175-C - Notice of hearings and elections.

§ 175-c. Notice of hearings and elections. 1. In addition to any other  notice or posting requirement, every fire district secretary shall cause  a  notice  of  any upcoming hearing or election to be posted on the fire  district website, if one exists. Such notice  shall  be  posted  for  at  least  fifteen  days  prior to such hearing or election and shall not be  posted any sooner than twenty days before such hearing or  election.  If  the  fire  district  maintains a sign board, a copy of such notice shall  also be posted on the sign board.    2. Every fire district secretary shall provide, in a timely manner,  a  notice of any upcoming hearing or election to be posted on the municipal  website  of  any  town  located  within the geographic boundaries of the  district,  or  any  town  or  fire  district  with  which  the  district  contracts. Such posting shall only be required if such a website exists.  Such  notice  shall  be  posted  for at least fifteen days prior to such  hearing or election and shall not be posted any sooner than twenty  days  before  such hearing or election. In addition, the town clerk shall post  or cause to be posted on the bulletin board in his or her office a  copy  of  such  notice and on the sign board maintained by him or her pursuant  to subdivision six of section thirty of this  chapter.  The  town  clerk  shall cooperate with the fire district to ensure the timely notification  of the upcoming hearing or election.    3. The notice required by this section shall specify the time when and  the place where such hearing or election will be held, and, with respect  to  elections,  the  officers  to be elected, their terms of office, and  details regarding other matters to be voted on, as  well  as  the  hours  during which the polls will be open for the receipt of ballots.