Fire District Elections to be Held Feb. 15

COURT HOUSE – Voters in Dennis, Lower, Middle and Upper townships will be able to cast ballots in their respective fire district elections Feb. 15.
Polls will remain open from 2-9 p.m. at firehouses in those districts.
Dennis Township
Fire District No. 1, Ocean View
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for one
Robert Clayton Jr.
Budget to be raised by taxation: $390,300
Question: Shall the Commissioners have approval to issue a purchase order, in 2020, to Pierce Manufacturing for a new rescue pumper and take delivery in 2021, the cost shall not exceed $825,000?
Fire District No. 2, Dennisville
Board of Fire Commissioners, full, three-year term, vote for two
Cliff Lockwood, Bruce Knoll Jr.
Budget to be raised by taxation: $331,574
Fire District No. 3, Belleplain
Board of Fire Commissioners, full term, vote for two
Francis Smyth Jr., Oliver Twist III
Budget to be raised by taxation: $180,740
Lower Township
Fire District No. 1, Villas
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for two
Joseph Wareham, William Howard
Budget: $562,700 with $562,700 to be raised by taxation
Fire District No. 2, Town Bank
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for two
Raymond Scott Brown, Charles Prendergast
Budget: $2,528,600 million with $1,011,600 to be raised by taxation
Fire District No. 3, Erma
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for two
Steven Douglass, Robert Sweeten
Unexpired two-year term, vote for one
Allyn Devlin
Budget: $1,018,572 with $822,466 to be raised by taxation
Middle Township
Fire District No. 1, Court House
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for one
Michael McNulty Sr.
Budget to be raised by taxation: $1,470,838
Fire District No. 2, Rio Grande
Board of Fire Commissioners, full, three-year term, vote for two
Robert Zimmerman, Conrad Johnson Jr.
Budget to be raised by taxation: $714,600
Question: Resolved that a sum not to exceed $50,000 of the reserve be authorized for command vehicle.
Fire District No. 3, Green Creek
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for one
David Zeiss
Budget: $519,321 with $519,321 to be raised by taxation
Fire District No. 4, Goshen
Board of Fire Commissioners, full, three-year term, vote for one
Cynthia Gorman
Budget to be raised by taxation: $225,321
Question: Permission to construct a new firehouse for an amount not to exceed $2.4 million?
Upper Township
Fire District No. 1, Strathmere
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for one
Randall Roash
Budget to be raised by taxation: $94, 602
Fire District No. 2, Tuckahoe
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for one
James Tarby
Budget to be raised by taxation: $528,300
Question: A capital appropriation for capital expenditures over the next five budget years, the amount to be raised is $25,000 per year, totaling $125,000 for five years for use by the fire company.
Fire District No. 3, Marmora
Board of Fire Commissioners, three-year term, vote for two
Paul Hoster, Scott Snyder Sr.
Budget to be raised by taxation: $647,047
Question: Shall the Commissioners of Upper Township Fire District No. 3 be authorized to purchase miscellaneous firefighting equipment such as firefighting air pack units, in an amount not exceeding $55,000 per year and appropriate the amount of the purchase in the 2020 or 2021 capital budget?
Fire District No. 4, Seaville
Board of Fire Commissioners, full, three-year term, vote for three
Don Fancher (three-year term), Rich Stevens (one-year term)
Budget: $585,389 with $576,089 to be raised by taxation