§ 184-A — Contract for water supply outside of fire districts

§ 184-a. Contract for water supply outside of fire districts. The town\nboard of any town, on behalf of a fire protection district or fire alarm\ndistrict situated therein, or on behalf of the area of the town outside\nof any village, fire district, fire protection district or fire alarm\ndistrict, which area is hereinafter referred to as the "unprotected\narea", may contract for a supply of water and for the furnishing,\nerection, maintenance, care and replacement of fire hydrants, including\nthe erection and maintenance of markers therefor, and the removal of\nsnow and ice to provide access thereto, for fire purposes for a period\nnot exceeding five years.\n Before a contract shall be entered into pursuant to the authority\ngiven in this section, the town board shall hold a public hearing in the\ndistrict or unprotected area or at such other place within the town as\nthe town board shall designate. Notice of the hearing shall be published\nat least once in at least one newspaper having general circulation in\nthe district or unprotected area, the first publication thereof to be at\nleast ten days prior to the day specified for the hearing. The notice\nshall specify the time when and place where the hearing will be held,\nand shall describe in general terms the proposed contract. The amount of\nany contract that may be entered into pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection together with all other expenses necessarily incurred or\noccasioned thereby, shall be assessed and levied upon the taxable real\nproperty in the district or unprotected area and collected in the same\nmanner, at the same time and by the same officers as town taxes are\nassessed, levied and collected and, when collected, the amount thereof\nshall be paid to the supervisor of the town. The supervisor shall pay to\nthe person, company or corporation entitled thereto the amount specified\nin the contract.\n If a fire protection district or fire alarm district shall be situated\npartly in each of two or more towns any action which would be taken by\nthe town board in the case of a district situated in only one town shall\nbe taken by the town boards of the several towns acting jointly by a\nmajority vote of the members of each of such town boards, and the notice\nof public hearing required by this section shall be given by the town\nclerks of the several towns acting jointly.\n