Budget Information

BRIARCLIFF MANOR UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Briarcliff Manor, New York

NOTICE OF SCHOOL BUDGET VOTE & BOARD ELECTIONS

2025-2026

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Budget Hearing of the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District shall be held on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 7:00 o’clock in the evening in the Middle School Theater located at 444 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY, for the purpose of discussion of the expenditure of funds and budgeting thereof;

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Budget Vote and School Board Election will be held on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the Briarcliff Manor Youth Center on 5 Van Lu Van Rd, Briarcliff Manor, NY, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by paper ballot upon the following items:

1. PROPOSITION ONE - BUDGET ADOPTION

To vote on the annual budget for the School District for the fiscal year 2025-2026 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.

 

2. BOARD MEMBER ELECTION

To elect two (2) members to sit on the Board of Education for a term of three (3) years, commencing July 1, 2025 and expiring June 30, 2028.

The following vacancies are to be filled:

·      Michelle Woerner, expiring June 30, 2025

·      Kenneth Torosian, expiring June 30, 2025

3. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for School District purposes during the 2025-2026 school year (the Budget), exclusive of public monies, as well as a copy of any proposition to be presented at said Annual School District Meeting, may be obtained by any resident of the District during business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, on each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding such vote at the District Office, 45 Ingham Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY, and at each of the following schoolhouses located in Briarcliff Manor, New York: Todd Elementary School, 45 Ingham Road; Briarcliff Middle School and Briarcliff High School, 444 Pleasantville Road. The Budget shall also be available on the District’s website. A Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s web site (www.briarcliffschools.org).

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District, 45 Ingham Road, District Office, Briarcliff Manor, New York, not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Monday, April 21, 2025. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated and must be signed by at least Twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District; must state the name and residence address of each signer and must state the name and residence address of the candidate; and shall describe the length of the term of office.

 

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee and early mail ballots may be applied for at the Office of the Clerk of the District no earlier than thirty (30) days before the election. Such absentee ballot and early mail ballot application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or his/her designated agent set forth in the application. Upon receiving a timely application for a mailed absentee ballot or early mail ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address designated on the application by no later than six (6) days before the election. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued, a list of all persons to whom  early mail ballots shall have been issued, and a list of all military voters to whom military ballots have been issued, will be available in the said office of the clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except Sundays and also available for inspection on Saturday, May 17, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. by appointment only.

 

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. Military voters who are registered voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application and/or military ballot by mail, by facsimile transmission or electronic mail, by contacting the District Clerk at 45 Ingham Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510, Telephone: (914) 488-8324, or Email: Kdifrancesco@Briarcliffschools.org. Military voter registration forms and military ballot application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 24, 2025. No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is (1) received in the office of the District Clerk before the close of the polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government; or (2) received by the office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is associated to be not later than the day before the election.

 

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law no person shall be entitled to vote at the Election and Budget Vote whose name does not appear on the register of the School District, or who does not register as herein provided. Any person who has registered with the School District and voted at any annual or special meeting or election during the four (4) calendar years prior to 2025 need not re-register.

 

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extended evening registration will be made available on Thursday, May 15, 2025, between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., in the District Office of the Todd Elementary School, 45 Ingham Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY, for the purpose of registering voters for the vote and election to be held on May 20, 2025. Qualified residents may also register for the vote and election by appearing at the Office of the Clerk of the District Office, 45 Ingham Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY, on any day between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) up to and including May 15, 2025.

 

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that any person, otherwise qualified to vote, who is currently registered with the Westchester County Board of Elections for any general election, pursuant to Section 5-612 of the Election Law, shall be entitled to vote without further registration pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law.

 

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the register prepared pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law, including the names of military voters who submitted valid military voter registrations, will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District; that same will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on each of the five days prior to the date set for election, except Sunday.

 

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Registration will also meet during the Annual Vote and Election at the place where the vote and election is held, for the purpose of preparing a register for any meeting or election held after the Annual Vote and Election.

 

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that any proposition or question not requiring official notice in the call of the Annual Vote and Election may be voted upon at said Vote and Election, providing a petition signed by at least one hundred (100) qualified voters, together with the legal residence address of each, is filed with the Clerk of the District no later than thirty (30) days before the vote.

 

Notice first published in the Journal News & Gazette beginning April 5, 2025 and three more times before the day of the vote on May 20, 2025.

 

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE BRIARCLIFF MANOR UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Kristine DiFrancesco, District Clerk