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• Vails Gate Fire District- Notice of Annual Election

  NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION
  VAILS GATE FIRE DISTRICT 

  PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Annual Election of the Vails Gate Fire District will take place on December 8, 2020, between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. at the firehouse located at Route 94 (Blooming Grove Turnpike), Vails Gate, New York for the following purposes: 

  To elect one (1) Fire District Commissioner for a five (5) year term commencing January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2025; and 

  To elect one (1) Fire District Commissioner for the three (3) year balance of an unexpired term commencing January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2023. 

  All residents of the Vails Gate Fire District, who are duly registered to vote with the Orange County Board of Elections on or before November 16, 2020 shall be entitled to vote at this election.

   Any person desiring to have his or her name appear on the ballot for one of the above offices must have filed a petition, specifying the office by term expiration date for which the name should appear, signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified electors of the Fire District, with the Secretary of the Fire District, not later than November 18, 2020. 

  LAURIE SEYMOUR, SECRETARY
  VAILS GATE FIRE DISTRICT

• Notice of Special Election - Vails Gate Fire District

  NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
  
  VAILS GATE FIRE DISTRICT, IN THE
  TOWNS OF NEW WINDSOR AND CORNWALL,
  ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK
  
  October 11, 2022

  NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Election of the qualified voters of the Vails Gate Fire District (hereinafter called the “Fire District”), in the Towns of New Windsor and Cornwall, Orange County, New York, will be held at the Vails Gate Firehouse located on Route 94 (Blooming Grove Turnpike), Vails Gate, New York, in said Fire District, on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. The polls shall open at 6:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) and shall remain open until 9:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) or as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their votes.
  
  NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to the resolutions adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Fire District on September 7, 2022, the following two Propositions will be submitted to the qualified voters of the Fire District for approval or disapproval:

  PROPOSITION #1

  SHALL the bond resolution of Vails Gate Fire District, in the Towns of New
  Windsor and Cornwall, Orange County, New York, entitled: “BOND
  RESOLUTION OF THE VAILS GATE FIRE DISTRICT (“FIRE DISTRICT”),
  IN THE TOWN OF NEW WINDSOR, NEW YORK, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER
  7, 2022, AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A FIRE TRUCK, INCLUDING
  EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH,
  FOR USE BY THE FIRE DISTRICT; STATING THE ESTIMATED
  MAXIMUM COST THEREOF IS NOT TO EXCEED $1,500,000,
  INCLUDING COSTS INCIDENTAL THERETO AND TO THE FINANCING
  THEREOF; APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT FOR SUCH PURPOSE;
  AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF THE FIRE DISTRICT IN
  THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $1,500,000 TO
  FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION; DETERMINING THAT THE PERIOD
  OF PROBABLE USEFULNESS OF THE OBJECT OR PURPOSE FOR
  WHICH SAID BONDS ARE AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED IS TWENTY
  (20) YEARS; DETERMINING THAT, PURSUANT TO THE STATE
  ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT ("SEQRA"), THE
  ACQUISITION OF SAID TRUCK IS A TYPE II ACTION AND DOES NOT
  REQUIRE ANY FURTHER REVIEW AND PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY
  OF TAXES TO BE COLLECTED TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND
  INTEREST ON SAID BONDS,” BE APPROVED?

  
  PROPOSITION #2
  “RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE VAILS
  GATE FIRE DISTRICT, IN THE TOWNS OF NEW WINDSOR AND
  CORNWALL, ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK (THE “DISTRICT”),
  AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF A 2003 SEAGRAVE 75’ MEANSTICK
  FIRETRUCK WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED AS SURPLUS APPARATUS
  FOR A SUM IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($100,000)
  DOLLARS,” BE APPROVED?

  All residents of the Fire District who were duly registered to vote with the Orange County Board of Elections on or before September 19, 2022, shall be eligible to vote at said Special Election.
  
  BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS
  DATED: September 7, 2022

  LAURIE SEYMOUR
  FIRE DISTRICT SECRETARY
   

• Notice of Annual Election: Salisbury Mills Fire District

  NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION
  SALISBURY MILLS FIRE DISTRICT
   

  PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Annual Election of the Salisbury Mills Fire District will take place on December 10, 2019, between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. at the Mt. Lodge Firehouse, 361 Mt. Lodge Road, Monroe, New York and at the Salisbury Mills Firehouse located at 2128 Route 94, Salisbury Mills, New York for the following purposes:

  To elect one (1) Fire District Commissioner for a five (5) year term commencing January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2024; and

  To vote upon the following proposition:

  PROPOSITION

  FOR SUBMISSION TO ELECTORS OF THE SALISBURY MILLS FIRE DISTRICT

  REFERENDUM ON THE AMENDMENT OF THE SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM FOR ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER MEMBERS OF THE 
  SALISBURY MILLS FIRE DEPARTMENT

  THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SALISBURY MILLS FIRE DISTRICT ADOPTED A RESOLUTION ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 AUTHORIZING, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 11-A OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, A PUBLIC REFERENDUM OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS OF THE SALISBURY MILLS FIRE DISTRICT. THE REFERENDUM SEEKS APPROVAL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED RESOLUTION TO  AMEND THE DEFINED BENEFIT SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1998.  THE SALISBURY MILLS FIRE DISTRICT ADMINISTERS THE PROGRAM FOR ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER MEMBERS OF THE SALISBURY MILLS FIRE DEPARTMENT.
  IF APPROVED, THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020 AND, 

  •    LOWER THE ENTITLEMENT AGE FROM AGE 65 TO AGE 60, AND
  •    INCREASE THE MONTHLY SERVICE AWARD PAYMENTS BEGINNING AT THE  ENTITLEMENT AGE FROM $20 TO $30 FOR EACH SERVICE CREDIT EARNED AFTER 2019, AND
  •    WOULD INCREASE THE YEARS OF SERVICE CREDIT THAT CAN BE EARNED BY A VOLUNTEER UNDER THE PROGRAM FROM THIRTY (30) TO THIRTY-FIVE (35). 
  •    WOULD ALLOW THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SALISBURY MILLS FIRE DISTRICT TO AMEND, REVISE OR OTHERWISE CHANGE THE POINT SYSTEM, PROSPECTIVELY ONLY, UNDER WHICH A YEAR OF SERVICE CREDIT IS EARNED.

  THE AVERAGE ANNUAL COST OF THE CURRENT PROGRAM FOR 2017-2019 HAS BEEN ABOUT $84,000 ($770 PER PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEER) WHICH INCLUDES THE COST OF ADMINISTRATION OF ABOUT $7,000 PER YEAR. THE ANNUAL COST OF THE AMENDED PROGRAM  FOR CURRENT VOLUNTEERS IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $220,000 ($1,960 PER PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEER). THERE WILL BE NO INCREASE IN ADMINISTRATION FEES AS A RESULT OF THIS AMENDMENT.  THE FAILURE OF THE AMENDMENT TO BE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS OF THE SALISBURY MILLS FIRE DISTRICT WILL IN NO WAY AFFECT THE PROVISIONS OF THE SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM PRESENTLY IN EFFECT.

  THEREFORE, SHALL THE STATED RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE SALISBURY MILLS FIRE DISTRICT SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM BE APPROVED?

  
  All residents of the Salisbury Mills Fire District, who are duly registered to vote with the Orange County Board of Elections on or before November 18, 2019 shall be entitled to vote at this election.

  Any person desiring to have his or her name appear on the ballot for the above office must have filed a petition signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified electors of the Fire District, with the Secretary of the Fire District, not later than November 20, 2019.  

  PAUL WALL, SECRETARY
  SALISBURY MILLS FIRE DISTRICT
   

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  Public Hearing Notice- Vails Gate Fire District 2022 Budget

  NOTICE

  
  PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Vails Gate Fire District shall hold a public hearing to discuss the contents of its proposed budget for 2022. The public hearing will be conducted at the Vails Gate firehouse on Route 94, (Blooming Grove Turnpike) Vails Gate, New York, at 6:30 p.m. on October 19, 2021. A copy of the proposed budget is available at the office of the Town Clerks of the Town of New Windsor and Town of Cornwall and at the office of the Fire District Secretary where it may be inspected by any interested person. In addition, copies of the proposed budget for 2022 will be available at the aforesaid public hearing. All interested persons are invited to attend.

  
  Laurie Seymour
  Secretary, Vails Gate Fire District