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2017-09-25 MTG#31 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 408 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING MTG#31 SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2017 RES#271-291 7:00 P.M. B.H. 33-34 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT SUPERVISOR JOHN STROUGH COUNCILMAN ANTHONY METIVIER COUNCILMAN BRIAN CLEMENTS COUNCILMAN TIM BREWER BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT DOUG IRISH TOWN COUNSEL JOHN ASPLAND, ESQ,KARA LAIS, ESQ. TOWN OFFICIALS CHRIS HARRINGTON, WATER-WASTEWATER SUPERINTENDENT PRESS POST STAR, LOOK TV PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY SUPERVISOR JOHN STROUGH SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Called meeting to order..... RESOLUTION ENTERING QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO. 271, 2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns from Regular Session and enters into the Queensbury Board of Health. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017 by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough NOES: None ABSENT: Mr. Irish 1.0 CONTINUATION—PUBLIC HEARING ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE OF JOE ORLOW PRESENT GARRY ROBINSON, AGENT SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Joe Orlow owns a piece of property near Sunnyside. It is part of a cluster of camps. We would not allow this kind of cluster in today's standards. Each one of these camps over time has managed to break away and become independent many of them garnering their own septic system and well. Joe Orlow came to us as others have in the same cluster. Sometime back it was the beginning of this year and asked for some variances and wanted to put a full-fledged septic system in like some of the others have done. Given the congruent of his property it would have been extremely difficult to approve a full septic system, such as the one that was originally proposed. We asked the agent for Joe Orlow and Joe Orlow if they would consider putting in a holding tank that we would be more comfortable with a holding tank in that we know where it is and where it is not. So he came back and we dealt with this a REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 409 couple of weeks ago. We pulled it because some council members wanted some more time to investigate the issue. The location of the property is on 11 Wagon Trail. The engineer is present, Garry Robinson. The holding tank proposal is a two thousand gallon tank, but given the constraints on the property it still needs variances. Storage tank to be 40' from the house instead of the required 50' setback. Storage tank to be 4' from the house instead of the required 10' setback. Storage tank to be 4' from the property line instead of the required 10' setback. Well to be 25' from the neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150'. Well to be 56' from the neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150' setback. Well to be 119' from the neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150' setback. Well to be 131' from neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150' setback. Well to be 139" from neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150' setback. The holding tank will have all the specs that we require. In other words when it gets to a certain level an electronic alarm that will have a lighting system indicating that it will need pumping soon. If it doesn't get pumped out and it exceeds a certain level the water in the house will get shut down. That is all part of the electronic controls of having a holding tank. Given that we did do a site visit, but there may be some questions on behalf of the Board before I allow the public to speak to this application. COUNCILMAN BREWER-I'm good for right now. COUNCILMAN CLEMENTS-I'm okay for right now, too. SUPERVISOR STROUGH- The public hearing was left opened, but first is the applicant or the applicant's agent wish to say anything further before I open it up to the public? MR. ROBINSON-I think you covered it. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Members of the public that wish to speak to this. Yes ma'am. PAT SORESINO-I own the house mostly affected by all of his variances. I did go and meet with two of the Board Members at the site meeting. I was very surprised that no engineer was there and the septic man wasn't there. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I don't think it was his fault. I think we failed to notify him of the meeting. MRS. SORESINO-He told me to leave the meeting actually. He told me to leave the site, in any event moving forward. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Ma'am do you have some thoughts you would like to share. MRS. SORESINO- I am also concerned about his well is going to be 25' from my septic. Isn't that a little dangerous? SUPERVISOR STROUGH-This holding tank the further corner of the holding tank... COUNCILMAN BREWER-No his well John. His well is going to be 25' from hers. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-His well will be 25' from your drywell. MRS. SORESINO-Instead of a 150', that is a little scary. Mike another man who spoke at the meeting was saying you only seem to be concerned about his little box. The cluster that we're talking about how they broke away that is not how it happened. There are fourteen cottages on Bardin. They all have their own septic big infiltration system that handles all those cottages. There are only about four houses that...on Wagon Trail. It would be the Billings house. It would be the house next to Billing's house, which is Naomi's. It would be 5 Wagon Trail and it would be on the corner of Snug Harbor. All the others have their own infiltration system pretty much so I think that is how it works over there. He didn't comply with any of the last things he was told to do. He stopped building and stopped doing it. When we have a PALS Meeting and people that are concerned about the lake join and they pay the twenty dollars and they go to the meetings he has never been there. There is a lake...down near the cottage over there that me and REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 410 my husband clean up every year, continue to clean it up, he has never been there. We go to the lake. We swim there. We use the lake. He has never been there. I don't think he really has a love for the lake like we do. If you did you wouldn't want to build a house that you can't really go to. I researched holding tanks and they leak. They leak at the neck. They have a problem. Not only do they leak at the night, if there is water in the area they tend to leak more. There is a lot of water in that area. The road got washed out three times. We put in the road a few times. He did not help put the road in. We graveled it. We graded it. My husband goes there shovels, plows it. He does not ever join in and help anybody at the lake. So what does he want to do, he wants to build a house because he has a love of the lake and be there. I don't think so. I think it is going to be a flip deal for him. You can't live there. You can't flush the toilet. What are you going to do every twelve days for somebody that never appeared there? He is suddenly going to take care of things. He has never taken care of anything. He has been called many times. There have been animals living under the house. The kids were frightened in the area because there were so many animals living under the house. The house has been kicked out. Did you go there and measure the house and see what he did? No there is a tarp on it. Did we go inside the house and look and see what happened in there? We didn't go in there either. I don't really understand this. I went through all the right things to rebuild my house and built a beautiful home. He went through nothing. We all look at this. Everybody in the neighborhood had to look at this for four years, not three years; it has been four years. Now let him damage my property. I don't think that is fair. Here is a letter in the paper stating how he didn't follow any of the things he was supposed to do with the Town. Nothing. There are three articles. It has been posted twice with his tarp on his house. He doesn't live there. He doesn't go there. He doesn't maintain it. Before this tarp was put on the roof, a tree went through his roof. You want to see if there is a roof there. Then it was stated that you think there are cement....under that foundation. We think, I don't think so. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-The building issues that you bring up may be entirely and fully legitimate. MRS. SORESINO-When I had to rebuild a house we had to show all the plans first. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-What I am saying is. The Town Building and Codes and the Zoning they have to deal with Mr. Orlow. MRS. SORESINO-Right. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-They aren't about to deal with Mr. Orlow. In other words they may tell Mr. Orlow to reduce the size to take down what he has. There may be a lot of things they tell Mr. Orlow to do. You may end up with a nice house adjacent to you rather..... MRS. SORESINO-The septic is still going to be the same footprint. A holding tank is not going to change. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Ma'am. MRS. SORESINO-I am just saying he did not have to do through any of the procedures that are normally done. It seems to be that people that how does it go it's better to... COUNCILMAN BREWER-Asked for forgiveness than to ask for permission. MRS. SORESINO-Yes. Beg for forgiveness and do what you want. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I don't think they are going to let him do what he wants. MRS. SORESINO-It is already ridiculous. This is ridiculous. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-My point being is if you want a nice looking structure there... MRS. SORESINO-No I don't. I don't want his septic near my house. I don't want his holding tank on... REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 411 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-What do you want. MRS. SORESINO-I don't know what I want. I mean maybe he could get a toilet. They sell these toilets.... SUPERVISOR STROUGH-An outhouse. MRS. SORESINO-Composition toilets. My friend has one in her basement. They have eight kids and they put one in the basement. They think it is wonderful. A composting toilet that would not affect anybody's health. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I don't think that is allowed in the Town. MRS. SORESINO-He lives in a very expensive area and he was able to put it in his basement. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-My point to you is the Zoning Board and the Building and Codes will not do anything until he gets a septic system of some kind. This is probably the safest of the septic systems. MRS. SORESINO-If this was Lake George would this be allowed? COUNCILMAN METIVIER-Yes. