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Rotterdam Fire District #7 is governed by a Board of Fire Commissioners in accordance with NYS law. It is the
Commissioners responsibility to provide fire protection and emergency services to the district. The
Commissioners accomplish this responsibility with the financial support of the residents of the district by
providing the Schonowe Volunteer Fire Company Inc. a fire house facility, and all the equipment necessary to
provide the emergency service to the district. Please feel free to attend your Board of Fire Commissioners
meetings and express your concerns to the Board. Become involved, interested, and informed on the actions
taken on your behalf by the Board of Fire Commissioners for the safe operation of the Districts Fire Department.

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have the balls to attend the information meeting -- and ask the questions to the district's leaders yourself

you might even inform yourself for a change

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So, obviously you don't know the answers to the questions ... anyone else?

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§  97-pp. New York state emergency services revolving loan account. 1.
  There  is  hereby  established  within  the  combined  expendable  trust
  fund-020  in  the  custody  of the state comptroller a new account to be
  known as the "New York state emergency services revolving loan account".
    2. The account shall  consist  of  all  moneys  appropriated  for  its
  purpose, all moneys transferred to such account pursuant to law, and all
  moneys  required  by  this  section  or any other law to be paid into or
  credited to this account, including all moneys received by  the  account
  or  donated to it, payments of principal and interest on loans made from
  the account, and  any  interest  earnings  which  may  accrue  from  the
  investment or reinvestment of moneys from the account.
    3.  Moneys  of  the account, when allocated, shall be available to the
  commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services
  to make loans as provided in this section. Up to  five  percent  of  the
  moneys  of  the account or two hundred fifty thousand dollars, whichever
  is less, may be used to pay the expenses, including personal service and
  maintenance and operation, in connection with the administration of such
  loans.
    4. (a) The commissioner of  the  division  of  homeland  security  and
  emergency  services,  on recommendation of the state fire administrator,
  may make, upon application duly made, up to  the  amounts  available  by
  appropriation, loans for:
    (i)  Purchasing  fire  fighting  apparatus. A loan for purchasing fire
  fighting  apparatus  shall  not  exceed  the  lesser  of   two   hundred
  twenty-five  thousand dollars or seventy-five percent of the cost of the
  fire  fighting  apparatus;  provided,  however,  that  loans  issued  in
  response  to  a  joint  application  shall not exceed the lesser of four
  hundred thousand dollars or seventy-five percent of the cost of the fire
  fighting apparatus.
    (ii) Purchasing ambulances or rescue vehicles. A loan  for  purchasing
  an  ambulance  or  a  rescue  vehicle shall not exceed the lesser of one
  hundred fifty thousand dollars or seventy-five percent of  the  cost  of
  the ambulance or rescue vehicle; provided, however, that loans issued in
  response  to  a  joint  application  shall  not exceed the lesser of two
  hundred sixty-five thousand dollars or seventy-five percent of the  cost
  of the ambulance or rescue vehicle.
    (iii)  Purchasing  protective  equipment or communication equipment. A
  loan for purchasing protective equipment or communication  equipment  or
  both  shall  not  exceed  one  hundred  thousand  dollars. Communication
  equipment  purchased  with  such  loan  shall,  to  the  maximum  extent
  practicable,  be compatible with the communication equipment of adjacent
  services and jurisdictions; provided,  however,  that  loans  issued  in
  response  to a joint application shall not exceed one hundred sixty-five
  thousand dollars.
    (iv) Repairing or rehabilitating fire fighting apparatus,  ambulances,
  or rescue vehicles. A loan for repairing or rehabilitating fire fighting
  apparatus, ambulances, or rescue vehicles shall not exceed the lesser of
  seventy-five  thousand dollars or one hundred percent of the cost of the
  repair or  rehabilitation;  provided,  however,  that  loans  issued  in
  response  to  a  joint  application  shall  not exceed the lesser of one
  hundred thirty-five thousand dollars or one hundred percent of the  cost
  of the repair or rehabilitation.
    (v)  Purchasing  accessory  equipment. A loan for purchasing accessory
  equipment shall not  exceed  seventy-five  thousand  dollars;  provided,
  however,  that loans issued in response to a joint application shall not
  exceed one hundred thirty-five thousand dollars.
    (vi) Renovating, rehabilitating or  repairing  facilities  that  house
  firefighting   equipment,   ambulances,   rescue  vehicles  and  related

