Town Board adopts order for EMS District #4 in Mt. Airy/Quaker Bridge area

Cortlandt’s Town Board adopted an order on October 20 to establish Emergency Medical Services District #4 in the same area as the Mt. Airy/Quaker Bridge Fire Protection District. The order is subject to a permissive referendum, and its printed vote list records five “Aye” votes. [p. 1] [p. 3] [p. 4]

The purpose is to separate emergency medical services costs from fire protection costs. The adopted resolution says Croton-on-Hudson’s Emergency Medical Services Department provides emergency medical services to residents within the existing fire protection district, which raises money for both services. [p. 2]

The order states that the new district “shall be established in the same area covered in the Mt. Airy/Quaker Bridge Fire Protection District”. It describes the district as intended to “raise funding for Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support services”. [p. 3]

The resolution describes existing infrastructure and says no improvements are expected beyond normal repairs. It also states that “no physical infrastructure is proposed to be installed or purchased” for District #4 and that no proposed purchases or expenditures fall outside the costs of emergency medical services. [p. 2]

The order cites a September 15 order calling a public hearing and says that order was published in the Gazette on October 8 and posted on the Town’s official notice board. Those statements are recitals in the adopted October 20 document; this account is based on that written final record. [p. 2] [p. 4]

The permissive-referendum provision says petitions must be completed and filed with the Town Clerk at 1 Heady Street within 30 days of the order’s filing with the Clerk. The period runs from filing, as stated in the order. [p. 3]