LEGAL NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION Legal voters of the Elsmere Fire District in the Town of Bethlehem, County of Albany, State of New York please take notice that the annual election of the Elsmere Fire District will take place at the Elsmere Firehouse at 15 West Poplar Drive, Delmar, New York on December 8, 2026 for the following purposes: 1) The election of Commissioner of the Elsmere Fire District for the term of five years, commencing on January 1, 2027 and expiring December 31, 2031. 2) To vote on Proposition 1, a mandatory referendum stating: "a) the objects and purposes of authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed two million five hundred ninety thousand dollars ($2,590,000) for the purchase of two custom fire engines together with incidental equipment for use therewith; b) authorizing the issuance of supplemental serial bonds or statutory installment bonds (collectively "bonds") of the Fire District at the prevailing rate of interest at the time of closing, in an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in addition to the issuance of bonds in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) previously authorized, with the total amount of the bond issuance not to exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) or so much thereof as may be necessary after deducting any federal, state, county, and/or local funds received; c) authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) from the Fire District's Apparatus Capital Reserve Fund pursuant to General Municipal Law § 6-g to pay a portion of the cost of the apparatus if deemed prudent; d) pledging the faith and credit of the Fire District for the payment of the principal and interest on said bonds and providing for the annual levy of a tax upon the taxable properties within the Fire District to pay such principal and interest; e) determining that the period of probable usefulness of the apparatus to be twenty (20) years pursuant to Local Finance Law §11(b)(32); f) determining the maximum maturity of the bonds to be issued to be for a term not to exceed ten (10) years; g) delegating the Fire District Treasurer the power to authorize and sell bond anticipation notes and to fix the details of and to sell bonds; and h) containing an estoppel clause and providing for publication of the estoppel notice, be approved?" 3) To vote on Proposition 2, a mandatory referendum stating: "Shall the Resolution adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners on October 13, 2026 pursuant to Town Law §176(23), that the Fire District's 1997 Pierce Lance fire engine and 2019 Pierce/International fire engine (collectively "apparatus") surplus and no longer needed for Fire District purposes with an estimated combined value in excess of one-hundred-thousand dollars ($100,000), and authorizing the sale of said apparatus under terms acceptable to the Board of Fire Commissioners, be approved?" All candidates for District Office must file their names with the Secretary of the Elsmere Fire District not later than November 18, 2026. In addition, such nominations must be submitted with petitions setting forth the office being sought and said petitions must be subscribed to by twenty-five or more qualified voters of the Elsmere Fire District. Only those persons who are residents of the Elsmere Fire District and who are registered to vote with the Albany County Board of Elections on or before November 16, 2026 shall be eligible to vote. The polls for said election shall be opened for receipt of ballots at 6:00pm and shall be closed at 9:00pm. Dated November 4, 2026 George M. Kaufman, Secretary Elsmere Fire District 15 West Poplar Dr. Delmar, NY 12054