Boquet Valley Central School District
Notice of Public Hearing & Annual Budget Vote
April 1, 2025
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Budget Hearing of the Boquet Valley Central School District shall be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM in Room 106 at the Mountain View Campus located at 7530 Court Street Elizabethtown, New York, for the purpose of discussing the expenditure of funds and budgeting thereof;
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School District’s budget for 2025-2026 exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident or taxpayer of the District during business hours beginning April 29, 2025, except Saturdays, Sundays and/or holidays at either school campus, the District Office, Westport Library, Wadhams Free Library, Elizabethtown Library and the District’s website www.boquetvalleycsd.org.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual budget vote and board member election will be held on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 PM prevailing time, (or until all who are in attendance at the time have voted), at the Lake View Campus 25 Sisco Street Westport, New York.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the vote upon the proposition for appropriation of necessary funds to meet estimated expenditures for the school year 2025-2026 for school purposes (Annual Budget and Tax Levy) shall be held on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 PM in said Lake View Campus, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by ballot upon the following items:
- To adopt the annual budget of the Boquet Valley Central School District for the fiscal year 2025-2026 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District, and
- To elect three (3) members to the Board of Education for three (3) year terms commencing July 1, 2025 and expiring on June 30, 2028 to succeed Tom Broderick, Heather Reynolds and Sue Russell whose terms expire on June 30, 2025, and one (1) member to the Board of Education to fill an unexpired term commencing May 20, 2025 and expiring on June 30, 2026, and
- Shall the Board of Education appropriate and expend in the 2025-2026 fiscal year three hundred fifty-seven thousand dollars ($357,000) from the existing Transportation and Maintenance Equipment Capital Reserve Fund for the purpose of purchasing two (2) sixty-five (65) passenger school buses at a maximum cost of three hundred fifty-seven thousand dollars ($357,000) to pay for the buses in full?
- Shall the Board of Education appropriate and expend in the 2025-2026 fiscal year one hundred fifty-one thousand dollars ($151,000) from the existing Transportation and Maintenance Equipment Capital Reserve Fund for the purpose of purchasing one (1) seven (7) passenger van, one (1) plow truck and (1) tractor at a maximum cost of one hundred fifty-one thousand dollars ($151,000) to pay for the van, truck and tractor in full?
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that qualified voters may obtain applications for absentee ballots during school business hours from the District Clerk’s office located at Mountain View Campus, PO Box 158 7530 Court Street, Elizabethtown, New York beginning April 1, 2025. Completed applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 PM prevailing time, on May 19, 2025 (the day before the election) if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter, or must be received no later than 5:00 PM, prevailing time, on May 13, 2025 (7 days before the election) if the absentee ballot is to be mailed to the voter. Completed applications received after 5:00 PM on May 13, 2025, will require the voter to personally appear at the District Clerk’s office to receive an absentee ballot. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 PM, prevailing time, on May 20, 2025. A list of persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the District Clerk’s office located within the Mountain View Campus through May 19, 2025, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election and on May 20, 2025. In general, absentee ballots must be provided upon proper application to any qualified voter who will be unable to vote in person due to illness or
physical disability, hospitalization, incarceration for other than conviction of a felony, travel outside the voter’s county or city of residence for employment or business reasons, studies or vacation on the day of the election.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that qualified voters may obtain applications for early mail ballots during school business hours from the District Clerk’s office located at Mountain View Campus, PO Box 158 7530 Court Street, Elizabethtown, New York beginning April 1, 2025. Completed applications for early mail ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 PM prevailing time, on May 19, 2025 (the day before the election) if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter, or must be received no later than 5:00 PM, prevailing time, on May 13, 2025 (7 days before the election) if the early mail ballot is to be mailed to the voter. Completed applications received after 5:00 PM on May 13, 2025, will require the voter to personally appear at the District Clerk’s office to receive an early mail ballot. Early mail ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 PM, prevailing time, on May 20, 2025. A list of persons to whom early mail ballots have been issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the District Clerk’s office located within the Mountain View Campus through May 19, 2025, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election and on May 20, 2025.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that military voters who are qualified voters of the School District may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District Clerk at 518-873-6371 or [email protected]. For a military voter to be issued a military ballot, the District Clerk must have received a valid ballot application no later than 5:00 PM on April 25, 2025 (25 days prior to the vote). 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.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for the office of School Board Member must be filed in the District Clerk’s Office no later than 5:00 PM on April 21, 2025. Each petition shall be signed by at least 25 voters of the District, and must state the name and residence of the candidate.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a qualified voter is one who is a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, and a resident of the School District for a period of 30 days next preceding the annual vote. The School District may require all persons offering to vote to provide one form of proof of residency pursuant to Education Law 2018-c. Such form may include a driver’s license, a non-driver identification card, a utility bill, or a voter registration card. Upon offer of proof of residency, the School District may also require all persons offering to vote to provide their signature, printed name and address.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the District Clerk is authorized and directed in the name and on behalf of the District to do all acts and things necessary, following the advice and counsel of the District’s School Attorney or the District’s Bond Counsel, to comply with all applicable laws, regulations and executive orders relating to the Special Meeting and to do all other acts as may be necessary, or in the opinion of the District’s School Attorney or the District’s Bond Counsel, desirable or proper to effectuate the purposes of the foregoing Resolution and to cause compliance by the District with all applicable laws, regulations and executive orders relating to the notice of, and procedural steps to be taken in connection with such Special Meeting.
School District: Boquet Valley Central
District Clerk: Jana Atwell
Dated: March 25, 2025
