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NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION
ORANGE LAKE FIRE DISTRICT

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Annual Election of the Orange Lake Fire District will
take place on December 8, 2026, between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. at the Orange Lake
Fire District at Dan Leghorn Engine Co. #1, 426 South Plank Road, Newburgh, New York for the
following purposes:
To elect one (1) Fire District Commissioner for a five (5) year term commencing
January 1, 2027 and ending December 31, 2031;
To elect one (1) Fire District Commissioner for the three (3) year balance of an
unexpired term commencing January 1, 2027 and ending December 31, 2029; and
To vote upon the following proposition:
“SHALL THE BOARD RESOLUTION TO AMEND ITS CURRENT LENGTH OF SERVICE
AWARD PROGRAM HERETOFORE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS OF A PROPOSITION
TO ESTABLISH A DEFINED BENEFIT SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM FOR ACTIVE
VOLUNTEERS OF THE ORANGE LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ON JANUARY 1, 1990, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 11-A OF THE NEW YORK STATE GENERAL
MUNICIPAL LAW, AND AS AMENDED HEREIN TO PROVIDE THAT EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2027 TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF YEARS OF SERVICE
CREDIT THAT A VOLUNTEER CAN EARN FROM FORTY (40) YEARS TO (50) YEARS
AND TO LOWER THE PROGRAMS ENTITLEMENT AGE FROM SIXTY (60) TO FIFTY-
FIVE (55) AND THAT ANY PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEER WHO HAS ATTAINED AGE
FIFTY-FIVE (55) AS OF JANUARY 1, 2027, BUT NOT YET ATTAINED AGE SIXTY (60),
SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO COMMENCE PAYMENT EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2027,
PROVIDED THE PARTICIPANT APPLIES FOR PAYMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE PROGRAM AND THAT THE COST OF THE CURRENT PROGRAM
IS ESTIMATED TO BE $275,000 IN CALENDAR YEAR 2028 WHICH IS A COST OF
APPROXIMATELY $1,563 PER COVERED PARTICIPANT AND THE ANNUAL COST OF
THE AMENDED PROGRAM IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY
$185,000 AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE ANNUAL COST OF THE AMENDED
PROGRAM WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $460,000 WITH A COST OF APPROXIMATELY
$2,614 PER COVERED PARTICIPANT. THE ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION FEES WILL
NOT CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THE AMENDMENT AND THAT ALL OTHER
PROVISIONS OF THE ORANGE LAKE FIRE DISTRICT SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM
WHICH HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN APPROVED SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE
OUTCOME OF THIS VOTE AND THE PROGRAM SHALL CONTINUE TO BE
ADMINISTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 11-A OF THE NEW YORK STATE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW AS SUCH LAW IS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.”
Be approved?

All residents of the Orange Lake Fire District, who are duly registered to vote with the
Orange County Board of Elections on or before November 16, 2026 shall be entitled to vote at this
election.
Any person desiring to have his or her name appear on the ballot for one of the above offices
must have filed a written request, specifying the office by term expiration date for which the name
should appear, with the Secretary of the Fire District not later than November 18, 2026.
AL NAKAGAWA, SECRETARY
ORANGE LAKE FIRE DISTRICT