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NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

UNION VALE FIRE DISTRICT, IN THE TOWN OF UNION VALE, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK

April 23, 2026

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Election of the qualified voters of the Union Vale Fire District (hereinafter called the “Fire District”), in the Town of Union Vale Dutchess County, New York, will be held at Union Vale Fire District Fire Station 1, 3373 NY-82, Verbank, New York, on June 2, 2026, between the hours of 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM prevailing time, to vote on the following proposition to approve the resolution adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners:

Whereas, the district has a need to purchase a new fire engine pumper tanker in order to replace its current pumper tanker which has been in use for approximately TWENTY-ONE (21) years, is at the end of its functioning life,  lacks efficiency and safety measures as compared to the pumper tanker proposed to be purchased, and it determined to be obsolete by the Board of Commissioners of the Union Vale Fire District ; and

Whereas the purchase of a replacement pumper/tanker will benefit those requiring firematic aid in the Town of Union Vale in that a new pumper/tanker has an increased tank capacity, in the amount of 1500 gallons, and thus an increased pump capacity  to 2,000 gallons per minute, up from the existing pumper/tanker’s capacity of 1,500 gallons per minute; and

Whereas, reserve funds have been saved in a capital reserve fund which may be utilized to purchase the fire engine in an amount not to exceed $500,000.00;

Whereas, up to $450,000.00 of the purchase price of the pumper tanker will be financed by the Fire District;

Whereas, the current pumper tanker in service of the Fire District will be surplused, at an expected sale price of between $100,000.00 and $150,000.00, and the proceeds will be applied towards the purchase price of the new pumper tanker;

Whereas, spending funds in a capital reserve in conjunction with financing a capital expenditure in excess of $100,000.00, and surplusing equipment in excess of $100,000.00 requires the resolution to be subject to public referendum;

            Section 1.        It is in the best interests of the Union Vale Fire District to purchase a new pumper tanker at a maximum estimated cost of $950,000.00.

            Section 2.        It is hereby determined that the plan for financing such capital expense is by an expenditure from the capital reserve fund not to exceed $500,000.00 in conjunction with the issuance of $450,000.00 bonds of said Fire District, hereby authorized to be issued therefore pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law.

            Section 3.        It is hereby further determined that the period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid pumper tanker is twenty (20) years, pursuant to Local Finance Law §11.00, as amended.

            Section 4.        The faith and credit of said Union Vale Fire District in the Town of Union Vale, Dutchess County, New York, are hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same respectively become due and payable.  An annual appropriation shall be made in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds becoming due and payable in such year.  There shall annually be levied on all the taxable real property in said Fire District, a tax without limitation as to rate or amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due and payable.

            Section 5.        Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the serial bonds herein authorized, including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Fire District Treasurer, the chief fiscal officer.  Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents, and shall be sold in such manner, as may be prescribed by said Fire District Treasurer, consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law.

            Section 6.        Such bonds shall be in fully registered form and shall be signed in the name of the Union Vale Fire District in the Town of Union Vale, Dutchess County, New York, by the manual or facsimile signature of the Fire District Treasurer and a facsimile of its corporate seal shall be imprinted or impressed thereon and may be attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the Fire District Secretary.

            Section 7.        The powers and duties of advertising such bonds for sale, conducting the sale and awarding the bonds, including private sale of the bonds, are hereby delegated to the Fire District Treasurer, who shall advertise such bonds for sale, conduct the sale, and award the bonds in such manner as the Fire District Treasurer shall deem best for the interests of the Fire District; provided, however, that in the exercise of these delegated powers, the Fire District Treasurer shall comply fully with the provisions of the Local Finance Law and any order or rule of the State Comptroller applicable to the sale of municipal bonds.  The receipt of the Fire District Treasurer shall be a full acquittance to the purchaser of such bonds, who shall not be obliged to see to the application of the purchase money.

            Section 8.        All other matters, except as provided herein relating to such bonds, including determining whether to issue such bonds having substantially level or declining annual debt service and all matters related thereto, prescribing whether manual or facsimile signatures shall appear on said bonds, prescribing the method for the recording of ownership of said bonds, appointing the fiscal agent or agents for said bonds, providing for the printing and delivery of said bonds (and if said bonds are to be executed in the name of the Fire District by the facsimile signature of its Fire District Treasurer, providing for the manual countersignature of a fiscal agent or of a designated official of the Fire District), the date, denominations, maturities and interest payment dates, place or places of payment, and also including the consolidation with other issues, shall be determined by the Fire District Treasurer.  It is hereby determined that it is to the financial advantage of the Fire District not to impose and collect from registered owners of such serial bonds any charges for mailing, shipping and insuring bonds transferred or exchanged by the fiscal agent, and, accordingly, pursuant to paragraph c of Section 70.00 of the Local Finance Law, no such charges shall be so collected by the fiscal agent.  Such bonds shall contain substantially the recital of validity clause provided for in section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law and shall otherwise be in such form and contain such recitals in addition to those required by section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law, as the Fire District Treasurer shall determine.

            Section 9.        This resolution shall constitute a statement of official intent for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150 - 2.  Other than as specified in this resolution, no monies are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long-term basis, or otherwise set aside with respect to the permanent funding of the object or purpose described herein.

            Section 10.      The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes may be contested only if:  1)            Such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which said Fire District is not authorized to expend money, or

            2)         The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of publication of this resolution are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity commences within twenty days after the date of such publication, or

            3)         Such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

            Section 11.      Upon this resolution taking effect, the same shall be published in full in the Poughkeepsie Journal, which is the official newspaper of said Fire District for such purpose, together with a notice of the Fire District Secretary in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law.

NOW THEREFORE, upon motion made, seconded and discussion held, and subject to public referendum, the fire commissioners of the fire district RESOLVE as follows:

1. There is hereby declared a need to purchase a pumper/tanker/engine utilizing funds from an appropriate capital reserve fund up to $500,000.00, and financing up to $450,000.00;
2. The district shall purchase the apparatus utilizing funds from the capital reserve fund and through financing;
3. Up to $500,000.00 may be withdrawn from the capital reserve fund for the payment of a pumper/tanker/engine and appropriate equipment. The withdrawal may be taken in one or more amounts.
4. The current pumper tanker in service of the Fire District shall be sold upon the best price obtainable and most beneficial terms in the public interest as determined by the Board of Fire Commissioners.

 
All residents of the Fire District who were duly registered to vote with the Dutchess County Board of Elections on or before April 24, 2026, shall be eligible to vote at said Special Election.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS DATED: April 23, 2026