  equipment. A loan for this purpose shall not exceed the  lesser  of  one
  hundred  fifty  thousand  dollars or seventy-five percent of the cost of
  the project; provided, however, that loans issued in response to a joint
  application  shall  not  exceed  the  lesser  of  two hundred sixty-five
  thousand dollars or seventy-five percent of the cost of the project.
    (vii)  Construction  costs  associated  with  the   establishment   of
  facilities   that   house  firefighting  equipment,  ambulances,  rescue
  vehicles and related equipment. A loan for this purpose shall not exceed
  the lesser of three hundred thousand dollars or seventy-five percent  of
  the  cost  of  the  construction, or be used for the payment of fees for
  design,  planning,  preparation  of  applications  or  other  costs  not
  directly  attributable  to  land acquisitions or construction; provided,
  however, that loans issued in response to a joint application shall  not
  exceed  the  lesser  of  five  hundred  twenty-five  thousand dollars or
  seventy-five percent of the cost of the construction, or be used for the
  payment of fees for design, planning,  preparation  of  applications  or
  other   costs   not   directly  attributable  to  land  acquisitions  or
  construction.
    (viii)  Construction  costs  associated  with  the  establishment   of
  facilities  for  the  purpose  of  live  fire  training. A loan for this
  purpose shall not be granted if another live fire training  facility  is
  located within the boundaries of the county or within twenty-five miles.
  A loan for this purpose shall not exceed the lesser of one hundred fifty
  thousand  dollars  or  seventy-five percent of the cost of construction,
  provided, however, joint applications shall not exceed the lesser of two
  hundred sixty-five thousand dollars or seventy-five percent of the  cost
  of construction or be used for the payment of fees for design, planning,
  preparation  of applications or other costs not directly attributable to
  land acquisitions or construction.
    (b) No loan authorized by this section shall  have  an  interest  rate
  exceeding  two  and  one-half percent. No applicant shall receive a loan
  for any purpose under paragraph (a) of this subdivision more  than  once
  in  any  five-year  period; provided, however, that joint applicants may
  receive up to two loans in any five year period. The minimum  amount  of
  any  loan  shall  be five thousand dollars. The period of any loan shall
  not exceed the period of  probable  usefulness,  prescribed  by  section
  11.00  of  the  local  finance  law,  for  the emergency equipment to be
  purchased with the proceeds of the  loan  or,  if  no  period  be  there
  prescribed,  five  years. The total amount of any interest earned by the
  investment or reinvestment of all or part of the principal of  any  loan
  made  under  this  section  shall be returned to the commissioner of the
  division of homeland security and emergency services for deposit in  the
  account and shall not be credited as payment of principal or interest on
  the  loan.  The  commissioner  of  the division of homeland security and
  emergency services may require security for any loan and may specify the
  priority of liens against any emergency equipment  wholly  or  partially
  purchased with moneys loaned under this section. The commissioner of the
  division  of  homeland  security  and  emergency services may make loans
  under this section subject  to  such  other  terms  and  conditions  the
  commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services
  deems proper.
    (c)  The  commissioner  of  the  division  of  homeland  security  and
  emergency  services  shall  have  the  power  to  make  such  rules  and
  regulations as may be necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes of
  this section.
    (d)  The  commissioner  of  the  division  of  homeland  security  and
  emergency services shall annually  report  by  March  fifteenth  to  the
  governor  and the legislature describing the activities and operation of

