BY ADAM ATKINSONNorth Country This Week

POTSDAM — The village of Potsdam approved two different contractual agreements with the town to help fund the Potsdam Museum and the Potsdam Fire Department.

The village board of trustees and mayor signed off on the agreements at their meeting Jan. 20th.

The Village of Potsdam board approved a resolution authorizing Village Mayor Alexandra Jacobs Wilke to execute and affix the village seal to the contract between the Village of Potsdam and the Town of Potsdam to fund the museum.

Under the terms of the contract, the town agrees to pay the village $18,000 for assisting the village maintain the Potsdam Museum.

The resolution said the village in return agrees that the museum will be open to the residents of the Town of Potsdam during the calendar year 2026.

A second resolution was passed at the meeting which sets up the 2026 agreement between the municipality to provide funding for the Potsdam Fire Department.

The trustees voted to authorize Wilke to execute and affix the village seal to an agreement with the Town of Potsdam and the Potsdam Fire Department, where the town  agrees to pay the department the sum of $177,500, paid quarterly.

Under the agreement, the department agrees to furnish fire protection for the district which embraces the entire Town of Potsdam, excluding the incorporated Villages of Potsdam and Norwood, for the period of Jan. 1-Dec. 31.