Notice of Special Election
Ellicottville Joint Fire District in the Towns of Ellicottville and Mansfield, Cattaraugus County, New York: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Fire Commissioners, a special election of the qualified voters of the Ellicottville Joint Fire District in the Towns of Ellicottville and Mansfield, New York, Cattaraugus County will be held at the Ellicottville Fire Department's Firehouse located at 30 Fillmore Dr, Ellicottville, NY 14731 on the 1st day of September 2026, between the hours of 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM to vote on whether to approve the following one resolutions adopted by such Board of Fire Commissioners: RESOLUTION NO. 1: RESOLUTION FOR ADDITION TO AND RENOVATION OF FIREHOUSE: RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE ELLICOTTVILLE JOINT FIRE DISTRICT, IN THE TOWNS OF ELLICOTTVILLE AND MANSFIELD, CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, NEW YORK (THE “DISTRICT"'), AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITION TO AND A RENOVATION OF A CLASS A FIREHOUSE, THE MAXIMUM COST OF WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO BE $4,500,000; APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT THEREFORE; AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING BY ISSUANCE OF A SERIAL BOND OR STATUTORY INSTALLMENT BOND FOR UP TO THIRTY (30) YEARS FOR THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT ISSUED BY BOND OF $4,500,000 PRINCIPAL, AND TO ISSUE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ABOVE, FOR UP TO FIVE (5) CONSECUTIVE YEARS. All persons registered to vote in the district and residing in the fire district for at least thirty (30) days prior to the day of the vote (registered by July 3, 2026) may vote in such special election. Pursuant to Local Finance Law Section 80, the validity of such bonds or notes or any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the sale of such bonds may be contested only if such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which the fire district is not authorized to expend money; or if the provisions of law which should be complied with as of this date are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity, is commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication; or such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the constitution.