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2006-01-09 MTG2 Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 1 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING MTG #2 TH JANUARY 9, 2006 BOH RES. #1-2 7:00 P.M. RES. #42-55 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT SUPERVISOR DANIEL STEC COUNCILMAN ROGER BOOR COUNCILMAN RICHARD SANFORD COUNCILMAN JOHN STROUGH COUNCILMAN TIM BREWER TOWN OFFICIALS Marilyn Ryba, Executive Director of Community Development Jennifer Switzer, Budget Officer Mike Shaw, Director of Wastewater Craig Brown, Zoning Administrator Chris Hunsinger, Planning Board Chairman Charles Abbate, Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman Robert Vollaro, Planning Board Member Thomas Ford, Planning Board Alternate PRESS: Glens Falls Post Star, TV-8 SUPERVISOR STEC called meeting to order… PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN ROGER BOOR SUPERVISOR STEC presented Mr. Ralph VanDusen, former Water/Wastewater Superintendent with an award in recognition of his thirty-three years of dedicated and distinguished service. RESOLUTION CALLING FOR QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO.: 42, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Roger Boor RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns from Regular Session and enters as the Queensbury Board of Health. th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer NOES: None ABSENT: None QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH DEPUTY TOWN CLERK BARBER read the following into the record: Supervisor Daniel Stec Town of Queensbury 742 Bay Road Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 2 Queensbury, NY 12804 Re: Ronald and Jo Ann Taylor Septic Variance Dear Supervisor Stec: As you are aware our office represents Ronald and Jo Ann Taylor with regard to the septic variance that they have requested for their property on Waters Edge Drive. The application has been substantially modified to include an aerobic system as was requested by Councilman Boor. Due to the scheduling conflicts, the applicant requests that this matter be tabled until the first Town Board Meeting in February. We apologize for any inconvenience. Very truly yours, Jonathan C. Lapper COUNCILMAN BOOR-A couple of comments. We don’t normally discuss these before setting the public hearing but I think as we move forward, I think when there’s something we think is going to be problematic, we’re doing the applicant a favor by pointing it out so that they don’t come here spending a lot of money for their attorneys, engineers and whoever other people they might bring in the professional field. Having read through the application, it became clear to me that I wouldn’t be comfortable with the third bedroom that they’re now seeking. We’re talking about a property on Lake George that’s a little over a tenth of an acre, it’s going to be all they can do I think to put any kind of modified improved septic in there. I don’t want to give them the impression that a third bedroom is something that I’m probably going to be able to live with. That’s not to say, my mind couldn’t be changed but it’s very problematic and I just think it’s important that they understand that. The other question, I didn’t think a printer could go that small and I’m referring to the drawings on this, these things are really, really hard to read. It might be helpful if we got a bigger drawing also. Town Board agreed to amend resolution to reflect new date of hearing…. RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE APPLICATION OF RONALD AND JO ANN TAYLOR BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO.: 1, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board serves as the Town’s Local Board of Health and is authorized by Town Code Chapter 136 to issue variances from the Town’s On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance, and WHEREAS, Ronald and JoAnn Taylor have applied to the Local Board of Health for variances concerning their property located at 14 Waters Edge Road, Queensbury, from Town Code Chapter 136 to install a new Elgin bed, multi-flo aerobic treatment septic system: Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 3 1.82.’± from Lake George instead of the required 100’ setback; 2.5’± from the west property line instead of the required 10’ setback; and 3.10’ from the south property line instead of the required 10’ setback; and WHEREAS, another variance is requested from Chapter 136, §136-10(9), which one sets forth that “side slopes of fill shall be graded to a slope not steeper than vertical on three horizontal,” and Mr. and Mrs. Taylor propose constructing a vertical retaining wall around the septic system, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury Local Board of Health will hold a public th hearing on Monday, February 6, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, to consider Ronald and JoAnn Taylor’s sewage disposal variance application concerning property located at 14 Waters Edge Road, Queensbury (Tax Map No.: 227.17-1-28) and at that time all interested persons will be heard, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to publish the Notice of Public Hearing presented at this meeting and send a copy of the Notice to neighbors located within 500 feet of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor’s property as required by law. th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION TO ADJOURN QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO.: 2, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Richard Sanford RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Board of Health hereby adjourns and enter Regular Session of the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury. Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 4 th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer NOES: None ABSENT: None REGULAR SESSION HEARING – Raymond Hippele’s Application For Variance/Waiver Request From Sanitary Sewer Connection Requirement Concerning Mt. Royal Plaza Property Located At 959 State Route 9 SUPERVISOR STEC-If the owner is here, do you want to come to the microphone. The town, just for the benefit of the public, we will grant up to a two year extension to people that are in a sewer district to tie in, more often then not it’s timing of construction or whatnot. Our code does provide for this and at the same time, applicants will be paying as if they were tied in so there’s no financial advantage as far as what’s the town collecting in the sewer district but it may be a financial advantage to the applicant for timing their work. Again, this is on State Route 9 and it is the Mt. Royal Plaza and he’s looking for a one year extension. Do you have anything that you’d like to add? MR. RAYMOND HIPPELE-Not really, we’ve only owned the plaza for three months and basically, we got a letter from Mike Shaw explaining that we needed a variance and that’s what we applied for. SUPERVISOR STEC-Okay, any questions from Town Board Members? I’ll entertain a motion. RESOLUTION APPROVING RAYMOND HIPPELE’S APPLICATION FOR VARIANCE/WAIVER REQUEST FROM SANITARY SEWER CONNECTION REQUIREMENT CONCERNING MT. ROYAL PLAZA PROPERTY LOCATED AT 959 STATE ROUTE 9 RESOLUTION NO.: 43, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Richard Sanford WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board is authorized by Town Code Chapter 136 § to issue variances from 136-44 “Connection to sewers required” which requires Town property owners situated within a sewer district and located within 250’ of a public sanitary sewer of the sewer district to connect to the public sewer facilities within one (1) year from the date of notice, and WHEREAS, Raymond Hippele applied to the Town Board for a variance/waiver § one-year extension from 136-44 for a of the Town’s connection requirements to connect his Mt. Royal Plaza property to the Town of Queensbury’s Route 9 Sewer District, as Mr. Hippele states that the property is serviced by a fully-engineered sewer system designed by Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 5 Haanen Engineering which system was installed new in 1995 and is currently functioning th flawlessly, as set forth in Mr. Hippele’s December 12, 2005 application, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk’s Office mailed a Notice of Hearing to Mr. Hippele and the Town Board conducted a hearing concerning the variance/waiver request on January th 9, 2006, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a) due to the nature of the variance/waiver request, the Queensbury Town Board determines that the variance/waiver would not be materially detrimental to the purposes and objectives of Queensbury Town Code Chapter 136 and/or adjoining properties or otherwise conflict with the purpose and objectives of any plan or policy of the Town of Queensbury; and b) the Town Board finds that the granting of the variance/waiver is reasonable and would alleviate unnecessary hardship on the applicant; and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby approves Raymond Hippele’s application § for a variance/waiver from Queensbury Town Code Chapter 136, 136-44 “Connection to th sewers required” and grants a one-year extension of time or until January 9, 2007 in which to connect the Mt. Royal Plaza property located at 959 State Route 9, Queensbury (Tax Map No.: 296.13-1-18) to the Town of Queensbury’s Route 9 Sewer District, provided that if there is any increase in septic use or additional bathroom facilities added, then such variance shall immediately terminate unless the Queensbury Town Board review and approves a new application for a variance/waiver, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes the Town Supervisor, Wastewater Director, Deputy Wastewater Director and/or Budget Officer to take any actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006 by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor NOES : None ABSENT: None Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 6 CORRESPONDENCE DEPUTY TOWN CLERK BARBER noted that the Town Clerk’s Office has received and filed the 2005 yearly report from the Landfill Department and December monthly report from the Building and Codes Department. The Town Clerk’s Office has also received and filed a Notice of Order from the State of New York Department of Transportation establishing a NO PARKING any time on the west side of State Route 9L adjacent to Stewart’s at it’s intersection with State Route 149. INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS FROM THE FLOOR - NONE PRESENTATION–Charlie Brush–Green Mt. Development Group–Cedars Phase II MR. CHARLIE BRUSH-My number is Charlie Brush, Green Mt. Development Group and the owner of Cedars senior living community off Bay Road here and I’m just here tonight, we’ve got a map and plan report which was submitted to you about a month ago that we really would like you to act on to extend the sewer line north from Walker Lane up to the intersection of Blind Rock Road. We’re prepared to fund the construction of the line along with the BRB Group however we’ve got a time constraint placed on us from our funding through Department of DHCR for the affordable housing units and I think you got a letter in your package which pretty much lays out what our situation is. The