29 September Salisbury Mills Fire District - Notice of Budget Public Hearing - 10/19/23 September 29, 2023 By Danyelle Barrett General 0 Salisbury Mills Fire District - Notice of Budget Public Hearing - 10/19/23 Related Articles Public Hearing Notice- Salisbury Mills Fire District 2022 Budget NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Salisbury Mills 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 firehouse located at 2128 Route 94, Salisbury Mills, New York, at 7:30 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 Cornwall, New Windsor and Blooming Grove 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. Erin Smith Secretary, Salisbury Mills Fire District Notice of Public Hearing 10/18 - Salisbury Mills Fire District - 2023 Proposed Budget Notice of Public Hearing 10/18 - Salisbury Mills Fire District - 2023 Proposed Budget 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 Public Hearing Notice - Salisbury Mills Fire District - 2/23/23 Public Hearing Notice - Salisbury Mills Fire District - 2/23/23 Public Hearing Notice- Washingtonville Fire District 2022 Budget NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Washingtonville 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 firehouse located at Monell Engine Company firehouse located at 89 East Main Street, Washingtonville, New York, at 7:00 p.m. on October 19, 2021. A copy of the proposed budget is available at the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Blooming Grove, the Village Clerk of the Village of Washingtonville, the Town Clerk of the Town of New Windsor, 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. Laura A. Morrissey Secretary, Washingtonville Fire District 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 Comments are closed.