LEGAL
NOTICE

TOWN OF NEW SCOTLAND

COVID Update Town Board Meeting

May 29, 2020 

The Town Board of the Town of New Scotland will hold a COVID update meeting on May 29, 2020 at 1PM.  Due to health and safety concerns related to COVID-19 in person attendance will not be permitted.  In accordance with the Governors Executive Order 202.1 the meeting will take place remotely via Zoom.  The meeting will be recorded and minutes of the meeting will be made available at a later date. Members of the public can connect, listen and view the meeting at:

Join Zoom Meeting

 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89977477465?pwd=cy9OYS9DWG5sMW15MDJGb3E4MHd5QT09

Diane R. Deschenes

New Scotland Town Clerk

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LEGAL
NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the Guilderland

Central School District, Albany County, Guilderland, New York, will be held on May 26, 2020 at 7:00 p.m., prevailing time and will be held remotely for the presentation of the budget for the school year July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.  Information on how to access/attend the remote meeting will be available at  http://www.guilderlandschools.org 

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that said vote and election will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 by absentee ballot only, as directed by New York State Governor’s Order 202.26.  The absentee ballot will include voting upon the following items:

To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2020-2021 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District;        

For the election of five (5) members to the Board of Education;

Upon the appropriation of an amount sufficient to operate the Guilderland School District Public Library separate and apart from the Annual School District Budget and authorizing the levy of taxes therefore;

For the election of three (3) Trustees to the Board of Trustees of the Guilderland Public Library.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that one Bond Proposition in substantially the following form shall be presented to the qualified voters of the District at such Annual District Meeting and Election:

BUS BOND PROPOSITION

RESOLVED:

(a)        That the Board of Education of the Guilderland Central School District, in the County of Albany, New York (the “District”), is hereby authorized to purchase various school buses and vehicles for use by the District, and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $983,300;

(b)        that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $983,300 to pay such cost, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and

(c)        that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $983,300 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable. Such Bus Bond Proposition shall appear on the ballots used for voting at said Annual District Meeting and Election in substantially the following condensed form:

BUS BOND PROPOSITION

RESOLVED:

(a)        That the Board of Education of the Guilderland Central School District, in the County of Albany, New York (the “District”), is hereby authorized to purchase various school buses and vehicles for use by the District and to expend $983,300 therefor (b)  that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $983,300 to pay such cost, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and  (c)  that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $983,300 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School District’s budget for fiscal year 2020-2021, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Annual District Election by going to the posted version of the budget document on the District’s website.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education for three (3) vacancies of three (3) years each and two (2) vacancies of one (1) year each or for the office of trustee of the Guilderland Public Library for three (3) vacancies of five (5) years each must be filed with the Clerk of the District no later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on May 11, 2020.  Each petition must be directed to the District Clerk and must state the name and residence of the candidate and that they are a qualified voter of the District. Vacancies on the Board of Education or Guilderland Public Library shall not be considered separate; specific offices and the nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated.  Candidates receiving a plurality of the votes cast respectively for the several offices shall be declared elected in accordance with the provisions of Section 2034 of the Education Law, with the top three Board of Education candidates being awarded a three (3) year term and the two (2) remaining candidates one (1) year term each and the top three Guilderland Public Library candidates being awarded a five (5) year term each.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that absentee ballots for election of Board Members and voting on the budget will be mailed to all qualified voters by the Office of the District Clerk.  If you believe you are a qualified voter and do not receive an absentee ballot by mail, please contact the District Clerk by e-mail at  to request a ballot.  Completed absentee ballots must be received by 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on June 9, 2020 in order to be counted and tabulated into the final vote count conducted by the District.  Information on how to hand deliver a ballot will be available at  www.guilderlandschools.org.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Registration will not meet for purposes of registering qualified voters of the District prior to the June 9, 2020 vote.  If you are not registered and would like to register you may only do so with the County Board of Elections by mail, or remotely through the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles website at  https://dmv.ny.gov/more-info/electronic-voter-registration-application. 

The register of the qualified voters of the School District prepared at the Special Meeting held on May 21, 2019 shall be used by said Board of Registration as the basis for the mailing of absentee ballots to qualified voters for the June 9, 2020 Annual Meeting.  Any person whose name appears on such register shall receive an absentee ballot by mail.  In addition, any person otherwise qualified to vote who is registered with the Board of Elections of Albany County under the provisions of the Election Law, shall be entitled to vote a said Annual Vote and Election without further registration.

Only qualified voters who are duly registered will be permitted to vote.

A report of tax exemptions, showing how much of the total assessed value on the final assessment roll or rolls used in that budgetary process is exempt from taxation, shall be annexed to the budget document.

Linda M. Livingston

District Clerk

Dated: May 5, 2020
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