NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING

OF THE VOTERS OF THE

ENLARGED OGDENSBURG CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

          THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE ENLARGED OGDENSBURG CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that pursuant to a Resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the District on December 4, 2023, a special meeting of the qualified voters of said School District County of St. Lawrence, State of New York, will be held in said District on January 23, 2024, between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. prevailing times, for the purpose of voting upon the following proposition:

PROPOSITION

            Shall the Bond Resolution adopted by the Board of Education authorizing a project consisting of reconstruction, renovations and improvements to the John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Ogdensburg Free Academy and the Golden Dome, and renovations, improvements and an addition to the Grant C. Madill Elementary School, acquisition of approximately 28 acres of land on NYS Rt. 37 across from the Ogdensburg Free Academy and the construction thereon of a new transportation facility, all of the foregoing to include construction, reconstruction, renovations, alterations, grading and site work, parking, athletic field and facility improvements, original furnishings, fixtures, equipment, machinery and apparatus required for such purposes, architectural fees, and all other necessary costs incidental to such work at a total estimated cost not to exceed $65,500,000 and to pay such costs by using $1,500,000 from the Capital Reserve approved by the District voters on May 18, 2021 and $2,500,000 from the Capital Reserve approved by the District Voters on May 17, 2022, any available EXCEL aid and, for the balance of the project costs, by the levy of a tax in installments upon all the taxable real property of the District and, in anticipation of such tax, the issuance of bonds and bond anticipation notes in the principal amount not to exceed $61,500,000 and the levy of a tax to pay the interest on said obligations be approved?

          NOTICE IS GIVEN that voting upon the foregoing Proposition will be by voting machine or paper ballot and will take place on January 23, 2024, between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. prevailing time at the District’s election district polling places hereinafter described.  A description of the boundaries of the school election districts is on file and may be inspected in the Business Office of the District, Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. through 4:00 P.M.

          NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, pursuant to Section 2606 of the Education Law, personal registration of voters is required, and no person shall be entitled to vote at said special election whose name does not appear on the register of the election district in which he or she claims to be entitled to vote or who does not register. Voter Registration will be held on January 9, 2024 at Ogdensburg Free Academy in the front entrance from 12:00 P.M – 8:00 P.M.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that qualified voters of the District may obtain applications for an absentee ballot from the office of the Clerk of the District. Completed applications must be received by the Clerk of the District no later than 4:00 p.m. on January 22, 2024 and must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. on January 16, 2024, if the absentee ballot is to be mailed to the voter.  Completed applications received after 4:00 p.m. on January 16, 2024, will require the voter to personally appear at the office of the Clerk of the District to receive an absentee ballot.  A listing of all persons to whom an absentee ballot is issued will be available for inspection by any qualified voter in the office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. during each of the 5 days business days prior to the election. 

          NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that military ballots may be applied for by qualified voters by requesting an application from the District Clerk at (315) 393-0900 or rachel.barr@ogdensburgk12.org. Completed applications for military ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 4:00 p.m. on December 29, 2023.  In a request for a military ballot application or ballot, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application or ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail.  An individual will qualify as a military voter if he or she (1) is a qualified voter of the State of New York, who is in actual military service, and by reason of such military service is absent from the District on the day of the election, or is a voter who is discharged from military service within 30 days of an election; or (2) a spouse, parent, child, or dependent of such service member who is a qualified voter and is absent due to accompanying or being with the military service member. 

DATED:    December 5, 2023

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION