Public hearing for budget vote and election in Remsenburg-Speonk School District.

SUFFOLK COUNTY

LEGAL NOTICE

Annual Legal Notice for Budget Vote & Election

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION

OF THE REMSENBURG-SPEONK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the Remsenburg-Speonk Union Free School District, Town of Town of Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, will be held in the Remsenburg- Speonk Elementary School Building, 11 Mill Road, Remsenburg, in said district on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 7:30 P.M., prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items:

1. To present to the voters a detailed statement 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 paper ballot at the Budget Vote and Election to be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

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 a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School District's budget for 2026-2027, exclusive of public moneys, may be obtained by any resident of the District begin beginning May 5, 2026, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., prevailing time, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays at the Office of the District Clerk, 11 Mill Road, Remsenburg, at the Westhampton Beach Public Library at 7 Library Avenue, Westhampton Beach, New York and on the District's internet website.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in the Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School, 11 Mill Road, Remsenburg, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M., prevailing time, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by 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. To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2026, and expiring on June 30, 2029, to fill the position held by Kathleen Hofmann, whose term expires on June 30, 2026.

3. To adopt a proposition that the Board of Education be authorized to contract with the Suffolk Cooperative Library System for a period of one year only, commencing July 1, 2026 for direct access library service for a sum not t to exceed $393,664, in addition to the sums set forth in the budget, and to levy the necessary tax therefor and

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

(a) That the Board of Education of the Remsenburg-Speonk Union Free School District, in the County of Suffolk, New York (the "District"), is hereby authorized to construct an addition, alterations and improvements to Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School and the site thereof (the Project"), substantially as described in a plan prepared for the District by BBS Architects, Landscape Architects, and

Engineers, PC, Patchogue, New York, which is on file and available for public inspection at the office of the District Clerk, such Project consisting of (as and where required): construction of a del Distrito, aprobado por los votantes del Distrito el 16 de mayo de 2023, más cualquier interés generado sobre los mismos, quedan por la presente autorizados para ser utilizados para pagar una parte del costo del Proyecto, y dicho gasto queda por la presente

Aprobado;

(c) que por la presente se aprueba un impuesto por un monto total que exceda $2,000,000 para financiar el saldo de dicho costo, dicho impuesto será impuesto y recaudado cuotas

los años y en las cantidades que determine dicha Junta de Educación; y (d) que en anticipación de dicho impuesto, se autoriza por la presente la emisión de bonos del Distrito por un monto principal total que no ceda $2,000,000 y por la presente se aprueba un impuesto para pagar los intereses de dichos bonos a medida que los mismos venzan y sean pagaderos.

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Dicha Proposición de Bonos aparecerá en la boleta utilizada para votar en sustancialmente la siguiente forma:

PROPOSICIÓN DE BONOS SÍ NO RESUELVASE:

(a) Que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre Unión Remsenburg-Speonk del Condado de Suffolk, Nueva York (el "Distrito"), queda por la presente autorizada a construir una ampliación, así como realizar modificaciones y mejoras en la Escuela Primaria Remsenburg-Speonk y en el sitio de la misma (el "Proyecto"), sustancialmente como se describe en

un plan preparado para el Distrito por BBS Architects, Landscape Architects, and Engineers, PC, Patchogue, Nueva York, y a gastar para ello una cantidad ya que no exceda el costo total estimado de $5,559,932;

(b) que $3,559,932 de fondos disponibles y en existencia en el Fondo de Reserva de Capital 2023 del Distrito, aprobado por los votantes del Distrito el 16 de mayo de 2023, más cualquier interés generado sobre los mismos, quedan por la presente autorizados para ser utilizados para pagar una parte del costo del Proyecto, y dicho gasto queda por la presente aprobado;

(c) que por la presente se aprueba un impuesto por un monto total que

library addition; interior reconstruction and/or renovation; installation of a new turf infield and playground; bathroom renovations and asphalt, pavement, site and other improvements; all of the foregoing to include the original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus and ancillary or related site, demolition and other work required in connection therewith; and d to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $5,559,932; provided that the costs of the individual components of the Project may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the School District;

(b) that $3,559,932 of funds on hand and available in the District's 2023 Capital Reserve Fund, approved by the voters of the District on May 16, 2023, plus any interest earnings thereon, are hereby authorized to be expended to pay a portion of the cost of the Project, and such expenditure is hereby approved;

(c) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $2,000,000 to

finance the balance of said cost, such tax to be levied and collected in installments

in such years and in such amounts as may be determined by said Board of Education; and

(d) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $2,000,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

Said Bond Proposition will appear on the ballot used for voting in substantially the following form: BOND PROPOSITION

NO

YES

RESOLVED:

(a) That the Board of Education of the Remsenburg-Speonk Union Free School District, in the County of Suffolk, New York (the "District"), is hereby authorized to construct an addition, alterations and improvements to the Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School and the site thereof (the Project"), substantially as described in a plan prepared for the District by BBS Architects, Landscape Architects, and Engineers, PC, Patchogue, New York, and to expend therefor an amount and to expend not to exceed the estimated total cost of $5,559,932; (b) that $3,559,932 of funds on hand and available in the District's 2023 Capital Reserve Fund, approved by the voters of the District on May 16, 2023, plus any interest earnings thereon, are hereby authorized to be expended to pay a portion of the cost of the Project, and such expenditure is hereby approved; (c) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $2,000,000 to finance the balance of said cost, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such

years and in such amounts as may be determined by said Board of that in ant Education; and (d) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $2,000,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, the School District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value of the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process