NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting and Election (the “Annual Meeting and Election”) of the Brocton Central School District, 138 West Main Street, Chautauqua County, New York (the “District”), will be held at the Brocton Central School High School Gymnasium, 138 West Main Street, Brocton, New York on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., for the purpose of voting on the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures of the District for the 2025-2026 school year.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a public hearing for the voters of the District will be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the High School Cafeteria at the Brocton Central School District, 138 West Main Street, Brocton, New York at which time the proposed 2025-2026 District Budget and the 2025 Capital Improvements Project will be presented.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for school purposes may be obtained by any resident of the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the Annual Meeting and Election (other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday) at the office of the District Clerk located at 138 West Main Street, Brocton, New York between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the voting at the Annual Meeting and Election will consist of voting on the following propositions, as well as such other matters as may be lawfully presented at the meeting.

PROPOSITION NO. 1 2025-2026 BUDGET

Shall the following resolution be adopted? 

RESOLVED, that the budget for the Brocton Central School District (the “District”) for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026, as presented by the Board of Education is hereby approved and adopted and the required funds therefore are hereby appropriated and the necessary real property taxes required shall be raised by a tax on the taxable property in the District to be levied and collected as required by law.

PROPOSITION NO. 2 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, 2025

Shall the following resolution be adopted?

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education (the “Board”) of the Brocton Central School District, Chautauqua County, New York (the “District”), is hereby authorized to undertake a proposed “Capital Improvements Project, 2025” consisting of the reconstruction, rehabilitation and renovation, in part, and the construction of improvements and upgrades to the District’s main school building and the site thereof (collectively, the “Project”) to implement various health, safety, accessibility and code compliance measures required by the State Education Department in connection with any significant capital improvements project and various other measures that are generally described in (but are not to be limited by) the project plan that has been prepared by the District (with the assistance of CPL Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architect and Surveyor, D.P.C.) and that is available for public inspection in the offices of the District Clerk (the “Project Plan”), such work being anticipated to include, without limitation and to the extent as and where required, the elements that are generally described below. The Project is anticipated to include the reconstruction of a portion of the Elementary School parking area and upgrading a portion of the school building’s roof.  If the budget allows after receiving construction bids, or if other items are identified, additional similar renovations, upgrades, and improvements could be undertaken.  All of such work (or so much thereof as can be accomplished within the overall budget for the Project, once the construction bids are received) is to be undertaken at an estimated maximum cost of $1,428,280, and will include the purchase of original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus and pavement restoration required in connection with the purposes for which such building and site are used, and all ancillary or related work required in connection therewith, and the Board is authorized to expend therefor, including for preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and in connection with the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated maximum cost of $1,428,280, provided that the detailed costs of the components of the Project (as generally described in the Project Plan) may be reallocated among such components, or such components may be deleted, revised or supplemented if (1) the Board shall determine that such reallocation, deletion, revision or supplementation is in the best interests of the District and (2) the aggregate amount to be expended for the Project shall not exceed $1,428,280 and (3) no material change shall be made in the overall scope and nature of the Project; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Board is hereby authorized to expend or apply toward the Project, during the current fiscal year of the District, $502,780 from the District’s Capital Improvements Reserve Fund, 2018; and be it further

RESOLVED, that a tax is hereby voted to finance the balance of the estimated maximum cost of the Project in an amount not to exceed $925,500, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by the Board; and be it further

RESOLVED, that in anticipation of such tax, obligations of the District (including, without limitation, serial bonds, statutory installment bonds, bond anticipation notes, and/or lease-purchase obligations) are hereby authorized to be issued in an aggregate principal amount that is not to exceed $925,500, and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on such obligations as the same shall become due and payable; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the New York State Building Aid funds that are expected to be received by the District are anticipated to offset a substantial part of the cost of the Project, and such funds shall, to the extent received, be applied to offset and reduce the amount of taxes that are herein authorized to be levied.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that such Proposition No. 2 shall appear on the ballot sheet to be used for voting on such Proposition No. 2 in substantially the following abbreviated form:

PROPOSITION NO. 2 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, 2025

Shall the following resolution be adopted and approved?

YES NO

RESOLVED, that (a) the Board of Education (the “Board”) of the Brocton Central School District, Chautauqua County, New York (the “District”) is hereby authorized to undertake a “Capital Improvements Project, 2025” (the “Project”) consisting of the reconstruction, rehabilitation and renovation, in part, and the construction of improvements and upgrades to the District’s main school building (and the site thereof) to implement various health, safety, accessibility and code compliance measures and various other measures that are included and generally described in (but are not to be limited by) the Project Plan that was referred to in the public notice of the vote on this Proposition, and to expend therefor an amount not to exceed $1,428,280; (b) the Board is authorized to expend or apply toward the Project $502,780 from the District’s Capital Improvements Reserve Fund, 2018; (c) a tax is hereby voted in an amount not to exceed $925,500 to finance the balance of the estimated maximum cost of the Project, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by the Board; (d) in anticipation of such tax, obligations of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in an aggregate principal amount that shall not exceed $925,500, and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on such obligations as the same shall become due and payable; and (e) New York State Building Aid funds expected to be received by the District are anticipated to offset a substantial part of such costs, and such funds, to the extent received, shall be applied to offset and reduce the amount of taxes herein authorized to be levied.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an Environmental Assessment Form has been completed for all of the anticipated work involved in the Project, which constitutes an Unlisted action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”), a thorough review of the Project’s potential environmental impacts has been undertaken, it has been found that the Project will not result in a significant adverse impact on the environment, and a reasoned elaboration of the SEQRA review and findings has been provided in a Negative Declaration.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots and early mail ballots may be obtained at the office of the District Clerk. Completed applications for absentee ballots and early mail ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 13, 2025, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter; or no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 19, 2025, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots and early mail ballots have been issued will be available in the office of the District Clerk on each of the five (5) days prior to the Annual Meeting and Election (except Saturday, Sunday, and holidays), and any qualified voter may challenge the qualifications of any person on such list, by making his/her challenge and the reasons therefor known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls. Absentee ballots and early mail ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., on May 20, 2025, to be canvassed and counted.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that military voters who are qualified voters of the District may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District Clerk at (716) 792-2173 or ameans@broctoncsd.org. 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 p.m. on April 24, 2025. 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.

ASHLEY L. MEANS
District Clerk
Brocton Central School District
To be printed in the Dunkirk Observer on these dates: April 4th, April 18th, May 2nd, May 9th