Annual Election of East Quogue Fire District 2017

   ANNUAL ELECTION OF

EAST QUOGUE FIRE DISTRICT

DECEMBER 12, 2017

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Annual Election of the East Quogue Fire District will take place on December 12, 2017, between the hours of 5:30 PM and 9:00 PM at the East Quogue Firehouse located at Montauk Highway and Bay Avenue, East Quogue, New York for the purpose of electing one Commissioner for a five year term commencing on January 1, 2018 and ending on December 31, 2022.

Candidates for the District Office of Commissioner shall file a petition signed by at least twenty-five (25) registered voters of the Fire District, which petition must be filed with the Secretary of the Fire District on or after November 10, 2017 but no later than November 22, 2017, on regular business days between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4:00 PM.  Such petition must contain the name and address of the candidate (the candidate’s legal residence, not a P.O. Box).  Petition forms may be obtained from the Fire District Secretary.

NOTICE is further given that the following proposition shall be presented to the qualified voters of the Fire District at said Annual Election:

PROPOSITION

SHALL the Defined Benefit Program established by the Length of Service Award Program as approved by the voters of the East Quogue Fire District, Town of Southampton, County of Suffolk, State of New York be amended to provide that the maximum number of years that may be earned in the plan be increased from 30 years to 40 years, such change bearing an estimated annual cost of $20,600.00, BE APPROVED?

All residents of the Fire District duly registered with the Suffolk County Board of Elections as of November 20, 2017 shall be eligible to vote.

Dated:  November 3, 2017

                                                            BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE

                                                            COMMISSIONERS OF THE

                                                            EAST QUOGUE FIRE DISTRICT

                                                            Town of Southampton, Suffolk County, New York

                                                            _________________________________________

                                                            By:  LORRAINE GREGORY

                                                                    Fire District Secretary