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Yes we allow it all the time. We encourage it. MRS. SORESINO-.... somebody's property? COUNCILMAN METIVIER-Yes all the time. MRS. SORESINO-I am not agreeing to it if something happens health wise. The power goes out there. That area has a problem with wind. Toomey's house trees fell on my property two times already and he doesn't do anything to clean his land either. We've had to just rewire our whole house from him. That area has a wind problem and the trees come down and the power goes out every time I go the house it is blinking. COUNCILMAN METIVIER-If the power goes out you can't run water so therefore no water can enter the septic or holding tank. MRS. SORESINO-I am saying if the power goes out and the alarm doesn't go on. COUNCILMAN METIVIER-It wouldn't happen. MRS. SORESINO-It doesn't matter.... SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Any other member of the public wish to speak to this application? Seeing none, Garry would you come up? How about his well being so close to her drywell. MR. ROBINSON-The reason why we are not that concerned about his well is because his well is located upstream. The lake is down over here. The groundwater flows down across this way. We are not as concerned about his well because this effluent from the drywell is going to go down this way. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Towards the lake. MR. ROBINSON-The first time I went and talked to Dave Hatin about getting a variance he was showing me the application for these guys, which they received variances to do what they did. In fact they have a drywell about 54' feet from their well. It is going downhill. I would be concerned about that, but still what we have on our plans is that if there is an issue with his well if there is some bacteria that is in his well we would be prepared to put in a UV system to treat it. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Would you.... REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 412 MR. ROBINSON-I don't think there is any need to because the groundwater is going this way. I don't think there is going to be any issue at all. COUNCILMAN BREWER-You don't think. That is the key, you don't think, but what if there is? MR. ROBINSON-You can see that there are several wells. There is one here that is 39' feet. COUNCILMAN BREWER-We are talking about this one not.... MR. ROBINSON-I understand. I haven't heard that there were any issues with any of the other ones. COUNCILMAN BREWER-How much is a UV system, ball park I am just curious. MR. ROBINSON-Probably the whole thing you could do for a few thousand dollars to put it in place. It does cost money to run. To use it and not need it that would not be something..... COUNCILMAN BREWER-Belts and suspenders. MR. ROBINSON-As far as the groundwater is concerned. We dug a hole there. We are looking at putting a leach field in there. We went about 8' feet deep. It is just all nice clean sand. It perks very quickly. There is no groundwater there at all. They may have some issue; in the winter with water on top....There doesn't seem to be any groundwater at all down 8' feet. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-How about leaking holding tanks at the neck. MR. ROBINSON-I don't know exactly what source we are talking about. I can tell you that the tops that we have now for these structures and you may have seen them with the new septic tanks. We actually have access that goes up to grade. It is a heavy duty plastic. It is actually molded right into the top of tank itself. It has little screws around it. They put it right in. They set it when they pour it. I don't think there is anything that is going to come out of the top of it. There is a gasket. It will be a two piece tank. There would be a gasket around it similar to what a manhole has. It looks like....gaskets have been used. We have seen them in manholes. I seldom see any leaks. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-We inspected as well. Any questions for Garry Robinson? COUNCILMAN CLEMENTS-I thought there were going to be some plans here tonight of the structure, too. MR. ROBINSON-We did preliminary plans as if we were going to be going to the ZBA. We had those the first time we were in. We talked to Dave and he said this is what we need to do the first part to in to the ZBA. To meet with the Planning Department to go over the things that we need these are the plans for the building. COUNCILMAN CLEMENTS-Is that the size of the structure that is there right now? MR. ROBINSON-Yes. COUNCILMAN BREWER-What will you do? Will you take the tarp and the wood that is there now and take that off and redo this? Or do you leave what is existing there now? MR. ROBINSON-The walls, I understand and I haven't done a full inspection. The walls that I saw were two by four walls. They were fine. I didn't see any issues with them. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-It appears the foundation is a little bit different than what you are portraying. Is that on the foundation that is there now? REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 413 MR. ROBINSON-It would be. I think that is the plan if we can. What would happen is the way that Dave does things is that you give him like a sketch plan you would call it that this is what he wants. Then you would do the structural part, the mechanical part, the electrical part down the road, when you are actually going to get building plans. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-You cannot go before the ZBA and do that process. MR. ROBINSON-Right. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-You can't get Building and Codes to look at you anymore until you have some kind of a septic system. MR. ROBINSON-That's right. That is why we are here first. COUNCILMAN CLEMENTS- I have a couple of questions. This is the house that was there before. As we looked at the house when we were out there I noticed that the electrical entrance went over the top of that roof and was probably about that far going to the house next door. That structure is a lot lower than the one that is there now and is showing on your plans here. I guess one of my questions is let's say that this was approved tonight. You put in a holding tank then you went back to the Planning or Zoning and they said you have to tear that structure down. It has to be lower than that. You have to do changes. What, I don't want to do is, I don't want to put the responsibility on the person that is building there to have to do something then have to pay more money afterwards if they have to tear something down. MR. ROBINSON-That is not the process as I understand it. Even if we wanted to put the septic system in now we wouldn't be able to. We have to wait until we go through the whole process. That would all be done at one time. We won't be installing a holding tank if you approve it tonight next week. It will be after the whole thing is done and.... COUNCILMAN BREWER-Not until you get site plan approval you can't. Is that going to be open like a loft in there? MR. ROBINSON-That is the intent. There would be a little loft. There would be a storage area. COUNCILMAN BREWER-This is on the ground floor right here. This is the storage area above? MR. ROBINSON-There is a floor above this area. There will be a cathedral over this area. Actually our holding tank design....this area here is where it says that we will do some sampling on our well. The schedule that we have for it is we would do it on a monthly basis for the first year and then yearly following that if there was no issue the first year. COUNCILMAN BREWER-That would go to Dave or somebody in the Building Department. MR. ROBINSON-We would be doing it so we would be the ones looking at it. As soon as there was an issue we would be doing something. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Do you have to submit those results to the Town? MR. ROBINSON-We would. Of course, we would be the most concerned about it. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Understood, but we would like to know if there is an issue. MR. ROBINSON-Sure. COUNCILMAN CLEMENTS-You are talking about installing a UV system? MR. ROBINSON-If there is an issue. I don't believe there would be an issue. I suspect that no one else just because the way the soils are there. I suspect that probably even though those wells are close. There is probably not an issue. Would we do it today? No you would never do it today. Is there an existing issue may well not be. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 414 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-You said it will be monthly for the first year. MR. ROBINSON-If there are negatives. If it's all negative then we would go yearly after that. That is what we recommend. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I am just wondering thinking out loud. Councilmembers can chime in. What I am hearing at least from some I don't know if you want to condition it. We could condition the approval based on a UV disinfection system being installed on the water supply. We have done this before. We could also or condition it that we would that you will submit the monthly well water test samples and results to the Town for the first year. We could do that. We could also add that just as an insurance installation of a holding tank will not occur until all approval and permits have been received. COUNCILMAN BREWER-That is a given John. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I know, but if it would make you feel better to add it. Let's go back through. Do you feel strongly about conditioning this on a UV disinfection system being installed? COUNCILMAN BREWER-I do. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Right at the onset. One yes, two yes. COUNCILMAN METIVIER-Either way. I could live with that. Its fine. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I would feel better with that right up front. COUNCILMAN BREWER-A couple thousand dollars is cheap insurance. MR. ROBINSON-How about if we sample it for a year and if we don't need we don't use it? SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Let's see what the Board says. COUNCILMAN METIVIER-How can we judge that? If you have a system in place... SUPERVISOR STROUGH-My feeling is they are pretty firm on the UV, Garry. Can we add wording Kara? Like Tim said that is a given just for extra insurance. That the holding tank would not take place until a satisfactory structure has been approved by the Town and the Zoning Board and Building and Codes. All approvals and permits have to be received by the applicant before the holding tank can be installed. COUNCILMAN BREWER-That is the last thing to put in. COUNCILMAN CLEMENTS-I think financially that would be beneficial to the applicant, too. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I think so, too. That way the structure has met all the codes and everything else and I don't know if that is going to be what's there. There are a lot of issues with what is there. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Just because what's there doesn't necessarily mean it is going to stay there. I think that is what, I am sorry I cannot remember your last name. MRS. SORESINO-Pat. COUNCILMAN BREWER-S oresino. Maybe that will alleviate your concerns some. Just because what is there doesn't necessarily mean what is going to stay there. In other words our Building Department may go over there and say, hey this is not right. That's not right. You have to change this or that. I don't know for sure. It will be looked at though. That's for your assurance. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 415 MRS. SORESINO-I am not concerned about the structure. I am concerned about the holding tank and my water. You're testing his water. You are not checking my water. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-The holding tank is the safest. MRS. SORESINO-I read about it. They leak. There is a lot of water there. The road washed out three times with these rain storms. Did you research it? I have researched it. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Yes I have researched it. It is not impossible for them to fail, but it is not likely if they are installed right. MRS. SORESINO-I don't know who would want a well 25'feet from someone's sewer pit. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-This Board is going to make them put a UV disinfection system on the water supply. Kara is working on some conditions for us to consider. MRS. SORESINO-It heads right towards my property right towards my well. COUNCILMAN CLEMENTS-Your well is in the back of your house? MRS. SORESINO-Yes. It is on a hill. COUNCILMAN CLEMENTS-It is about 75' feet from the corner of where they want to put the holding tank. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Do you think you have something there you are happy with Kara? TOWN COUNSEL, KARA LAIS-Is the UV disinfection system are you requiring that? COUNCILMAN BREWER-Yes. MR. ROBINSON-Point of interest. The 75' feet that you have in front of the holding tank to the well that does meet the standards its only 50' feet. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Thank you. COUNCILMAN CLEMENTS-Say that again. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-The holding distance from her well does meet the standard 50 feet is the standard. COUNCILMAN BREWER-It is 75' feet and 50' feet is the standard. COUNCILMAN CLEMENTS-So there isn't a variance there. COUNCILMAN BREWER-The variance is for his own septic tank and his own well not hers. MR. ROBINSON-All the variances are for us not for others. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Kara are you going to read to us what you have. TOWN COUNSEL, KARA LAIS-The Resolution would be the approval of the various variances. The next clause can state. Resolved, that said approval shall be conditioned upon the following. Applicant shall install a UV disinfection system; the installation of the holding tank shall not be undertaken until such time as the Applicant has received and/or been issued any and all required Town approvals and permits. The Applicant shall provide well test results to the Town for a period of one year. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-We don't need both. They are going to put the disinfection system in. I would add water supply line. I would add water supply line. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 416 TOWN COUNSEL, KARA LAIS-Okay. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Install the UV disinfection system on the water supply line. If they do that there is no reason for the testing. The other one that holding tank would not be installed until.... TOWN COUNSEL, KARA LAIS-Until such time as the Applicant has received and/or been issues any and all required Town approvals and permits. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Board. COUNCILMAN BREWER-I can handle that. It is fine with me. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Anyone want to make a motion PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED RESOLUTION APPROVING JOE ORLOW'S APPLICATION FOR SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCES RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 33,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, Joe Orlow filed an application for variances from provisions of the Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance, Chapter 136 regarding the drilling of a new well and construction of a replacement onsite septic system, with the proposed new system's variances as follows: 1. Storage tank to be 40' from the well instead of the required 50' setback; 2. Storage tank to be 4' from the house instead of the required 10' setback; 3. Storage tank to be 4' from the property line instead of the required 10' setback; and 4. Well to be 25' from neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150' setback; 5. Well to be 56' from neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150' setback; 6. Well to be 119' from neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150' setback; 7. Well to be 131' from neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150' setback; and 8. Well to be 139' from neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150' setback; on property located at 11 Wagon Trail, Queensbury, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk's Office published the Notice of Public Hearing in the Town's official newspaper and the Local Board of Health duly conducted a public hearing concerning the REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 417 variance requests on Monday, September 11th, 2017 and again on Monday, September 25th, 2017, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk's Office has advised that it duly notified all property owners within 500 feet of the subject property, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that 1. due to the nature of the variances, the Local Board of Health determines that the variances would not be materially detrimental to the purposes and objectives of this Ordinance or other adjoining properties nor otherwise conflict with the purpose and objectives of any Town plan or policy; and 2. the Local Board of Health finds that the granting of the variances is necessary for the reasonable use of the land and is the minimum variances which would alleviate the specific unnecessary hardship found by the Local Board of Health to affect the applicant; and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health hereby approves the application of Joe Orlow for variances from the Sewage Disposal Ordinance for variances from Chapter 136 regarding the drilling of a new well and construction of a replacement onsite septic system,with the proposed new system's variances as follows: 1. Storage tank to be 40' from the well instead of the required 50' setback; 2. Storage tank to be 4' from the house instead of the required 10' setback; 3. Storage tank to be 4' from the property line instead of the required 10' setback; and 4. Well to be 25' from neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150' setback; 5. Well to be 56' from neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150' setback; 6. Well to be 119' from neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150' setback; 7. Well to be 131' from neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150' setback; and 8. Well to be 139' from neighbor's dry well (seepage pit) instead of the required 150' setback; on property located at 11 Wagon Trail, Queensbury and bearing Tax Map No.: 290.5-1-21, and BE IT FURTHER, REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 418 RESOLVED, that said approval shall be conditioned upon the following: 1. Applicant shall install a UV disinfection system on the water supply line; 2. The installation of the holding tank shall not be undertaken until such time as the Applicant has received and/or been issued any and all required Town approvals and permits. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES None ABSENT: Mr. Irish RESOLUTION ADJOURNING QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO. BOH34, 2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Board of Health hereby adjourns and moves back into the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements NOES: None ABSENT:Mr. Irish 2.0 PUBLIC HEARINGS PUBLIC HEARING—QUEENSBURY CONSOLIDATED SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL FOR 2017 PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I will open the public hearing on the Resolution Adopting Queensbury Consolidated Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017. Any member of the public wish to speak to this? COUNCILMAN BREWER-How come we don't have the amounts in here? Didn't we used to previously have the amounts? Is it not necessary? SUPERVISOR STROUGH-We set the public hearing. You had them in your Resolution. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Okay. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Our Water Superintendent is present. Seeing no interest in the public hearing no thoughts beyond what's here from any Town Board members. Is there a motion to adopt? PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 419 RESOLUTION ADOPTING QUEENSBURY CONSOLIDATED SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL FOR 2017 RESOLUTION NO. 272,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State Town Law §202 and §202-a, the Queensbury Town Board has prepared the Queensbury Consolidated Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017 assessing the expense of district improvements of general sanitary sewers located in the Queensbury Consolidated Sanitary Sewer District and filed the completed Tax Roll in the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk posted and published the required Notice of Public Hearing, and WHEREAS, the Town Board duly conducted a public hearing on Monday, September 25tH 2017 and heard all interested persons, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves, confirms and adopts the Queensbury Consolidated Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017 for payment of public improvement expenses within the District in accordance with New York State Town Law §202 and §202-a, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to issue a warrant to be signed by the Town Supervisor and Town Clerk commanding the Town Tax Receiver to collect the sum(s) from persons named in the assessment roll and to pay the sum(s)to the Town. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements NOES None ABSENT:Mr. Irish PUBLIC HEARING — RESERVOIR PARK SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL FOR 2017 PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I will open the public hearing. Any member of the public wish to speak to adopting the Reservoir Park Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017? Seeing none, I will close the public hearing. NO PUBLIC COMMENT REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 420 PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED RESOLUTION ADOPTING RESERVOIR PARK SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL FOR 2017 RESOLUTION NO. 273,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State Town Law §202 and §202-a, the Queensbury Town Board has prepared the Reservoir Park Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017 assessing the expense of district improvements of general sanitary sewers located in the Reservoir Park Sanitary Sewer District and filed the completed Tax Roll in the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk posted and published the required Notice of Public Hearing, and WHEREAS, the Town Board duly conducted a public hearing on Monday, September 25tH 2017 and heard all interested persons, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves, confirms and adopts the Reservoir Park Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017 for payment of public improvement expenses within the District in accordance with New York State Town Law §202 and §202-a, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to issue a warrant to be signed by the Town Supervisor and Town Clerk commanding the Town Tax Receiver to collect the sum(s) from persons named in the assessment roll and to pay the sum(s)to the Town. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer NOES None ABSENT:Mr. Irish PUBLIC HEARING — ROUTE 9 SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL FOR 2017 PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I will open the public hearing. Any member of the public wish to speak to the Route 9 Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017, seeing none, I will close the public hearing. NO PUBLIC COMMENT REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 421 PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED RESOLUTION ADOPTING ROUTE 9 SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL FOR 2017 RESOLUTION NO. 274, 2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State Town Law §202 and §202-a, the Queensbury Town Board has prepared the Route 9 Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017 assessing the expense of district improvements of general sanitary sewers located in the Route 9 Sanitary Sewer District and filed the completed Tax Roll in the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk posted and published the required Notice of Public Hearing, and WHEREAS, the Town Board duly conducted a public hearing on Monday, September 25tH 2017 and heard all interested persons, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves, confirms and adopts the Route 9 Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017 for payment of public improvement expenses within the District in accordance with New York State Town Law §202 and §202-a, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to issue a warrant to be signed by the Town Supervisor and Town Clerk commanding the Town Tax Receiver to collect the sum(s) from persons named in the assessment roll and to pay the sum(s)to the Town. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017 by the following vote: REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 422 AYES Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough NOES None ABSENT: Mr. Irish PUBLIC HEARING — SOUTH QUEENSBURY — QUEENSBURY AVENUE SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL FOR 2017 PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I will open the public hearing on the South Queensbury — Queensbury Avenue Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017. Any member of the public wish to speak to this? Seeing none, I will close the public hearing. NO PUBLIC COMMENT PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED RESOLUTION ADOPTING SOUTH QUEENSBURY—QUEENSBURY AVENUE SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL FOR 2017 RESOLUTION NO. 275,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State Town Law §202 and §202-a, the Queensbury Town Board has prepared the South Queensbury—Queensbury Avenue Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017 assessing the expense of district improvements of general sanitary sewers located in the South Queensbury—Queensbury Avenue Sanitary Sewer District and filed the completed Tax Roll in the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk posted and published the required Notice of Public Hearing, and WHEREAS, the Town Board duly conducted a public hearing on Monday, September 25tH 2017 and heard all interested persons, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves, confirms and adopts the South Queensbury — Queensbury Avenue Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017 for payment of public improvement expenses within the District in accordance with New York State Town Law §202 and §202-a, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to issue a warrant to be signed by the Town Supervisor and Town Clerk commanding the Town Tax Receiver to collect the sum(s) from persons named in the assessment roll and to pay the sum(s)to the Town. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 423 Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES None ABSENT:Mr. Irish PUBLIC HEARING —WEST QUEENSBURY SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL FOR 2017 PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I will open the public hearing. Is there any member of the public wish to speak to the West Queensbury Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Roll for 2017, seeing none I will close the public hearing. NO PUBLIC COMMENT PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED RESOLUTION ADOPTING WEST QUEENSBURY SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL FOR 2017 RESOLUTION NO. 276,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State Town Law §202 and §202-a, the Queensbury Town Board has prepared the West Queensbury Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017 assessing the expense of district improvements of general sanitary sewers located in the West Queensbury Sanitary Sewer District and filed the completed Tax Roll in the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk posted and published the required Notice of Public Hearing, and WHEREAS, the Town Board duly conducted a public hearing on Monday, September 25th 2017 and heard all interested persons, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 424 RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves, confirms and adopts the West Queensbury Sanitary Sewer District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017 for payment of public improvement expenses within the District in accordance with New York State Town Law §202 and §202-a, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to issue a warrant to be signed by the Town Supervisor and Town Clerk commanding the Town Tax Receiver to collect the sum(s) from persons named in the assessment roll and to pay the sum(s)to the Town. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements NOES None ABSENT:Mr. Irish PUBLIC HEARING GLEN LAKE AQUATIC PLANT GROWTH CONTROL DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL FOR 2017 PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I will open the public hearing. Is there anyone that would like to speak to the proposed adoption. The 2017 Glen Lake Aquatic Plant Growth Control District Benefit Tax Roll? PAUL DERBY-I brought with me fragments of milfoil that I picked up in my yard today. I will pass it around. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Looks like you are bringing pickles in. This is what we are after,ugh. MR. DERBY-That is your Asian milfoil. It is a nonnative invasive that we have had in the lake for...years that we are trying to control. We spent ninety six thousand about thirty six thousand five hundred...lake management they did our pre-post aquatic lake surveys. They did our permitting. They did a pilot project. Plant some...grass. Also they treated eleven acres of Glen Lake with an herbicide two different areas. One ninety acre piece. One two acre piece. Then we also employed...suction harvesting. We started out with five. It ended up being nine weeks of the suction harvesting. Forty five days cost about thirty three thousand seven hundred and some odd dollars. We spent about seventy thousand dollars this year on management. That is the most that we have spent in a long time since we had to do some...treatments about ten years ago. We had the grant from the County for invasive species thing. That is twenty five thousand. At the rate that we propose of a hundred and thirty dollars per unit for about three hundred and thirty four units that is another forty three thousand so it's about sixty eight thousand. We are breaking even with this. That was the plan. It gives us a balance of about two hundred thousand, which we want to keep. If you need to do any kind of large scale management in the future we need to have that money there. Just a little recap on the results we had...mixed results this year. We were able to...the milfoil levels that we had. We were hoping to reduce it with aggressive measures that we did with the suction harvesting. We still have some large milfoil beds unfortunately the hand pulling is not able to keep up with those...beds. There is just too much that is there. We are seeing some spreading this year along areas that we didn't have before. Right at the end of the year we are starting to see explosion of those fragment plants at the end of the year when they are strong. They grow roots. They break off. That is how it spreads around the lake. I guess the bottom line is we are always going to be REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 425 battling this. It is part of the ongoing management system. It is going to cost money. That why we have it this year. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-We know that. What you want to do is get it to manageable levels. You seem to be a little bit disappointed that you didn't make the progress that you desire to make every year. We are trying to wean off the chemical applications and go to the mechanical. Is DEC are they going to be down to try and do a survey? MR. DERBY-The end of the year survey will take place I think the second week in October. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Okay. MR. DERBY-Solitude will come in and do the whole lake. They go across the lake. They do hundreds of points where they do testing. Then they will give a full report to us and to you and to DEC. Then seeing what we did last year we will probably go and sit with the DEC and talk about those areas that are still dense and strong. We don't want to give up and management tools because we may need them. We will certainly take a look and see what we can do. I am little disappointed in seeing that we were making some headway, but right near towards the end it has really taken off. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Does it have anything to do with the hot weather we have had lately? MR. DERBY-I think a combination of things. We had a very wet spring. So we had a lot of nutrient loading this year. You can see it in the lake. It wasn't there for a while. COUNCILMAN BREWER-I am sorry to interrupt you, but I asked a question because I just don't know. How does this reproduce or gain ground so fast when you are pulling so much? You are pulling so much out and it is going ahead of you. How the heck does that happen? MR. DERBY-Here is an example. I hand pulled from my yard the entire year. So, I can say that I don't have any milfoil. I had an eye injury about four weeks ago and I went out there yesterday got back in the water. There were more than a dozen plants that were to the surface. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Really it grows that fast. MR. DERBY-It is very aggressive. It grows to maintain. It is just on going issue. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Would it be beneficial just to section one part of the lake off clean it out and go to the next part? Or is it just that you are fighting a losing battle? MR. DERBY-I just think every year we are going to have to take a look at what the survey shows us and find the best strategies to deal with that. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Forthcoming next year we are going to have another series of meetings with the DEC and try and workout a workable strategy. There are different components of the DEC about strategies that they find acceptable. We will weed through that and hopefully come out with something that may be an improved management program. MR. DERBY-We will see something in line that is more planned diversity. We definitely have that. That is something the DEC is looking for. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-The Lake is better now than it has been. I don't know what it would be like, I can only imagine, if you didn't have this management program going on. COUNCILMAN BREWER-It has been a long time coming. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Home values are being kept up by because the quality of the lake is being kept up and so forth. MR. DERBY-We have been able to stay with it. Ten years ago the whole lake was covered...we were able to kind of....back at that. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 426 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-We will work with the DEC and come up with another program for next year. Thank you for all you do Paul. I know you put a lot of time and dedication into this. Any other member of the public wish to speak to this adoption? Seeing none, motion adopting. PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED RESOLUTION ADOPTING 2017 GLEN LAKE AQUATIC PLANT GROWTH CONTROL DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL RESOLUTION NO. 277, 2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board previously scheduled a public hearing concerning adoption of the proposed Glen Lake Aquatic Plant Growth Control District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017 and filed the completed Tax Roll in the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk posted and published the required Notice of Public Hearing and also mailed copies of the Notice to all property owners within the Benefit Assessment District, and WHEREAS, the Town Board duly conducted a public hearing on Monday, September 25tH 2017 and heard all interested persons, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves, confirms and adopts the Glen Lake Aquatic Plant Growth Control District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to issue a warrant to be signed by the Town Supervisor and Town Clerk commanding the Town Tax Receiver to collect the sum(s) from persons named in the assessment roll and to pay the sum(s)to the Town. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements NOES None ABSENT:Mr. Irish REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 427 PUBLIC HEARING — LAKE SUNNYSIDE AQUATIC PLANT GROWTH DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL FOR 2017 PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I will open the public hearing. Any member of the public... JOAN BOVEE, 1 LAKEVIEW DRIVE, QUEENSBURY-I believe that this is to set the tax rate whatever that you paid last year to make it the same in January. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-That is correct. MS. BOVEE-Back in 2013 when the tax district was started there are different zones or whatever. I am in the highest paying because I have a piece of property on the lake a house. I paid a hundred and ninety dollars. The next year it was two hundred and ninety seventy six so a hundred dollars more. At our PALS meeting we were told if we got okay where we had enough money to take care of the milfoil. They only mentioned milfoil. There are other weeds that now that want to take out, too. I will get to that in a minute. It eventually maybe would go back down to what we were paying. I pay two hundred and ninety seven dollars and twenty six cents for three years. I want it to go back to the way it was the first year. There is eighty three thousand dollars in our fund in the tax district as of June this year. They do have to pay some; I guess. I don't know the exact amount for the hand harvesting that has been done. I think with all the money that is there that they should put it back to original amounts we were paying like they said they would do if we had enough money to take care of the milfoil. Now they are taking away curly leaf whatever it is it is also an invasive plant. I am not sure who says what is invasive and what isn't. The thing is we have no more fish in the lake. The fish are gone. I haven't seen fish all summer. I saw a few little ones in the spring. I think it is because there is no more place for them to live or nothing to eat. I am not sure that they eat. I know they eat plankton and bugs and stuff. There is no fish so there are no weeds. There are white weeds out deep. Around my dock, which I pull out the milfoil when I see it I haven't seen any this year's hardly. It is just like put it back to the original price that we paid the first year. If we need it then go after it again. Why should we have that money sitting there? Does it get interest? SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Did you share this with the Advisory Board? MS. BOVEE-What is the Advisory Board? SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Lake Sunnyside has an Advisory Board. MS. BOVEE-No I didn't. I just think enough is enough. COUNCILMAN METIVIER-They set the rate or they approve setting the rate. MS. BOVEE-There are units. COUNCILMAN METIVIER-Right. MS. BOVEE-Somebody has a piece of property on the lake with no house that is not very much. If you have a piece of property that has lake rights you pay more. Then if you have a house on the lake you pay the most. There are four different categories. I don't mind paying what I have. I just think that maybe they should lower it back to the original price. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-The theory is that you all get notified to have a meeting with the Advisory Board and this should be discussed with them. MS. BOVEE-They don't make decisions. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-They make recommendations to us. Their recommendations to us were to keep the same as it was last year. MS. BOVEE-Only one thing please don't. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 428 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Alright. MS. BOVEE-Thank you. ERIC SAGE-I live in Schenectady but I own a few properties on Lake Sunnyside. It has been my home since the nineteen seventies. Unfortunately, Mr. Huntz the President of PALS is not able to make it here tonight because he had a prior engagement. He asked that I come to speak on behalf of the Association for Lake Sunnyside. Thank you very much for allowing me to speak here tonight. First of all, I want to say I have some terrific news. In Lake Sunnyside we initially did the chemical treatments every year not every year, but so many years and it wasn't very effective. We would use the chemical treatments then the population would end up being larger. We would lose more of the littoral zone in the lake. So we were seeking other options. We went the route of, I conducted a five year study on hand harvesting. Coincidently, I am an Environmental Scientist. I manage to in my study demonstrate that for Lake Sunnyside that we were able to successfully implement hand harvesting as the solel method for managing the plant species. Every lake has its own personality, if you will. What works on Lake Sunnyside may not be as effective on other lakes like Glen Lake just for the record. I am happy to say what we did the chemical treatments a few years ago. When we applied the sonar they also used cooper sulfates. I suspect the combination of the way that things took place with those chemicals it was the most effective at removing Eurasian milfoil in the lake. It set us on track so that we were able to use the one hundred percent hand harvesting method. Here is it, it's been four years we have very few Eurasian milfoil plants in the lake because we have been able to manage them by hand harvesting. Ever since I did my study because of the fact that Eurasian milfoil basically occupied one hundred percent or near a hundred percent of the littoral zone they displaced all the native species. When we applied the chemicals what that did was it wiped out almost of all of the vascular type plants that supported the fish population. So consequently it is totally understood that it was going to devastate the fish population in Lake Sunnyside. We predicated that somewhat. Also we knew and I told people repeatedly in all of the meetings that what was going to happen is it was known as an ecological succession. We wiped out all these vascular plants and now it is going to be a field day for all the plants that migrate into that area where you have gotten rid of the Eurasian milfoil. As it turns out currently curly leaf pondweed, which is like the second most invasive species I predicated that was going to be the next problem in Lake Sunnyside. Here it is a few years later and that is the case. So we have Eurasian milfoil under control, which is fantastic. A lot of residents on the lake are very happy about that. We also realized that if we do not effectively manage curly leaf pondweed the end result is going to be about as bad as Eurasian milfoil. It is not as bad, but with proper management we can do that. What happened was I went ahead, well not only myself, but also we have been working with Ecologic. We had a meeting on July 26th, 2017. We had all the lake residents where we discussed the scenaro that we have. We also discussed the tax rate for 2016. With the exemption of one person that abstained, everybody across the Board said yes let's keep the tax in the district the same so that we can appropriately address curly leaf pondweed next year. