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2003-04-07 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING April 7, 2003 MTG. #17 RES. 187-205 7:00 p.m. TOWN BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT SUPERVISOR DENNIS BROWER COUNCILMAN ROGER BOOR COUNCILMAN THEODORE TURNER COUNCILMAN DANIEL STEC COUNCILMAN TIM BREWER PLEDGED OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN BOOR PRESENTATION OF PLAQUE TO SHARRON SIMMONDS FOR SERVICE ON THE RECREATION COMMISSION Supervisor Brower-Asked Sharron Simmonds to come forward. Every once in a great while I have a great pleasure of honoring somebody who has dedicated a great deal of time effort, energy and thought to the Town of Queensbury for many years. Tonight is one of those special occasions we are here to honor Sharron Simmonds this evening. Sharron has been a member of the Recreation Commission for many years, she was Chairperson of the Recreation Commission for many years. Because she is a lady, I will not disclose the specific number of years but hopefully she will say a few words after words and may give you some insight into that. I do have a plaque here honoring Sharron and I know the Recreation Commission has some honors to bestow upon her as well. But I would like to read this plaque to Sharron. This is to Sharron L. Simmonds Chairperson, Recreation Commission in recognition and appreciation of your dedicated service from May 26, 1987 to March 4,2003. Sharron it is my great honor to present this to you. Mrs. Sharron Simmonds-Thank you very much Dennis. Supervisor Brower-Introduced Doug Irish Chairman of the Recreation Commission and Harry Hansen Director of the Recreation Department they have a recognition for Sharron. Chairman Irish-Sharron we have worked together a few years on the Recreation Commission and I have known you since I served on the Town Board. I would like to present Sharron with this plaque for her time, effort and commitment that she has given to the Town of Queensbury on behalf of recreation. She really brought a lot to the Recreation Department and the Recreation Commission and for those of you who do not know Sharron, she is what you would call a quiet soldier, she joins about every board or every commission that she can get into because she wants to be active in the community. We need people in Queensbury that want to dedicate themselves to that type of endeavor. On behalf of the Rec. Commission we appreciate the hard work that you have done and would like to present you with the plaque. Mrs. Sharron Simmonds-Thank you very much. Director Hansen - I would just like to add my thanks on behalf of the department, Sharron and I have worked together for many years, on behalf of the staff we are all here we would like to make this little presentation to you. We have heard from your husband and you are in need of some athletic gear and so here is a little gift certificate on behalf of the department and we hope that you will use it well and we know you will because you will have a lot more time now instead of going to meetings. Thank you very much for everything. Mrs. Sharron Simmonds-Thank you, everybody. Supervisor Brower-Noted that Mr. Simmonds and their daughter are also present tonight. 1.0 PUBLIC HEARING 1.1 PUBLIC HEARING - Proposed Rate Increase For Shore Colony Water District Notice Shown Supervisor Brower-Introduced Mr. Ralph VanDusen, Queensbury Water Superintendent and asked him to brief the public on this action. Water/wastewater Supt. Ralph VanDusen-First of all the Shore Colony Water District is a Special District located up on Assembly Point, it takes its water from Lake George. We filter the water we chlorinate the water and pump it to approximately forty six customers up there. By Town Law Special Districts have to pay entirely for all services they receive, they cannot be subsidized by the Town General Fund, they can't be subsidized by the larger Queensbury Water District all revenues have to stay within that district and all expenses stay within that district. Since 1957 the supply has gotten by taking water from the lake, adding chlorine and just pumping out to the customers in the district. Unfortunately, the State Health Department has mandated that all surface supplies in the State now have to be filtered. That led to a Capital Project that was completed just prior to the summer of last year with the installation of a cartridge type filter system to meet the minimum requirements of the Health Departmen. We went through last summer trying to improve efficiency of those filter cartridges trying to determine the correct sizes of filter cartridges, replacement time schedules and also meet the newly imposed requirement of the Health Department of a daily inspection of that facility. At the last minute they informed us that it was mandatory that we send someone to the facility seven days a week for the one hundred and eighty days that the system is open. We appealed that decision of the Health Department to the Director of Water Supply Mike Burke, ultimately that appeal was denied, therefore we had no choice but to prepare a budget and a rate structure that would meet the minimum expenses necessary to comply with Health Department regulations. Last year the rate was a hundred and twenty dollars for the six month period and that would go toward the operation and maintenance expense, having nothing to do with the Capital Expenses. To be able to supply the filters, the labor we need to generate revenue equal t a hundred and seventy five dollars per customers times the forty six customers that are there. I can tell you I do not like it, I do not like that increase I can also tell you I have absolutely no choice. We have had communications with some residents that live there of paying them a minimal hourly rate to be able to go in as employees of the Town and do those inspections. We have looked at and investigated hiring college students to do that to minimize expenses and I can tell you that the rate of a hundred and seventy five dollars per season reflects that type of expense using what the Town refers to as a Class B laborer for that position. The Health Department is very insistent that at least once a week and possibly twice, they want a licensed operator to go up to the system and collect samples from the distribution system and monitor what is happening over and above the, I will call it, a local part time laborer. So, the result was that we need to generate a hundred and seventy five dollars per custoers we also took a look at metering of installing water meters to try and insure that those people that were using a lot of water were paying more than those that tried to conserve and use less water. The largest customer up there last year, last year we imposed restrictions on outside use to hand held hoses only the largest customer at that point asked us to turn the water off and indicated that they would like the water left off until such time that either the restrictions were lifted or meters were installed. Water consumption was dropped dramatically as I think we all expected would happen. The lift of the cartridge filters became reasonable from a number of days that the filters would last. We still in our budget this year operations expenses we expect the filters will cost just over two thousand dollars, it is still a fair amount of money but way, way less than it would have been without out the restrictions. We tried to make an estimate there are some seasonal homes there that are just used mostlyweekends maybe a couple weeks in the season. There are some that are used every single day during that six month period. If we were to install meters most of the residents there would have to pay for the meters initially. The reason I say most, there are a couple of services that are relatively new that the people paid the standard tapping fee that we have now in affect for the district and that includes the meter fee. Approximately ninety percent of the services up there have not paid a meter fee therefore they would have to pay a two hundred dollar charge to purchase the meter. I have talked to several people from other utilities that have seasonal supplies that have meters, most of them have some type of a charge in fact virtually all of them have some type of a charge that allows you to recoup the cost of sending a meter man up there to inspect of seal a meter. A very few of them remove a meter and install it in the spring, most have found that it is not cost effective to do that, that the individua home owners would either hire a plumber or do that work themselves, but they send a meter man there to do the inspection and do the seal. If we were to install meters some of the people would be required to modify their plumbing to make it acceptable for the meter. Again most would have to pay the two hundred dollars meter charge and we are looking at approximately fifty dollar per year cost to each customer up there over and above the hundred and seventy five that is necessary to run the system as we see it now. There were, our estimates were that there were certainly a few customers that would probably all of a sudden begin to use less water. Most customers would just continue to use the same amount of water they are using now. Also, if meters were there, there are some customers that would pay less. But, the average person would be paying fifty to seventy five dollars more if we install meters plus whatever piping charges were necessary plus the two hundred dollar meter fee. We came to the conclusin that meters were not effective at this point in time because of the cost involved with that. Therefore we are recommending that the Town Board increase the rates from a hundred and twenty to a hundred and seventy five dollars for the season. Supervisor Brower-Ralph, I would like to just ask you a quick question, have we ever had a bad water sample from Shore Colony Water District that you are aware of? Water/wastewater Supt. VanDusen-I am a hundred percent positive we have never had a bacteriological sample fail from what I would call the treated, chlorinated water. We also sampled the raw water from the lake prior to the addition of chlorine. There are sometimes during the year that you find no chloroform whatsoever in the raw water. Later in the summer we do find some very, very low levels of chloroform but in the treated water we have never had a failure. Councilman Boor-You had mentioned that the labor rate was what you called