LEGAL NOTICE

BUDGET VOTE AND BOARD ELECTION

ONEIDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public Budget Hearing of the qualified voters of the Oneida City School District, Madison County, New York will be held in the City of Oneida, New York, in said District on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 6:00 P.M., prevailing time, at the Costello Transportation Center for the purpose of discussing expenditure of funds for the 2024-2025 school year and the budgeting thereof, and the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items: 

1. To receive such reports of the officials of the School District as shall be submitted.

2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by voting ballot at the vote and election to be held on May 21, 2024 

3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto. 

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said vote and election will be held on May 21, 2024 between the hours of 12 Noon and 9:00 P.M., prevailing time, in the Oneida High School and Durhamville Elementary School, for registered voters living in appropriate election districts, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting ballot upon the following items: 

1. To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education. 

• Five-year term commencing July 1, 2024 and expiring on June 30, 2029. 

2. The following propositions 

PROPOSITION NO. 1 

To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2024-2025 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District, which will appear as Proposition No.1 on the voting ballot. 

PROPOSITION NO.2 

BUSES PROPOSITION 

Shall the resolution be adopted: 

RESOLVED that, pursuant to Education Law §§2503(12-a) and 1709(25)(i), the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Oneida, Madison County, New York, is hereby authorized to lease and expend therefore, including costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated cost of $97,500, and for a term not to exceed five (5) years, the following motor vehicles: three (3) seventy seat passenger school buses,; AND, that such sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be raised by the levy of a tax collected in annual installments; and that in anticipation of such tax, obligations of the District shall be issued. 

AND FURTHER 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 2024-2025 may be obtained by a resident of the District during business hours beginning May 7, 2024, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the District Office, 565 Sayles Street, Oneida, New York, and at each of the following schoolhouses: Durhamville Elementary School, North Broad Street School, Seneca Street School, Willard Prior Elementary School, Otto Shortell Middle School, Oneida Senior High School.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of said School District at his/her office in the District Office, 565 Sayles Street, Oneida, New York, not later than May 1, 2024, between 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. Nominating petitions shall not specify any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Clerk of the Board; must be signed by at least 100 qualified voters of the District; must state the name and residence of each signature, and must state the name and residence of the candidate. The Clerk will conduct a draw for ballot order on May 2, 2024 at 12 Noon, to determine the order of listing of names of the candidates on the voting ballot for said election. Such nomination petitions are available at the District Office, 565 Sayles Street, Oneida, New York or will be mailed to you upon request to mshort@oneidacsd.org or 315-363-2550 ext. 2008.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the Clerk of the Board beginning April 2, 2024 or will be mailed to you upon request to mshort@oneidacsd.org or 315-363-2550 ext. 2008; completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 4:00 P.M., prevailing time, on May 21, 2024. A list of persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available for inspection in the District Clerk’s Office, during regular business hours, during each of the five (5) days prior to the election, except Sunday, and shall also be posted at the polling places at the election of members of the Board of Education.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must Register by contacting the District Clerk. The register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the School District in the District Office, 565 Sayles Street, Oneida, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District on each of the five days prior to and the day set for the election, except Sunday, between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., prevailing time. 

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with §2305 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with the District Clerk of the Board of Education at the District Office, 565 Sayles Street, Oneida, New York, 60 days prior to the election; must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least 5% of qualified voters of the District who voted at the District’s most recent Budget Vote and Board Election or 25 qualified voters of the District, whichever is greater, and must state the name and residence of each signer. However, the School Board will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition. The District reserves the right to alter the language of a proposition in order to ensure compliance and conformity with the law. 

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the polling places at such Annual Budget Vote and School Board Election are as follows: 

• SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT #1: Oneida Senior High School - Registered voters residing south of the New York State Thruway 

• SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT #2: Durhamville Elementary School - Registered voters residing north of the New York State Thruway. 

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the School District by requesting to be registered by the District Clerk at jnellis@oneidacsd.org or 315-363-2550 ext. 2010. Registered, qualified voters of the School District may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District Clerk at the phone number or email address listed above. For a military voter to be issued a military ballot, the District Clerk must have received a valid ballot application no later than 4:00 P.M. on May 2, 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. 

April 2, 2024 
Date 
Jennifer Nellis, 
Clerk of the Board