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AMENDMENT TO 2020-2024 CITY–TOWN OF ITHACA FIRE CONTRACT
This Amendment to the 2020-2024 City-Town of Ithaca Fire Contract (“Amendment”) is
made as of the __ day of _________, 2025, for the purpose of amending an agreement dated January
1, 2020 (“Fire Contract”) between the City of Ithaca (“City”) and the Town Board of the Town of
Ithaca (“Town”), acting as and for the Fire Protection District of the said town.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the City and the Town entered into the Fire Contract for the purpose of providing fire
protection services and emergency medical services to the Town, and
WHEREAS, the City provided such services for the full term of the Fire Contract, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to New York Town Law Section 184, the Fire Contract sets forth the annual
sum the Town was to pay the City each year (the “Annual Sum”), as well as a methodology to adjust
each year’s Annual Sum if the Ithaca Town Board (acting as and for the Town’s Fire Protection
District) and the City of Ithaca amend the Fire Contract accordingly, and
WHEREAS, by letter dated May 28, 2025, the City informed the Town that the Town’s share of the
City’s net expenditures and administrative services for providing such services in 2024 exceeded
the 2024 Annual Sum set forth in the Fire Contract, and
WHEREAS, the City thereafter recalculated the net expenditures and decreased the amount of the
Town’s calculated share from the amount in the City’s May 28, 2025 letter, and
WHEREAS, on November 3, 2025, the Town received an invoice from the City stating the total
amount due from the Town for 2024 is $4,450,762.59, with a remaining balance due of $610,762.59
(which was calculated by netting out the $3,840,000 the Town had previously been billed for and
paid), and
WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the Fire Contract to adjust the Town’s 2024 Annual Sum;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS MUTUALLY AGREEED as follows:
1. Section 5 of the Fire Contract is amended by deleting “2024: $3,857,826” and adding the
following text in the place of the deleted text: “The Town’s 2024 annual sum is
$4,450,762.59, of which $3,840,000 has been paid. The Town shall pay the City the balance
of $610,762.59 for fire protection services and emergency medical services provided in
2024. Said payment shall be due on or before December 15, 2025.”
2. All other provisions of the Fire Contract shall remain unchanged and shall remain in force in
accordance with its terms.
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[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the day(s) and year
written below.
CITY OF ITHACA:
BY:____________________________ Date: ___________________
Deborah Mohlenhoff
City Manager
STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF TOMPKINS ) ss.:
On the ______ day of ______________ in the year 2025 before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared ______________________, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of
satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and
acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her capacity, and that by her signature on the
instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the
instrument.
_______________________________
Notary Public
TOWN OF ITHACA TOWN BOARD:
____________________________ Date: ___________________
Rod Howe
Town Supervisor
____________________________ Date: ___________________
Pamela Bleiwas
Councilwoman
____________________________ Date: ___________________
Richard DePaolo
Councilman
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____________________________ Date: ___________________
Susie Gutenberger
Councilwoman
____________________________ Date: ___________________
Eric Levine
Councilman
____________________________ Date: ___________________
Margaret Johnson
Councilwoman
____________________________ Date: ___________________
Rob Rosen
Councilman
On the ______ day of ______________ in the year 2025 before me, the undersigned, personally
appeared Rod Howe, Supervisor of the Town of Ithaca, Pamela Bleiwas, Councilwoman of the
Town of Ithaca, Richard DePaolo, Councilman of the Town of Ithaca, Susie Gutenberger,
Councilwoman of the Town of Ithaca, Eric Levine, Councilman of the Town of Ithaca, Margaret
Johnson, Councilwoman of the Town of Ithaca, and Rob Rosen, Councilman of the Town of Ithaca,
personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individuals
whose names are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that they executed
the same in their capacities, and that by their signatures on the instrument, the individuals, or the
person upon behalf of which the individuals acted, executed the instrument.
_______________________________
Notary Public