  the loan program authorized by this section. Such report shall set forth
  the number of loan applications received and  approved;  the  number  of
  joint applications received and approved; the names of counties, cities,
  towns,  villages  and  fire  districts receiving loans together with the
  amount and purpose of the loan,  the  interest  rate  charged,  and  the
  outstanding  balance;  and  the  balance remaining in the New York state
  emergency services revolving loan account, along with fund revenues  and
  expenditures  for  the  previous fiscal year, and projected revenues and
  expenditures for the current and following fiscal years.
    5. (a) Application for loans may be made by  a  town,  village,  city,
  fire  district,  fire  protection  district, independent, not-for-profit
  fire and ambulance corporation or county, other  than  a  county  wholly
  contained  within  a  city,  provided  that the application is otherwise
  consistent  with  its  respective  powers.  Applications  may  also   be
  submitted  jointly  by multiple applicants provided that the application
  is otherwise consistent with each applicant's respective powers.
    (b)  Every  application  shall  be  in  a  form  acceptable   to   the
  commissioner   of  the  division  of  homeland  security  and  emergency
  services. Every application  shall  accurately  reflect  the  conditions
  which  give  rise to the proposed expenditure and accurately reflect the
  ability of the  applicant  to  make  such  an  expenditure  without  the
  proceeds of a loan under this section.
    (c)  (i)  The  commissioner  of  the division of homeland security and
  emergency services shall give preference  to  those  applications  which
  demonstrate   the  greatest  need,  joint  applications,  and  to  those
  applications the proceeds of which  will  be  applied  toward  attaining
  compliance   with   federal  and  state  laws  and  may  disapprove  any
  application which contains no adequate demonstration of  need  or  which
  would  result  in  inequitable  or  inefficient use of the moneys in the
  account.
    (ii) In making determinations on loan applications,  the  commissioner
  of the division of homeland security and emergency services shall assure
  that loan fund moneys are equitably distributed among all sectors of the
  emergency  services  community  and all geographical areas of the state.
  Loans for the purpose  of  personal  protective  firefighting  equipment
  shall  be  given  preference for a period of two years from the date the
  first loan is made. Not less than fifty percent of  the  loans  annually
  made  shall  be  made  to  applicants whose fire protection or ambulance
  service is provided by a fire  department  or  ambulance  service  whose
  membership  is  comprised exclusively of volunteers and whose budget for
  the fiscal  year  immediately  preceding  did  not  exceed  one  hundred
  thousand dollars.
    (d) An application or joint application shall not be approved:
    (i)  if  the  applicant or applicants are in arrears on any prior loan
  under this section,
    (ii) if it shall be shown that at any time in the prior ten years  the
  applicant  or  applicants  used  state funds to repay all or part of any
  loan made under this section.
    (e)  The  commissioner  of  the  division  of  homeland  security  and
  emergency services shall, to the maximum extent feasible, and consistent
  with  the  other  provisions of this section, seek to provide that loans
  authorized  by  this   section   reflect   an   appropriate   geographic
  distribution,   are   distributed   equitably   and  encourage  regional
  cooperation.
    6. For purposes of this section, the following terms  shall  have  the
  accompanying meanings:
    (a)  "Fire  companies"  means (i) a fire company, the members of which
  are firefighters, volunteer, paid or both,  of  a  county,  city,  town,

