Village Board authorized funds for purchasing fire radios, subject to referendum.

MASSENA

PUBLIC NOTICE



NOTICE OF 

ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION

SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM



NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a regular meeting held on the 17th day of March, 2026, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York, duly adopted a resolution, an abstract of which follows, which resolution is subject to a permissive referendum pursuant to Article 9 of the Village Law of the State of New York.




By: Monique N. Chatland, Village Administrator/Clerk

Date: March 18, 2026








Resolution Authorizing the Expenditure of Funds from the Fire Equipment Capital Reserve Fund to Purchase Motorola APX Portable Radios





WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6-c of the General Municipal Law, as amended, the Village of Massena Board of Trustees duly established a Capital Reserve Fund on April 17, 1984, for the purpose of financing the future purchase of fire fighting vehicles/equipment for use by the Village of Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York; and




WHEREAS, the Village Treasurer has been given authorization to invest, from time to time, the monies from this fund for the specific purchase of fire fighting vehicles/equipment contingent upon approval by the Village Board of Trustees; and




WHEREAS, such expenditure of monies approved by the Village Board of Trustees from the Fire Equipment Capital Reserve Fund are subject to a Permission Referendum;



NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Village Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the Village Treasurer, upon the recommendation of the Massena Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., to expend an amount up to $71,198.25 toward the purchase of up to twenty-one (21) Motorola APX portable radios from Motorola, along with necessary accessories; and




BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this action by the Village Board of Trustees authorizing an expenditure from the Fire Equipment Capital Reserve Fund to finance the above is subject to a Permissive Referendum.



ADOPTED: March 17, 2026