NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING AND ELECTION
AND AVAILABILITY OF ABSENTEE, MAIL-IN AND MILITARY BALLOTS
East Bloomfield Central School District
Ontario County, New York
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Special School District Meeting and Election of the East Bloomfield Central School District, Ontario County, New York, will be held on November 18, 2025, at the Large Group Instruction Room 121, in the Bloomfield Middle/High School at 1 Oakmont Avenue Bloomfield, New York, at which the polls will be kept open between the hours of 8:00 o'clock A.M. and 8:00 o'clock P.M., Prevailing Time, for the purpose of voting by paper ballot upon the following bond proposition:
NEW TRANSPORTATION FACILITY/CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
- BOND PROPOSITION
Shall the following resolution be adopted, to-wit:
RESOLVED, shall the Board of Education of the East Bloomfield Central School District, Ontario County, New York, be authorized to acquire a parcel of land on West Park Drive in Bloomfield¸ New York and to construct thereon a new Transportation Facility, and to reconstruct and make rehabilitation improvements to other buildings, together with site improvements, original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus, appurtenances, and other incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith, at a maximum estimated cost of $27,700,000, and that $4,500,000 monies from the 2017 Building Capital Reserve Fund shall be used to pay a portion thereof, and that the remaining $23,200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of said School District and collected in annual installments as provided by Section 416 of the Education Law; and in anticipation of such tax, obligations of said School District shall be issued.
SEQRA DETERMINATION: The proposition involves "actions" which have been determined to be a "Type I Action" pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA"), which the School District has determined, will not result in any significant adverse environmental impact. SEQRA compliance materials are available at the Office of the School District Clerk where they may be examined during normal business hours.
ABSENTEE AND EARLY-MAIL BALLOTS: Absentee and early-mail ballots for the Special District Meeting and Election, in accordance with Section 2018-b of the Education Law may be applied for at the District Clerk's Office, 145 Maple Avenue, Bloomfield, New York (behind the Elementary School). The District Clerk must receive applications for absentee or early-mail ballots at least seven days prior to the vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the vote, if the ballot is to be issued to the voter in person. Contact the District Clerk, Kristin Warren at (585) 657-6121 extension 4004 or kristinwarren@bloomfieldcsd.org for more information. The District Clerk must receive absentee or early-mail ballots at said office not later than 5:00 PM on November 18, 2025. A list of all persons to whom absentee and early-mail ballots shall have been issued will be available for public inspection in the District Clerk's Office not less than five days prior to the date of the vote during regular office hours (8:00AM to 4:00 PM) until the day of the election, including each of the five days prior to November 18, 2025 (excluding Saturdays and Sundays), and will be posted conspicuously at the polling place on November 18, 2025 during the hours of the Special District Meeting and Election. Any qualified voter may prior to the election challenge the acceptance of an absentee or early-mail voter's ballot or a person on such list by submission of a written challenge to the qualifications of any person whose name appears on the list of absentee and early-mail voters and provide reasons therefore known to the District Clerk for transmittal to the Inspectors of Election on the date of the vote. In addition, any qualified voter may challenge the acceptance of the absentee or early-mail voter's ballot of any person on such list by making his/her reasons known to the election inspector before the close of the polls.
MILITARY VOTERS: Military voters who are qualified voters of the District may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District Clerk at (585) 657-6121 extension 4004 or kristinwarren@bloomfieldcsd.org. For a military voter to be issued a military ballot, the District Clerk must have received a valid ballot application not later than 5:00 P.M. on October 23, 2025. In a request for a military ballot application or ballot, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application or ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail.
QUALIFIED VOTERS: Voters do not have to be registered to vote. The qualified voters of the School District shall be entitled to vote at said Special District Meeting and Election. A qualified voter is one (1) a citizen of the United States of America, (2) eighteen years of age or older, and (3) resident within the School District for a period of thirty (30) days next preceding the Special District Meeting and Election and not otherwise prohibited from voting under the provisions of Section 5-106 of the Election Law (i.e. mentally incompetent or convicted felon).
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE EAST BLOOMFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ONTARIO COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Kristin Warren
District Clerk
October 2, 12, 22, 31 2025
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