  village,  fire  district or fire department, or (ii) a fire corporation,
  the  members  of  which  are  firefighters,  volunteer,  paid  or  both,
  providing  fire protection pursuant to a fire protection contract within
  a fire protection district of a town.
    (b)  "Volunteer  ambulance  service" means an individual, partnership,
  association, corporation, municipality or any legal or public entity  or
  subdivision  thereof engaged in providing emergency medical services and
  the transportation  of  sick,  disabled  or  injured  persons  by  motor
  vehicle,  aircraft or other form of transportation to or from facilities
  providing hospital services which is (i)  operating  not  for  pecuniary
  profit  or  financial  gain, and (ii) no part of the assets or income of
  which is distributable to, or inures to the  benefit  of,  its  members,
  directors or officers.
    (c)   "Ambulance"   means  a  motor  vehicle  designed,  appropriately
  equipped, and used for carrying sick or injured persons.
    (d) "Accessory equipment" means equipment  necessary  to  support  the
  ordinary  functions  of  fire  fighting,  emergency medical services, or
  rescue  activities  other  than  communication   equipment,   protective
  equipment,   and   motor  vehicles  together  with  their  fixtures  and
  appointments.
    (e) "Account" means the New York state  emergency  services  revolving
  loan  account established by this section within the combined expendable
  trust fund-020.
    (f) "Communication equipment" means any voice or original transmission
  system or telemetry system used to enhance fire fighter  safety  on  the
  grounds of a fire or other emergency.
    (g)   "Emergency  equipment"  means  any  or  all  of  the  following:
  ambulances, accessory equipment, communication equipment, fire  fighting
  apparatus, protective equipment, and rescue vehicles.
    (h)  "Fire  fighting  apparatus"  means  elevated  equipment, pumpers,
  tankers, ladder trucks, hazardous materials emergency response vehicles,
  or  other  such  specially  equipped  motor  vehicles  used   for   fire
  protection,  together  with  the  fixtures and appointments necessary to
  support their functions.
    (i) "Joint application" means an application submitted by two or  more
  towns,  villages,  cities,  fire  districts,  fire protection districts,
  not-for-profit fire and ambulance corporations or counties, other than a
  county wholly contained within a city,  for  any  purposes  provided  in
  subdivision four of this section.
    (j)  "Protective equipment" means any clothing and devices that comply
  with occupational safety and health  administration  standards  (federal
  occupational   safety  and  health  act  regulations)  used  to  protect
  personnel who provide emergency services from  injury  while  performing
  their  functions,  including, but not limited to, helmets, coats, boots,
  eyeshields, gloves and self contained respiratory protection devices.
    (k) "Rescue vehicle" means a motor vehicle, other than an ambulance or
  fire fighting apparatus, appropriately equipped and used to support fire
  department operations and includes a vehicle specifically  for  carrying
  accessory equipment.

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I know the answers to the questions -- just it is no use talking to you .. you are too much of a fool to be bothered with facts.

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§  99-q.  Volunteer  firefighting  and  volunteer  emergency  services
  recruitment and retention fund. 1. There is hereby  established  in  the
  joint  custody  of  the  commissioner  of  taxation  and finance and the
  comptroller, a special fund to be known as the  "volunteer  firefighting
  and volunteer emergency services recruitment and retention fund".
    2.  Such fund shall consist of all revenues received by the department
  of taxation and finance, pursuant to  the  provisions  of  sections  two
  hundred  nine-G  and  six  hundred thirty-b of the tax law and all other
  moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred  thereto  from  any  other
  fund  or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this section shall
  prevent the state from receiving  grants,  gifts  or  bequests  for  the
  purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into
  the  fund  according to law. Any interest received by the comptroller on
  moneys on deposit in such fund shall be retained in and become  part  of
  such fund.
    3.  Moneys  in  such  fund shall be expended only to provide grants to
  volunteer firefighting and volunteer  emergency  services  organizations
  and   to  statewide  organizations  which  represent  the  interests  of
  volunteer firefighters and/or volunteer emergency services providers for
  the purpose of encouraging the recruitment and  retention  of  volunteer
  firefighters  and  volunteer emergency services personnel. Such purposes
  may include, but need not be limited to: development and  implementation
  of   marketing  plans,  publicity  campaigns,  and  community  awareness
  initiatives;  design,  production  and   distribution   of   promotional
  merchandise,   brochures  and  other  materials;  sponsorship  of  local
  community  events  designed  to  help  recruit   volunteers;   newspaper
  publications,  promotional  mailings  and  other advertising designed to
  help recruit volunteers.
    4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and  warrant  of
  the  comptroller  on  vouchers  approved and certified by the state fire
  administrator.
    5. To the extent  practicable,  the  state  fire  administrator  shall
  ensure  that all monies received during a fiscal year are expended prior
  to the end of that fiscal year.

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when the   NNTP/nayboobs  can't make an argument based on the truth and facts .. they have to resort to personal attacks

like I have said all along ---  the NNTP/nayboobs are NOT interested in building up the community -- they are only interested in tearing it down.

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