NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION HOWELLS FIRE DISTRICT, IN THE TOWNS OF WALLKILL, MOUNT HOPE AND MAMAKATING,
ORANGE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, NEW YORK MAY 6, 2025 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Election of the qualified voters of the Howells Fire District (hereinafter called the “Fire District”) in the Towns of Wallkill, Mount Hope and Mamakating, Orange and Sullivan Counties, New York, will be held at the firehouse located at 26 Elm Street in Howells, New York, in said Fire District, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. The polls shall open at 6:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) and shall remain open until 9:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) or as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their votes. NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to the resolution adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Fire District on March 24, 2025, the following Proposition will be submitted to the qualified voters of the Fire District for approval or disapproval: PROPOSITION

SHALL the bond resolution of Howells Fire District, in the Towns of Wallkill, Mount Hope and Mamakating, New York, entitled: “BOND RESOLUTION OF THE HOWELLS FIRE DISTRICT (“FIRE DISTRICT”), IN THE TOWNS OF WALLKILL, MOUNT HOPE AND MAMAKATING, ORANGE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, NEW YORK, ADOPTED MARCH 24, 2025, AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FIRE STATION ON FIRE DISTRICT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 156 NEW VERNON ROAD IN HOWELLS, NEW YORK, AS FURTHER DESCRIBED IN A PLAN PREPARED FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT BY CIRILLO ARCHITECTS. P.C., MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK, INCLUDING SITE, DEMOLITION, GRADING AND/OR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND THE PURCHASE OF ORIGINAL FURNISHINGS, EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY AND/OR APPARATUS REQUIRED FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH SAID FIRE STATION IS TO BE USED (“PROJECT”); ST A TING THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST THEREOF IS NOT TO EXCEED $9,500,000, INCLUDING PRELIMINARY COSTS AND COSTS INCIDENTAL THERETO AND TO THE FINANCING THEREOF; APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT FOR SUCH PURPOSE; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF THE FIRE DISTRICT IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $9,500,000 TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION; AND PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY OF TAXES TO BE COLLECTED IN INSTALLMENTS TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SAID BONDS,” BE APPROVED?

All residents of the Fire District who were duly registered to vote with the Orange County Board of Elections and the Sullivan County Board of Election on or before April 14, 2025, shall be eligible to vote at said Special Election. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS
DA TED: March 24, 2025

Katherine Schupner
FIRE DISTRICT SECRETARY