Public hearing and budget vote for Mattituck-Cutchogue School District scheduled for May 2026.

SUFFOLK COUNTY

PUBLIC NOTICE





NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE

MATTITUCK-CUTCHOGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK




NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public budget hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:30 p.m., prevailing time, in the Mattituck High School Auditorium, 15125 Main Road, Mattituck, New York for the transaction of such business as is authorized by the Education Law, including the following items:

 1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money which will be required for the 2026-2027 fiscal year.
 2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by voting machines at the Budget Vote and School Board Election to be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
 3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to the Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto.

NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY GIVEN that the annual meeting, vote and election will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the Mattituck High School Gymnasium, 15125 Main Road, Mattituck, New York, at which time the polls will be open to qualified voters of the Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District, to vote by voting machine upon the following items:

Proposition #1

Budget




RESOLVED that the Budget as proposed by the Board of Education of the Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District, Towns of Southold and Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York, for the 2026-2027 fiscal school year, be adopted and so much thereof as may be necessary shall be raised by a levy of tax upon the taxable property of said school district.




Election of Board of Education Members

The May 19, 2026, election is for three (3) members of the Board of Education. Two (2) terms will commence on July 1, 2026, and expire June 30, 2029, and one partial term to fill a vacancy will commence on May 19, 2026 and expire June 30, 2027. You are to vote for three (3) candidates only. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large. The three (3) candidates with the highest pluralities of the votes cast will be elected to the Board of Education.

NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing year for school purposes, may be obtained by any resident of the District, at each schoolhouse in the District, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. prevailing time, each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday beginning May 5, 2026 .

NOTICE IS FURTHER 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, as shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website.

NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY GIVEN that petitions nominating a candidate for the office of Member of the Board of Education must be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District located at the Superintendent’s Office of the School District, in the Central Administration Offices, 385 Depot Lane, Cutchogue, New York, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, not later than April 20, 2026. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board of Education for which the candidate is nominated. Each petition must be directed to the Clerk of the District and must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District; must state the name and residence of each signer; and must state the name and residence of the candidate.

NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law and a prior resolution by the Board of Education, personal registration of voters will be held. A person shall not be entitled to vote at said budget vote and election of Board members whose name does not appear on the register of said School District, or who is not currently registered from a registered address within said School District for general election purposes, on the registration list provided by the Suffolk County Board of Elections.

Registration for this budget vote and election of Board members will be held in the Superintendent’s Office of the School District, located in the Central Administration Offices, 385 Depot Lane, Cutchogue, New York, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, Monday through Friday on any day that school s is in session until five (5) days preceding the budget vote and election of Board members. Any person shall be entitled to have his name placed upon such register if he is known or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote as said budget vote and election of Board members for which such register is prepared. All persons who have previously registered for any annual or specific meeting or lection and who shall have voted at any annual or special meeting or election at any time within four (4) calendar years prior to the year in which the register is being prepared, shall be entitled to vote.

In addition, any qualified voter of the School District whose name appears on the Suffolk County voter registration lists as transmitted to the School District by the Suffolk County Board of Elections will also be entitled to vote.

Said register will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the School District, where said register will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the School District between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, on each of the five (5) days prior to the day set for said budget vote and election, except Sunday and on the date of the election.

NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY GIVEN that early mail and absentee ballots shall be made available in accordance with the provisions of Section 2018-a of the Education Law. Applications for such early mail and absentee ballots may be obtained at the Office of the Clerk. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the date of the election. Furthermore, the early mail and absentee ballot application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the date of the budget vote and election of Board members. If the early mail or absentee ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before such budget vote and election of Board members, then early mail or absentee ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or his or her designated agent. Upon receiving a timely application for an early mail or absentee ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address designated on the application no later than six (6) days before the Annual Election. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the said Office of the District Clerk between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, Monday through Friday on any day school is in session, up to and including the day set for the budget vote and election of Board members.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. Military voters who are qualified voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission, or electronic mail in their request for such registration, ballot application or ballot. Military voter registration forms and military ballot application forms must be received in the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 23, 2026 . No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is (1) received in the Office of the District Clerk before the close of the polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government; or (2) received by the Office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is associated to be not later than the day before the election.

Dated: March 19, 2026

By Order of the Board of Education

Lisa M. Bieber, District Clerk

Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District

Suffolk County, New York

Publish 4X : 4/2, 4/16, 4/30, 5/7/2026