LEGAL NOTICE
of
SPECIAL ELECTION OF AUSTERLITZ FIRE DISTRICT No.1

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Election of Austerlitz Fire District NO.1 (Fire District) will take place on Tuesday April 11, 2023 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Spencertown Firehouse located at One Memorial Drive Spencertown, NY 12165. Qualified voters of the Fire District may vote concerning Proposition1, a Resolution approved by the Board of Fire Commissioners subject to mandatory referendum authorizing the issuance of Fire District bonds in an amount not to exceed $350,000.00 for the object and purpose of financing the purchase of fire apparatus and related equipment for the extinguishment and prevention of fires and for other emergency purposes at an estimated maximum cost of $355,000. Proposition 1 reads substantially as follows:
PROPOSITION NUMBER 1
Shall the resolution adopted on October 18, 2021 and ratified on March 6, 2023 by the Board of Fire Commissioners:
1)authorizing for the objects and purposes of making an expenditure of an amount not to exceed three hundred fifty-five thousand dollars ($355,000) for the purchase of a water source fire engine on Ram chassis (hereinafter “Apparatus”) together with incidental equipment for use therewith;
2)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 hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) or so much thereof as may be necessary after deducting any federal, state, county, and/or local funds received;
3)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;
4)determining that the period of probable usefulness of said apparatus to be twenty (20) years pursuant to Local Finance Law §11(a)(27);
5)determining the maximum maturity of the bonds to be issued to be for a term not to exceed twenty (20) years;
6)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
7)containing an estoppel clause and providing for publication of the estoppel notice, be approved?

A copy of the full Resolution that is subject to mandatory referendum is available for public inspection from the Fire District Secretary upon request. Persons interested in reviewing the Resolution should contact the Fire District Secretary at the address below to coordinate obtaining a copy of the Resolution.
Only those persons who are residents of Austerlitz Fire District NO.1 on or before March 13, 2023 and who are registered to vote with the Columbia County Board of Elections on or before March 20, 2023 shall be eligible to vote in this Special Election.

Tara Sanders, Secretary

March 6, 2023
Austerlitz Fire District No.1
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Mailing address
PO Box 77
Spencertown, NY 12165