Annual meeting for budget vote and Board of Education elections on May 19, 2026.

Legal Notices 

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTE OF THE RANDOLPH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT




NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual meeting and vote of the Randolph Central School District, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties, New York, will be held on Tuesday,May 19, 2026,from 2:00 p.m. prevailing time to 8:00 p.m. prevailing time in the High School Cafeteria of the District, located at 18 Main Street, Randolph, New York, for the purposes of (i) voting on the budget for the 2026-2027fiscal year, (ii) electing two members of the Board of Education for three-year terms to commence on July 1, 2026, and (iii) such other business as may be permitted by law (as more particularly set forth below).




TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be nominated by petition. Each petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the District, shall be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District, shall state the residence of each signer, and shall state the name and residence of the candidate. Each petition must be filed in the office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. not later than April 20, 2026.




TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the voting on the budget and other matters will consist of voting on the following proposition, as well as such other propositions as may be lawfully presented at the meeting:




PROPOSITION NUMBER 1 (Budget)




Shall the following resolution be adopted, to wit:




RESOLVED, that the budget for the Randolph Central School District, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties, New York (the “District”), for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2026,and ending June 30, 2027, 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 NUMBER 2 (Purchase and Financing of Vehicles)




Shall the following resolution be adopted, to wit:




RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Randolph Central School District, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties, New York (the "District"), is hereby authorized to purchase school buses, including equipment, machinery and apparatus used in connection therewith, for use in the transportation program of the District, at an estimated maximum cost of $650,000, and the sum of $650,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of the District and all other eligible legal fund sources; and in anticipation of such tax, bonds or other obligations (including, without limitation, obligations arising under leases, lease/purchase contracts or installment purchase contracts) of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $650,000 and shall be issued or entered into in accordance with applicable provisions of New York State law, and that New York State Transportation 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.




TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing for the voters of the District on the 2026-2027budget will be held on May 12, 2026,at 6:00 p.m. prevailing time in the High School Library, 18 Main Street, Randolph, New York.




TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a voting machine will be used to record the vote on the budget, on any of the propositions, and on the election of members of the Board of Education.




TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Education of this District has adopted Rules for the Use of Voting Machines and the Submission of Questions or Propositions to be Placed Thereon. Printed copies for general distribution in the District are available at the office of the District Clerk located in the District Office, 18 Main Street, Randolph, New York 14772.




TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for early mail and absentee ballots may be obtained at the Office of the Clerk at the District Office, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. prevailing time and 3:30 p.m. prevailing time. 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 on the day before the election, if the ballot is to be issued in person to the voter. All early mail and absentee ballots must be received in the Office of the Clerk at the District Office by 5:00 p.m. on May 19, 2026. A list of all persons to whom early ballots or absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the Office of the District Clerk, where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., prevailing time, on the five (5) days preceding the day of the election, until the day set for voting, except for Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, or at the polling place on the day of the Annual Meeting and Election.




TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that military voters who are qualified voters of the District may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District Clerk by email at mpitts@randolphcsd.org or at the Office of the District Clerk located at 18 Main St., Randolph, NY 14772, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except holidays. 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, 2026. 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.




TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Education of this District will have prepared and completed a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required during the 2026-2027 fiscal year for school purposes, specifying the several purposes and the amount for each. The amount for each purpose estimated necessary for payments to Boards of Cooperative Educational Services shall be shown in full, with no deduction of estimated state aid. The amount of state aid provided and its percentage relationship to the total expenditures shall also be shown. Such statement shall be completed at least seven days before the budget hearing at which it is to be presented and copies thereof shall be prepared and made available, upon request, to residents within the District on May 5, 2026, and may be obtained by any resident in the District at each school house in the District in which school is maintained during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. prevailing time during the fourteen days immediately preceding the annual meeting and vote, and in the District office.




The District Clerk is hereby directed to arrange for the use of a voting machine for such District meeting and vote and for the printing of ballots to be used with such machine, which ballots shall be printed in the form required by the rules of the use of voting machine and the submission of questions or propositions to be placed thereon, and each proposition to be submitted shall be so printed thereon in full with the words YES and NO so printed for each proposition.




Dated 3/18/2026

Maureen Pitts

District Clerk

Randolph CSD

18 Main St., Randolph, NY 14772

 Apr 2, 8, 18, May 4, 2026