LEGAL NOTICE
INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF EAST WILLISTON
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM FOR EAST WILLISTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Referendum of the qualified voters in the Incorporated Village of East Williston in the service area of the East Williston Fire Department, shall be held at the Village Hall, 2 Prospect Street, East Williston, New York on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. for the purpose of voting upon the amendment of a previously established Service Award Program under Article 11A of the General Municipal Law.
The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:
PROPOSITION
SHALL the Length of Service Award Program for the East Williston Fire Department be amended, effective January 1, 2021
AMENDMENT OF THE DEFINED BENEFIT LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM FOR THE EAST WILLISTON FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL ALLOW ELIGIBLE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WHO CONTINUE IN ACTIVE SERVICE AFTER REACHING THE ENTITLEMENT AGE OF SIXTY FIVE (65) TO ACCRUE PROGRAM POINTS AND RECEIVE A PROGRAM CONTRIBUTION FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED FORTY (40) YEARS; SAID AMENDMENT SHALL INCREASE THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST TO $8,550 AND THEREBY INCREASE THE APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SHARE PAID BY EACH HOUSEHOLD IN THE VILLAGE OF EAST WILLISTON TO $10; THE MONTHLY SERVICE AWARD PAYMENT WILL BE MAINTAINED AT $20 FOR EACH YEAR OF CREDITED EAST WILLISTON FIRE DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER SERVICE; AND
THE MAXIMUM MONTHLY AWARD PER ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT SHALL BE MAINTAINED AT $800 PER MONTH. A PARTICIPANT MUST SERVE AT LEAST FIVE (5) YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO VEST.
Dated: February 28, 2020
East Williston, New York
WT #152750
1x 2/28/2020 #152750
