Proposition & Early Ballot Info.

Shall the following resolution be adopted:

RESOLVED, that the Phelps-Clifton Springs Central School District is hereby authorized to undertake a capital improvement project consisting of the reconstruction and renovation of, and the construction of improvements and upgrades to the District’s buildings and campus, including the Middle/High School building, the Elementary School building, including construction of a turf multipurpose stadium with grandstand, press box, drainage, stadium lighting, goal posts, scoreboard, fencing upgrades at the bus garage, improvements to the maintenance building, and the purchase of original furnishings, equipment, machinery and apparatus required in connection with the purposes for which such buildings, facilities and sites are used, all to include site, utility, access, lighting, parking, athletic and playfield improvements, utility, mechanical, plumbing and electrical improvements as well as payment of professional fees and all other necessary costs incidental to such work, and expend therefore a total sum not to exceed $35,000,000, which is estimated to be the total maximum cost thereof, and pay for the project by spending $4,428,508 from the Capital Reserve Fund approved by the District’s voters in May of 2020, spending $3,571,492 from the Capital Reserve Fund approved by the District’s voters in May of 2023, and the levy of a tax which is hereby voted for the project in the amount of $27,000,000, subject to available state and federal aid, which tax shall be levied and collected in annual installments in such years and in such amounts as may be determined by the Board of Education and in anticipation of the collection of such tax, bonds and notes of the District are hereby authorized to be issued at one time, or from time to time, in the principal amount not to exceed $27,000,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the principal and interest on said obligations when due.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that qualified voters of the District may obtain applications for an absentee ballot or an early voting ballot from the office of the Clerk of the District. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election if the absentee ballot or early voting ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the absentee ballot or early voting ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.  A listing of all persons to whom an absentee ballot or early voting 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 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. during each of the 5 days prior to the election, except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, and shall also be posted at the polling place at 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) 548-6420 or pmann@midlakes.org. Completed applications for military ballots must be received by the Clerk no later than 5 p.m. on November 15, 2024.  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.