RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Towns of Riverhead, Southampton and Brookhaven
NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Education of the Riverhead Central School District of the Towns of Riverhead, Southampton and Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, that a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of said School District will be held on the 7th day of April, 2020 at 9:45 o’clock a.m., prevailing time, at the Meeting Room of the Riverhead Free Library, 330 Court Street, Riverhead, New York, to vote between the hours of 10:00 o’clock a.m. and 8:00 o’clock p.m. on the following propositions:
- Shall the Board of Education of the Riverhead Central School District, Suffolk County, New York, be authorized to contract for library services with the Riverhead Free Library in the amount of $4,070,150.00 for the 2020-2021 school year and to levy a tax therefor in addition to the taxes required by the school budget?
- Shall the Board of Education of the Riverhead Central School District, Suffolk County, New York, be authorized to contract for library services with the Baiting Hollow Free Library in the amount of $18,018.00 for the 2020-2021 school year and to levy a tax therefor in addition to the taxes required by the school budget?
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to Section 352 of the Election Law, any person, otherwise qualified to vote, who is currently registered to vote in an election district for the County of Suffolk or part thereof whose boundaries lie within this School District, will be entitled to vote without further registration.
Unless a person is entitled to vote by virtue of such registration in an election district or part thereof whose boundaries lie within this School District, pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law, personal registration of voters is required, and no person shall be entitled to vote at the meeting of the District whose name does not appear on the register of the District.
The Board of Registration of said School District will meet in the District Office Meeting Room, 700 Osborn Avenue, Riverhead, New York, on Tuesday, the 24th day of March 2020 between the hours of 10:00 o’clock a.m. and 4:00 o’clock p.m. prevailing time, at which said place and times said Board of Registration will prepare the register of the said School District and any person shall have his name placed on said register who presents himself personally to said Board, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at said District meeting or election for which such register is prepared. The register so prepared shall also include all persons who shall have presented themselves personally for registration in accordance therewith, and all persons who shall have been previously registered hereunder for any annual or special meeting or election, and who shall have voted at any annual or special meeting or any election held or conducted at any time within four calendar years prior to the preparation of the register.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that voting by absentee ballot is permitted and applications for absentee ballots for the election may be made at the Office of the District Clerk of the Riverhead Central School District. Such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the day of the vote, if the ballot is to be mailed by the voter, or by the day before the day of the vote if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the Office of the District Clerk between the hours of 8:15 o’clock a.m. and 4:00 o’clock p.m., prevailing time, on each of the five (5) days prior to the day of the vote except Saturday and Sunday. No absentee voter’s ballot shall be canvassed unless it shall have been received in the Office of the District Clerk by 5:00 o’clock p.m. on the date of the vote.
The register shall be filed in the District Office Meeting Room located at 700 Osborn Avenue, Riverhead, New York, in said School District, and such register will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of said District between the hours of 9:00 o’clock a.m. and 3:00 o’clock p.m., prevailing time on each of the five days prior to and the date set for said Special District Meeting, except on Saturday, April 4, 2020 when it will be available for inspection by prior appointment between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon, and on Sunday, April 5, 2020.
Dated: 2/28/20 Riverhead, New York
Lisa Rheaume, District Clerk
Riverhead Central School District
Towns of Riverhead, Southampton, and Brookhaven Suffolk County, New York