Class B, now is it in fact using residents up there as part of the work force or are we paying town employees that rate? Water/wastewater Superintendent VanDusen-Two options would occur and we could use a combination of them. It is very common in the summer time we hire college students to work either in our laboratory or out in our distribution system and last year we were able to take advantage of that especially on weekends rather than to go to the expense and quite honestly it became difficult finding people that want to work every single weekend to go up and do that. College kids need the money and they are certainly much more willing. Councilman Boor-But you are comfortable that at the hundred and seventy five dollars that we would not have a labor problem at that rate? Water/wastewater Superintendent VanDusen-That is my belief right now. I talked to two college students that are willing to start May 1 st. I have talked to one or two residents up there that have expressed interest and willingness subject to availability. Supervisor Brower-Thank you Ralph. At this time I would like to open the public hearing to any members of the public that would care to comment on this proposed action? Just simply state your name and address for the record, please. Timothy Moriarty- My name is Timothy Moriarty I am a summer resident of Assembly Point, 12 Honeysuckle Lane I just had a couple of questions of Mr. VanDusen if he could respond to them please. When we had the meeting here last July, there was a request made that an appeal be made to the NY State Dept. of Health the notice that I received as part of this meeting tonight indicates that the appeal was just made and has only been verbally denied. Have you received a written denial to the appeal? Water/wastewater Superintendent VanDusen-Do you want me to answer each as he goes through? Supervisor Brower-Actually, Ralph maybe it would be best if you came up to the microphone since it looks like his questions are specifically to you and you could probably answer them quickly, and then everyone could hear your answer. Water/wastewater Superintendent VanDusen-The appeal process started last, early winter, late November or early December. Had a meeting with Mike Burke the director of the bureau, conversation about it he led me to believe things looked good. It was agreed that I would follow it up with a letter, I did not hear anything back from the letter, I sent him an e-mail, I did not hear anything back from that. I called him on the telephone after a few attempts made contact with him at that point he told me in a conversation that the appeal would be denied. I asked for something in writing from him he told me that he would provide that, I have not received anything in writing at this point. Mr. Moriarty-So, from your standpoint it would seem so the appeal is not yet finalized. Water/wastewater Superintendent VanDusen-The telephone conversation made it very clear the appeal was denied. Mr. Moriarty-Well, I would think that an appeal would only be formalized if it was a written appeal, would only be formalized by a written response. Water/wastewater Superintendent VanDusen-You are welcome to that opinion that is fine, I do not disagree but I can't make the man write a letter to me. Mr. Moriarty-It was my understanding at the July 15th hearing that both you and the Town Attorney were going to draft an appeal. In fact that was in the transcript of that meeting. Was there an written appeal ever made? Water/wastewater Superintendent VanDusen-There was a written appeal that was made, yes. Mr. Moriarty-Could I get a copy of it? Water/wastewater Superintendent VanDusen-Certainly. Mr. Moriarty-It seems to me as though you know and it may ultimately come down to it is denied but it just seems as though if there is a still a chance that it would be overturned that this should have been done quite some time ago, before the rates were set. Water/wastewater Superintendent VanDusen-The appeal was denied in my opinion the rates are in the process of being set tonight. Mr. Moriarty-Ok. I would just question that there was ever a formal appeal and ever a formal denial of that appeal that would be my position. Supervisor Brower-Do you have any other specific questions for Mr. VanDusen? Mr. Moriarty-Yea, the other questions I have is in regard to the restrictions that were imposed at the July 15th meeting regarding the lack of being able to water lawns etc. is that restriction still in place? Water/wastewater Superintendent VanDusen-I am not sure that is relevant to this hearing but at this point the board has not taken any move to lift those restrictions. So, yes they would be in place. Supervisor Brower-That is my understanding. Councilman Brewer-Did we when we set those restrictions did we set a time line for those? Supervisor Brower-No Councilman Brewer-Open ended. Supervisor Brower-I think a lot depended on whether we felt it was fair or advisable to put in meters. At this time it has been recommended that we not consider that. Mr. Moriarty-That is all the questions I have for Mr. VanDusen. Water/wastewater Superintendent VanDusen-If you want to provide me with your name and address I would be happy to mail you a copy of that. Supervisor Brower- You said 12 Honeysuckle Lane, Mr. Moriarty? Mr. Moriarty-Yes. Supervisor Brower-Thank you, Ralph. Would anyone else care to comment on the public hearing that is before us this evening regarding the Shore Colony Water District water rate? Yes, Sir, Mr. Salvador. Mr. John Salvador-John Salvador is my name. I think the installation of water meter is imperative. It is just good common sense good conservation and it just avoids this problem we call the tragedy of the commons. In that way everybody pays what they use. I visited another community and I have some photographs here of how simple this operation can be, this is a battery of water meters installed in that little community. ...Thank you. Councilman Boor-John, I am this is just the type of home there are no meters in this picture are there? Mr. Salvador-Well, they put the meters all in one manifold they are all there. Councilman Boor-Yea. Ok. Mr. Salvador-There must be ten or twelve homes on that system. Supervisor Brower-But it appears like that may have been designed that way prior to construction rather than in this case which is after the fact. Mr. Salvador-I am sure that if you examine the age of the homes in the neighborhood you will see that this is an add on, this came much later. This metering system is recent, compared to the age of the dwelling. Supervisor Brower-Thank you, Mr. Salvador. Would anyone else care to comment on the public hearing before us? Yes. Ma'am Would you please come to the microphone because you have to be on the record, simply state your name and address for the record. You are welcome to make any comment that you wish. Ms. Doris Hopper-My name is Doris Hopper, I live on 17 Honeysuckle Lane The only thing that really bothers me is that it is going to cost me I think a minimum of one hundred dollars a month and I would like very much to use the sprinkler at least one hour a week for a hundred dollars. I have perennial garden and I do not really want to stand there watering it. If I could put the sprinkler on for twenty minutes here and there using common sense. It is a lot of money for water and not be able to put a sprinkler on for a few minutes or an hour a week. I hope we get that that is my plea. Thank you. Supervisor Brower-Would anyone else care to address the board at this time during this public hearing? All right at this time I will close the public hearing and ask Town Board Members if they have further comments or questions at this time? Councilman Boor-I would tend to agree with John Salvador's take on this, because it would obviously take care of the problem of this women here. But, I also recognize that there are physical problems at this point in time and I do not think that precludes us from going to meters at a later date. I think until we get a real grasp on what the actual cost is going to be maybe we should go with what is being recommended with the notion that we can at a later date go with individual metering. Is that correct or no? Water/wastewater Superintendent VanDusen-Sure, Yes. Councilman Boor-That is really all I can offer on that. Supervisor Brower-Any other board member comment or concerns? Councilman Brewer-I just have one question for the lady that was just up here, I how did you, you pay four hundred dollars a month? Councilman Boor-A hundred. Mrs. Hopper-..the taxes for the water and the usage... Councilman Brewer-Taxes are still there whether we restrict the water or not. Mrs. Hopper-But is comes to a hundred a month for a little cottage, one person. Councilman Boor-It is a nice cottage right? Mrs. Hopper-I know... Supervisor Brower-I want to thank everyone for their comment this evening. Asked that Town Board if they have any further comment or desired action? RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RATE INCREASE FOR SHORE COLONY WATER DISTRICT RESOLUTION NO. 187,2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury previously established and later amended water rates for the Shore Colony Water District, and WHEREAS, as a result of increased costs associated with filtration and the seven (7) day a week site inspection mandated by the New York State Department of Health, the Town Board wishes to consider raising the Shore Colony Water District water rates from the flat rate of $120 annually to the flat rate of $175 annually, to be billed during the May 1st, 2003 billing, and WHEREAS, the Town Board duly held a public hearing on April 7th, 2003 concerning the proposed rate increase and heard all interested persons, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the increase of the Shore Colony Water District rates from $120 annually to the flat rate of $175 annually to be billed during the May 1st, 2003 billing, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Water Superintendent and/or Town Comptroller to take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None 2.0 DISCUSSIONS 2.1 Doug Irish Chairman of the Recreation Commission - Re: Purchase of Properties Supervisor Brower-Requested Doug Irish, Harry Hansen and Dr. Etu to come forward, Doug wants to advise the board of an action. Chairman of the Recreation Commission Doug Irish-Introduced Paul Etu the Vice Chairman of the Commission Dennis asked me to come in and talk about