Vote on Proposed Single Campus Capital Improvement Project Today in South Lewis District

Vote on Proposed Single Campus Capital
Improvement Project Today in South Lewis District
12/12/17 06:45am

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Voters in the South Lewis Central School District will take to the

polls today to determine whether to move forward with a

proposed $44 million

capitol improvement project

that would consolidate the district to a single

campus. Polls are open from noon until 8 PM.

PUBLIC NOTICE:

NOTICE OF A SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING OF VOTERS OF THE

SOUTH LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT THE BOARD OF

EDUCATION OF THE SOUTH LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that pursuant to a Resolution adopted by the Board

of Education of the District on October 17, 2017, a special meeting of the

qualified voters of said School District, County of Lewis, State of New York, will

be held at the Middle/High School Music Suite, East Road, in Turin, New York,

on December 12, 2017, between the hours of 12:00 o'clock noon and 8:00 P.

M. prevailing time, for the purpose of voting upon the following propositions:

PROPOSITION Shall the Board of Education undertake a project consisting of

(i) renovations and improvements to the Middle School/High School, Bus

Garage and Biomass Building (ii) the construction of (a) an approximately

74,900 square foot elementary school addition to the Middle School/High

School and (b) an approximately 1,100 square foot addition to the Biomass

Building and (iii) the acquisition of up to 51 acres of land adjacent to the school

campus and the construction thereon of new athletic fields, parking and access

roads, a concessions building with toilet facilities and an on-site sewage

disposal system, including, for all of the forgoing, related site improvements,

original furnishings, fixtures and equipment, architectural fees, and all other

costs incidental to such work at a total estimated cost not to exceed

$44,261,000 and obtain the necessary funds by using any available state aid

and the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of the School District to be

collected in annual installments in the years and in the amounts as the Board of

Education shall determine and in anticipation of such tax bonds and notes of

the District are hereby authorized to be issued at one time, or from time to time,

in the principal amount not to exceed $44,261,000, and a tax is hereby voted to

pay the interest on said obligations when due. NOTICE IS GIVEN that voting

upon the foregoing Proposition will be by voting machine or paper ballot and

will take place on December 12, 2017 at the Middle/High School Music Suite,

East Road, in Turin, New York, between the hours of 12:00 o'clock noon and 8:

00 P.M. prevailing time. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that qualified voters

may obtain applications for absentee ballots from the office of the School

District clerk. Completed applications for absentee ballots must be received by

the District Clerk no later than December 5, 2017 if the absentee ballot is to be

mailed to the voter or until December 11, 2017 if the ballot is to be personally

delivered to the voter. A listing of all persons to whom an absentee ballot is

issued will be available for inspection by any qualified voter during regular

business hours in the Office of the Clerk of the School District through 5:00 pm,

December 11, 2017. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the proposition set

forth on the paper ballots or voting machine label shall appear as follows:

PROPOSITION I Shall the Board of Education undertake a project consisting of

(i) renovations and improvements to the Middle School/High School, Bus

Garage and Biomass Building (ii) the construction of (a) an approximately

74,900 sq. ft. elementary school addition to the Middle School/High School and

(b) an approximately 1,100 sq. ft. addition to the Biomass Building and (iii) the

acquisition of up to 51 acres of land adjacent to the school campus and the

construction thereon of new athletic fields, parking and access roads, a

concessions building with toilet facilities and an on-site sewage disposal

system, including, for all of the forgoing, related site improvements, original

furnishings, fixtures and equipment, architectural fees, and all other costs

incidental to such work at a total estimated cost not to exceed $44,261,000 and

obtain the necessary funds by using any available state aid and the levy of a

tax upon the taxable property of the School District to be collected in annual

installments in the years and in the amounts as the Board of Education shall

determine and in anticipation of such tax bonds and notes of the District are

hereby authorized to be issued at one time, or from time to time, in the principal

amount not to exceed $44,261,000, and a tax is hereby voted to pay the

interest on said obligations when due.