PENNINGTON: Fire commissioners to seek siren replacement OK

The Pennington Borough Board of Fire Commissioners, District No. 1, will hold a regular and a special meeting of the board, at which a special vote of the legal taxpayers of the district will be held on Nov. 18 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Pennington Volunteer Fire Company firehouse at 120 Broemel Place in Pennington.
Voters may register their votes between the hours of 7:30 and 9 p.m. by ballot provided at the meeting.
At this meeting, the board will hold a special vote of the registered voters of the district for approval to purchase and install an emergency siren in the fire district to replace an old and unrepairable siren at a cost not to exceed $15,000; and to include and raise by taxation a sum not to exceed $15,000 in the Capital Outlay section of the fire district’s 2015 budget, or in the board’s discretion to transfer a sum not to exceed $15,000 from the district’s Restricted Capital Fund (savings) to the Capital Outlay section of the 2015 budget to pay for all or a portion of the cost of the siren.
At this meeting, the board also may act to approve its proposed 2015 budget and will conduct all other business as may come before it.
Formal action of the board will be taken.