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Everybody was notified of that meeting? MR .SAGE-Yes. I have both the meeting minutes here as well as the notification that we were going to have a meeting. (Presented minutes of meeting and notification to Supervisor Strough) SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Thank you. COUNCILMAN CLEMENTS-Do you have a list of attendees. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Percentage wise was there a high percent of people there? BRIANA WILLIGAN, 18 SUNNYSIDE ROAD- I am the Secretary. This is my second year doing this. I would say that there was a substantial amount of people. MR. SAGE-Was it roughly about twenty five people would you say? COUNCILMAN BREWER-I am just trying to get a feel of how many people were there. If there were only three people there and everyone said yes it makes a difference. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 429 MR. SAGE-I can tell you it was roughly twenty, twenty five people that were at the meeting. You can figure there are about a total of fifty residents in total. COUNCILMAN BREWER-So about half? MR. SAGE-Yes. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-That's pretty good for a meeting, but they were all invited? MR. SAGE-Yes. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Moving forward. Introduce yourself,please. CHRISTIE BENNETT-11 LAKEVIEW DRIVE-I am Treasurer for the Protective Association since 2005. I am also on the Advisory Board to advise the Town Board of what our mission is. I am also a volunteer for the C Slap Program and the...programs, which deal with the water testing and the plant collecting and sampling to document all that. At this recent PALS Association Meeting that Eric is speaking of there was discussion of the lakes usage and how the invasive plant life has or has not affected the fishing, boating, and swimming throughout the summer. I can speak to it firsthand. My husband went out every night after dinner and enjoyed fishing in Lake Sunnyside and caught a good fish, a bass this size and he was very happy. As, I went back in my notes back to 2010 before the tax district was formed there was mentioned of all these invasives and then there were other invasives. As, we all know Eurasian milfoil was number one and we targeted that because of its aggressive growth as you heard from the Glen Lake representative. Our lake has....factors of certain depth and temperature and clarity that made it prolifically growing rampant. As, Eric has explained we used the chemical and hand harvesting. There are other invasives in there. I have seen hydria, curly leaf pondweed, and brittle naiad are the next targets. As, you can see there is a never ending process. We the Protective Association wishes to advise this Aquatic Plant Growth District. I want you to be aware that we have been very vigilant in our observation of the plant clusters throughout the lake. I have noticed even after the harvesting that yes there are still milfoil plants that are very healthy and growing. It is because of this vigilance that we have been able to hand harvest this spring and in the fall to reduce the spread. Eradication is the goal, but it is still to be accomplished. Reduction has been dramatic. The lake has been beautiful this summer. The clarity of the lake has allowed the lake to reach the level of these other....that I mentioned. As an advisory and Board member; I would like to say to the Board that yes we do recommend that the rate stay the same so, that we can control these new invasive and the present invasive. If we wait for funding to be available to do the necessary removal the residents of the lake will be stepping backwards in their endeavor against the invasive rather than forward. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Thank you very much for coming forward. Anybody else in the public wish to speak to the Lake Sunnyside Aquatic Plant Growth Control District Benefit Tax Roll being proposed? GENE CASELLA-15 SUNNYSIDE LAKE-My property is not on the lake. It is...semi-circle and some of us do not have any view actually immediate access to the lake, but we do have a right-a- way. I am not up here to refute anything that has been said. I just want to make mention of a concern or two that I have. Joan Bovee was right about the fish. I was in the lake today. I have been in several times this week. We have a nice little beach on Lakeview Drive and it is very sandy. You can walk out quite a distance. It used to be that you would walk out and the fish would nibble on us. You couldn't get rid of them. Now I don't see anything. There were little tiny fish right about the edge. There is a decrease in fish population. I believe that she is right. I think that a lot of the vegetation that we killed is the reason for that. The other thing that I wanted to mention was we have a problem I think in our lake tax district. It is not for discussion tonight, but I just want to bring it up to you. That is we have about somewhere around eighty owners. There are a few of them are...removed, but there about forty of them about half of them that never concern themselves with anything. You will have a meeting; yes there were about twenty five at that meeting. I was at REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 430 that meeting and I was the one person that they mentioned that abstained. I have a little problem with the way that we collect for the lake. That is something that I need to take up with PALS not you gentlemen. What I want to do is get on the record as saying that we have a strange situation where a lot of people aren't involved in what we are doing down there. I don't know how we can get them involved. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Not until if affects them. MR. CASELLA-There were several elderly women down there. I don't understand how they can pay their taxes. Old timers....we are not hearing from them. It is unusual. The circumstances are very strange because you have Lakeview Drive, which I am on. There are twelve homes. One of which is mine that have no access, no view of the lake, whatsoever. It is a bit of an effort for me to get down there. My wife and I this afternoon pack stuff up. We have to walk about a hundred yards and have to go through vegetation down a hill to negotiate down there. It is just a strange situation. The way that the money is being collected is something that I am questioning with... I am on the Board and I am on with these three people here. I don't have any problem with keeping the lake pristine. That is what we all want. There are some problems with our organization. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Gene while you are here and you seem to be an active member of PALS. MR. CASELLA-Yes. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-From what I am hearing in the science world you are not going to eradicate or it is probably in your best interest to eradicate everything. MR. CASELLA-Right. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Milfoil will serve a purpose. It will serve fish areas for habitat for fish and such. So will the others. Glen Lake is also trying to do a replanting of native species especially grasses. That is something you may want to try a replanting. Try to encourage the native species to come back. Then maybe boost your fish population by having a more natural habitat. MR. CASELLA-This gentleman that was just talking just now Eric Sage is a genius at that sort of thing. He does a lot of the diving. We don't pay him. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-That may be something that you want to put in your future management plan. MR .CASELLA-Thank you. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Anybody else like to speak to this adoption? Seeing none, I will close the public hearing. PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED RESOLUTION ADOPTING 2017 LAKE SUNNYSIDE AQUATIC PLANT GROWTH CONTROL DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL RESOLUTION NO. 278,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 431 WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board previously scheduled a public hearing concerning adoption of the proposed Lake Sunnyside Aquatic Plant Growth Control District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017 and filed the completed Tax Roll in the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk posted and published the required Notice of Public Hearing and also mailed copies of the Notice to all property owners within the Benefit Assessment District, and WHEREAS, the Town Board duly conducted a public hearing on Monday, September 25tH 2017 and heard all interested persons, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves, confirms and adopts the Lake Sunnyside Aquatic Plant Growth Control District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to issue a warrant to be signed by the Town Supervisor and Town Clerk commanding the Town Tax Receiver to collect the sum(s) from persons named in the assessment roll and to pay the sum(s)to the Town. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer NOES None ABSENT:Mr. Irish PUBLIC HEARING — NORTH QUEENSBURY DUNHAM'S BAY WASTEWATER DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL 2017 PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I will open the public hearing. BARBARA SIMMS, VICE CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY OF THE NORTH QUEENSBURY WASTEWATER DISPOSAL DISTRICT NO. 1-I am here to speak in support of the Resolution. I would first like to thank Supervisor Strough and the Town Board for what you have given us in the past three years. This is the RME (Responsible Management Entity) that was created. We have qualified for financial support from the Fund of Lake George to the tune of ninety two thousand REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 432 dollars over the three years. Fourteen systems have been replaced. Two more are in the works to be replaced this fall we believe. With those fourteen to sixteen added to the eleven systems that already had been updated before the district was formed we are close to fifty percent modern systems on our bay, which we are very happy about. We thank you for your support. