LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF CANANDAIGUA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET HEARING AND ANNUAL VOTE AND ELECTION   Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the qualified, registered voters of the City School District of the City of Canandaigua will be held in the Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School, West Gibson Street and Cheshire Fire Hall, 4285 State Route 21 South, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Prevailing Time, for the purpose of voting on such business as authorized by Education Law.   A statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing year for school purposes and a copy of the report of the total assessed value of the final assessed value of the final assessment roll(s) used in the budgetary process that is exempt from taxation may be obtained by district residents during the fourteen (14) days prior to the vote between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, at the District Office and all school buildings in the district.   Notice is also given that a public budget hearing will be held on Monday, May 11, 2026 at 6:00 p.m., Prevailing Time, for the purposes of discussion of the expenditures of funds and the budgeting thereof for the fiscal year July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. This meeting will be held at the District Operations Center, 5500 Airport Road.   To elect two (2) members of the Board for a five-year term commencing July 1, 2026 and expiring on June 30, 2031 to succeed incumbent Amy Calabrese and Jeanie Grimm.   Notice is also given that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education must be signed by at least 100 qualified voters of the district and must be filed with the Clerk of the district by 5:00 p.m., Prevailing Time, on April 29, 2026.   Notice is also given that Section 495 of the Real Property Tax law requires the district to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value of the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payment sin lieu of taxes (PILOT) and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. In addition, said exemption report shall be posted on district bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the district’s website.   Notice is further given that at such election and vote on May 19, 2026, the following propositions shall be presented:   BUDGET PROPOSITION #1   Shall be the Annual School District Budget.   TRANSPORTATION PURCHASE GAS AND DIESEL- PROPOSITION #2   Shall the bond resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Canandaigua, New York, dated March 16, 2026, authorizing the acquisition of diesel and gasoline school buses, at an estimated maximum aggregate cost of $1,883,674, less trade-in value, if any, and the appropriation and expenditure from the existing 2016 Transportation Vehicle Reserve Fund of $950,000 for such cost; the levy of a tax to be collected in annual installments, with such tax to be offset by state aid available therefor; the issuance of debt obligations of the School District as may be necessary, not to exceed $933,674, may be issued, or the board of education may appropriate in its discretion undesignated available fund balance therefor, all be approved?   WOOD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF CANANDAIGUA- PROPOSITION #3   Resolved, that pursuant to Education Law, Section 259, the Board of Education of the Canandaigua City School District is authorized to levy and collect an annual tax, year after year, separate and apart from the annual school district budget, in the amount of $1,120,923, which shall be paid to the Wood Library Association of Canandaigua for the support and maintenance of the library; with this appropriated amount to be the annual appropriation until thereafter modified by a future vote of the electors of the Canandaigua City School District.   All qualified voters residing in the Canandaigua City School District who are registered voters and still reside in the same location are entitled to vote at the annual school election. (Qualified voters are citizens of the United States, eighteen years of age and older and a legal resident within the district for a period of thirty days preceding the election.) Registration may also take place throughout the year at the Ontario County Board of Elections. In addition, all other qualified voters must present themselves in person before the District Clerk with proof of identity and proof of address on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in order to be entitled to vote on May 19, 2026. The register containing the names of qualified voters will be available for inspection in the District Clerk’s office during regular business hours on each of the five days prior to the election, except Sundays.   Applications for absentee ballots and early mail ballots may be obtained at the office of the School District Clerk. The District Clerk must receive applications at least seven days before the election and vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. For any questions, please call (585) 396-3710. A list of persons to whom absentee and early mail ballots have been issued will be available for inspection in the District Clerk’s office during regular business hours on each of the five days prior to the election, except Sundays.   Military voters, not currently registered, may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district by requesting and returning a military voter registration application to the Clerk of the school district no later than 5 p.m. on May 4, 2026, and must further indicate their preference for receiving said military voter registration, ballot application or ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or email.   Registered military voters may apply for a military ballot by requesting and returning a military ballot application to the Clerk of the school district no later than 5 p.m. on May 4, 2026, and must indicate their preference for receiving said military ballot application or ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or email.   By order of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Canandaigua.   Deborah Sundlov, District Clerk Canandaigua City School District