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Town Board of the Town of Hamburg September 28, 2026 Meeting 4.24. Establishing the Town of Hamburg Ambuluance District WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Hamburg, New York, County of Erie (“Town”) has determined that the availability of reliable, adequately staffed, and properly equipped emergency medical and ambulance services and vehicles within the Town is critical to maintaining the health, safety and welfare of those within the Town; WHEREAS, Town Board of the Town, pursuant to Article 12-a of the New York Town Law, desires to establish the Town of Hamburg Ambulance District (“Ambulance District” or “District”) to provide adequate funding, and a stable and sustainable funding mechanism, to meet the ambulance services needs within the Town, including the continued availability of reliable, adequately staffed, and properly equipped emergency medical and ambulance services and vehicles for those within the Town; and WHEREAS, the Town has prepared a Map, Plan and Report for, and to support the potential formation of, an Ambulance District (“Report”), in such detail as required by Section 209-c of the Town Law; and WHEREAS, after the Report was filed in the office of the Town Clerk, the Town Board, on August 10, 2026, duly adopted an order reciting a description of the boundaries of the District, maximum amount estimated and proposed to be expended by the Ambulance District for the first year of services, the fact that a map, plan and report describing the needs, boundaries, and costs of the District is on file in the Town Clerk's office for public inspection, and specifying that the Town Board shall meet at the Town Hall on August 24, 2026, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on the establishment of the District and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof concerning the same (the “Order Calling Public Hearing” or “Order”); and WHEREAS, as stated in the in the Order, it is in the best interest of the Town that the Ambulance District includes all properties within the boundaries of the Town, including all properties located within the Villages of Blasdell and Hamburg (the “Villages”); and WHEREAS, because the final boundaries of the District are contingent upon the consent of each Village, the geographic boundary of the District could include: (i) all properties within the boundaries of the Town, but excluding properties located within the Villages; (ii) all properties within the boundaries of the Town, including properties located within the Villages; or (iii) all properties within the boundaries of the Town, but excluding properties located within one of the Villages; and WHEREAS, the Report and Order included the proposed boundaries of the District, calculations of the estimated assessment ad valorem tax rate applicable to the District, and the cost to the typical property 72