NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Board of Trustees of the Village of Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York will hold a Public Hearing at the Village Hall of the Village of Nassau at 40 Malden Street, Nassau, New York, on August 14, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
The Village Board will hear public comments regarding the following:
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EMS TAX DISTRICT CONSISTING OF THE TOWN OF SCHODACK AND THE NASSAU AMBULANCE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF NASSAU
WHEREAS, Nassau Ambulance provides Basic Life-support Services (BLS) and transport services in the Town of Nassau and Town of Schodack;
and WHEREAS, Nassau Ambulance was dispatched to 630 EMS calls in calendar year 2023;
and WHEREAS, 54% of these calls were deemed by the County to require Advanced Life-support Services (ALS);
and WHEREAS, Nassau Ambulance does not provide these services and must rely on outside agencies for this support;
and WHEREAS, in 2023 ALS services were available for only 57% of the calls;
and WHEREAS, Nassau Ambulance desires to improve the availability of ALS services in the Town of Schodack and Nassau Ambulance’s district in the Town of Nassau by upgrading to an Advanced Life-support Agency;
and WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Nassau held a duly publicized, Public Hearing, soliciting public input on the establishment of an EMS Tax District, on August14, 2024;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Nassau support the formation of an EMS Tax District in the Town of Schodack the Nassau Ambulance district in the Town of Nassau;
And BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Nassau urges the Town Councils of the Town of Nassau and the Town of Schodack to approve by resolution the formation of this tax district.
All persons interested shall have an opportunity to be heard.
By Order of the Board of Trustees
Melissa Turner-Bulan
Village Clerk
Dated: July 30, 2024