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I want to thank you and Matt...and the other members of the Advisory Board that worked so hard and are so honest and sincere about wanting to make Lake George a better place and to make sure it doesn't get any worse at the same time. I want to thank you and...you are present here tonight and for all you do. Anybody else here like to speak to this proposed adoption of the 2017 North Queensbury Wastewater Disposal District Benefit Tax Roll? Seeing none, I will close the public hearing. RESOLUTION ADOPTING 2017 NORTH QUEENSBURY(DUNHAM'S BAY) WASTEWATER DISPOSAL DISTRICT BENEFIT TAX ROLL RESOLUTION NO. 279,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State Town Law §202 and §202-a, the Queensbury Town Board has prepared the North Queensbury (Dunham's Bay) Wastewater Disposal District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017 assessing the expense of district improvements of general sanitary sewers located in the North Queensbury Wastewater Disposal District—Dunham's Bay and filed the completed Tax Roll in the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk posted and published the required Notice of Public Hearing, and WHEREAS, the Town Board duly conducted a public hearing on Monday, September 25tH 2017 and heard all interested persons, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves, confirms and adopts the North Queensbury (Dunham's Bay) Wastewater Disposal District Benefit Tax Roll for 2017 for payment of public improvement expenses within the District in accordance with New York State Town Law §202 and §202-a, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to issue a warrant to be signed by the Town Supervisor and Town Clerk commanding the Town Tax Receiver to collect the sum(s) from persons named in the assessment roll and to pay the sum(s)to the Town. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough NOES None REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 433 ABSENT: Mr. Irish 3.0 PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR FOR RESOLUTIONS ONLY(LIMIT-3MINUTES) RON BALL, QUEENSBURY-Spoke to the Board regarding Resolution Authorizing Purchase of 2018 John Deere 410L Replacement Backhoe Loader for Highway Department. PETER BROTHERS, QUEENSBURY-Spoke to the Board regarding Resolution Authorizing Transfer of Funds From Undesignated General Fund Balance. RACHEL SEEBER, QUEENSBURY-Spoke to the Board regarding Resolution To Amend 2017 Budget and Resolution Authorizing Transfer of Funds From Undesignated General Fund Balance. TRAVIS WHITEHEAD, QUEENSBURY-Spoke to the Board regarding Resolution Authorizing Transfer of Funds From Undesignated General Fund Balance. CRAIG SWEET, QUEENSBURY-Spoke to the Board regarding process of doing a Resolution compared to a Referendum. MARK WESCOTT, QUEENSBURY-Spoke to the Board regarding Resolution Authorizing Transfer of Funds From Undesignated General Fund Balance. BRAD MAGOWAN-Spoke to the Board regarding Resolution regarding Authorizing Transfer of Funds From Undesignated General Fund Balance. 4.0 RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING JUSTICE COURT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM(JCAP) GRANT APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FROM NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION RESOLUTION NO: 280,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury's Justice Court has advised the Town Board that Justice Court Assistance Program (JCAP) Grant funds from the New York State Office of Court Administration (OCA) are now available to provide funding to the Town for Town Court improvements and construction and renovations to implement the Warren County centralized arraignment program, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize an application for these grant funds up to the maximum grant amount available, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or Town Justices to apply for a Justice Court Assistance Program (JCAP) Grant up to the maximum grant amount available, from the New York State Office of Court Administration (OCA) to be used by the Town for Town Court improvements and construction and renovations to REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 434 implement the Warren County centralized arraignment program and take any further actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES None ABSENT:Mr. Irish RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDS FOR PURCHASE OF NEW F250 TRUCK FOR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT RESOLUTION NO.: 281,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury's Director of Parks and Recreation and Recreation Commission wish to advertise for bids for the purchase of a new F250 truck to replace a truck in the Parks and Recreation Department as will be described in bid documents/specifications to be prepared by the Director and/or Town Purchasing Agent, and WHEREAS, General Municipal Law §103 requires that the Town advertise for bids and award the bid to the lowest responsible bidder meeting New York State statutory requirements and the requirements set forth in the Town's bidding documents, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Purchasing Agent to publish an advertisement for bids for the purchase of a new F250 truck for the Parks and Recreation Department in the official newspaper for the Town of Queensbury and/or through the New York State Office of General Services Procurement Program, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Purchasing Agent to open, read aloud and record all bids received and present the bids to the next regular or special Town Board meeting. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES None ABSENT:Mr. Irish REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 435 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF MONEYS TO PROVIDE FOR PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO CLENDON BROOK ROAD AND CLENDON BROOK CULVERT RESOLUTION NO.: 282, 2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHEREAS, on July 1", 2017, a storm caused a failure of the Clendon Brook Culvert in the Town of Queensbury, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 197,2017, the Town Board authorized the Town Supervisor and/or Town Highway Superintendent to arrange for emergency repairs to the Clendon Brook Culvert, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize a transfer of funds in the amount of $27,500 from the Highway Fund Balance to pay for such repairs, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Budget Officer to take all actions necessary to transfer $27,500 from Highway Fund Balance Account No.: 004-0000-0909 to Emergency Repairs to Clendon Brook Road Account No.: 004-5110- 4441 and amend the Town Budget accordingly, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or Town Budget Officer to take any and all actions necessary to effectuate all terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES None ABSENT :Mr. Irish RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTIAL PAYMENT OF REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND PARAMETERS FOR SUCH COLLECTION RESOLUTION NO.: 283, 2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 436 SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHEREAS, by Chapter 59 of the Laws of 2017 Part F —Partial Payment of Real Property Taxes, the New York State Legislature has adopted legislation providing for any collecting officer of a municipality to accept partial payments of real property taxes, so long as the municipality adopts a Resolution allowing for such partial payments as well as setting forth the parameters in which partial payments will be accepted, including imposition of a surcharge with each partial payment, and WHEREAS, the Town's Receiver of Taxes and Assessments has recommended that the Town Board authorize such partial payments of real property taxes for the 2018 Town and County Tax Collection with certain parameters, as over the years she has received many taxpayer requests for partial payments and therefore believes that acceptance of partial payments would benefit taxpayers, and WHEREAS, the Town Board concurs with such recommendation, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that for fiscal years commencing on January 1, 2018, the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes its Receiver of Taxes and Assessments to accept partial payments of real property taxes, special ad valorem levies and special assessments for Town and County Tax Collection under the following parameters: • Minimum bill amount of$100.00; • Minimum payment of 25% of balance of taxes due; • A $5.00 surcharge per partial payment shall be imposed; and • Interest and penalties shall be charged against the unpaid balance only; and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Receiver of Taxes and Assessments will continue to collect such taxes, levies and assessments in accordance with New York State Real Property Tax Law Article 9 during the annual tax collection period of January through March, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Receiver of Taxes and Assessments to prepare and mail a one-time informational notice concerning such collection of partial payments in all mailed tax bills, and forward certified copies of this Resolution to the: REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 437 • Commissioner of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance; • Warren County Treasurer's Office; • Queensbury Union Free School District; • Lake George Central School District; and • Hudson Falls Central School District(School Districts); and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that it is understood that each of the aforementioned School Districts has the ability to pass a Resolution allowing partial payments for School District purposes, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Receiver of Taxes and Assessments to take all other actions needed to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES None ABSENT:Mr. Irish RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HIRING OF JASON WALKER AS FULL-TIME MOTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR FOR TOWN HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RESOLUTION NO.: 284,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury's Highway Superintendent has advised the Town Board that there is currently a vacancy in a full-time Motor Equipment Operator(MEO) position in the Highway Department, and WHEREAS, the Highway Superintendent posted availability for the position, reviewed resumes and has made a hiring recommendation to the Town Board to hire Jason Walker, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 438 RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the hiring of Jason Walker as a full-time Motor Equipment Operators (MEO) in the Town's Highway Department effective on or about September 26th, 2017 subject to Mr. Walker's successful passing of a pre-employment physical as required by Town Policy and successful completion of a twenty- six (26) week probationary period, and contingent upon the Town successfully completing background checks as reasonably necessary to judge fitness for the duties for which hired and drug and/or alcohol screening, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that Mr. Walker shall be paid at the hourly rate of pay for the MEO position as delineated in the Town's current Agreement with the Civil Service Employees Association, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Highway Superintendent and/or Town Budget Officer to complete any forms and take any action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES None ABSENT:Mr. Irish RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PROMOTION