LEGAL NOTICE
ANNUAL ELECTION OF EAST GREENBUSH FIRE DISTRICT #3
NOTICE, is hereby given pursuant to the Town Law of the State of New York, that the Annual Election of the East Greenbush Fire District #3 (“Fire District") will take place on Tuesday December 10, 2024 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the East Greenbush Fire District #3 Firehouse, 68 Phillips Road, Rensselaer, NY 12144 for the purposes of voting on the following matters:
1. electing one commissioner for a five-year term commencing on January 1, 2025 and ending on December 31, 2029; and
2. voting on Proposition 1, a Resolution adopted October 28, 2024 by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the East Greenbush Fire District #3: “Bond Resolution”. The ballot question for Proposition 1 shall read substantially as follows:
PROPOSITION 1
Shall the resolution adopted on October 28, 2024 by the Board of Fire Commissioners:
Authorizing the expenditure estimated to be three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) for the objects and purposes of purchasing two fire vehicles, a Pierce Engine and a Pierce Engine-Rescue (hereinafter “Apparatus”) together with incidental equipment for use therewith; Authorizing the issuance of serial bonds or statutory installment bonds (collectively “bonds”) of the Fire District at the prevailing rate of interest at the time of closing, in an amount not to exceed three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) or so much thereof as may be necessary after deducting any federal, state, county, and/or local funds received; pledging the faith and credit of the Fire District for the payment of the principal and interest on said bonds and providing for the annual levy of a tax upon the taxable properties within the Fire District to pay such principal and interest; determining that the period of probable usefulness of said apparatus to be twenty (20) years pursuant to Local Finance Law §11(a)(27); determining the maximum maturity of the bonds to be issued to be for a term not to exceed twelve (12) years; delegating the Fire District Treasurer the power to authorize and sell bond anticipation notes and to fix the details of and to sell bonds; and containing an estoppel clause and providing for publication of the estoppel notice, be approved?
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a complete copy of the Resolution that is subject to mandatory referendum as Proposition 1 is available for public inspection at the Fire District office by appointment. Persons interested in reviewing the Resolution in its entirety should contact the Fire District Secretary at the address below to coordinate a date and time for such an inspection.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a candidate for the office of Fire District Commissioner must be at least 18 years old and be a resident of the Fire District. Candidates for the office of Commissioner shall file a letter of intent with their name with the Secretary of the Fire District at the address below no later than November 20, 2024.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that only those persons who are residents of East Greenbush Fire District #3 on or before November 12, 2024 and who are registered to vote with the Rensselaer County Board of Elections on or before November 18, 2024 shall be eligible to vote in the Annual Election.
October 28, 2024
Board of Fire Commissioners
East Greenbush Fire District #3
Lisa Borst, Secretary
68 Phillips Road
Rensselaer, NY 12144