Voters will be presented with two propositions on the ballot. Proposition 1 authorizes the district to undertake this new capital project. Proposition 2 would authorize the district to use capital reserve funds that were set aside for security infrastructure.

Proposition 1:

Shall the Gates Chili Central School District be authorized to undertake a capital improvement project (the “Future Ready Project”) consisting of the reconstruction and renovation of, and the construction of improvements, additions and upgrades to various District buildings and facilities and the sites thereof, including but not limited to the High School, High School Stadium, Middle School, Florence Brasser Elementary, Neil Armstrong Elementary, Paul Road Elementary, Walt Disney Elementary, Transportation Facility, Field Storage Building at the High School Stadium, Grounds Equipment Storage Building on Spartan Way, and the Administration Building, the purchase of original furnishings, equipment, machinery and apparatus required in connection with the purposes for which such buildings, facilities and sites are used, all to include site, lighting, access, parking, athletic field, stadium and playfield improvements, demolition, utility, mechanical, plumbing and electrical improvements as well as payment of professional fees and all other necessary costs incidental to such work, and expend therefore a total sum not to exceed $88,000,000, which is estimated to be the total maximum cost thereof, and to pay for the Future Ready Project by the levy of a tax which is hereby voted in the amount of $88,000,000, subject to available State aid or to any other funds or revenues available for such purpose, which tax shall be levied and collected in annual installments in such years and in such amounts as may be determined by the Board of Education and in anticipation of the collection of such tax, shall bonds and notes of the District be authorized to be issued at one time, or from time to time, in the principal amount not to exceed $88,000,000, and a tax voted to pay the principal and interest on said obligations when due?

Proposition 2:

Shall the Gates Chili Central School District be authorized and directed pursuant to Section 3651 of the New York Education Law to appropriate funds from the District's “2022 Capital Reserve Fund” established by the voters on May 17, 2022, in the amount of four million dollars and zero cents ($4,000,000.00), and to expend such funds to finance the reconstruction of the security infrastructure at the District's school building and facilities, and the acquisition of furnishings, equipment, machinery or apparatus necessary and incidental thereto; and to take any and all action necessary to effectuate the appropriation and expenditure, as described herein?