2026 - 2027 Budget and Election

Results of Annual Budget Vote & Board Election - May 19, 2026

TBD

Click here for a pdf of the public budget documentation adopted by the BOE on April 21, 2026:  Public Budget Document

Click here for a pdf of the 2024-25 Fund Balance and Reserve Plan:  2024-25 Reserve Plan

Click here for a pdf of the public budget documentation adopted by the BOE on April 16, 2024:  Public Budget Document

PROPOSITION NUMBER 1      2024-2025 BUDGET

Shall the budget of the Newfane Central School District (the “District”), Niagara County, New York, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025, in the amount of $40,194,191.00, as presented by the Board of Education, is hereby approved and adopted and the required funds therefore shall be hereby appropriated and the necessary real property taxes required shall be raised by a tax on the taxable property in said District to be levied and collected as required by law.

            TOTAL

YES                  348                                                     

NO                   147

BOARD ELECTION – Two for a 3 year term, One for a 1 year term

CANDIDATE     TOTAL:

Rachel Maziarz           334

Corrie Murray             391

Anthony Casinelli        301

Emma Oudette            257

BOARD ELECTION – WRITE-IN VOTES

Write ins did not affect the outcome of the vote and are attached to this resolution.

Click here for a pdf of the 2023-24 Fund Balance and Reserve Plan:  2023-24 Reserve Plan

Click here for a pdf of the public budget documentation adopted by the BOE on April 18, 2023:  Public Budget Document

PROPOSITION NUMBER 1      2023-2024 BUDGET

Shall the budget of the Newfane Central School District (the “District”), Niagara County, New York, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2024, in the amount of $39,792,133, as presented by the Board of Education, is hereby approved and adopted and the required funds therefore shall be hereby appropriated and the necessary real property taxes required shall be raised by a tax on the taxable property in said District to be levied and collected as required by law.

            TOTAL:

YES                  406                                                     

NO                   207

PROPOSITION NUMBER 2      ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW CAPITAL IMPORVEMENTS RESERVE FUND, 2023

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education (the “Board”) of the Newfane Central School District, Niagara County, New York (the “District”) is hereby authorized to establish a capital improvements reserve fund pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law of the State of New York (the “Fund”); that the Fund shall be known as the “Capital Improvements Reserve Fund, 2023” of the District; that the Fund shall be established for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, expansion, renovation, alteration and improvement of buildings, facilities, sites and real property by the District, or the District’s share of the cost of any capital improvements project undertaken by a Board of Cooperative Educational Services (“BOCES”) of which the District is (or may become) a component district, including, in all cases, the acquisition of necessary furnishings, equipment, machinery and apparatus; that the ultimate amount of the Fund shall be not greater than $5,000,000 (plus interest earned thereon); that the probable term of the Fund shall be not longer than ten (10) years; and that the permissible sources from which the Board is authorized to appropriate monies to the Fund from time to time shall be (A) budgetary appropriations of the District; (B) unappropriated fund balance of the District; (C) State aid received as reimbursement for expenditures by the District in connection with District capital improvements (whether or not such improvements were financed in whole or in part from the Fund); (D) proceeds from the sale of unneeded real or personal property owned by the District; (E) one or more other reserve funds of the District; and/or (F) such other sources as the Board or the voters of the District may direct from time to time, all as may be permitted by law.

            TOTAL:

YES                  423                                                     

NO                   187

BOARD ELECTION – Two, for a 3 year term

CANDIDATE     TOTAL:

Santo Tomasine          339

Melinda Bower           280

Emma Oudette            251

Cameron Seib              267

BOARD ELECTION – WRITE-IN VOTES

Write ins did not affect the outcome of the vote.

Click here for a pdf of the 2022-23 Fund Balance and Reserve Plan:  2022-23 Reserve Plan

Click here for a pdf of the public budget documentation adopted by the BOE on April 19, 2022:  Public Budget Document