Adams Fire District in Need of New Committee Member
ADAMS, Mass. — The Adams Fire District will hold a special election in October to fill the final two years of an open Prudential Committee seat.
Clerk and treasurer of the Adams Fire District Richard Kleiner said because a member of the Prudential Committee resigned, the district is in need of a new member to fill out the three-member committee. The committee members are elected to three-year terms.
He said currently only one member of the water district has turned in papers and he noted it has been difficult to gain an interest in these positions from the membership.
"This is the Water Department, and this is your water," Kleiner said. "We spend money just like the town spends money and we have a budget and someone should be active enough to get in."
Those interested can pick up nomination papers at the Adams Fire District Office, which is open Monday through Friday from 8 to 3. Signatures are required from voters in the district and must be submitted to the town clerk's office by Sept. 6.
The town clerk will verify the candidate is an Adams resident and check that the signatures are of registered voters. After this is done, the papers go to the Fire District, which will verify the candidate and the voters who signed are part of the district.
Kleiner said if the position is not filled, another election will come up again.
"We will run with the two but then after the first of the year in May, we have another annual meeting and it will be on there again," he said.
The election will be Tuesday, Oct. 25, from noon to 6 p.m. at the fire station. Only voters residing in the district may vote.
Kleiner noted that there is also a special meeting Tuesday at the fire district building to see if it should appropriate up to $34,000 to increase the original appropriation for the replacement of a pump at the Notch Road Pumping Station.
The district voted to fund the project at a May 10 meeting. However, bids came in higher than anticipated.
Kleiner said attendance at these meeting has also dwindled over the years and he urged water users to attend.
"People should really attend that, too," he said. "It's freedom of speech. Say what you need to say and ask the questions."
This meeting will take place at the Fire District Building at 3 Columbia St. at 7 p.m.
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