NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF WESTBURY MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY
WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD AND TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, WESTBURY, NEW YORK
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Westbury Memorial Public Library, Towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at 7:00 PM, at the Westbury Memorial Public Library, 445 Jefferson Street, Westbury, New York for the purpose of discussing expenditures contained in a proposed budget for the fiscal year 2024-2025.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that said Vote and Election of the qualified voters of the Westbury Union Free School District, County of Nassau, State of New York, qualified to vote at School Meetings in said District will be held at the WESTBURY MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY in said District on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, for the purposes of voting by the qualified voters of the District, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M.(D.S.T.), on the following separate matters:
- To approve or disapprove the proposed library budget (supplemented or amended as the case may be) of estimated expenses for the ensuing year as submitted by the Library Board of Trustees.
- Any other questions or propositions as to matters or expenditures or authority to levy taxes that may be presented for a vote under the Education Law
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that at said Vote and Election to be conducted on April 9, 2024, one (1) member is to be elected to the Board of Trustees as follows:
One (1) member for a full term of five (5) years commencing July 1, 2024 and expiring June 30, 2029. The present incumbent is Judy Gerrard.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that nominating petitions for candidates for the office of Trustee of the Westbury Memorial Public Library must be filed with the Clerk of the District Not Later Than March 11, 2024, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. (D.S.T), whose office is located at Westbury Public Schools Administration Building, 2 Hitchcock Lane, Old Westbury, New York 11568. A separate petition, duly signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the district, as in accordance with law, and stating the residence of each signer and must state the name and residence of the candidate.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that each person entitled to vote must register. Registration dates, hours, and locations are as follows:
WEEKDAYS, until April 4, 2024, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon and 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. (D.S.T.) when school is in session in the Office of the District Clerk, located at Westbury Public Schools Administration Building, 2 Hitchcock Lane, Old Westbury, New York 11568.
The following persons shall be eligible to vote: All persons who shall have presented themselves personally for registration in accordance with section two thousand fourteen of the Education Law and all persons who shall have been previously duly registered for any annual or special meeting or election, who are qualified to vote and who shall have voted at any annual or special meeting or election held or conducted during the four (4) preceding calendar years and who are not disqualified from voting for any reason set forth in New York State Election Law Section 5-106. In addition, all persons who are registered to vote pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law of the State of New York shall be eligible to vote.
Any qualified voter of the District who is in doubt as to whether they are registered to vote at the 2024 Vote and Election should contact the District Clerk at the Westbury Public Schools Administration Building, 2 Hitchcock Lane, Old Westbury, New York 11568 or by email [email protected] or fax sent to 516-874-1940.
The Board of Registration shall meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District at the WESTBURY MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. (D.S.T.), to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared. The Board of Registration will meet during the election held in the District on April 9, 2024, at the place where the Vote and Election is held for the purpose of preparing a register for votes and elections held subsequent thereto.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the register will be open for inspection by a qualified voter of the School District on April 4, 2024, up to and including the day of the election on April 9, 2024, Sunday excepted, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., with the exception of Saturday, April 6, 2024, when the hours will be from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the 2024-2025 fiscal year for Library purposes (budget) and a statement of any expenditure and estimated tax levy for the ensuing year that may be required to fund the library budget appropriation at the above stated Vote and Election shall be prepared and made available upon request to any district resident beginning on March 19, 2024, at the Office of the District Clerk, which is located at the Westbury Public Schools Administration Building, 2 Hitchcock Lane, Old Westbury, New York 11568., and the offices of the principals of all the schools in the District therein during the period of fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the Vote and Election between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (D.S.T.), Sundays and Holidays excepted.
Westbury High School
Westbury Middle School
Drexel Avenue School
Dryden Street School
Park Avenue School
Powell’s Lane School
These documents will also be available on the district’s website at www.westburylibrary.org.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that absentee ballots and early mail ballots will be available for the Vote and Election. Applications for absentee ballots and early mail ballots may be received by the District Clerk no earlier than the 30th day before the election for which it is sought. Applications for absentee ballots may be obtained at the Westbury Memorial Public Library, 445 Jefferson Street, Westbury, New York 11590, Monday 10:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M., Tuesday through Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. Applications for early mail ballots are available in the Office of the District Clerk, which is located at the Westbury Public Schools Administration Building, 2 Hitchcock Lane, Old Westbury, New York 11568. To have an absentee ballot or early mail ballot mailed to your home, an applicable completed and signed application must be in the District Clerk’s Office no later than April 2, 2024. Application for an absentee ballot or an early mail ballot may be made in person from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on any school day and up until 5:00 p.m. on April 8, 2024. Absentee ballots and early mail ballots will be accepted in the Office of the District Clerk of the school district no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 9, 2024. No absentee or early mail ballot shall be canvassed unless it shall have been received in the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5 P.M. of the date of the Vote.
