The Montgomery News | Posted February 5, 2024
Notice is hereby given that the annual fire district election will be held on Saturday, February 17 at the Montgomery Township Fire Company No. 2 firehouse at 529 County Route 518, in Blawenburg.
Polls will be open between the hours of 2 pm and 9 pm for the purpose of voting on the annual budget for Montgomery Township FD No. 2 for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2024 and ending December 31, 2024, in the amount of $1,371,280, of which the sum of $1,035,500 is to be raised by taxation.
Voters will also elect three fire commissioners, one for a one-year term and two for three-year terms on the BOFC District No 2.
A firefighter with Montgomery Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 (Blawenburg). File photo.
The adopted budget subject to referendum is available at the Montgomery Municipal Building, on the BOFC website, and set forth below. Mail-in ballots for the election must be requested from the Office of the Somerset County Clerk. Registered voters may apply by mail, or in person or via authorized messenger, for a mail-in ballot until 3 pm of the day before the election.
The amount to be raised by taxation would be increased by 2 percent.
Administration
Advertising $1,000
Office Expenses $19,500
Election Expenses $6,500
Professional Fees $41,000
Total Administration $68,000.00
Cost of Operations and Maintenance
Apparatus Housing $192,000
Insurance $119,800
Medical $7,000
Repairs and Maintenance $66,000
Adjoining Municipal Service Contracts $ 32,000
Aid to First Aid/Rescue Squad $ 4,000.
Utilities $9,000.00
Fuel $ 12,000
Snow Removal $10,000
Testing and Inspections $11,500
Other operating $15,000.00
Training $45,000
Contingent Expenses $10,000
Supplies/New Equipment $63,200
State Supplemental Fire Services Grant $1,780
Total Operations and Maintenance $598,280
LOSAP $55,000
Capital Reserve Appropriation $650,000.00
Total Appropriations $1,371,280
REVENUES
Interest $30,000
Grants $1,780
Fund Balance Utilized $304,000
Total Revenues and Fund Balance Utilized $335,780
Amount to be raised by taxation $1,035,500
Total Anticipated Revenues $1,371,280.
-- From a legal notice in a Bridgewater newspaper. (NJ law requires certain legal notices be published in a weekly or daily newspaper. Because The Montgomery News is a monthly newspaper, it does not qualify.)
