NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION – Town of Seneca Falls

Bridgeport Fire District
In the Town of Seneca Falls
Seneca County, New York

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Fire Commissioners, a special election of the qualified voters of the Bridgeport Fire District, New York, County of Seneca, will be held at the Bridgeport Fire District’s Fire Firehouse located at 43 West Bayard Street, Seneca Falls, New York on February 18, 2025, between the hours of 6 p.m. and 9 pm. to vote on whether to approve the following resolution adopted by such Board of Fire Commissioners:

RESOLUTION FOR FINANCING OF A FIRE ENGINE

RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE BRIDGEPORT FIRE DISTRICT, SENECA COUNTY, NEW YORK (THE “DISTRICT”), AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING OF A FIRE ENGINE; ESTIMATING THE TOTAL COST THEREOF AT A MAXIMUM OF $1,200,000 PRINCIPAL; APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT THEREFOR; AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING BY A COMBINATION, IN FULL OR IN PART, OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: BY ISSUANCE OF A SERIAL BOND OR STATUTORY INSTALLMENT BOND OR INSTALLMENT PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR UP TO $1,200,000 UP TO FIFTEEN (15) YEARS AND TO ISSUE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ABOVE, FOR UP TO FIVE (5) CONSECUTIVE YEARS, AND TO UTILIZE CAPITAL RESERVE FUNDS UP TO $500,000, AND TO SURPLUS A 2004 PIERCE PUMPER WITH A FAIR VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.

That pursuant to Local Finance Law Section 80, the validity of such bonds or notes or any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the sale of such bonds may be contested only if such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which the fire district is not authorized to expend money; or if the provisions of law which should be complied with as of this date are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity, is commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication; or such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the constitution.

All persons registered to vote in the district and residing in the district for at least thirty (30) days prior to the day of the vote may vote in such special election.