the pieces of property that we have entered into a contract with for the Recreation Commission, one of them being a piece of property adjacent to our boat launch at Glen Lake. It is not a very big piece of property but we think it is going to provide us some asset there for additional parking once we tear the building down. There are further plans for that which I let Paul get into here in a minute. The piece of property now has a building on it that the owner attempted to sell a couple of times and was not able to do that so we were able to purchase the property for the purchase price was One Hundred and Forty Thousand. We have included in our request an additional twenty thousand to demo the building and clean that out so we can expand the parking and put possibly an additional building for either storage or rental or something like that. The other piece 0 property is located on Hiland and it is a fifty five acre parcel which we were able to pick up for sixty thousand dollars. What that enables us to do is tie in a couple other piece of property that we already own down there a couple of seventy five acre parcels. It gives us about two hundred and five acres of park land along the, behind the College behind the Schermerhorn property and comes out onto Hiland Avenue. So, Paul is also the Chairman of our Planning Committee, one of the things I have asked him to do this year is to look at the larger park parcels that we have in Town and prepare a master plan for a full build out for each of those parks. So, he has not completed that and I am pretty sure he has not gotten to far into it so, but I will let him address the future use of both of these properties if the Board has any question. Vice Chairman Etu-First off, just to follow up on something that Doug just said the building that we are proposing to, the property that we are proposing to buy on Glen Lake and tear down that building several people have said to me why are you going to tear down a building? There are some structural flaws with it and that was one of the reasons that it was difficult for the seller to unload it and also there are some issues there with access to the property but the building also would not serve our purposes. What we have kind of bantered around was, we have worked with some of the local sportsmen groups and one of the things that was talked about was the idea of a little bit more use of Glen Lake of non motorized use, we are not talking heavy use either. We are talking continuing the car top boat launch there with just additional parking. We have also thrown around the idea of putting up a small building that might house canoes, kayak and probably some skiffs some shells that are used on the lake right nw. Again, some of the local people have been real excited about that, we are not sure it might be a open air building with lockable storage for the units and maybe a small building attached to that, that would be used as an office or whatever. We have not really gotten into the parts of that yet. But something that would clean up the area a little bit but also allow for some access of other people to the lake. The feed back that we have gotten so far has been pretty positive as long as it is non motorized access and that is what we are planning on doing, just car top access. Switching over to the Hiland property. One more thing about the Glen Lake property, as Doug said it is only fifty feet wide except we have the other fifty feet adjoining to it, so it is a hundred foot piece of property. As Chairperson of the Planning Committee for the Recreation Commission one of the things that I have looked at, what can we do to access really valuable pieces of property. I am not talking financially valuable but vluable in terms of access to the water front at Lake George, Glen Lake and other pieces that people have said to us, gee we would like to have access in some way. This piece of property is incredibly valuable partly because of its location but partly because it is a hundred feet of lake front. I think if we develop that in a very minor way but with the approval of the lake front residents or the people in that area of the community I think it is going to be a real asset to Queensbury Recreation. Switching over to Hiland, there has been a lot of things thrown around about that too, but right now the biggest use of it would be as access to the I guess, the Halfway Brook, the extension of Halfway Brook back there. I know there has been some presentations from the Open Space about the use of green space in the Town of Queensbury. Preserving the green space and also using it for more passive recreation. One of the areas that they highlighted was the Halfway Brook Trail area back there that we have been pamering with the Warren County Soil and Conservation District. They have done a lot of work for us basically out there and we are hoping to improve the trails out there make them more usable for fishing. Open Space I think they said they would like it to be navigable canoe use down there, I am not sure that might be feasible but we are going to take a look at that. But the idea is to make it more useful for the residents of the Town of Queensbury for their recreational purposes. Also requiring this fifty five acre lot, there is a little bit of dedicated wetland, when I say a little bit, it is like seven or eight acres I think. But the last majority of that fifty five plus acres we believe is full usable for development. We are not sure what we are going to do with it right now but that is a valuable piece of property with a lot of road frontage it is on the, not only on the water system I think it is right next to the pumping station. So, it is a very valuable piece of property for future development ifwe decide that we need some recreational facilities there. I think, we all know, it is now much more than a thousand dollars an acre for usable road front property that is a steal in the Town of Queensbury. So, we have gone over this a number of times we did not rush into this we have had a number of meetings and when we all put our heads together this is a no brainier, this really looks like a real positive thing. I am looking ten, fifteen, twenty years down the road, this type of offer isn't going to come up to use anytime in the near future especially if we have to look at expanding recreation again in ten years, we are going to need some build able property and that might be it. Chairman Irish-We probably ought to give Harry the bulk of the credit for that purchase price on that piece of property, I think initially it was twice that, that they were asking. Harry does have a couple of maps to show the property...(handed out to the Town Board) Supervisor Brower-Noted that the first two resolutions are authorizing the expenditure of funds on this purchase. Councilman Turner-Dr. Etu mentioned car top boats with no motors how are we going to police the rest of the boats that are on the lake? Vice Chairman Etu-I do not think that is our place to do that directly, if the lake allows motors that is their responsibility and I believe it is the responsibility of the Warren County Sheriffs Dept. to police it. The only area that we will be responsible for is the area that we own that will be used for the release of the dockage. Supervisor Brower-People could bring a car top boat if they have a small three or five horse motor they could put it on and motor on the lake. Vice Chairman Etu- Weare talking about not having the trailers that go in and drop off the big cabin cruisers and cruise up and down the lake. As I mentioned we have talked to a number of people who have the sportsmen of the lake using the canoes and the kayaks and they are really in favor of this. Chairman Irish-One of the things we may consider is over in Lake Luzerne they do have a sign up, they limit the horse power of a motor if you were to bring something in there with a trolling motor or something like that I think it is five horse on Lake Luzerne. Vice Chairman Etu-Just as an aside that we threw around at one of our meetings was to, as part of the building that we are planning on, to have a little small officer there and it might be someplace where we could rent canoes and kayaks very cheaply, where some people don't have their own might be able to rent it for a day or whatever, it is done a lot of places like Lake Placid, Mirror Lake and things like that. That way there would also be somebody there to police the area, in terms of people not putting the big motors on the lake at least through our access points. Right now they can't it is blocked off with large boulders. Noted one of the reasons to take the building down is to open up some more parking for us so you can get more than six or seven cars in there. The money that we are requesting the Town approve for the spending is the recreation fund that is a little over six hundred thousand it has been quite a while since we have spent any money on any major capital expense out of that fund, so thisis pretty good expenditure once, I think it is subject to permissive referendum but once the resolutions are passed we are looking at a two hundred thousand dollar shot here and probably before the end of the year we will be back to the Board to request a some additional money for capital project that we have in the works now or our rec. center, so the money that we have will come in handy here quite quickly. Supervisor Brower-This is considered part of the Towns surplus as well your rec. commission fund. Thank you very much. Town Counsel Bob Hafner-Just so the Board knows we have mailed those contracts out to the Attorneys for both the sellers we got a fax from one saying that we will be getting the signed contract in the mail and we had a telephone conversation with the other one where there are some small things that we agreed to on the phone where she said we would have it by the 10th of April. I have not receiver either signed contract yet. Suggested that both resolutions be amended to add: RESOLVED, that this resolution is contingent upon receipt of the signed contract by April 21, 2003. Agreed to by the Town Board Dredging-Glen Lake Councilman Boor: Read the following More than a year ago, Scott Cartier and a handful of residents from the north end of the Lake approached this board seeking funds to help pay for a very modest dredging project. The proposal amounted to dredging in front of a few homes, properties that at one time had adequate depth to launch