NOTICE OF ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Fire District Election of the qualified voters of North Greenbush Fire District No.1 will be held on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Wynantskill Firehouse located at 511 Church Street Wynantskill New York 12198 and the Defreestville Firehouse located at 350 North Greenbush Road Troy, New York 12180, dependent upon residence address.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that qualified voters residing in Town of North Greenbush Election Districts Numbers 1, 3, and 7 should vote at the Wynantskill Firehouse and those qualified voters residing in Town of North Greenbush Election Districts Numbers 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8 should vote at the Defreestville Firehouse.
Qualified electors may vote on the following matters:
- electing one commissioner for a Five (5) year term commencing on January 1, 2026 and ending on December 31, 2030;
- electing one commissioner for a Three (3) year term commencing on January 1, 2026 and ending on December 31, 2028
AND
3) voting on Proposition 1, a resolution subject to mandatory referendum adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners amending the Fire District’s defined contribution length of service award program by extending from ten years to eleven years the maximum number of years of service for which a participant may receive a contribution, and increasing the annual maximum contribution for qualified participants from seven hundred to twelve hundred dollars. Proposition Number 1 reads substantially as follows:
Shall the Resolution adopted on October 14, 2025 by the Board of Fire Commissioners of North Greenbush Fire District No.1:
- authorizing amendments to the Defined Contribution Length of Service Award Program by extending by one (1) year, from ten (10) years to eleven (11) years, the total number of years a qualified Participant may obtain a year of service credit in the defined contribution program; and by increasing by five hundred ($500) dollars the contribution amount that all qualified Participants receive for a year of firefighting service credit from seven hundred ($700) dollars to twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per year, per qualified Participant, and
- determining that the proposed amendment extending the total number of years a qualified Participant may obtain a year of service credit in the defined contribution program by one year will cause a projected, single year, cost increase to the Program reasonably estimated to be four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars for 2026 including administration costs and fees; and further determining that the proposed amendment increasing the year of firefighting service credit to twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per year per qualified Participant will cause a projected annual cost increase to the Program reasonably estimated to be five thousand four hundred ($5,400) dollars per year, including administration costs and fees; and
- leaving unchanged and in full force all other provisions of the Program and any amendments heretofore made to the Program; and
- authorizing the Program Sponsor to establish and revise such other and additional provisions of the Program Plan Document, or other agreements as may be necessary, to carry out the purposes of this Resolution, be approved?
Candidates for the office of Fire District Commissioner shall file their names in writing with the Secretary of the Fire District at the address below no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 19, 2025.
Pursuant to Town Law § 175-a only those persons who are residents of North Greenbush Fire District No.1 on or before November 10, 2025 and who are registered to vote with the Rensselaer County Board of Elections on or before November 17, 2025 shall be entitled to vote in this election.
November 4, 2025 Sean Kerwin, Secretary
North Greenbush Fire District No.1
350 North Greenbush Road.
Troy, New York 12180