Dalton Fire District Annual Meeting May 12
DALTON, Mass. — Fire District voters will convene Tuesday to vote on several funding articles, including a borrowing request to purchase property on Flansburg Avenue.
The annual meeting warrant contains 25 articles, including an $895,232 operating budget for the water department and a $1,763,008 operating budget for the fire department and ambulance service for fiscal year 2027.
The district is requesting voters authorize the borrowing up to $350,000 for the purchase and related costs associated with acquiring 30-32 Flansburg Ave.
The district is also seeking to establish a stabilization fund, along with requests to transfer $287,205 in ambulance user fees and $90,000 in FY24 free cash into the account.
There is a request for the appropriation of $2,500 for 50 percent match for the state Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant for the purchase of forest fighting equipment.
Request to appropriate:
- $6,000 for a copier machine
- $107,480 to pay the principal and interest of the ambulance loan
- $356,429 to pay the principal and interest of district loans
- $12,999 for an audit for fiscal year 2026 for the period ending July 20 2026
- $20,000 for the administration reserve contingencies account
- $50,000 for the water department’s contingencies account
- $50,000 for the fire department reserve contingencies account
- $30,000 for a 5 percent match for the federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant.
- $32,800 for the timber maintenance account
- $6,126 for the Board of Water Commissioners compensation
- $199,506 for district administration
- $17,500 for FY27 water bills account
- $11,000 for the town of Dalton support fee
- $10,000 for the town of Dalton dispatch fee
- $50,000 to fund Other Post Employment Benefits
- $3,5000 for FY27 GASB 45 report
- $10,000 for FY27 Municipal Financial Consulting fees
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