boats, and a lake bottom capable of supporting both fish habitat and spawning grounds. Years of sedimentation and accumulation of aquatic debris rendered shoreline at this end of the lake problematic greatly reducing recreational use and fish habitat. We the board asked the group if they had applied for grant monies and I believe they had not received any response from the 17 or so applications made. Subsequent to this meeting I had several phone conversations with Scott and told him I believed he was not getting responses because he had no specific plan in place and more importantly the scale of what was being proposed seemed more to benefit a few homeowners and really did not satisfy the requirements of a project that could be presented as having a true public benefit. The scale was certainly not appropriate to justify the use of public monies and in fact law prevents this board from funding private projects that benefit individuals. Scott went back to the drawing board and with the help of Mike O'keefe and other residents brought Dave Wick from Warren County Soils and Water on board. Working in concert they broadened the scope of the project. The more ambitious plan now being worked on encompassed both sides of the lake and the entire north end extending out 130 feet. Using the many County resources and expertise of trained personnel, bathometnc mapping and accompanying data was generated to give specific parameters and definitive project scoping. At this point it might seem that the project could finally go forward except that the group not being incorporated needed a lead agent to oversee the project. The obvious choice by the group was to have the Town of Queensbury act as lead agent. Although this request seems logical and appropriate, quite the opposite proved to be the case. Several members of this board myself included had long wondered about the liability aspects of this endeavor. Our first question was to our attorney, can we dothis, more importantly should we do this; act as lead agent. Our attorney looked into the matter and his determination was that we could but he recommended against it. Owner ship of the bottom of the lake was suspect at best and in his estimation privately owned. We the Town do not do work on private property for all the obvious reasons. At the very least, we require that town work be done in easements. If needs be we negotiate for easement rights. That having been said we also asked the Town Comptroller to check with our insurance agent and see if we were covered for such projects. The response we received was a pretty emphatic no. Compounding the insurance issue was the coverage relating to potential latent environmental lawsuits. Our agent ball parked the environmental portion of coverage to be approximately $25,000.00 annually. The real kicker to this is that the policy would have to be renewed in perpetuity as most claims relating to environmental issues are made and in fact realized years after the fact. GE is a perfect example. So just to carry the policy 10 yeas could cost in the neighborhood of $250,000.00. This would be neither wise nor appropriate and obviously did not include hard costs and labor. The other issue that was troubling about the Town being lead agent was very simple, we have no expertise in such endeavors. We don't build nuclear power plants, hydroelectric dams or interstate highways and for very good reasons. Although the insurance issue became somewhat contentious and viewed with disbelief even by some members of this board, the findings were confirmed when we received the report of an independent consulting firm. A request made by this board of the Comptroller. With this consultants letter in hand we again met with the group at a workshop meeting, Dave Wick, and Mike O'keefe left understanding our predicament. Dave said he would look into the possibility of having the County act as lead agent. It is also important to point out that we assured those at the meeting that the board would help fund the project with rough estimates and assurance that the Town would match funding to at least $40,000.00 with the potential for further negotiation and monies. The group pushing this project said they had $20,000.00 pledged at that point in time and with our matching portion a total of $40,000.00 was a good starting point. Our most recent meeting with the group was at or work shop last Monday and I am pleased to say that it appears everything is falling into place. It is probably most important to point out at this time that a couple who have played the most significant role in forwarding this project have pretty much been left in the back ground and I would like t acknowledge their generosity and selflessness as it relates to this project. Mr. Robert Barber and his wife have not only allowed the dewatering of this project to take place on their property, a necessity in any dredging project, but they have also stepped up to the plate and through their business offered to take on both the project dredging and also the insurance necessary. My hat is off to them and I have serious doubts that the project could have gone forward with out them. Taking their participation into account Dave Wick did a cost analysis using three pay scales. The total project cost using the highest pay scale came out to be a total of a little over $63,000.00. This price is a bargain by any standard. The Town Board hearing this immediately and unanimously agreed to pay $43,000.00 of the cost. $20,000.00 of which will be paid up front with the matching $20,000.00 from the homeowners and additional monies from the remaining $23,600.00 to be paid when vouchers are received from Dave Wick of Warren Cunty Soils and Water. Although the project has yet to start in eamest I think a lot of people who worked very hard are about to see the fruits of their labor. This project along with the Towns purchase of the Hay property, which will provide public access and car top boat launching, is indeed a great measure of Queensbury's dedication to the environment and recreation. The eventual sewering of the Great Escape and the extension of the Route 9 Sewer district will be icing on the cake and should help Glen Lake remain one of the great assets in our Town This board in less than two years will have in a big way I put in place protection of water quality entering Glen Lake, provided safe public access to the lake and also cleaned and enhanced both recreational use and fish habitat at the portion of the lake where the outflow occurs. My hats off to the residents who have persisted and done a tremendous amount of work to see this project through. It is again a great example of citizen actions and governmental cooperation It is with great hope that next year at this time we can all look back and know we have done a good thing and set a great example for others that have both the vision and stamina to stick with an idea and see it through to fruition. I look forward to signing the agreement on April 21st that will put in place necessary monies to support this project. 3.0 CORRESPONDENCE NONE 4.0 INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS FROM THE FLOOR NONE Discussion: Executive Director Chris Round-I have Bob Murray from Shelter Planning to speak to the Board regarding the proposed resolutions on the floor tonight. The resolutions are pertaining to some housing rehabilitation projects that the Town has been undertaken over the last several years and charting the course for where we would like to go in the future. 6.3 is a resolution authorizing submission of application for community development block grants funds through New York State. Bob has a draft application on his desk and he is ready to get back to work and complete that application. The application we have presented to this board and I am glad to see a well attended meeting tonight the application is for some housing rehab in the Newcomb Street Area and it is a rather creative application and resolution 6.14 relates to that application. What we are looking to do is provide for some rehab of existing residential facilities. We are looking to rehab some owner occupied facilities, we are looking to rehab some enter occupied faculties and we are also looking to move a home that the Queensbury Economic Development Corp. has purchased on behalf of the Town we would like to move that structure and rehab it in partnership with Habitat for humanity in the Town of Queensbury. I think that is a really unique application. It is on a competitive base, I think there are one hundred and ninety applications that are anticipated and how many are awarded? Mr. Bob Murray-I am with Shelter Planning and we have been working with the Town on this years Small Cities Grant Application. I appreciate the opportunity to comment and answer any questions. This is the last stages of the application and as Chris said on action is to authorize submission of the application. The application itself is a request for four hundred thousand dollars for primarily fund to carry out housing rehabilitation activities in the area that Chris noted. One unique aspect of it has to do with the moving of this house and the rehabilitation of that house and making it available in the neighborhood to a new homeowner. That is the unique and innovated portion of it. It is the majority of it by any stretch of the imagination in terms of the amount of money involved. But, it is certainly one piece of it we think is a good idea and will give you a competitive edge in the application process. Supervisor Brower-Asked for questions ...none...Thank both Bob and Chris 5.0 OPEN FORUM Mr. Pliney Tucker-41 Division Road Res. 6.1 what piece of property does this cover? Councilman Stec-Glen Lake. Mr. Tucker-We can get a clear and legal title? Town Counsel Hafner-That is required in the contract, the contract says if they cannot give us marketable title then we get our down payment back and people walk away. Mr. Tucker-Res. 6.2 Is the Hiland Property landlocked? Councilman Turner-It has over a hundred feet of road frontage. Mr. Tucker-Five or seven acres are wetlands is that located along the brook? Councilman Boor-A lot of it. Mr. Tucker-Res. 6.15 Why can't our Town Attorney handle this? Supervisor Brower-It was not recommended by people from New York State that I spoke to. Mr. Tucker-How much will this cost? Supervisor Brower-One hundred sixty dollars per hour. Town Counsel Hafner-Which we will note for the record is more than we charge