PUBLIC NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Enfield is considering the following resolution: the Town Board of the Town of Enfield proposes to dissolve the Enfield Fire Protection District as required for the formation of the Enfield Fire District into all of the (former) Enfield Fire Protection District. The proposed dissolution shall become effective upon the effective date of the formation of the Enfield Fire District. The Town Board may meet immediately following the public hearing to vote on the proposal.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD on the 14th day of June, 2023, at the Town of Enfield Courthouse, located at 182 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, and via the Zoom Online Meeting Platform (Visit: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82307098635 or Call: 1-646- 876-9923, Meeting ID: 823 0709 8635 Password: 14850), which shall commence at 7:00 pm to consider the resolution. A copy of the proposed plan is available for viewing at the Enfield Town Clerks Office, located at 168 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, NY 14850.
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY OF DISSOLUTION PLAN
The Town Board proposes to dissolve the Enfield Fire Protection District as part of the process of creating the Enfield Fire District into the entire portion of the (former) Enfield Fire Protection District, which will protect the residents of the fire protection district. The fire protection district has no assets, liabilities or employees and there are no costs related to the dissolution other than attorney’s fees of up to $15,000. The dissolution will only happen if the Town creates the above fire district into the (former) fire protection district. The residents of the Enfield Fire Protection District area will continue to be provided fire protection by the Enfield Volunteer Fire Company. The proposed dissolution is to become effective at the same time that the fire district formation becomes effective. The Town of Enfield will hold a public hearing on the proposed plan on the 14th day of June, 2023, at the Town of Enfield Courthouse, located at 182 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, and via the Zoom Online Meeting Platform (Visit: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82307098635 or Call: 1-646- 876-9923, Meeting ID: 823 0709 8635 Password: 14850), which shall commence at 7:00 pm to take comment from interested persons. The proposed dissolution plan may be examined at the Town of Enfield Clerks Office, located at 168 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, NY 14850.
PUBLIC NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT A PUBLIC HEARING shall be held on the 14th day of June, 2023 at 7:00 pm at the Town of Enfield Courthouse at 182 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 and via the Zoom Online Meeting Platform (Visit: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82307098635 or Call: 1-646- 876-9923, Meeting ID: 823 0709 8635 Password: 14850),. The Town Board of the Town of Enfield shall be present. The hearing shall hear all persons interested in the establishment of the Enfield Fire District to be formed over the same boundaries as the Enfield Fire Protection District upon the dissolution of the Enfield Fire Protection District, thereby encompassing the entire Town of Enfield, and to entertain public comment and discussion on whether to form a new fire district over the same territories over the dissolving Enfield Fire Protection District. The object and purposes for which the establishment of the Enfield Fire District (ie: the effect) is proposed is to form a new fire district encompassing the entire Town of Enfield.
All persons interested may be heard.
The territory in the Town of Enfield in which the Enfield Fire District will be established may be examined on the town’s website and in the office of the town clerk in the Town of Enfield, being the entire Town of Enfield.
A meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Enfield will be held immediately following the close of the public hearing(s) for the purpose of considering the questions of the formation of the fire district and the dissolution of the fire protection district.