Library Budget Vote

September 17, 2014 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Proposed 2015 Budget

	2014	2015
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES
EMPLOYEE SALARIES	$2,633,661	$2,695,414
MANDATED BENEFITS	$1,271,891	$1,258,794
MATERIALS & PROGRAMS	$664,500	$684,664
BUILDING & OPERATIONS	$669,000	$661,400
ESTIMATED INCOME	$409,000	$398,414
PREVIOUSLY APPLIED BOND PAYMENT*	$276,405	$275,825
TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAX LEVY	$5,106,457	$5,177,683
CHANGE IN TAX LEVY		+1.39%

*Bond payment represents the amount due to repay the Library’s building expansion, approved in a special voter referendum in 1998.

 LIBRARY BUDGET VOTE FACTS

Voting Day
Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library Periodical Room

Voting Criteria
– 18 years of age                   – U.S. citizenship                    – Registered to vote
– Resident of the Three Village Central School District for at least 30 days

Voter Registration
Anyone who has moved since last voting or has not voted within the last four years is required to register to vote again.  Residents may resister to vote at the Office of the District Clerk in the North Country Administration Building, 100 Suffolk Avenue, Stony Brook, between 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. on days when school is in session.  The deadline for registering to vote is Friday, September 12, 2014.

Absentee Ballots
Applications for absentee ballots may be obtained from the Three Village Central School District Clerk beginning September 5, 2014; between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. during all days on which School is in session.  Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the vote, Tuesday, September 16, 2014 if the ballot is to be made available at the District Clerk’s office.  Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the vote, September 17, 2014 if they are to be canvassed.