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Ballston Spa board approves five-year fire protection contracts with Milton and Boston after language change
Summary
The Village of Ballston Spa approved two five-year agreements to provide fire protection to the Towns of Milton and Boston, with a contract language change clarifying how funds are to be spent and tracked; board and public comments focused on transparency and accounting for town contributions.
The Village of Ballston Spa Board of Trustees on a voice vote approved two five-year contracts for fire protection services with the Towns of Milton and Boston, adopting a change to contract language intended to make clear how town payments will be spent and tracked.
The board voted to authorize the mayor or deputy mayor to sign the agreements after trustees agreed to delete a clause requiring payments to be deposited "into a separate interest bearing account" and replace it with language reading that "all sums paid hereunder shall be spent only for the furnishing of such aid and fire protection and the use of apparatus, equipment, and fire personnel." The change was described in the meeting as intended to avoid conflict with the village's existing investment policy (section…
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