It is hereby determined that:
A. The
notice of hearing was duly published and posted as required by law
and is otherwise sufficient;
B. All
property and property owners within the proposed district are benefited
thereby;
C. All property
and property owners benefited are included within the limits of the
proposed district;
D. The establishment
of this district is in the public interest;
E. The establishment
of this district was placed on the ballot at the general election
held during November 2003 and was adopted by a majority vote which
answered in the affirmative the question: "Shall the Town of Coxsackie
create an Ambulance District, which district shall encompass the entire
Town, and which Ambulance District shall have authority to provide
basic and/or advanced ambulance services on a Town-wide basis, the
cost of which may be borne by the residents within the Town."
It is further determined and resolved that the district, encompassing
all of the lands of the Town, including the Village of Coxsackie,
as shown on the map of the entire Town, plan and report be approved,
that the requested Ambulance District be established, and that the
necessary expenditures be made upon the required funds being made
available and provided for.
This district shall be known as the "Coxsackie Ambulance District
in the Town of Coxsackie and the Village of Coxsackie" and shall be
bounded and described as follows: which district shall encompass the
entire Town of Coxsackie, including all of the Village of Coxsackie,
both within the County of Greene, State of New York. The said district
boundaries to be coterminous with the boundaries of the Town of Coxsackie,
including the entire territory of the Village of Coxsackie
The proposed improvement, including annual contract costs for
advanced life support ambulance service and such other related ancillary
activities as may be necessary to effectively provide such services,
legal and consultation fees, and all other expenses, shall be financed
as may be determined by the Town Board, at an annual cost not to exceed
$350,000, the cost of the Coxsackie Ambulance District to be assessed
by the Town Board in as close a proportion to the benefit to which
each lot or parcel will derive from the improvement as is possible.
The cost may also be supplemented by billing patients who are rendered
service by the ambulance service(s).
This chapter is subject to permissive referendum as provided
in Town Law § 209-e, in the manner provided in Article 7
of the Town Law and pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law § 24.