per hour. Mr. Tucker-The property above the water plant? Town Counsel Hafner-We did since the last meeting we did receive the FERC application and we have worked through this and found it includes two properties in Town of Queensbury one of which is 6.7 acres which is at the western end of the water treatment plant. Noted that the Town will be reviewing the map of the area. Mr. Tucker- That means it has cleared all the Federal... Town Counsel Hafner-It has not yet been acted upon. Supervisor Brower-Asked for further comments... Mrs. Corrine Paige-26 Berry Patch Drive We went to a Planning Board Meeting March 18th, there is a piece of property that has been sold to Richard Schermerhorn and he will be developing that piece of property. At the Planning Board Meeting we presented our concerns because I live on a cul-de-sac and with the development of this piece of property they are going to be attaching the subdivision through our cul-de-sac. So, I have talked to a few people I do not feel that our concerns were viewed or considered at the Planning Meeting because we do not want the roadway through the cul-de-sac, when I bought the piece of property to build a house on it we were told that, that piece of property will be developed at some point in time, however at that time there would be no right of way to Bay Road and so they would have to go through the cul-de-sac. With Mr. Schermerhorn he does have a right of way to Bay Road, so our question is why do they have to come through our cul-de-sac and attach the two subdivisions? Anoter concern that we brought forward was about drainage, when our subdivision, the houses were built, every house on the street has had problems with flooding in the basement and it continues. We have major concerns over the drainage of the new subdivision that is going to be put in and who if we continue to have drainage issues or worse issues with water after this development gets put in who do we go to? I would have assumed when our subdivision was put in that the drainage would have been looked at and approved so that we would not have had water problems. Our response back from the Planning Board when we voiced our concerns about not wanting to go through the cul-de-sac they felt it was a safety issue. That was the only concern that they voiced the new subdivision needed two entrances one from Bay and one through the cul-de-sac. We have lived there for two years and we have only had one entrance to our cul-de-sac. If this property had not been sold we would have still been in the same situation. We soke to Steve Smith the Fire Marshal, he said there was not anything specific in the regulations and that he also did not feel it was a safety issue. Noted the Subdivision regulations say if there are thirty five houses in a subdivision there needs to be two entrances and this particular subdivision there is only going to be twenty two houses. We brought forth that possibly a two way entrance into this new subdivision from Bay Road to eliminate them coming through the cul- de- sac or potentially if we had to have a road through the cul-de-sac which again we do not want could that be a one way road? We have been fighting to set the school bus into the development, there are currently two entrances into the development now from Bay Road, Stone gate and Bayberry Meadows, we have been to the transportation board twice and they will not come down into the development because it is not over a half a mile. If we connected the two subdivisions that the school bus would come down in, but I do not feel that is going to happen based on the information that get received from the transportation board at the Queensbury School. Is there an appeal process if this goes though? Mrs. Cindy Hurley-25 Berry Patch We feel that by opening the cul-de- sac you are changing the living environment that we have become accustomed to and not for the better. There are ten children that live around the cul-de-sac that have grown up being used to being on a cul-de-sac they feel no fear of going out onto the road which you are going to have people coming through there. Their concern for safety is actually going to work in the reverse. These children are used to playing in the road or next to the road or not looking as cautiously as they probably should and you are going to have a lot of traffic in there. We built the houses on a cul-de-sac knowing that they could extend but it would be a dead end road not an access to a main highway. I think we paid more for our property because it was on a cul-de-sac. Taking the cul-de-sac out will reduce our property value if we try to resell. Noted she had talked to one person on the school board, they are doing a study now and one thing they might do isreduce the mileage to make a bus come in, as far as having it be less than a half a mile which we are a hundred feet shore, if they open up the cul-de-sac it will actually make us closer to Bay Road so we will lose the mileage that could possibly have them come in. We asked to have the road put in after the development was done and that was by passed also. Executive Director Round-The project is in front of the Planning Board it is their project to review and I think it is not appropriate for the Town Board to get involved in the situation. There is an appeal process when the Planning Board acts and approves a project that a landowner or anybody that is affected there is a process but it basically you have to go through the Court System. It is not a process that is handled at a Town Board Level it is called an Article 78. Supervisor Brower-Is there anyone else to speak to the Town Board this evening during open forum? Mr. Doug Irish-8 Buena Vista Avenue Noted before the Senate and the Assembly there is a bill to provide municipalities to give their residents a choice of cable providers...noted the fee increase with the current provider Adelphia..noted he did not feel Adelphia will be able to provide the Town with what it needs in the future. .ask the Town to investigate the bills before the Senate and Assembly.. . noted the need of a committee to investigate the needs of the town...need to be proactive... Supervisor Brower-Noted that Adelphia has a non exclusive franchise with the Town of Queensbury. Councilman Boor-Noted that he was going to purchase his own modem and not rent from Adelphia... Supervisor Brower-Asked for further comments? Mr. Dave Strainer-Ridge Road Commended the Town Board for doing the Glen Lake dredging project. Commended the Recreation Dept. the two purchases just made were fantastic it will open up more recreation to a lot more people and keep open space. Also noted his cable went up three dollars and I am getting nothing... Supervisor Brower-Would anyone else care to speak? Mr. John Salvador-Resident of the Town of Lake George but I have a business interest in North Queensbury. Noted he recognized deficiencies in the new Zoning Ordinance pertaining to the zoning map and district boundaries, brought this to the attention of Lew Stone. Spoke on the disclaimer notice on the zoning map... noted his land is not shown as being coded on the zoning map... Re: Shore Colony Water District you have municipal water in the front door and putting sewage out the back door that is a formula for disaster. The soils are becoming saturated and cannot accept any more water. The solution to the problem is water meters. Supervisor Brower-Asked for further input hearing none the Open Forum is closed. 6.0 RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION APPROVING PROPERTY PURCHASE, AUTHORIZING REAL ESTATE CONTRACT BETWEEN TOWN RECREATION COMMISSION AND RED GEWELL AND KAREN HAY AND AUTHORIZING USE OF FUNDS FROM CAPITAL RESERVE FUND - RECREATION ASSESSMENT RESERVE FUND NO. 61 RESOLUTION NO.: 188,2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, the Queensbury Recreation Commission desires that the Town of Queensbury purchase certain property to be used to support and foster recreational opportunities in the Town for the public, and WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board previously established a Capital Reserve Fund known as the Recreation Assessment Reserve Fund No. 61 (Fund No. 61) for future recreational developments, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to withdraw and expend funds from Fund No. 61 to pay for the Town Recreation Commission's purchase of a .15 acre parcel of land from Redgewell and Karen Hay located at 290 Glen Lake Road adjacent to the Town's small boat access site on Glen Lake (tax map no.: 289.09-1-89) for a total cost not to exceed $140,000, and WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State General Municipal Law ~6(c), the Town Board is authorized to withdraw and expend funds from Fund #61 subject to permissive referendum, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby determines that the purchase of property referenced in this Resolution by the Town Recreation Commission from Redgewell and Karen Hay is a capital improvement meeting the requirements for which the Town's Recreation Assessment Reserve Fund No. 61 was established and therefore the Town Board hereby approves of the Recreation Commission's purchase of property for an amount not to exceed $140,000 plus costs of closing not to exceed $3,000, such action being subject to permissive referendum in accordance with the provisions of Town Law Article 7, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby approves and authorizes the Real Estate Contract between Redgewell and Karen Hay and the Recreation Commission presented at this meeting and the purchase offee title insurance from Chicago Title Insurance Company, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that upon expiration of the permissive referendum period, the Town Board authorizes the use of funds from Capital Reserve Fund No. 61 and directs the transfer of $143,000 from Fund No. 61 Account No.: 061-9901-9001 to the General Fund Account No.: 001-0001-5031 to pay for the purchase of the property and all related closing costs, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to publish and post Notice that this Resolution is subject to permissive referendum in accordance with the provisions of Town Law Article 7 and take any other actions required by law, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute any and all documents necessary to complete the purchase of the property including, without limitation, the Real Estate Contract substantially in the form presented at this meeting, any Real Property Transfer Reports and Capital Gains Affidavits, upon expiration of the permissive referendum period, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town Comptroller, Director of Parks and Recreation and/or Town Counsel to take any actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that this resolution is contingent upon receipt of the signed contract by April 21, 2003. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION APPROVING PROPERTY PURCHASE, AUTHORIZING REAL ESTATE CONTRACT BETWEEN TOWN RECREATION COMMISSION AND KLAK QUEENSBURY LLC AND AUTHORIZING USE OF FUNDS FROM CAPITAL RESERVE FUND - RECREATION ASSESSMENT RESERVE FUND NO. 61 RESOLUTION NO.: 189,2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHEREAS, the Queensbury Recreation Commission desires that the Town of Queensbury purchase certain property to be used to support and foster recreational opportunities in the Town for the public, and WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board previously established a Capital Reserve Fund known as the Recreation Assessment Reserve Fund No. 61 (Fund No. 61) for future recreational developments, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to withdraw and expend funds from Fund No. 61 to pay for the Town Recreation Commission's purchase of a vacant 54.68 acre parcel of land from Klak Queensbury LLC located at 306 Meadowbrook Road (tax map no.: 297.05-1-1.1) for a total cost not to exceed $60,000, and WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State General Municipal Law ~6(c), the Town Board is authorized to withdraw and expend funds from Fund #61 subject to permissive referendum, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby determines that the purchase of property referenced in this Resolution by the Town Recreation Commission from Klak Queensbury LLC is a capital improvement meeting the requirements for which the Town's Recreation Assessment Reserve Fund No. 61 was established and therefore the Town Board hereby approves of the Recreation Commission's purchase of property for an amount not to exceed $60,000 plus costs of closing not to exceed $3,000, such action being subject to permissive referendum in accordance with the provisions of Town Law Article 7, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby approves and authorizes the Real Estate Contract between Klak Queensbury LLC and the Recreation Commission presented at this meeting and the purchase offee title insurance from Chicago Title Insurance Company, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that upon expiration of the permissive referendum period, the Town Board authorizes the use of funds from Capital Reserve Fund No. 61 and directs the transfer of $63,000 from Fund No. 61 Account No.: 061-9901-9001 to General Fund Account No: 001-0001-5031 to pay for the purchase of the property and all related closing costs, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to publish and post Notice that this Resolution is subject to permissive referendum in accordance with the provisions of Town Law Article 7 and take any other actions required by law, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute any and all documents necessary to complete the purchase of the property including, without limitation, the Real Estate Contract substantially in the form presented at this meeting, any Real Property Transfer Reports and Capital Gains Affidavits, upon expiration of the permissive referendum period, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town Comptroller, Director of Parks and Recreation and/or Town Counsel to take any actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution is contingent upon receipt of the signed contract by April 21, 2003. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS THROUGH NEW YORK STATE ADMINISTERED SMALL CITIES PROGRAM RESOLUTION NO.: 190,2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 108,2003, the Queensbury Town Board scheduled two (2) public hearings concerning the Town's proposed application for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds through the New York State Administered Small Cities Program, and WHEREAS, the Town Board duly conducted its public hearings on February 24th and March 24th, 2003, heard all interested persons, reviewed its housing and community development needs and developed a proposed program and application for the CDBG funds, and WHEREAS, the Town's Senior Planner has advised the Town Board that the Governor's Office for Small Cities is now accepting applications from eligible communities to compete for the CDBG funds, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize submission of its application for the CDBG funds, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs submission of the Town of Queensbury's application for Community Development Block Grant (CDGB) funds through the New York State Administered Small Cities Program to the Governor's Office for Small Cities, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to sign any necessary documents in connection with the submission, including all applications, certifications and forms and further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and Community Development Department to take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec NOES None ABSENT None RESOLUTION APPOINTING MARlL YN RYBA AS FAIR HOUSING OFFICER AND SETTING FORTH FAIR HOUSING PLAN AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH NEW YORK STATE SMALL CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM RESOLUTION NO. 191,2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHEREAS, Federal and New York State Laws prohibit discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of housing on the basis of race, creed, gender, national origin, familial status, marital status or handicap, and WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury participates in the New York State Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program, and WHEREAS, the Community Development Block Grant Program requires that each participating community take specific affirmative actions to further fair housing, including the appointment of a Fair Housing Officer, and WHEREAS, the Town's Department of Community Development wishes to designate Marilyn Ryba, Senior Planner, as the Officer responsible for implementing this plan, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the designation of Marilyn Ryba, Senior Planner, as the Town's Fair Housing Officer and person responsible for implementing the Fair Housing Plan in connection with the New York State Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs that the Fair Housing Officer be charged with the following responsibilities, which also constitute the Fair Housing Plan for the Town of Queensbury: A. Become knowledgeable in the fair housing provisions of Federal, State and Local Laws; B. Conduct an analysis of barriers to equal housing opportunity (as per 24 CFR part 570.904(c)). C. Develop a strategy to overcome any barriers. D. Review local policy for impact on housing choice. E. Compile Fair Housing information and make it available to interested persons. F. Disseminate information and answer questions relating to fair housing laws. G. Assist aggrieved persons. H. Refer Discrimination complaints to appropriate Federal or State agencies. I. Maintain a record of actions taken pursuant to this Plan. 1. This Plan and related documents shall be posted in the Town Hall. K. The Community Development Office shall advertise annually in the official newspaper the name and address of the Fair Housing Officer. L. The Plan shall take effect immediately upon approval of this Resolution. and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Executive Director of Community Development and/or Senior Planner to complete any documentation and take such other and further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION SETTING JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WITH TOWN PLANNING BOARD AND OPEN SPACE PLAN COMMITTEE REGARDING OPEN SPACE VISION FOR THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY RESOLUTION NO. 192, 2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, by Town Board Resolution No.: 180,2003, the Queensbury Town Board accepted the draft " Open Space Vision for the Town of Queensbury" from the Open Space Plan Committee and authorized and directed the Community Development Director to forward copies of the draft Plan to the Queensbury Planning Board, Adirondack Park Agency, Warren County Planning Board and Glens Falls Planning Board for their review and/or recommendations, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to set a joint public hearing concerning the Plan with the Town's Planning Board and Open Space Committee, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall meet and hold a joint public hearing with the Town Planning Board and Open Space Committee at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6th, 2003 to hear all interested persons and take any necessary action provided by law concerning the proposed Open Space Vision for the Town of Queensbury, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to forward copies of this Resolution to the Town's Planning Department for distribution to the Town's Planning Board and Open Space Plan Committee and publish and post a Notice of Public Hearing concerning the Plan in the manner provided by law. