ANNUAL ELECTION OF THE COEYMANS FIRE DISTRICT
On December 10th, 2024
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Election of the Coeymans Fire District will take place on December 10, 2024 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Coeymans Fire House at 67 Church St., Coeymans, for the purpose of electing one Commissioner for a five (5) year term, commencing January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2029. All voters registered with the Albany County Board of Elections on or before November 22, 2024 shall be eligible to vote.
Candidates for District Office shall have filed their names with the Secretary of the Coeymans Fire District, at the firehouse at 67 Church St, Coeymans, no later than twenty days before the election, November 20, 2024
October 15, 2024
Darleen Domanico, Secretary
BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSION
COEYMANS FIRE DISTRICT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC REFERENDUM
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to General Municipal Law Section 216, a public referendum of the residents of the Coeymans Fire District will take place on Tuesday, December 10th, 2024, between the hours of 6 pm and 9 pm at the Coeymans Fire District headquarters, located at 67 Church Street, Coeymans, Albany County, State of New York for the purpose of voting upon the following proposition:
SHALL THE RESOLUTION OF THE COEYMANS FIRE DISTRICT BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 9, 2024, AUTHORIZING, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 11-A OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2025, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE COEYMANS FIRE DISTRICT FOR ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER MEMBERS OF THE COEYMANS FIRE COMPANY INC; STATING THAT UNDER THE PROGRAM A $500 ANNUAL SERVICE AWARD SHALL BE CREDITED TO A PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEER’S SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM ACCOUNT AT THE END OF EACH YEAR AFTER 2024 DURING WHICH THE PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEER EARNED A YEAR OF SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM SERVICE CREDIT AND THAT AN ADDITIONAL $500 SERVICE AWARD SHALL ALSO BE CREDITED TO THE ACCOUNTS OF ELIGIBLE PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEERS FOR EACH YEAR UP TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE (5) YEARS OF SUCH SERVICE CREDIT EARNED FOR CALENDAR YEARS PRIOR TO 2025 AND AFTER CALENDAR YEAR 2019; STATING THAT THE TOTAL YEARS OF SERVICE CREDIT AND NUMBER OF SERVICE AWARDS THAT CAN BE EARNED IS FIFTY; THAT STATING THAT SUCH PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEER’S ACCOUNT BALANCE WITH EARNED INVESTMENT INCOME THEREON SHALL BE THE PARTICIPATING FIREFIGHTER’S ACCRUED SERVICE AWARD; STATING THAT UNDER THE PROGRAM PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEERS SHALL BE PAID, GENERALLY, AT AGE 62, THE ENTITLEMENT AGE, A LUMP-SUM PAYMENT OR 2 EQUAL ANNUAL INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS OR ANY OTHER ACTUARIALLY EQUIVALENT FORM OF PAYMENT APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS EQUAL TO THE PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEER’S ACCRUED SERVICE AWARD; STATING THAT A PARTICIPANT BECOMES 100% VESTED UPON EARNING FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE CREDIT, ATTAINING THE ENTITLEMENT AGE, BEING AWARDED A TOTAL AND PERMANENT DISABILITY OR DYING WHILE AN ACTIVE MEMBER; STATING THAT ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER MEMBERS AGE 62 AND OLDER MAY EARN OR CONTINUE TO EARN SERVICE CREDIT AND SHALL BE PAID OR CONTINUE TO BE PAID ADDITIONAL SERVICE AWARDS; STATING PRE-ENTITLEMENT AGE DEATH BENEFITS SHALL BE PAYABLE UNDER THE PROGRAM EQUAL TO THE PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEER’S ACCRUED SERVICE AWARD EARNED AS OF THE DATE OF DEATH; STATING THAT PRE-ENTITLEMENT AGE DISABILITY BENEFITS SHALL BE PAYABLE UNDER THE PROGRAM EQUAL TO THE PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEER’S ACCRUED SERVICE AWARD EARNED UP TO THE DECEMBER 31 PRECEDING THE TIME THE PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEER’S TOTAL AND PERMANENT DISABILITY SHALL BE AWARDED BY THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS; STATING THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST PAYABLE BY THE FIRE DISTRICT OF THE PROGRAM TO BE ABOUT $35,000 FOR CURRENT VOLUNTEERS WHICH SHALL INCLUDE AN ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION FEE OF ABOUT $4,000; STATING SUCH ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST TO BE ABOUT $565 FOR EACH ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER; STATING THE ESTIMATED COST OF GRANTING SERVICE CREDIT FOR SERVICE RENDERED IN THE 5 YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING 2025 MAY BE AS MUCH AS $124,000 TO BE PAID IN TEN EQUAL ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS BY THE COEYMANS FIRE DISTRICT. AFTER THE PRIOR SERVICE LIABILITY HAS BEEN PAID, THE COST OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE REDUCED TO ONLY THE COST OF BENEFITS AND ADMINISTRATION; AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF PROGRAM BENEFITS TO EFFECTIVELY COMMENCE JANUARY 1, 2026AS PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR BENEFICIARIES BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR PAYMENTS; AND APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNTS THEREFORE, BE APPROVED?
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a copy of the aforesaid resolution and a copy of the Point System for earning service credit referred to in said resolution are available for inspection at the Fire District headquarters, located at 67 Church Street, Coeymans NY, 12045 and that every person who shall be a registered voter and who shall have resided in the Coeymans Fire District for a period of thirty (30) days immediately preceding the referendum shall be eligible to vote upon the proposition.
Dated September 9, 2024
Darleen Domanico Secretary
BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONER
COEYMANS FIRE DISTRICT