๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ-๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ, ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฝ.๐บ. ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐, ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ, ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ, ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ, between ๐ด:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฎ.๐บ. โ ๐ด:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฝ.๐บ. in the ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น l๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ผ. ๐ญ – ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ-๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐
Shall the following resolution be adopted, to wit:
๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐, that the basic budget for the Gowanda Central School District (the โDistrictโ) for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025, as presented by the Board of Education of the District, in the amount of $๐ฏ๐ณ,๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฏ,๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฏ.๐ฌ๐ฌ, is hereby approved and adopted and the required funds therefor 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.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ผ. ๐ฎ – ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐จ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ (๐ก๐ผ ๐ง๐ฎ๐
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐)
Shall the following resolutions be adopted, to wit:
๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐, that the Board of Education (the โBoardโ) of the Gowanda Central School District (the โDistrictโ) is hereby authorized to purchase three (3) sixty-six (66) passenger school buses for use in the transportation program of the District, at a total estimated maximum cost of $481,676.55, with such cost (or so much thereof as may be necessary) to be funded through the expenditure or application (during the current fiscal year of the District) of $247,023.40 from the Districtโs Vehicle Purchase Reserve Fund to close the account and $234,653.15 from the Districtโs Transportation Reserve Fund, 2021, without creating the need to borrow; and
๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐, that this authorization to fund the purchase of such school buses shall have no effect on the Districtโs tax rate for the 2024-2025 school year.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ผ. ๐ฏ โ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ (๐ก๐ผ ๐ง๐ฎ๐
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐)
Shall the following resolution be adopted, to wit:
๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐, that the Board of Education (the โBoardโ) of the Gowanda Central School District, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Erie Counties, New York (the โDistrictโ) is hereby authorized to establish a new capital improvements reserve fund pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law of the State of New York (the โFundโ); that the Fund shall be known as the โCapital Improvements Reserve Fund, 2024โ 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 Districtโs share of the cost of any capital improvements project undertaken by a Board of Cooperative Educational Services (โBOCESโ) of which the District is (or may become) 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 $8,000,000 (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) budgetary appropriations of the District; (B) unappropriated fund balance of the District; (C) 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); (D) the proceeds from the sale of unneeded real or personal property owned by the District; (E) one or more other reserve funds of the District; and/or (F) such other sources as the Board or the voters of the District may direct from time to time, all as may be permitted by law.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ผ. ๐ฐ โ ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ (๐ก๐ผ ๐ง๐ฎ๐
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐)
Shall the following resolution be adopted, to wit:
๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐, that the Board of Education (the โBoardโ) of the Gowanda Central School District, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Erie Counties, New York (the โDistrictโ) is hereby authorized to transfer $1,500,000 (during the 2023-2024 fiscal year of the District) from the unassigned fund balance of the District to the Districtโs recently-established Repair Reserve Fund which is to be operated pursuant to General Municipal Law Section 6-d for the purpose of financing the cost of non-recurring repairs to District capital improvements and equipment.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ผ. ๐ฑ โ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Shall the following resolution be adopted, to wit:
๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐, that the annual appropriation for the support and operation of the Gowanda Free Library be increased from $59,000 to $60,180 and that the Board of Education of the Gowanda Central School District, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Erie Counties, New York, be authorized to levy and collect the necessary taxes in the District for the payment thereof.
๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐
All registered residents and qualified voters may vote on the three at-large available seats. The candidate receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected to a three-year term commencing May 22, 2024 through June 30, 2027. The two candidates receiving, respectively, the second and third-largest number of votes will be elected to serve three-year terms commencing on July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027.
- ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ
- ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐
- ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ
- ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐
- ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น
Voters may write-in the name(s) of any individual(s) who is not listed on the ballot.
๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Qualified voters of the District shall be entitled to vote at such annual vote and election. A qualified voter is one who is (1) a citizen of the United States of America, (2) eighteen years of age or older, and (3) resident within the District for a period of thirty (30) days next preceding the annual vote and election. The School District may require all persons offering to vote at the budget vote and election to provide one form of proof of residency pursuant to Education Law ยง2018-c. Such form may include a driverโs license, a non-driver identification card, a utility bill, or a voter registration card. Upon offer of proof of residency, the District may also require all persons offering to vote to provide their signature, printed name and address.
๐๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐
Applications for absentee ballots are available from the District Clerk. Special regulations govern absentee ballots. Call 716-532-3325, ext. 6300 for information.
May 14: Deadline for absentee ballot applications if ballot is to be mailed to the voter. May 20: Deadline for absentee ballot applications if ballot is to be picked up by the voter. May 21, 5:00 p.m.: Deadline for absentee ballots to be received by the District Clerk.