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None (Councilman Brewer-left the meeting) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO c.T. MALE ASSOCIATES, P.c. FOR ADDITIONAL SOIL BORINGS PERFORMED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ROUTE 9 SEWER DISTRICT RESOLUTION NO.: 193,2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 444,2002, the Queensbury Town Board authorized engagement of C.T. Male Associates, P. C. (C.T. Male) for design, contract administration and construction observation services in connection with the creation of the Route 9 Sewer District, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 149,2003, the Queensbury Town Board authorized payment to C. T. Male for additional design services C. T. Male performed as a result of a change in the Route 9 sewer alignment as set forth in c.T. Male's February 26th, 2003 letter to the Town's Deputy Wastewater Director, and WHEREAS, in its February 26th letter, C.T. Male advised that as a result of the change in the Route 9 sewer alignment, additional soil borings were necessary, resulting in an additional cost of $4,200 over C.T. Male's original estimate for soil borings, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize the additional $4,200 expense incurred by C.T. Male as delineated in C.T. Male's February 26th, 2003 letter presented at this meeting, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs payment to C.T. Male Associates, P.C. for the additional soil borings needed in connection with the Route 9 Sewer District for an amount not to exceed $4,200 as delineated in c.T. Male's letter dated February 26th, 2003 and presented at this meeting, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs that payment for c.T. Male's additional services be from Account No.: 136-8150-4403, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Wastewater Director, Wastewater Deputy Director, Town Comptroller and/or Town Supervisor to execute any documentation and take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor NOES None ABSENT: Mr. Brewer RESOLUTION AWARDING BIDS FOR PURCHASE OF WATER CONNECTION MATERIALS FOR USE BY TOWN WATER DEPARTMENT RESOLUTION NO. 194, 2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHEREAS, the Town's Acting Purchasing Agent duly advertised for bids for the purchase of water connection materials for use by the Town's Water Department, and WHEREAS, the Acting Purchasing Agent and Water Superintendent have reviewed all received bids and have made their bid award recommendations to the Town Board, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby awards the bids for the purchase of water connection materials for use by the Town's Water Department to the lowest responsible bidders in each category and from the respective accounts as follows: ITEM AND SPECIFICATION NO. SUCCESSFUL BIDDER BID AMOUNT ACCOUNT TO FUND PURCHASE 1. Curb Boxes (#03 -0 1 ) E.J. Prescott $ 3,670.42 40-8340-4320 2. Brass (#03-02) E.J. Prescott $ 7,261.33 40-8340-4320 3. CastJDuctile Iron Pipe Fittings (#03-03) 8340-2899 Vellano Brothers $ 791.00 40- 4. Copper (#03 -04 ) E.J. Prescott $ 4,885.20 40-8340-4320 and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Acting Purchasing Agent, Water Superintendent and/or Town Comptroller to take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Stec, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner NOES None ABSENT: Mr. Brewer RESOLUTION RATIFYING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PURCHASE ORDERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TOWN PURCHASING POLICY RESOLUTION NO.: 195,2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 494,2002, the Queensbury Town Board revised its Purchasing Policy to provide that Department Managers' retention of professional services not exceeding the amount of $5,000 shall be reviewed by the Town Comptroller and the Town Comptroller shall then audit, allow, or reject claims for payments for such services, prepare a list of such vouchers and contracts relating to such services, and forward the list to the Town Board for review and ratification, and WHEREAS, the Town Comptroller's Office has prepared the list of professional services purchase orders and has forwarded it to the Town Board for review, and WHEREAS, the Town Board has reviewed the list and has found it acceptable, and therefore the Town Board wishes to approve and ratify such list, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in accordance with the Town of Queensbury Purchasing Policy, the Town Board hereby approves and ratifies the list of professional services purchase orders prepared by the Town Comptroller's Office presented at this meeting and as follows: Date Department Vendor Name Description Amount 1/2/03 Sewer NYS Industries for the Disabled Inc. Bacteria Culture $2,500 1/3/03 Water JH Consulting Group Water Testing $5,000 1/2/03 Highway VanDusen & Steves Surveying $3,0001/2/03 Highway Richard Sears Tree Expert Tree Removal $3,000 1/9/03 Court Lisa Tennyson Stenography Services $3,000 1/17/03 Bldg & Gr New York Fire & Signal Maint/Inspections Fire Extinguishers $ 950 1/17/03 Bldg & Gr New York Fire & Signal Alarm System Monitoring $1,200 1/29/03 Recreation Jane Welch Yoga Classes $1,440 3/17/03 Recreation Miller Associates Architectural Services $ 485 3/18/03 Recreation GF Ballet & Dance Center Jazz Dance Lessons $ 250 and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes the Town Comptroller to process such claims for payment and authorizes and directs the Town Comptroller and/or Town Supervisor to take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec NOES None ABSENT: Mr. Brewer RESOLUTION APPOINTING JENNIFER S. SWITZER AS ACCOUNT ANT ON PERMANENT BASIS RESOLUTION NO. 196,2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 269,2002 the Queensbury Town Board appointed Jennifer S. Switzer as Accountant on a provisional basis subject to Ms. Switzer's successful completion of the Civil Service exam for the position, and WHEREAS, the Warren County Department of Personnel and Civil Service has advised that Ms. Switzer successfully passed the Warren County Civil Service exam, and WHEREAS, the Town Comptroller has therefore recommended that the Town Board appoint Ms. Switzer on a permanent basis, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby appoints Jennifer S. Switzer to the position of Accountant on a permanent basis effective April 1, 2003, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or Town Comptroller's Office to complete any forms necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec NOES None ABSENT: Mr. Brewer RESOLUTION TO AMEND 2003 BUDGET RESOLUTION NO.: 197,2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHEREAS, the attached Budget Amendment Requests have been duly initiated and justified and are deemed compliant with Town operating procedures and accounting practices by the Town Comptroller, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Comptroller's Office to take all action necessary to transfer funds and amend the 2003 Town Budget as follows: CEMETERY: FROM: TO: $ AMOUNT: 02-8810-4030-0011 (Postage) 02-1680-2031 (Computer Hardware) 1,000. WATER: FROM: TO: $ AMOUNT: 040-9950-9030 040-8310-4710 211,710. (Trans to Cap. Proj.) (Eng. Serv.) Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: Mr. Brewer (Councilman Brewer re-entered the meeting) RESOLUTION SETTING HEARING ON PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF GLENS FALLS AND LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF THE INTERSECTION OF LUZERNE AND VETERANS ROADS KNOWN AS VETERANS FIELD RESOLUTION NO. 198, 2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Dennis Brower WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 168,2002, the Queensbury Town Board authorized a Wastewater Treatment Agreement (Agreement) between the Town of Queensbury (Town) and City of Glens Falls (City) regarding sewage treatment capacity and related matters, and WHEREAS, such Agreement provided that the Town would permit the City to annex real property owned by the City and located within the Town in the vicinity of the intersection of Luzerne Road and Veterans Road, which real property is known as Veterans Field and is shown on a subdivision map approved by the Town's Planning Board, which map was filed in the Warren County Clerk's Office on July 27,2001 at Plat Cabinet B, Map No. 174 and the portion of Sherman Avenue running from the current boundary line between the City and the Town to the northeast corner of the real property shown on such subdivision map (Property), and WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State General Municipal Law ~706(2), the Town may approve and permit such annexation, and WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State General Municipal Law ~706(2), the Town Board wishes to set a hearing to hear from the applicable special districts, which in this case are the Queensbury Union Free School District, City of Glens Falls School District and the Crandall Library District, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall meet and hold a hearing concerning the annexation of property known as Veterans Field referenced in the preambles of this Resolution, at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at 7:00 p.rn. on May 19th, 2003 to hear from the applicable special districts, the Queensbury Union Free School District, City of Glens Falls School District and the Crandall Library District, and take any necessary action provided by law, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to send a Notice of Hearing to the Queensbury Union Free School District, Glens Falls School District and Crandall Library District at least 30 days prior to the hearing in the manner provided by law. Duly adopted this 7th day of March, 2003, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor NOES Mr. Brewer ABSENT: None RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF GLENS FALLS AND LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF THE INTERSECTION OF LUZERNE AND VETERANS ROADS KNOWN AS VETERANS FIELD RESOLUTION NO. 199,2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 168,2002, the Queensbury Town Board authorized a Wastewater Treatment Agreement (Agreement) between the Town of Queensbury (Town) and City of Glens Falls (City) regarding sewage treatment capacity and related matters, and WHEREAS, such Agreement provided that the Town would permit the City to annex real property owned by the City and located within the Town located in the vicinity of the intersection of Luzerne Road and Veterans Road, which real property is known as Veterans Field and is shown on a subdivision map approved by the Town's Planning Board, which map was filed in the Warren County Clerk's Office on July 27,2001 at Plat Cabinet B, Map No. 174 and the portion of Sherman Avenue running from the current boundary line between the City and the Town to the northeast corner of the real property shown on such subdivision map (Property), and WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State General Municipal Law ~706(2), the Town may approve and permit such annexation, and WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State General Municipal Law ~706(2), the Town Board wishes to set a hearing to hear from the applicable special districts, which in this case are the Queensbury Union Free School District, City of Glens Falls School District and the Crandall Library District, and WHEREAS, although not required by law, the Town Board wishes to also open the hearing up to the public, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall meet and hold a public hearing concerning the annexation of property known as Veterans Field referenced in the preambles of this Resolution, at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at 7:00 p.rn. on May 19th, 2003 to hear from all interested persons and take any necessary action provided by law, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to publish a Notice of Public Hearing in the Town's official newspaper and send a Notice of Public Hearing to the Queensbury Union Free School District, Glens Falls School District and Crandall Library District at least 30 days prior to the public hearing in the manner provided by law. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Stec, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner NOES Mr. Brewer ABSENT: None RESOLUTION SCHEDULING PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING MONAHAN COMPANIES' REQUEST TO SHIFT OPERATIONS TO WASHINGTON COUNTY EMPIRE ZONE RESOLUTION NO.: 200,2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHEREAS, Monahan Companies, which include lE. Monehan Fabrications, LLC, Monahan Metals, Inc., and SMS Enterprises, LLC (Companies) currently operate at 559 Queensbury Avenue, Suites 1&2, Queensbury, New York, and WHEREAS, the lease agreement for the operating facility occupied by the Companies expires on November 1, 2003 and the Companies have decided to construct a new facility within the Airport Industrial Park located in Kingsbury, New York, and WHEREAS, the Companies expect to apply for Qualified Empire Zone Enterprise (QEZE) status through the Washington County Empire Zone in connection with such relocation, and WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State General Municipal Law ~959 (a)(iii), the Companies must secure the approval of the Town of Queensbury in order to obtain QEZE certification, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to schedule the required public hearing concerning the Companies' proposed relocation and QEZE certification, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall meet and hold a public hearing at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at 7:00 p.rn. on April 21st, 2003 to hear all interested persons concerning the proposal by Monahan Companies to shift its operations to the Airport Industrial Park located in Kingsbury, New York and its proposal to apply for Qualified Empire Zone Enterprise status through the Washington County Empire Zone, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to publish and post a Notice of Public Hearing at least ten (10) days before the Hearing as required by law. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec NOES None ABSENT None Discussion held before vote: Councilman Boor-Questioned if the entire company was moving into Washington County? Supervisor Brower-Yes. They are renting currently. Councilman Boor-Why does this come before this Board? Supervisor Brower-They need approval from our Board to move to Washington County in order to secure Empire Zone Benefits in Washington County. Executive Director Round-It is the requirement of the Empire Zone Legislation that it requires notification for movement of manufacturing operations from one community to another. RESOLUTION AWARDING BID FOR 2003 COMBINATION DUMP BODY WITH SNOWPLOW AND HYDRAULICS FOR TOWN HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RESOLUTION NO. 201,2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHEREAS, the Town's Acting Purchasing Agent duly advertised for bids for the purchase of a 2003 Combination Dump Body with Snowplow and Hydraulics as specified in bid specifications previously prepared by the Highway Superintendent and/or Purchasing Agent and WHEREAS, Arrowhead Equipment, Inc., submitted the only and therefore lowest responsible bid for the Combination Dump Body with Snowplow and Hydraulics in the amount of $56,911 and the Highway Superintendent and Acting Purchasing Agent have recommended that the Town Board award the bid to Arrowhead Equipment, Inc., NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby awards the bid for a 2003 Combination Dump Body with Snowplow and Hydraulics to Arrowhead Equipment, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $56,911 to be paid for from Highway Heavy Equipment Account No.: 04-5130-2040, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Highway Superintendent and/or Acting Purchasing Agent to take any and all actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION TO USE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM INCOME RESOLUTION NO.: 202,2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 108,2003, the Queensbury Town Board scheduled two (2) public hearings concerning the Town's proposed application for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds through the New York State Administered Small Cities Program, and WHEREAS, the Town Board duly conducted its public hearings on February 24th and March 24th, 2003, heard all interested persons, reviewed its housing and community development needs and developed a proposed program and application for the CDBG funds, and WHEREAS, a unique aspect of the grant application requires moving a vacant house to be donated by the Queensbury Economic Development Corporation (QEDC) for rehabilitation and use by persons meeting all Small Cities Program requirements; and WHEREAS, Habitat for Humanity has agreed to work with the Town of Queensbury to rehabilitate this property should the grant be awarded, as evidenced by the attached letter dated March 19, 2003 from the Glens Falls Area Habitat for Humanity organization; and WHEREAS, the Small Cities grant funds, if awarded, would pay for foundations and utilities; and WHEREAS, there is available property within the Small Cities Target Area for sale and willingness by the owner to sell at fair market value, as evidenced by the attached letter dated April 1, 2003; and WHEREAS, the Town is desirous of working with Habitat for Humanity to increase housing opportunities for lower income persons; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves of the use of up to $10,000 in Community Development Program Income from the H.UD. Block Grant Fund #12 to grant to Habitat for Humanity in order to purchase an available property within the target area identified in the FY 2003 Small Cities Grant Application, should the grant application be awarded funds through the Governor's Office for Small Cities (GOSC), and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town Comptroller and/or Executive Director of Community Development to sign any documentation and take any other action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ENGAGEMENT OF BARTLETT, PONTIFF, STEWART & RHODES, P.C. TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATION OF PERSONNEL MATTER RESOLUTION NO.: 203,2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to authorize engagement of Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart & Rhodes, P. C. (BPSR) to conduct an investigation of a personnel matter, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves and authorizes engagement of Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart & Rhodes, P. C. to conduct an investigation of a personnel matter for an amount of $160 per hour to be paid for from the appropriate account, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute any needed documentation and take any action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND SOUTH WARREN SNOWMOBILE CLUB FOR MARKING AND GROOMING OF SNOWMOBILE TRAILS RESOLUTION NO. 204, 2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury wishes to enter into an agreement with the South Warren Snowmobile Club for marking and grooming of snowmobile trails during 2003, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves of the Agreement between the Town and the South Warren Snowmobile Club and authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute the Agreement with funding to be paid for from the appropriate Town account. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner NOES None ABSENT: None Discussion held before vote: Councilman Stec-Suggested minor changes in the contract: 1. The Snowmobile Club must complete the marking of Trails with appropriate signage and trail markers to the satisfaction of the Town. The Town plans to survey these trails in October, 2003 to verify adequacy prior to the snowmobiling season. 2. The Snowmobile Club agrees to change the map for the 2003-2004 season and correctly show parking exclusively on West Mountain Road and the prohibition of parking on Traver Road (when the map is reprinted) Agreed to by the Town Board Supervisor Brower commended the South Warren Snowmobile Club for the grooming that they do on the trails. 8.0 TOWN BOARD DISCUSSIONS Councilman Boor-Re: Dredging of Glen Lake I want to make sure our understanding is that we will contribute twenty thousand dollars when the homeowners or that group puts twenty thousand dollars in and the remainder will be done on a voucher system as Warren County Soil and Water sees fit up to a total coverage of forty three thousand six hundred, the towns share with no oversite. Councilman Stec-Questioned if the Town Board will have the opportunity to review the Town Newsletter before it goes to print? Supervisor Brower-I doubt it, all the managers have edited their portion of the newsletter and I believe the corrections are done and gone to press to go out the 15th of this month. Councilman Stec- The publication is important, my background is from the Navy and nothing left the ship before the Captain saw it ... Supervisor Brower-I saw it. Councilman Stec-We are the Captains. In the future I think it is a better idea that the Town Board review it. Councilman Boor-Well, certainly we want to avoid political stuff. Supervisor Brower-Requested an executive session to discuss personnel matters. RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION NO. 205.2003 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby moves into an Executive Session to discuss personnel matters. Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 2003 by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower NOES: None ABSENT: None Respectfully submitted, Miss Darleen M. Dougher Town Clerk-Queensbury