Montgomery Township Fire District #1 is an autonomous entity funded through a municipal fire tax and governed by a five member Board of Fire Commissioners whose mission is to protect life, property, and the environment from damage due to fire, automobile, and environmental emergencies within our district and to assist neighboring communities in their mission to do the same.
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS, DISTRICT NO. 1
NOTICE OF ANNUAL FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION AND BUDGET REFERENDUM
Notice is hereby given that the annual fire district election will be held on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at the Montgomery Township Fire Company No. 1 fire house at 35 Griggstown Road, Belle Mead, N.J. between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. for the purpose of voting on the annual budget, in the amount of $2,612,280.00, of which the sum of $1,010,500.00 is to be raised by taxation, and the election of two (2) fire commissioners for three year terms on the BOFC District No 1. A copy of the adopted budget subject to referendum is available at the Montgomery Municipal Building or on the BOFC website, Montgomerybofc1.org and listed below.
Absentee mail in ballots for the election must be requested from the Office of the Somerset County Clerk. Registered voters may apply for an absentee ballot in person or via authorized messenger until 3:00 p.m. of the day before the election.
Michael Parise, Clerk
ADOPTED FY 2024 BUDGET PRESENTED FOR VOTER APPROVAL
Expenditures
Administration Expenses
Election Expenses $ 8,000.00
Office Expenses $ 17,100.00
Professional Fees $ 31,000.00
Advertising $ 1,000.00
Total Administration $ 57,100.00
Operational Expenses
Insurance $ 88,000.00
Apparatus Housing $157,100.00
Utilities $ 37,000.00
Personnel (wages/benefits) $ 10,000.00
Maintenance/Repairs $ 65,000.00
Supplies/New Equipment $ 76,000.00
Training and Education $ 27,000.00
Supplemental Fire Service $ 1,780.00
Montgomery EMS $ 3,300.00
Turn Out Gear $ 35,000.00
Other Operating Expenses $ 45,000.00
LOSAP $ 60,000.00
Capital Reserve Contribution $425,000.00
Contingency $ 15,000.00
General Operating Expenses $ 47,000.00
Total Operational Expenses $1,047,180.00
Capital Expenses
Purchase of pumper/tanker $ 1,460,000.00
Purchase Communications equipment $ 50,000.00
Total Expenditures Admin/Operations/Capital $2,612,280.00
Revenues and Fund Balance Utilized
Fund Balance Utilized $ 1,560,000.00
Interest on Investments $ 40,000.00
Supplemental Fire Service Grant $ 1,780.00
Total Revenues and Fund Balance $1,601,780.00
Amount to be raised by Taxation $1,010,500.00
Total Anticipated Revenues $2,612,280.00
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