bottom line is, if we’re going to do this, fine, let’s do it, if we’re not going to do it, st let’s not do it, we just have to know because as of June 1 we will not be able to move forward if there’s not a decision. So I think it’s an opportunity for the town, it’s an opportunity for us; I think nothing but good comes of it. So I’m just asking you if we could move it along to meet the schedules of other people which were beholding to, I’d appreciate it. SUPERVISOR STEC-Just to let you know where I think it is right now. I know that we got it in December and I know that our wastewater guy Mike Shaw and our Attorney reviewed it thoroughly. There were some questions, modifications that they wanted to see done; I believe that that’s been done so the town just got those revisions right around the holidays. So, I know that we’re reviewing it right now, I’m not aware of any problem on our end as far as reviewing the map, plan and report and getting it for public hearing I think in the near future. COUNCILMAN TIM BREWER-Are our attorneys reviewing it? COUNCILMAN BOOR-No, they haven’t reviewed it. SUPERVISOR STEC-I thought they had. COUNCILMAN BOOR-No, they haven’t reviewed it. SUPERVISOR STEC-And I thought we were reviewing it. COUNCILMAN BOOR-No, they haven’t reviewed it. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-My understanding was, we have to authorize them to review it. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Yes. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-I had a conversation with our attorneys on that and they will not review it until they’ve received Board authorization to do so. That was my conversation with Bob. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Is there a reason why we won’t authorize them? Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 7 COUNCILMAN BOOR-What’s that? COUNCILMAN BREWER-Is there a reason why anybody doesn’t want to authorize them? COUNCILMAN BOOR-Well, have you read it? COUNCILMAN BREWER-That’s why we’re having the attorney review it. COUNCILMAN BOOR-No, we’re supposed to review it, you should understand that. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Well I understand that but let’s let them review it for us and point out any problems or COUNCILMAN BOOR-I think I have some issues that I’d like them to look into Tim and they can’t look into those issues if I don’t point them out. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Okay, well when were we going to discuss the issues? st COUNCILMAN STROUGH-Well we’ve got until June 1, right? COUNSEL MICHAEL O’CONNOR-No. COUNCILMAN STROUGH-Well, we’ll certainly accommodate you before that. MR. BRUSH-We’ve got some initial permitting to do besides, I believe, if you vote us up or down, then we’ve got construction drawings and some other DEC permits that we’ve st got to get before we can do that. We’ve got to have all that in our hand by June 1. So, you’re the first step but we can’t move further unless we’ve got your approval. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-I’m a little confused here, just a couple of quick questions. MR. BRUSH-Sure. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-As I understand it, you’re doing sort of, there’s two parties that are willing to pay for this extension, you and BR is it? MR. BRUSH-BRB. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-The BRB Group which is what my representation is. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-Okay, now BRB does not have an approved project. It’s questionable whether they have a project at all at this point in time in front of the Planning Board. I know on three prior occasions they came in front of the Planning Board and their project was discouraged. I guess my question is, if that project doesn’t happen for whatever reason, are you willing to go forward with this sewer extension all by yourself? COUNCILMAN BOOR-That’s for Mr. Brush. That’s the other thing I want to ask before we go any farther because I have some questions that I’d like to delve into as far as fiduciary responsibilities and I would first start by asking you, as far as Phase I of the Cedars, when did you do that? MR. BRUSH-I think we’ve been there about two and a half years. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Okay, so the Professional Office Zoning as we know it now was in place when you did that because we approved that in 2002 and to your credit Charlie, you recognized the intent of the Professional Office Zoning and you’re in compliance as is Mr. Schermerhorn and others who have built in that corridor since Professional Office Zoning was established. When we tried to make a change to that Professional Office Zoning, your attorney sitting next to you and the attorney that represents, at the time, BRB had a protest petition circulating and it was successful at getting enough signatures Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 8 to cause this Board to have to have a super majority moving forward. So, I can say with pretty good assurance that probably three members of this board; actually, let me back up a little bit because I think there’s some important points that should be made. For those that have been attending the PORC Committee meetings and the meetings that have to do with the revisions of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, at the last meeting, one of the most important and telling statements made by the Saratoga Associates was that developers want, deserve and need clear guidelines, zoning and up until the BRB has made the proposals that they have made, the intent has been recognized by you and others. It was only when Mr. O’Connor came into the picture did he find what can be called a loop hole, it can be called what ever you want it but he has been trying to push his project through using the notion that you can build apartments right onto Bay Road. That’s not the intent as I understand it, that’s not the intent when we adopted it, I don’t believe it’s the intent today. So, you’ve got a tough decision to make because if Mr. O’Connor decides to do another protest petition, I can tell you that three members of this board will not, will not approve that sewer and so it’s a dilemma. You either need to get another attorney that’s going to represent your best interests or you can stay with Mr. O’Connor and hope he doesn’t do a protest petition. