NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION AND PUBLIC HEARING on the2021 – 2022 School Budget in the HERRICKS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTTown of North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual election of qualified voters of the Herricks Union Free School District, Town of North Hempstead, County of Nassau, New York will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 in the Gymnasium of the Herricks Community Center, 999 Herricks Road, New Hyde Park, New York between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. for the purpose of voting, on voting machines, on the following matters: A. to vote on the annual school budget as set forth in Proposition No.1 below:
PROPOSITION NO 1 RESOLVED that the 2021-2022 annual school budget for the Herricks Union Free School District and the appropriation of the necessary funds therefore and the levy of taxes necessary to meet the expenditures in said budget be authorized. B. to vote on the expenditure of funds from the Capital Reserve Fund known as the “CAPITAL RESERVE FUND – 2019” as set forth in Proposition No. 2 below: PROPOSITION NO 2 SHALL the Board of Education of the Herricks Union Free School District be authorized to expend $1,208,145 representing monies from the Capital Reserve Fund established on May 21, 2019 for the purpose of performing auditorium renovations at Herricks High School, all of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental costs related thereto. C. to elect two Board members for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2021 to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of the term of Nancy Feinstein and Brian R. Hassan. D. to vote on such other propositions as may properly come before the voters at this annual school election. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Education will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at the Herricks Community Center, 999 Herricks Road, New Hyde Park, New York for the purpose of discussing the expenditure of funds for school district purposes and the budgeting thereof for the school year beginning July 1, 2021 and ending June 30, 2022 (the 2021-2022 annual school budget). At said hearing all persons in interest will be given an opportunity to be heard. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a copy of said 2021-2022 Annual School Budget for the Herricks Union Free School District containing a statement of the amount of money needed to meet the estimated expenses for school purposes for the 2021-2022 school year, exclusive of public monies, together with the text of any propositions, questions and resolutions which will be presented to the voters, will be made available upon request and may be obtained by any district resident at the following offices of the school houses, at the Herricks Community Center, on the District’s internet website (www.Herricks.org), the Williston Park Library and at the Shelter Rock Library during the fourteen days immediately preceding the day of the budget vote and election, except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Center Street School, Center Street, Williston Park, NY
Denton Avenue School, Denton Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY
Searingtown School, west end of Beverly Drive, Albertson, NY
Herricks Middle School, Hilldale Drive, Albertson, NY
Herricks High School, Shelter Rock Road, New Hyde Park, NY
Herricks Community Center, Herricks Road, New Hyde Park, NY
Shelter Rock Academy, Shelter Rock Road, New Hyde Park, NY
Williston Park Library, Willis Avenue, Williston Park, NY
Shelter Rock Library, Searingtown Road, Albertson, NY
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Real Property Tax Law Section 495, an exemption report detailing exemptions from real property taxation shall be available and appended to any tentative, preliminary or final budget.
