The Peru Gazette

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ANNUAL MEETING of the inhabitants of the Peru Central School District, Peru, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the district will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, from 12:00 Noon to 9:00 p.m. for the transaction of such business as is authorized by Education Law.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that the ANNUAL BUDGET HEARING of the inhabitants of the Peru Central School District, Peru, New York, will be held on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, at 7 p.m., in the High School Cafeteria.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that the ANNUAL MEETING shall include the following two (2) propositions:

Budget Proposition No. 1

Shall the Board of Education of Peru Central School District be authorized to expend a sum not to exceed $49,982,897 for the 2021‐2022 school year, and to levy the necessary tax therefore?

Bus Proposition No. 2

Shall the Board of Education of the Peru Central School District be authorized to purchase and, at the option of the Board, finance three (3) standard 65-passenger school buses, including related and ancillary equipment, at a maximum estimated cost of $130,120 each, for a total aggregate maximum cost of $390,360, and to raise the necessary funds therefor by a tax upon the taxable property of said District to be levied and collected in annual installments in the years and in the amounts as the Board of Education shall determine, with such tax to be partially offset by State aid available therefor and, in anticipation of such tax, by either the issuance of debt obligations of the said School District or by a lease/purchase financing for such school buses, in either case in an amount not to exceed such estimated aggregate cost?

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of expenditures which will be required in the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the ANNUAL MEETING and on the day of this meeting, except Saturday, Sunday or a School Holiday, at any District schoolhouse, during the designated hours of 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots will be available from the District Clerk, except on Saturdays, Sundays or School Holidays, or via the web at www.perucsd.org.  Applications are obtainable from the District Clerk between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., except on April 6 – 9, 2021, when they will be available between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.  Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk no later than 3:30 p.m. on May 11, 2021 if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter.  Completed applications received after 3:30 p.m. on May 11, 2021 will require the voter to personally appear at the Office of the District Clerk to receive an absentee ballot.  Completed absentee ballots must be received in the office of the District Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.  A listing of all persons to whom an absentee ballot was issued will be available for inspection by any qualified voter of the District at the Office of the District Clerk between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. through May 18, 2021.  Such listing will also be posted at the polling place on the day of the vote.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that the qualified voters of the School District shall be entitled to vote at said annual budget vote and school board 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) a resident within the School 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 §2018-c.  Such form must include a driver’s license, a non-driver identification card, a utility bill, or a voter registration card.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that voting on the budget and for one member of the Board of Education will take place on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 9:00 p.m., in the Gymnasium of the HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING of the Peru Central School District.  Voting will be via machine.