The Village of Albion Board of Trustees did not meet alone on March 27, 2024. Instead, its members sat down with the Town of Albion and Town of Gaines boards at the Gaines town hall for a joint session called to order not by a mayor or supervisor but by Douglas Heath, attorney, at 6:02 p.m. The three governments had one piece of business: a draft proposal to establish the Albion Joint Fire District. Joyce Riley, deputy mayor, presented the recommended terms for the rental portion of that proposal. On a motion and second, the boards approved the agreement with one change to the lease — rent would be set at zero for five years, with the Albion Fire District responsible for all operational costs of the building instead. The vote carried by roll call across all three boards. Village members Angel Javier, mayor; Joyce Riley, deputy mayor; and David Buczek, trustee, all voted aye, with Chris Barry and Tim McMurray, trustees, absent. Town of Albion members F. Richard Remley, supervisor; Arnold R. Allen Jr, Darlene Benton, and Sandra Bensley, councilpersons, voted aye, with Terry B. Wilbert, councilperson, absent. Town of Gaines members Tyler Allport, supervisor; James Kirby, deputy councilperson; and Ronald Manella and Kenneth Rush, councilpersons, voted aye, with Mary Neilans, councilperson, absent. The approval does not create the district on its own. The boards gave notice to schedule a public hearing for April 24, 2024, at 6 p.m. at Albion High School's LGI room, where the three governments will take up the question of actually forming the Albion Fire District. The same roll call lineup, absences included, carried a second vote to adjourn the meeting at 7:08 p.m. on a motion from F. Richard Remley, supervisor, seconded by Darlene Benton, councilperson. Tracy A. VanSkiver, clerk-treasurer, submitted the minutes.