NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING AND ELECTION AND AVAILABILITY OF ABSENTEE, EARLY MAIL-IN AND MILITARY BALLOTS East Irondequoit Central School District Monroe County, New York -PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Special School District Meeting and Election of the East Irondequoit Central School District, Monroe County, New York, will be held on December 9, 2025 in the Eastridge High School, at which the polls will be kept open between the hours of 6:00 o'clock A.M. and 9:00 o'clock P.M., Prevailing Time, for the purpose of voting by voting machine upon the following bond proposition:BOND PROPOSITIONShall the following resolution be adopted, to wit: RESOLVED, shall the Board of Education of the East Irondequoit Central School District, Monroe County, New York, be authorized to purchase school buses, including incidental equipment and other incidental expenses in connection therewith, at a maximum estimated cost of $10,772,000, and that $4,072,741 monies from the Bus Purchase Reserve Fund and $164,259 monies from the Transportation Capital Reserve Fund shall be used to pay a portion thereof, and that the remaining $6,535,000, 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 bus purchases have been determined to be a "Type II 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, as such, will not result in any significant adverse environmental impact. 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. 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 on or prior to the day before the vote, if the ballot is to be issued to the voter in person. Contact the District Clerk, Carleigh Bellingham at (585) 339-1200 or cbellingham@eastiron.org for more information. The District Clerk must receive absentee or early-mail ballots at said office not later than 5:00 PM on December 9, 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 December 9, 2025 (excluding Sundays), and will be posted conspicuously at the polling place on December 9, 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) 339-1200 or cbellingham@eastiron.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 November 13, 2025, the date 26 days before the election. 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, but proof of residency is required. 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 (i.e. mentally incompetent or convicted felon). The School District may require all persons offering to vote at the Special District Meeting and Election to provide one form of proof of residency pursuant to Education Law 2018-c. Such form may include a driver's license, tax return, police ID, personal check, or a voter registration card. Upon offer of proof of residency, the School District may also require all persons offering to provide their signature, printed name and address. SNOW OR OTHER EMERGENCY CANCELLATION: In the event of a weather or other emergency which necessitates cancellation of the December 9, 2025 meeting, said Special District Meeting and Election shall be held on December 16, 2025 at the aforementioned time and place. Dated: Rochester, New York, September 16, 2025. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE EAST IRONDEQUOIT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK. By Carleigh Bellingham School District Clerk 4104457 10-24;11-7-21;12-5-4t