Southtowns Record

TB 2026-10-21 Agenda Packet

Government
Town of Boston
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Oct 21, 2026
Posted by publisher
Oct 21, 2026
Kind
Agenda packet
Topics
Public safety, Budget and taxes, Audits and oversight, Water, sewer and drainage, Roads and traffic, Zoning and land use, Parks and recreation

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FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACT
 TOWN OF BOSTON, NEW YORK WITH BOSTON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY

  THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 21st day of __October__, 2026, by and between
the TOWN OF BOSTON, a municipal corporation of the State of New York, having an office and
place of business at 8500 Boston State Road, Boston, New York 14025 (hereinafter referred to as
the “Town”); and the Boston Volunteer Fire Company, having its business offices at 6746 Mill
Street, Boston, New York 14025 (hereinafter referred to as the “Fire Company”):
  WHEREAS, there has been duly established in the Town of Boston a fire protection
district known as the Boston Fire Protection District (the “District”), which defines the principal
service area for the Fire Company; and
  WHEREAS, the Fire Company has proposed to provide fire protection, public access
defibrillation, rescue, and fire police (collectively referred to herein as “Fire Protection
Services”) to the District for the term and for the compensation set forth below, with primary
responsibility to respond to fire and other emergencies within the Fire Company’s geographic
area of the Town of Boston as delineated on a map filed in the office of the Town Clerk, a copy
of which is attached hereto as Schedule B, as well as responsibility to provide services for the
entire Town of Boston under mutual aid agreement; and
  WHEREAS, the Town and the Fire Company are desirous of entering into an agreement
to provide Fire Protection Services to the District, and
  1.  The Town is a municipal corporation of the State of New York.
  2.  The Town desires to contract with the Fire Company for Fire Protection Services.
  The Fire Company has the necessary qualifications to provide the services desired
  by the Town.
  3.  The Fire Company is willing to be employed by the Town, and the Town is willing to
  employ the Fire Company on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
  4.  The Town has the necessary funds to pay the Fire Company pursuant to the
  terms of the Contract; and
  WHEREAS, by Resolution dated October 21, 2026 , after a public hearing, the Town
Board of the Town of Boston awarded the Fire Company the contract to provide Fire Protection
Services to the District; and
  WHEREAS, the Fire Company agrees to furnish to the Town Fire Protection Services in
the District for the 2027, 2028, and 2029 calendar years, and the Town agrees on behalf of the
District to pay the Fire Company the following sums for its services in those years (referred to
herein as the “contract amount” for each year):
  2027: $254,092
  2028: $266,797
  2029: $280,137
  WHEREAS, the Fire Company and the Town agree that this contract will continue to
renew for the 2030 and 2031 calendar years on the terms in effect on December 31, 2029 unless
one party elects to terminate the agreement as provided for herein; and
  NOW, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the Town and the
Fire Company hereby agree that the terms and conditions of this Contract shall govern the
agreement between the parties, and the parties hereto further agree as follows: