§ 189-a. Procedure. 1. The town board of a town or the town boards of\nmore than one town, and the board of trustees of an incorporated village\nor the boards of trustees of more than one incorporated village, as\ndefined in the village law, located in said town or towns are hereby\nauthorized to establish in such town or towns and village or villages a\njoint fire district for the purposes hereinafter stated and in the\nmanner hereinafter provided, provided all of the territory in such joint\nfire district shall be contiguous.\n 2. (a) Whenever it shall appear to the participating municipalities to\nbe in the public interest, the town board of such town and the board of\ntrustees of such village shall hold a joint meeting at one location\nwithin the proposed joint district for the purpose of jointly proposing\nthe establishment of a joint fire district.\n (b) If at such joint meeting it is determined by a majority vote of\neach board to make such proposal, each such board shall, within thirty\ndays thereafter, hold a joint public hearing at one location within the\nproposed joint district upon such proposal and shall cause notice of\nsuch public hearing to be published in a newspaper having general\ncirculation in such town and village, at least once, and posted in five\npublic conspicuous places in the town outside such village and in five\npublic conspicuous places in the village, not less than ten days before\nthe date of the hearing. In the event that the district maintains a\nwebsite, one of the posting requirements may be fulfilled by posting\nsuch information on the website. Notice of such hearing also shall be\nserved by such clerk upon the members of the town board and the members\nof the board of trustees of the village, by mail addressed to such\nmembers at their last known post office addresses, at least ten days\nbefore the date of the hearing. Such notice shall contain a brief\ndescription of the boundaries of the proposed joint fire district and of\nthe objects and purposes for which it is proposed that a new district be\ncreated, and shall specify the single time when and place where such\ntown and village boards will jointly meet to consider the proposal and\nto hear all persons interested in the establishment of the district. If,\nupon the establishment of a joint fire district, the joint fire district\nwould become the sponsor of a service award program pursuant to section\ntwo hundred sixteen-b of the general municipal law, the notice of\nhearing shall so specify and contain a statement of the estimated annual\ncost of the service award program to the joint fire district; provided,\nhowever, that if, upon the establishment of a joint fire district, the\njoint fire district would become the sponsor of a service award program\npursuant to section two hundred sixteen-b of the general municipal law,\nthe resolutions establishing the district shall be submitted to\nreferendum in each such town and village in the manner provided by\narticle seven of this chapter or article nine of the village law,\nrespectively.\n (c) After such hearing, and upon evidence given thereat, and after\nconsidering the objections, if any, the town board of such town and the\nboard of trustees of such village shall determine whether it is or is\nnot in the public interest to establish such joint fire district, and,\nif it is determined to be in the public interest, subject to permissive\nreferendum, such town board and board of trustees shall, by resolution,\nduly adopted by a majority of each board, establish such joint fire\ndistrict; provided, however, that if, upon the establishment of a joint\nfire district, the joint fire district would become the sponsor of a\nservice award program pursuant to section two hundred sixteen-b of the\ngeneral municipal law, the resolutions establishing the district shall\nbe submitted to referendum in each such town and village in the manner\nprovided by article seven of this chapter or article n
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