Public Notice 2026 Annual Meeting

NICHOLS FIRE DISTRICT 2026 ANNUAL MEETING

The Annual Meeting of the Nichols Fire District will be held on:

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 7: 30 PM at the

Nichols Fire Station 1 at 100 Shelton Road Trumbull, CT 06611

The meeting will be called for the following:

·       Reading of minutes from the 2025 Annual Meeting

·       Treasurer’s Report ending April 2026

·       Tax Collector’s Report ending April 2026

·       Report from the Chief of the Department

·       2026/27 Budget Presentation & Acceptance

·       Setting the Mill Rate for the Fire Tax

·       Election of 1 Commissioner for 3-year term

 

Individuals who want to run for any open Commission position must submit their intention to run in writing at least 15 days BEFORE the April 2026 Fire Commission meeting AND must ATTEND the April Fire Commission meeting, be nominated at that meeting and that nomination must have a second. The April Meeting will be held April 21, 2026 at Nichols Fire District Office 112 Shelton Road, Trumbull, CT at 7 PM

 

Commissioner Patrick Freyer – Chairman

Commissioner Carmine DeFeo

Commissioner Mark Schroeder

Tax Collector: Kathy Gillis

Treasurer: Laurie Morano

Secretary: Trisha Mumbach

 

Instructions to Attend Meetings:

These meetings are open to Fire Department members and Nichols Fire taxpayers.

If you wish to attend these meetings please email: patrick.freyer@nicholsfire.com
at least 24 hours BEFORE the Monthly Meeting, if you want to receive the Monthly Meeting minutes send an email anytime to receive a copy.

Fire Taxpayers must provide their full name and address to receive the information.

Legal Notice Taxpayers of The Nichols Fire District

Legal Notice

Taxpayers of

The Nichols Fire District


The annual one-time fire tax levied on taxpayers of the

Nichols Fire District is due July 1, 2025, and payable without penalty through August 1, 2025.

 

Said tax is based on the assessed value of real and personal property in this District at a rate of 1.270 mills, adopted at the Annual Meeting of the Fire District on May 13, 2025, on dollar as assessments of October 1, 2024, and as recorded in the Grand List of the Town of Trumbull. Motor Vehicles are not taxed by the Nichols Fire District.


Failure to receive your Fire Tax Bill does NOT exempt you from payment of these taxes or penalties.


The Fire Tax Collector will accept payments according to the conditions stated on each bill:

 

  • Pay online: www.nicholsfiredistrict.com. Then click Tax Collector Link

  • By US mail sent to P.O. Box 28, Trumbull, CT. 06611

  • In person, Saturday morning 9:00 AM to Noon on July 19, 2025,

at Nichols Fire House, Station 1 at 100 Shelton Road, Trumbull, CT. (in rear of building)


Checks are payable to the:

Nichols Fire Tax Collector


For receipts, submit the entire tax bill with your payment.

If paid by mail, also enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.


A legible postmark, if payment is mailed, or an in-person payment made prior to August 1, 2025, establishes the date of payment. Late payments become subject to interest of 1.5% per month or any fraction of that month, retroactive to July 1, 2025, until the bill is paid in full. The statutory minimum interest charge is $2.00. Fire taxes, unpaid at the end of the fiscal year, are subject to a tax lien and a fee of $24.00


Returned checks
Are subject to a $34.00 charge


Commissioners
Patrick Freyer, Chairman

Carmine DeFeo, Mark Schroeder
Laurie Morano, Treasurer – Kathy Gillis, Tax Collector –

Trisha Mumbach, Secretary