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LABOR AND POLICY\Uniforms for Building and Codes Inspectors—9-10-18
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF SHIRTS AND COATS
AS UNIFORMS FOR TOWN BUILDING AND CODES
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
RESOLUTION NO.: , 2018
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS, New York State Town Law §138 empowers the Town of Queensbury to
employ building inspectors, deputies and assistants and to pay the reasonable fees related to such
employment, and
WHEREAS, in order to enhance public safety by making it easier for Town citizens to
identify Town employees, the Town believes that those individuals who are charged with
enforcing Town laws and regulations should be readily identifiable by the public as Town
employees, and
WHEREAS, the Town's Director of Building and Codes Enforcement has recommended
that the Building and Codes Officers in the Department of Building and Codes Enforcement wear
certain uniform shirts and coats to identify them more clearly as Town inspectors, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has considered such request,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the Town's Director of
Building and Codes Enforcement to arrange for the purchase of uniform shirts and coats to be worn by
his Department's Building and Codes Enforcement Officers, such uniforms to be worn in the
performance of their official job duties, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes the Town Budget Officer to pay for
such uniforms from such accounts deemed appropriate by the Town Budget Officer, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor,
Director of Building and Codes Enforcement, Town Budget Officer and/or Town Purchasing
Agent to take any actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
Duly adopted this I01h day of September, 2018, by the following vote:
AYES
NOES
ABSENT :
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