Applications can also be downloaded from the district’s website at: www.westburylibrary.org.
The right to vote by absentee ballot or early mail ballot will be subject to the approval of the Board of Registration, or the District Clerk or designee, as applicable.
A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots and early mail ballots shall have been issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District at the Office of the District Clerk, at the Westbury Public Schools Administration Building, 2 Hitchcock Lane, Old Westbury, New York 11568 , between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M; with Saturday being between the hours of 10AM and 12PM commencing with the issuance of such ballots and for each of the five (5) days prior to the day of the election, excluding Sundays. The list will also be available at the polling place on April 9, 2024.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Military Voters who are not currently registered to vote may apply to register as a qualified voter of the District by contacting the District Clerk at the Westbury Public Schools Administration Building, 2 Hitchcock Lane, Old Westbury, New York 11568 or by email [email protected] or fax sent to 516-874-1940, to receive an application to register as a qualified voter of the District for said Vote and Election on April 9, 2024. The Military Voter may indicate their preference for receiving the registration application by mail, by facsimile or e-mail. The application to register must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 P.M. on the twenty-sixth day before the vote which is March 14, 2024. The register of voters prepared and filed in the District Clerk’s office shall include the names of all military voters who submit a valid military voter registration. A military voter means a qualified voter of New York State who is in actual military service and will, therefore, be absent from the District in which he or she is qualified to vote on the day of registration or election or is discharged from military service within 30 days of an election, or a spouse, parent, child or dependent of the military voter, accompanying or being with such voter, if a qualified voter of New York State and a resident of the same school district as the military voter, or military personnel residing on a military base within a school district in New York State for a period of 30 days immediately preceding said Vote and Election.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Military Voters who are qualified voters of the District may obtain an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk at the Westbury Public Schools Administration Building, 2 Hitchcock Lane, Old Westbury, New York 11568, or by email [email protected] or fax sent to 516-874-1940. A military ballot application must be returned in person or by mail to the Office of the District Clerk, no later than 5:00 P.M. on the twenty-sixth day before the vote which is March 14, 2024. The Military Voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application for a military ballot by mail, by facsimile or email. Military ballots will be mailed or otherwise distributed no later than 25 days before said Vote and Election which is March 15, 2024. Military ballots must be received by the District Clerk (1) before the close of the polls on April 9, 2024 and show a cancellation mark of the U.S postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the U.S. government or (2) by 5:00 P.M. on April 9, 2024, and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereof, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than April 8, 2024. Irrespective of the preferred mode of transmission, the military ballot application and military ballot must be returned by mail or in person. A list of all persons to whom military ballots shall have been issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the said Office of the District Clerk during regular office hours, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., (Prevailing Time), until April 9, 2024.
The District has been divided into election districts as follows:
Election District No. 1 consists of all the area lying between the eastern side of Post Road and Post Avenue, south and west of North Hempstead-Oyster Bay Town Line, north to Brush Hollow Road, Union Avenue to School Street to Old Country Road and north of Old Country Road.
Election District No. 2 consists of all the land lying to the west of Post Avenue, Westbury and Post Road, Old Westbury.
Election District No. 3 consists of all the land known as New Cassel, Town of North Hempstead and which lies east of School Street between the Long Island Railroad and Union Avenue and Brush Hollow Road; also that which lies between Grand Boulevard and the eastern boundary of the District, north of Old Country Road and south of the Long Island Railroad.
Election District No. 4 consists of all the land known as New Cassel, Town of North Hempstead which lies south of the Long Island Railroad and north of Old Country Road, east of School Street and bounded on the northeast by Grand Boulevard.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the vote on all propositions and the election of candidates of the aforesaid Vote and Election on April 9, 2024, will be conducted by paper ballot. All references to any actions herein including, without limitation, the timing, location, and manner of hearings, registration, and voting in that Vote and Election, are subject to modification based on applicable legislation or direction by an entity with jurisdiction over the District.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING:
- A person shall be a citizen of the United States.
- Eighteen or more years of age.
- A resident of the District for a period of thirty days or more next preceding the election at which he or she offers to vote.
- Must be registered to vote.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
WESTBURY MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY
Beverley Cathnott, District Clerk
Westbury Public Schools Administration Building
2 Hitchcock Lane, Old Westbury, New York 11568
