Public hearing and budget vote for Edgemont UFSD scheduled for May 5 and May 19, 2026.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION EDGEMONT UFSD # 6 AT GREENBURGH TOWN OF GREENBURGH, COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the Edgemont UFSD #6 at Greenburgh, Westchester County, Scarsdale, New York, will be held in the LGI at Edgemont Junior-Senior High School on May 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM prevailing time, for the presentation of the budget document. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said vote and election will be held on May 19, 2026 between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM, prevailing time, in the Jim San Marco Gymnasium at Edgemont Junior-Senior High School, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by electronic voting machine upon the following items: 1. To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2026-2027 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District. 2. Authorization for the Expenditure of Funds from the 2023 Capital Reserve Fund to be presented in a proposition that will read as follows: SHALL the Board of Education of the Edgemont Union Free School District be authorized to expend a sum not to exceed $3,250,000 from the 2023 Capital Reserve Fund as established on May 16, 2023 for the purpose of performing alterations, construction and reconstruction of the District’s facilities and buildings including roof replacements, plumbing, mechanical and technology upgrades, renovations/reconstruction of interior and exterior instructional spaces, related site work, and the purchase of furnishings/equipment at the Greenville Elementary School, Seely Place Elementary School, and Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School including all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental cost related thereto? Since the funds to be expended hereunder are from the Capital Reserve Fund, approval of this Proposition will not require a tax levy upon the real property of the School District. 3. Authorization for the Establishment of a New 2026 Capital Reserve Fund to be presented in a proposition that will read as follows: Shall the Board of Education of the Edgemont Union Free School District, pursuant to Education Law section 3651, be authorized to establish a capital reserve fund to be known as the “2026 Capital Reserve” for the purpose of performing the following District-wide capital improvements: alterations, construction and/or reconstruction of District facilities, buildings and/or additions, including related site work, drainage, health and safety improvements, fire alarm replacement and/or upgrades, ADA and handicap accessibility improvements, masonry renovation, plumbing replacements and/or upgrades, electrical upgrades, HVAC/mechanical repair, renovations or upgrades, technology upgrades, telephone upgrades, roof replacement, door replacement, window replacement and/or renovation, turf replacement, fencing replacement, paving renovation and upgrades, replacement and/or renovation of curbs, sidewalks, and walkways, renovation/reconstruction of interior and exterior instructional spaces, renovation/reconstruction to noninstructional spaces, renovation/reconstruction of toilet rooms, renovation of athletic fields, resurfacing and/or renovation of tennis courts, asbestos abatement, abatement of hazardous materials, purchase of new school site or school building and/or the purchase of furnishings/equipment, all of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental cost related thereto? The maximum amount of the aforesaid Capital Reserve Fund shall be $7,500,000, plus investment income. The probable term is to be ten (10) years; the funds are to be transferred from surplus monies in unassigned fund balance including a sum not to exceed $2,500,000 from the 2025-2026 budget and thereafter in an annual amount of not more than $2,500,000 for each remaining year of the probable term. Upon the establishment and funding of said reserve, the Superintendent of Schools or his designee shall be directed to deposit monies of this reserve fund in a separate bank account to be known as the “2026 Capital Reserve Fund. 4. To elect two (2) members of the Board of Education for three-year terms commencing July 1, 2026 and expiring on June 30, 2029. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of the money which will be required to fund the School District’s budget for 2026-2027, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District during business hours beginning May 5, 2026, except Saturday, Sunday or school holidays, at the Central Office, 300 White Oak Lane, Scarsdale, New York, and at each of the following schools: Edgemont Junior-Senior High School Greenville School Seely Place School AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on the District’s website. 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 District Clerk of the Edgemont UFSD at the Central Office, 300 White Oak Lane, Scarsdale, New York not later than 5:00 PM, April 20, 2026. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least 32 qualified voters of the District; must state the name and residence of each signer, and, must state the name and residence of the candidate. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee and early mail ballots must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than April 20, 2026. 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 or designated agent. Upon receiving a timely application for a mailed absentee or early mail ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address designated on the application by no later than six (6) days prior to the election. Absentee and early mail ballots must be received by the District Clerk in the Central Office no later than 5:00 PM prevailing time on May 19, 2026. A list of persons to whom absentee and early mail ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the Central Office on and after April 20, 2026, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election, and said list will be posted at the polling place at the election. Any qualified voter present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds for making her/his challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls. A challenge to an absentee ballot may not be made on the basis that the voter should have applied for an early mail ballot. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required pursuant to §2014 of the Education 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, she/he is eligible to vote at this election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote under article 5 of the Election Law, she/he is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register. The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law at the Central Office, 300 White Oak Lane, Scarsdale, New York, on Monday, May 11, 2026 between the hours of 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the Register is prepared. The Register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Central Office of the Edgemont School District at 300 White Oak Lane, Scarsdale, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on May 11, 2026, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, prevailing time, on weekdays each day prior to the day set for the election and at the polling place on the day of the vote. AN