OF MICHAEL BRUNELLE FROM LABORER TO MOTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR(MEO) IN TOWN HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RESOLUTION NO. 285, 2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury's Highway Superintendent has advised that there is currently a vacancy in the Motor Equipment Operator (MEO) position in the Town Highway Department, and WHEREAS, consistent with the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Highway Superintendent posted for such position, and REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 439 WHEREAS, Michael Brunelle, a current Laborer within the Department, has requested a promotion to the position, and WHEREAS, the Highway Superintendent recommends that the Town Board authorize the promotion of Michael Brunelle from Laborer to MEO as Mr. Brunelle has met the qualifications and has the required job experience for the position, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize the requested promotion, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the promotion of Michael Brunelle from Laborer to Motor Equipment Operator (MEO) in the Town Highway Department effective on or about September 26th, 2017 at the rate of pay specified in the Town's CSEA Union Agreement for the MEO position for the year 2017, subject to a ninety (90) day probationary period and any other applicable Civil Service requirements, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town Highway Superintendent and/or Budget Officer to complete any forms and take any action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES None ABSENT:Mr. Irish RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF TRACTOR FOR USE BY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT RESOLUTION NO.: 286,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury's Parks and Recreation Director and Town Recreation Commission have requested Town Board approval to purchase a commercial tractor with attachments to replace a 28 year old Case tractor in the Parks and Recreation Department, and WHEREAS, the Director obtained a quote under New York State Office of General Services Pricing: Group 440625, Award 422792, Contract 4PC67693 for a 2017 Kubota MX5800 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 440 HST utility tractor with attachments from authorized Kubota dealer, Salem Farm Supply, for the amount of$41,737, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves of the Parks and Recreation Director's purchase of a 2017 Kubota MX5800 HST utility tractor with attachments in accordance with New York State Office of General Services Pricing: Group 440625, Award 422792, Contract 4PC67693, from authorized Kubota dealer, Salem Farm Supply, for the amount of $41,737 to be paid for from Misc. Equipment Account No.: 001-7110-2001, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Parks and Recreation Director and/or Budget Officer to amend the budget by reducing appropriation 001-0000-0909 Fund Balance and increase appropriation 001-7110-2001 Miscellaneous Equipment by $41,737 and take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES None ABSENT:Mr. Irish RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TREE REMOVAL SERVICES AT PINE VIEW CEMETERY RESOLUTION NO.: 287,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury's Cemetery Superintendent and Town Cemetery Commission advised the Town Board that certain tree removal services were needed at Pine View Cemetery, and REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 441 WHEREAS, the Town Cemetery Superintendent acquired quotes for such tree removal services and High Peaks Tree Removal submitted the lowest quote, and WHEREAS, the Town Cemetery Commission offered to fund such services, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes, approves and ratifies the Town Cemetery Superintendent and Cemetery Commission's engagement of High Peaks Tree Removal for tree removal services for an amount not to exceed $7,200 to be paid once High Peaks Tree Removal submits to the Town a certified payroll as required by the New York State Department of Labor, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby accepts payment in the amount of$7,200 from the Town Cemetery Commission to fund such work, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to amend the 2017 Town Budget by: • Increase Appropriation—Misc. Contractual—002-8810-4400 by $7,200; • Increase Revenue—Misc. Revenue—002-0000-52770 by $7,200; and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town Cemetery Superintendent and/or Budget Officer to take such other and further actions as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES None ABSENT: Mr. Irish RESOLUTION TO AMEND 2017 BUDGET RESOLUTION NO.: 288,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHEREAS, the following Budget Amendment Requests have been duly initiated and justified and are deemed compliant with Town operating procedures and accounting practices by the Town Budget Officer, REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 442 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town's Accounting Office to take all action necessary to amend the 2017 Town Budget as follows: From To Code Appropriation Code Appropriation $ 001-1990-4400 Contingency 001-1670-4030 Postage 3,000 001-1990-4400 Contingency 001-1430-4400 Misc. Contractual 1,500 004-0000-0909 Fund Balance 004-5110-4441 Drainage 55,000 009-0000-0909 Fund Balance 009-8160-4448 Trash Hauling B 10,000 009-9030-8030 Social Security 009-9040-8040 Workers' Comp 1 Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES None ABSENT :Mr. Irish RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM UNDESIGNATED GENERAL FUND BALANCE RESOLUTION NO.: 289,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 400,2015, in order to comply with the requirements of Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 54, Fund Balance Reporting and Governmental Fund Definitions (GASB54), the Queensbury Town Board adopted a Fund Balance Policy, and REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 443 WHEREAS, in accordance with such Fund Balance Policy, the Town Budget Officer has recommended that the Town Board transfer a total of$2,800,000 from the Town's undesignated, unassigned General Fund's Fund Balance as follows: • $2,370,000 to Highway Garage Capital Project 194-1620-2899 Capital Construction; • $ 150,000 to Vehicle Replacement Project 195-1640-2020 ; and • $ 350,000 to 2018 Town Budget and WHEREAS, the Town Board concurs with the Budget Officer's recommendations and wishes to authorize the Town Budget Officer to transfer $2,800,000 of undesignated, unassigned Fund Balance from the General Fund to such accounts as delineated above, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to transfer $2,800,000 from the Town's General Fund undesignated, unassigned Fund Balance as follows: • $2,370,000 to Highway Garage Capital Project 194-1620-2899 Capital Construction; • $ 150,000 to Vehicle Replacement Project 195-1640-2020 ; and • $ 350,000 to 2018 Town Budget and make any adjustments, budget amendments, transfers or prepare any documentation and take all other actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES None ABSENT : Mr. Irish RESOLUTION APPROVING AUDIT OF BILLS - WARRANT OF SEPTEMBER 26TH,2017 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 444 RESOLUTION NO.: 290,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to approve an audit of bills presented as a Warrant with a run date of September 21St, 2017 and a payment date of September 26th, 2017, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves the Warrant with a run date of September 21St, 2017 and a payment date of September 26th, 2017 totaling $898,927.88, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or Town Budget Officer to take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Clements, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES None ABSENT : Mr. Irish 5.0 CORRESPONDENCE DEPUTY CLERK, O'BRIEN-Presented to Town Board Members the 2017 Tentative Budget, on file in the Town Clerks Office. 6.0 PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR(LIMIT-4 MINUTES) COUNCILMAN CLEMENTS-Thanked Storedtech for their free demo regarding Video Conferencing. Presented policy to Town Board Members regarding video conferencing from Ulster County. RON BALL, QUEENSBURY-Spoke to the Board regarding Ron Montesi and his statement at a previous Town Board Meeting regarding the attendance of Town Board members. TRAVIS WHITEHEAD, QUEENSBURY-Spoke to the Board regarding an invoice from Smart Watt Energy. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 445 MIKE SIEGEL-Waverly Place, Queensbury-Asked for Councilman Irish to resign. MARK WESTCOTT-Spoke to the Board regarding the Smart Watt Report. RACHEL SEEBER-Spoke to the Board regarding the live streaming of Town Board Meetings. Spoke regarding Resolution Authorizing Transfer of Funds From Undesignated General Fund Balance. 7.0 TOWN BOARD DISCUSSIONS COUNCILMAN BREWER WARD IV • Spoke to the Board regarding the map of Corinth Road that was put in their mailboxes. It is a map of Corinth Road where the highway commercial zone ends. There are two or three parcels for sale. There is an interest in a person buying the whole corner. The last lot is residential I am going to propose that we end the zone at the street rather than at the persons lot line. COUNCILMAN CLEMENTS (WARD II) • Thanked the Queensbury Water Department for all their work on the new water line on Cronin Road. • Spoke to the Board regarding the video conferencing. Asked Board members their thoughts on the pricing of this and resolution for policy. COUNCILMAN METIVIER (WARD I) • Congratulated everyone that volunteered for the Balloon Festival. SUPERVISOR STROUGH • Spoke to the Board regarding Smart Watt Energy. • Spoke to the Board regarding tax rates. • Spoke regarding various articles of the Post Star that he had found dating back to 2005 to present. • Spoke regarding the Asian Clam Survey and the Final Report. • Spoke regarding the Citizens Union and the Constitutional Convention voting to take place for this on November 7, 2017. • Received a letter from Lake George Land Conservancy thanking the Town Board for their support. • Spoke regarding the Grand Opening of Pickle Ball from noon to three at Jenkinsville Park. • Supervisors Report to Board and Community. • Thanked Look TV and sponsors Storetech. RESOLUTION ADJOURNING REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING RESOLUTION NO. 291,2017 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 09-25-2017, MTG#31 446 SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns its Regular Town Board Meeting. Duly adopted this 25th day of September, 2017, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Brewer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements NOES: None ABSENT:Mr. Irish Respectfully Submitted, Caroline H. Barber Town Clerk Town of Queensbury MINUTES PREPARED BY KAREN A. O'BRIEN, DEPUTY TOWN CLERK