Public hearing for the 2026-2027 budget of Lewiston-Porter Central School District.

NOTICE OF THE LEWISTON-PORTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Annual School District Meeting and Vote NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing for the qualified voters of the Lewiston-Porter Central School District, Niagara County, New York (the “District”) on the proposed 2026-2027 budget will be held on Monday, May 11, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., at the Community Resource Center (Board Room) 4061 Creek Road, Youngstown, New York 14174. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Annual School District Meeting and Vote (the “Annual Meeting and Vote”) of the qualified voters of the District will be held at the Community Resource Center (Multi-Purpose Room), 4061 Creek Road, Youngstown, New York 14174, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., for the transaction of such business as is authorized by the Education Law, including voting upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures for the 2026-2027 school year and the election of members of the Board of Education of the District (the “Board”). AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Annual Meeting and Vote shall consist of voting on the following propositions and such other propositions as may be authorized by law and the rules of the Board: PROPOSITION #1 - 2026-2027 BUDGET: Shall the following resolution be adopted? RESOLVED, that the budget for the Lewiston-Porter Central School District (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 #2 - ESTABLISHMENT OF A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS RESERVE FUND: Shall the following resolution be adopted? RESOLVED, that the Board of Education (the “Board”) of the Lewiston-Porter Central School District, Niagara County, New York (the “District”) is hereby authorized to establish a capital improvements reserve fund pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law of the State of New York (the “Fund”); that the Fund shall be known as the “Capital Improvements Reserve Fund-2026” of the District; that the Fund shall be established for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, expansion, renovation, alteration and improvement of buildings, facilities, sites and real property by the District, or the District's share of the cost of any capital improvements project undertaken by a Board of Cooperative Educational Services of which the District is or may be a component district including, in all cases, the acquisition of necessary furnishings, equipment, machinery and apparatus; that the ultimate amount of the Fund shall be not greater than $6,000,000 (plus interest earned thereon); that the probable term of the Fund shall be not longer than ten (10) years; and that the permissible sources from which the Board is authorized to appropriate monies to the Fund from time to time shall be (a) unappropriated fund balance of the District, (b) State aid received as reimbursement for expenditures by the District in connection with District capital improvements (whether or not such improvements were financed in whole or in part from the Fund), (c) the proceeds from the sale of unneeded District real or personal property and (d) such other sources as the Board or the voters of the District may direct from time to time. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the 2026-2027 fiscal year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies, will be available, upon request, from the Office of the District Clerk, during the fourteen days immediately preceding, and the day of, the Annual Meeting and Vote except Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and will be available at each of the school buildings of the District. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an election for members of the Board shall be held to fill two (2) at-large positions on the Board. The candidates receiving the highest vote totals will be elected to three (3) year terms commencing July 1, 2026 and ending on June 30, 2029. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that all candidates for the office of member of the Board shall be nominated by petition. Each petition shall be directed to the District Clerk, shall state the name and residence of the candidate, shall state the residence of each signer, and shall be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District or two percent of the number of voters who voted in the previous Annual Meeting and Vote, whichever is greater. Each petition must be filed in the office of the District Clerk between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., no later than April 20, 2026. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for early mail ballots may be obtained Monday through Friday, except holidays, in the District Clerk's office. Completed applications for early mail ballots must be received by the District Clerk/designee at least seven (7) days before the Annual Meeting and Vote (May 12, 2026) if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or on the day before the Annual Meeting and Vote (May 18, 2026) if the ballot is to be personally issued to the voter. Early mail ballots must be received in the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 pm on May 19, 2026. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a list of persons to whom early mail ballots have been issued will be available, upon request, for inspection in the office of the District Clerk on each of the five days preceding the Annual Meeting and Vote, except on Saturday and Sunday, and such list will be available at the polling place. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots may be obtained Monday through Friday, except holidays, in the District Clerk's office. Completed applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk or her designee at least seven (7) days before the Annual Meeting and Vote (May 12, 2026) if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or on the day before the Annual Meeting and Vote (May 12, 2026) if the ballot is to be personally issued to the voter. Absentee ballots must be received in the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 pm on May 19, 2026. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a list of persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available, upon request, for inspection in the office of the District Clerk on each of the five days preceding the Annual Meeting and Vote, except on Saturday and Sunday, and such list will be available at the polling place. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the District may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District Clerk. For a military voter to be issued a military ballot, the District Clerk must have received a valid military ballot application no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 24, 2026. In a request for a military ballot application or military ballot, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application or ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail. Marisa Iagallo-Barile, District Clerk Lewiston-Porter Central School District N#3607874/3,14, 5/1,8/2026