pm, prevailing time, where and when the Annual Meeting and Election will be held for the purpose of preparing a register of the school district for meetings or elections held subsequent to such Annual Meeting and Election.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that applications for Absentee Ballots may be applied for at the Office of the District Clerk.  If the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, the completed application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election, or Monday, May 8th, 2023.  If the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter, the completed application must be received by the District Clerk no later than the day before the election, or Monday, May 15th, 2023.  Absentee Ballots must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. prevailing time on May 16, 2023.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2018-a of the Education Law, qualified voters who meet the criteria for “permanently disabled” and are so certified by the Sullivan County Board of Elections, will receive paper ballots by mail.

A list of all persons to whom Absentee Ballots shall have been issued will be available for public inspection in the office of the District Clerk on each of the five (5) days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting and Election, weekdays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, (or Saturday by appointment) and such list will also be posted at the polling place at the Annual Meeting and Election of members of the Board of Education.

Dated: April 21, 2023

Liberty Central School District

Liberty, New York

Tania DeFrank, District Clerk