IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, NEW YORK
JUNE
9, 2015
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a resolution of
the Board of Education of the Hauppauge Union Free School District, in the
County of Suffolk, New York, adopted on April 14, 2015, a Special District
Meeting of the qualified voters of said School District residing in the Town of Islip, New York only (qualified voters of the
District residing in Smithtown are not eligible to vote at this Special
District meeting) will be held on TUESDAY,
JUNE 9, 2015 from 10:00 o’clock A.M. to 9:00 o’clock P.M.(Prevailing Time),
at the
Hauppauge
Public Library
601 VETERANS
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
HAUPPAUGE, New York
for the purpose of voting upon
the following Library Bond Proposition:
LIBRARY BOND PROPOSITION
YES NO
RESOLVED:
(a) That the Board of Education of the Hauppauge
Union Free School District, in the County of Suffolk, New York (the
“District”), acting on the request and on behalf of the Hauppauge Public
Library, hereby authorizes the construction of a new public library building in
Hidden Pond Park in Hauppauge, in the Town of Islip, New York; the foregoing to
include the original equipment, machinery, furnishings, apparatus, and all
ancillary and related site and other work required in connection therewith; and
the expenditure therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental
thereto and to the financing thereof, of not to exceed the estimated total cost
of $14,500,000;
(b) that a tax on the taxable real property of the
District located only in the Town of Islip, New York, is hereby voted in the
aggregate amount of not to exceed $14,500,000 to finance said estimated cost, such tax to be levied by and collected
in installments in such years and in such amounts as may be determined by said
Board of Education; and
(c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of
the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal
amount of not to exceed $14,500,000, and a tax on the taxable real property of
the District located only in the Town of Islip, New York, is hereby voted to
pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.
Such Library Bond Proposition shall appear on the
ballot label to be inserted in the voting machines used for voting at said
Special District Meeting in substantially the following condensed form:
LIBRARY BOND PROPOSITION
YES NO
RESOLVED:
(a) That the Board of Education of the
Hauppauge Union Free School District, in the County of Suffolk, New York (the
“District”), acting on the request and on behalf of the Hauppauge Public
Library, hereby authorizes the construction of a new public library building in Hidden Pond Park in
Hauppauge, in the Town of Islip, New York, and the expenditure therefor of
not to exceed $14,500,000; (b) that a tax on the taxable real property of the
District located only in the Town of Islip, New York, is hereby voted in the
aggregate amount of not to exceed $14,500,000 to finance said cost, such tax to
be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as
may be determined by said Board of Education; and (c) that in anticipation of
said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the
aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $14,500,000 and a tax on the
taxable real property of the District located only in the Town of Islip, New
York 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 as provided in the Education Law and the polls will remain open from
10:00 o’clock A.M. to 9:00 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 pursuant to Education Law §2014,
personal registration of voters is required, and no person shall be entitled to
vote at the Special District Meeting whose name does not appear on the register
of the District. Voter registration for the District is ongoing until Thursday,
June 4, 2015, from 9:00 o’clock A.M. until 4:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time),
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays, at the office of the District
Clerk, at the Whiporwil Administrative Office, 495 Hoffman Lane, Hauppauge, New
York. Any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such
register, provided that he/she is known or proven 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 District
prepared for the Annual District Election to be held on May 19, 2015 shall be
used as the basis for the preparation of the register for said Special District
Meeting to be held on June 9, 2015. Any
person whose name appears on such register or who shall have been previously
registered for any annual or special District meeting or election and who shall
have voted at any Annual or Special District Meeting or Election held or
conducted at any time since January 1, 2011, will not be required to register
personally for this Special District Meeting.
In addition, any person otherwise
qualified to vote who is registered with the Board of Elections of Suffolk
County under the provisions of the Election Law and is a resident of the
District and the Town of Islip, New York, shall be entitled to vote at said
Special District Meeting without further registration. All other persons who wish to vote must
register.
Immediately upon its completion, the register for this Special
District Election will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk in the Whiporwil
Administrative Office, 495 Hoffman Lane, Hauppauge, New York, where such
register will be open for inspection by the qualified voters of the District
between the hours of 9:00 o’clock a.m. and 4:00 o’clock p.m., prevailing time,
on each of the five days prior to and on the day set for said Special District
Meeting, except Saturday, June 6, 2015 when it will be open by prior
appointment only between the hours of 11:00 o’clock a.m. and 12:00 o’clock
noon, and Sunday, June 7, 2015.
NOTICE IS
FURTHER 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 no later than 5:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on June
2, 2015. 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 5:00
o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on June 8, 2015.
No absentee ballot shall be canvassed unless it is received in the
office of the District Clerk by 5:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on June 9,
2015, the date of the Special District Meeting.
A list of all
persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in
the office of the District Clerk during regular business hours on each of the
five (5) days prior to the day of the election, except Saturday and Sunday.
A
person shall be entitled to vote at said Special District meeting only if such
person is a qualified voter of the District and also a resident of the
Town of Islip, New York. Qualified
voters of the District residing in Smithtown are not eligible to vote at this
Special District Meeting.
BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Dated: April 14, 2015
CELESTE KERIMIAN
District Clerk
