MONTAGUE— The Montague fire district authority finished paying off the bond of $1.3 million they took out in 2009 for their new facility. Their last payment was in October 2023. Although the final payment took place a few months ago, the city waited for the legal review and agreements. City council voted to approve the termination of their contract lease, the bill of sale and the quit claim deed at Monday’s meeting. City Manager Jeff Auch felt it was “very important to make it publicly known that the facility is paid off.”
“I want to add, having been on the fire district authority, we went over and over this to make sure that we were leaving enough money in the accounts in the event of anything unanticipated happening,” councilwoman Susan Newhof said. “We had all of that protected and the fire authority was so excited that they could pay the city and have the funds. It will save a considerable amount of money.”