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-May I respond? SUPERVISOR STEC-Yes. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-First, BRB Group has not made any applications for housing on Bay Road, it’s Albany Partners which is a separate entity from BRB and I think what we’re talking about is a separate issue. We’ve talked about sewering Bay Road for the last fifteen years. Every Town Board that has sat here, every Town Board Member has said that it would be a good thing to do and our proposal to you is by BRB Group and the Cedars group right now and that proposal is that we will sewer the remainder of Bay Road up to the corner of Haviland Road and Bay with out costs to the town at our expense. That is not dependent upon what happens to the site that is BRB site. You are presented in that report which is probably where you’re getting your questions from or your concerns, with the worst case scenario or the heaviest demand that there might be from each parcel. There’s no saying that that is the demand that is actually going to be built. If we didn’t show you the worst case scenario or the heaviest demand from each of those parcels, I think you would be legitimate in saying, well what happens if this happens. What happens to that parcel is up to your Planning Board. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Actually its up to this Town Board, we are the only ones that can make zoning changes or affirm the zoning that we believe is in place and let me, let me counter here a little bit here because you have mischaracterized something. You’re saying that you have given the worst case scenario, I say that you haven’t. The worst case scenario is that you would prevail and that apartments would be allowed to be built right on Bay Road and projects such as Mr. Schermerhorn’s that are now commercial could be turned into apartments. Bannon, could be turned into apartments. The ten acres that Mr., the publisher, James Marshal owns, five of it’s in the Professional Office Zoning. You only account for one house on that property in this map, plan and report. How many apartments could you put on that property if the zoning allows apartments to Bay Road? COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Okay, the report that you have it shows at full build out of Bay Road. COUNCILMAN BOOR-According to our zoning as we believe it exists, not as you would like to change it. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-No, I’m not, the zoning is what it is, you have before you, I understand you have scheduled a public hearing to change the zoning. COUNCILMAN BOOR-No, we have clarification and I’d like to read you a document from our Marilyn Ryba. Town of Queensbury proposed zoning amendment; number 1, what need is being met by the proposed zone change for the new zone? The propose Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 9 change clarifies, clarifies the intent of Professional Office. Should I continue or would you like to COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Well, that’s contrary, with due respect to Marilyn, that’s contrary to what the Town Attorney’s opinion is. It’s contrary to what your Planning Board has said. The Planning Board has said that the present zoning does allow apartments up to Bay Road but they do not believe that that fits within the general scheme of the Bay Road design and they have indicated clearly that they will not permit that type project. COUNCILMAN STROUGH-No, what the Planning Board said was they believe that apartments should be allowed in Professional Office with a thousand foot setback, is exactly what they said. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Okay, you’ve got members of the Planning Board sitting right behind me and they can speak for themselves. COUNCILMAN BOOR-We have a member right here that was on the Board. COUNCILMAN STROUGH-And I’ve got the Planning Board Resolution. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Okay. COUNCILMAN BREWER-But aren’t we talking about sewer here rather then apartments? COUNSEL O’CONNOR-We’re talking about sewering Bay Road. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-I think we are Tim. I guess what my point was which hasn’t been yet successfully addressed was, if the corner of Blind Rock and Bay Road turns out only Professional Office could be built there because of or for whatever reason, because of setbacks, etcetera, etcetera, no apartments does that justify BRB or Albany Partners or whoever they’re being called right now, to make the expenditure that’s being contemplated here? COUNSEL O’CONNOR-I think that’s my answer, and yes we think that it would benefit the town; we think it would benefit that property, whatever is developed on there to have sewers. We have a window of opportunity right now because of Mr. Brush’s project which is below us to share the expense of that and we can put it together. We’re not conditioning this upon the zoning as we think it is presently or as you may think it to be in the future. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-The only thing that contradicts that most recent statement you made is if you review this report, there are very detailed financial numbers in terms of how the cost will be allocated among the two parties and it’s based on capacities and usages and things of that nature. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-No it is not. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-Well basically what I see is the COUNSEL O’CONNOR-The cost sharing which is spelled out, it’s a public document so I don’t need to worry about conflict, contradiction. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-Well, what I’m trying to say is, it’s certainly not a fifty fifty split in terms of the cost sharing; it’s not what I saw in this report. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-The buy-in is something, okay, the construction costs are fifty fifty. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-Yes. Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 10 COUNSEL O’CONNOR-The buy-in is based upon need and flow and that will be determined by rates that the town sets as it does with anybody that comes along. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Mike, I think you know we can really probably cut to the chase because you said, the only troubling comment you made is you didn’t care whatever was put there. So that really doesn’t say you’ve got, that you’re not going to put apartments there. If you do not challenge, let me finish, if you do not challenge the zoning clarification that we’re going to make, I don’t think this Board is going to have a problem with you sharing the cost of running that sewer up there. That’s pretty simple. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-I think the reaction to your proposed zoning where you’re basically are taking away property rights, is completely separate from whether or not the property is sewered or not sewered. If you’re tying the two together, I think that that is inappropriate but that’s, you can choose what you want. COUNCILMAN BOOR-And you can run for office and you can represent the public, is what I think this Board is trying to do; we’re trying to protect the public’s best interest. We do not sell zoning to the highest bidder. COUNCILMAN BREWER-But Roger COUNSEL O’CONNOR-We’re not talking COUNCILMAN BREWER-Roger where the COUNSEL O’CONNOR-You’re talking about COUNCILMAN BREWER-I’ve got to interrupt for one minute because we’re talking about sewer and we’ve been after sewers since you’ve been on this Board, since I’ve been on this Board, since Fred Champagne, Steve Borgos. If they want to take the risk and put the sewer in the ground, what do we care? Let the Planning Board do their job, let us do our job and except the sewer. Richard, I see you shaking your head and that’s okay but COUNCILMAN SANFORD-I will not be an enabler to a COUNCILMAN BREWER-How do you figure that’s an enabler? COUNCILMAN SANFORD-I will not be an enabler to a hundred and sixty-five apartment complex project, that has been the intent, that has been the intent every time they’ve been in front of the Planning Board. COUNCILMAN BREWER-And like you said, every time they’ve been to the Planning Board they’ve been discouraged so let them take the chance. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-Well, discouraged so, discouraged. COUNCILMAN BOOR-So shouldn’t we relieve them of that burden? COUNCILMAN BREWER-I don’t think you’re doing the right thing here fellows. COUNCILMAN BOOR-How many times do you want them to go to the Planning Board? COUNCILMAN BREWER-I think you’re blackmailing somebody. SUPERVISOR STEC-I thought we were here to talk about the Cedars. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Let me offer this thing here COUNCILMAN BREWER-That’s what you’re doing. Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 11 MR. BRUSH-Looks like I’m in the middle of something. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Sorry Charlie. SUPERVISOR STEC-I apologize Charlie. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-We have a window of opportunity to fund the project. You setting a date for public hearing and then conducting the public hearing doesn’t mean that you make a determination. I think that everything will unfold and it will go, you’re going to have some certainly one way or another and what we’re asking you to do is start the process. We understand that the Town Sewer Department, I would characterize it as that has reviewed it. They’ve made some suggestions to the map, plan and report. Those changes and modifications have been made; they’ve been submitted to Mike Shaw as well as to the Town Clerk. We had an initial review by the Town Attorney and we answered those comments and I think we’ve answered those, whether he’ll have additional comments after he looks at the amended map, plan and report I don’t know. I think that this is a project that will serve not only these two properties; there are other properties along that stretch who may very well want to come into it. There are some that have existing septic problems. We know that there’s a property to the north of us who would like to hook into the town sewer at the intersection of Haviland and Bay Road as opposed to the route that has been suggested where they go over behind the Town Office Building and hook into some place over on Schermerhorn’s site. The difference to them is running a line fourteen hundred feet as opposed to twenty-five hundred feet and that’s because they have an existing problem. The sewer line is not going to dictate what’s on that site and you’re not going to be an enabler as to what’s on that site. If you change the zoning on that site, we probably would amend the map, plan and report simply to have a less buy-in costs. We have put the buy-in costs as we’ve calculated it, again, being most conservative using the worst case scenario. If that’s not going to happen and I understand the strong feelings that some have that may say that it’s not going to happen ultimately, then this project, not the construction portion of it, but the buy-in portion of it will be much less substantial. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Let me add something that perhaps you’re not aware of, in as much as I became aware of it about 3:30 this afternoon through a series of emails, it’s come to our attention that the building that we’re sitting in, the building over there in the highway department, the septic system failed. It’s kaput and what I’m going to suggest to Surrey Fields is that the town help share the costs and in fact that we use the Schermerhorn suggestion, we can greatly reduce the previous costs that was associated with that. I think the town’s responsibility is to pay for that portion of it themselves, they get immediate satisfaction and they don’t have to wait perhaps as long as they would to connect to the Bay Road sewer and would ultimately be much less. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-We had offered as part of our preliminary discussions with this sewer extension to extend the line to the Town Hall at our expense, as part of our construction. If you see the construction costs that we have, that would not be a great deal of money which would mean the town would have sewer to the building without costs. COUNCILMAN BOOR-I guess my concern is that the individuals of Surrey Fields who are in my ward have been in incredible strife for a very long time, they’ve received very little satisfaction of parties involved. I think this is a perfect opportunity for the town to step up to the plate and give them the most immediate and expedition correction to a terrible problem and I think if the septic system in this building stays failed for a little while, I think maybe there will be a real appreciation for what the individuals of Surrey Fields have gone through for the last three or four years. And I think it’s going to be less expensive to them, the town needs an immediate fix I would expect and Schermerhorn has offered to allow us to hook in and that doesn’t mean we don’t want the Bay Road but I don’t think that that’s now the best alternative. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-Why don’t we leave it this way, I think we should know probably by early March where we’re going to stand in terms of the rezoning of Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 12 Professional Office space which will have some kind of an impact one way or another on the corner of Bay Road and Blind Rock, I’ll talk to you then. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-You’ve just killed the project. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Richard, you’re speaking for yourself. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Because we have, we probably have a two month time line with DEC. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Don’t say you’re speaking for the whole Board. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-I don’t think I said I was speaking for the whole Board. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Well, you insinuated that. SUPERVISOR STEC-Alright, let me interrupt here gentlemen. Charlie, again, I apologize I thought we were going to talk about your timeline for your project. MR. BRUSH-I know. SUPERVISOR STEC-Could you let us know, what is your, I mean you threw out a June 1 date, somebody asked if June 1 was okay and you said no. Can you give us your best estimate? Just for our knowledge, I mean whether we can accommodate you or not, is another matter but let us know what you think your issue is. MR. BRUSH-Well as I sit here right now, I think we’ve got to start construction and st building by June 1 from our deal with DHCR. So, and DHCR is not into, they need to know exactly what’s happening, okay. So, we can’t kind of say, well maybe this, maybe that, it’s got to be, we have to have a definitive answer yes or no, we’ve got to start by stst June 1. The best I can tell you right now is, it looks to me as though June 1 is my, if you will drop dead date. COUNCILMAN BOOR-I don’t see where you can’t meet that Charlie and short of a protest petition being filed, you’re going to have plenty of opportunity. We unfortunately don’t control if somebody files one of those petitions and we have to protect the interest of the town. MR. BRUSH-I really don’t want to get into the middle of this fight. COUNCILMAN BOOR-And you shouldn’t be in the middle and you shouldn’t be in the middle of it Charlie, and that’s the shame of it. MR. BRUSH-Right and you know, I mean I’ve done, I’ve been developing for twenty- five years so you know, there’s nothing I haven’t seen yet I don’t think. You know, take me, split Mike and I apart here right now, okay, this is going to be good for us because we don’t want to have the same sewer problems Surrey Fields had and Baybrook had down the road there ten years out, that’s why we want to do this. I’ve got a permit to put an onsite sewer in there and do it, okay and it meets every engineering standard and it does everything, it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Takes up a lot of space so and it’s MR. BRUSH-It does the whole deal but it’s a better solution. COUNCILMAN BOOR-I agree. MR. BRUSH-Everybody understands it’s a better solution to put it into the pipe, get it discharged into a sewer plant that’s going to be better. The Surrey Fields thing, it will solve their problem. I know there’s another solution to that, but you know, we’re going to Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 13 COUNCILMAN BOOR-Look it, I’m for sewering, period. MR. BRUSH-Right, this fight over the BRB property, you know, if you can separate them in two, I think it’s better. I understand where you’re going, I get it but I’m just here to say to you if you’re issues roll over to the time that puts me behind it, then I won’t be in the deal, maybe BRB can do it on their own, I don’t know but I’ll be out. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Well see Charlie, just so that you know the problem with a protest petition is that it requires a super majority. Can’t guarantee it. MR. BRUSH-Super majority of the Board to make the change. COUNCILMAN BREWER-I don’t know what you’re saying, Roger. COUNCILMAN BOOR-What’s that? COUNCILMAN BREWER-Clarify for me if, what you’re SUPERVISOR STEC-I’d rather stay focused on this. COUNCILMAN BREWER-No. COUNCILMAN BOOR-What I’m saying COUNCILMAN BREWER-I don’t know understand what he’s saying as if, as if they don’t file a protest petition, you’re willing to go ahead with the sewer, is that what you’re saying? COUNCILMAN BOOR-Absolutely because our zoning will stand. As Marilyn filled out the forms, the zoning as we believe it exists will stand. If he protests that he says no, I think it should be this, it requires four of us to over COUNCILMAN BREWER-So, you already know how everybody is going to vote. COUNCILMAN BOOR-And I don’t know how you’re going to vote so I can’t put COUNCILMAN BREWER-You just got through saying it wouldn’t pass. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Well listen, I can’t put the, I can’t put the public in jeopardy. SUPERVISOR STEC-No, he said he didn’t know. He said he didn’t know. COUNCILMAN BOOR-I can’t put the public in jeopardy, Tim. SUPERVISOR STEC-He did say he didn’t know whether it would pass. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Roger that project, in all honesty has nothing to do with sewer. Let the Planning Board do their job, we’re doing our job. COUNCILMAN BOOR-He can’t do it without sewer, Tim. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-He can’t do the project. COUNCILMAN BREWER-What do you mean he can’t do it without sewer? COUNCILMAN BOOR-He can’t put those, he can’t do a, he can’t put a hundred and seventy-four, a hundred and seventy-five apartments COUNCILMAN BREWER-So then he doesn’t do it. I don’t care whether anybody puts apartments there or not. COUNCILMAN BOOR-I know you, that’s the issue Tim. Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 14 COUNCILMAN BREWER-What I’m concerned about is the sewer. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Okay. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-Well we do care. COUNCILMAN BOOR-We do care, we do care. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-We care, I care, I cared when I was on the Planning Board and I care now and when I campaigned for office I talked with a lot of people and they cared as well. I want to preserve the Bay Road corridor, the vision that was established. COUNCILMAN BREWER-And you can do that by the zoning that’s in place. Is there a guarantee that he’ll get an approval; is that what you’re saying? COUNCILMAN SANFORD-What I’m saying is it could be easily resolved if the rezoning or the clarification of the rezoning takes place in a prompt matter. COUNCILMAN BREWER-It’s not a clarification though, it’s a rezoning. SUPERVISOR STEC-Alright, Bay Road for a minute, Roger brought up one point that I want to make sure we address before, while it’s fresh in my mind. Is the Board comfortable with as far as the septic email that I sent you about this place here telling him to just limp along, patch it and we’ll tie in to the sewer. I mean, I think that’s what we would like to do. COUNCILMAN BREWER-I didn’t get it. COUNCILMAN BOOR-I would like to move forward with Schermerhorn. SUPERVISOR STEC-Whether it’s that way or that way, we would prefer though to sewer, I need to let him know. COUNCILMAN BOOR-I don’t think we can wait, I don’t think we can wait and I don’t think Surrey Fields wants to wait any more. SUPERVISOR STEC-No, but you’re saying don’t fix it. COUNCILMAN BOOR-If this goes, if this goes like clock work they’re not going to get it for quite a while. SUPERVISOR STEC-Right, so I’m just, for us tell Chuck to head towards a plan for ultimately sewer. COUNCILMAN BOOR-And my preference would be SUPERVISOR STEC-I know but I’m just COUNCILMAN BOOR-Okay, absolutely. SUPERVISOR STEC-I mean that’s a side issue. COUNCILMAN BREWER-I don’t know what you’re talking about Dan because I didn’t get SUPERVISOR STEC-You didn’t see your email yet. I got an email from Chuck Rice and the folks from Surrey Fields will probably appreciate this as Roger eluded that we do have a failed septic field here at the town and so the question had been, if they bring sewer up here, would the town tie into it and six months ago the town was saying well we’ve got good septic, we don’t need to tie in. Now, we’re in a position that we don’t have good septic and Chuck wants to know, do I want, do we want him to you know, fix it, i.e. with a permanent septic solution or fix it with the idea that you know, sooner rather Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 15 then later we’re going to tie into sewer. I’m hearing, I think the smart thing to do is to, you know if we’re going to have sewer somewhere around here whether it comes from the east or from the south, we’re going to have sewer. But I wanted to, you didn’t see that yet so you COUNCILMAN BREWER-See what our options are, we’re going to explore that right? SUPERVISOR STEC-Yea, well I mean he doesn’t need an answer tomorrow but we can’t, you know we have a septic issue. COUNCILMAN BREWER-No, I understand, we’ve got to do what we’ve got to do. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Or we can live the life of many people at Surrey Fields. SUPERVISOR STEC-Well no, we’re going to fix both problems. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Okay, as I understand the sewer extension, there ultimately is an agreement that is signed by the Town Board after the public hearing, holding a public hearing is not the approval by the Town Board and what I’m talking about is starting the process of the public hearing. SUPERVISOR STEC-And hold the vote? COUNSEL O’CONNOR-It doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re going to sign, you’re going to vote to sign an agreement or that you’re going to enter into an agreement. But my understanding from the engineers is that after we go through this process, we then have about a month to do actual construction drawings. We don’t have actual construction drawings at this point. We then have to go to DEC and that takes probably two months with good timing to get DEC’s approval. So, asking for this now is not unrealistic or is probably more in line with being able to have the permits in hand in June so that COUNCILMAN BOOR-What exactly do you want Mike; you want us to give, make our recommendations to the attorneys as we see the map, plan and report? COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Yes, and see if they COUNCILMAN BOOR-And then, and then what else would you like us to do? COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Set a date for public hearing. SUPERVISOR STEC-And then whether or not we’re comfortable voting at that point, at least we’ve gotten the public hearing ball rolling. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-After we discuss with attorneys. SUPERVISOR STEC-Right we could have the public hearing and then if we’re not comfortable with the timing, because whether, right or wrong, whether we want to make, tie A and B together or put A in front of B or B in front of A, the bottom line is what you’re saying is, we know it’s going to take a Town Board Meeting to set a public hearing, to have a public hearing and we may not need to vote. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Even at this point, if you’re setting and I don’t expect necessarily that you’re going to set your public hearing tonight SUPERVISOR STEC-Well we won’t tonight. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Okay, but even when you set your public hearing its probably going to be on the other side of the public hearing which is set for the rd SUPERVISOR STEC-Yes, the 23. Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 16 rd COUNSEL O’CONNOR-January 23 on your rezoning. COUNCILMAN BOOR-The only issue Mike is that and Marilyn you can help me out with this, as far as Warren County approval on this clarification, that won’t come until th like the 30 of February. th COUNCILMAN STROUGH-No, the 14. MS. MARILYN RYBA, Executive Director-No, it comes sooner. I don’t have their th dates in front of me but I think they’re meeting February 8 so it would come at a point after that. th SUPERVISOR STEC-I can guarantee it won’t be the 30 of February. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-No, I guarantee that too. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Good point. SUPERVISOR STEC-That will never happen. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-We also need, actually they have, my understanding is they have thirty days from when we send them the referral to get back to us. If they don’t do it within thirty days, we can act without actually having their recommendation. MS. RYBA, Executive Director-Right but they have outlined what their date is which is th the 27 of January so it’s thirty days from the, so even if I gave it to them earlier, that th doesn’t kick in because their rule is the 27 of January. SUPERVISOR STEC-Alright, I personally see, I can see how they’re linked together. I certainly can see how one can either enable, or change the other but the idea of do I think bringing sewer up to this corner is a good one, I think it is. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Absolutely. SUPERVISOR STEC-But I can see how the use can be tied to whether sewers are there or not, I can understand that. COUNCILMAN BOOR-And see this, Mike if a protest petition was filed and it was successful, this map, plan and report isn’t accurate any more. It doesn’t reflect that apartments could be, that commercial COUNSEL O’CONNOR-It reflects, it reflects my understanding of the present COUNCILMAN BOOR-Yea, present but not future. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-No, no, no let me finish if I can. It reflects correctly the present planning of the Albany Partners Group. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-Sure. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Yea but I’m talking about Schermerhorn’s medical, I’m talking about all, I’m talking about Valente’s properties, if those are done as apartments, they’re not reflected in the gallons per day flow in this report. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Okay Valente and Schermerhorn’s properties that you’re speaking of are below that. COUNCILMAN BOOR-But they’re on this, but it’s what can be, Cronin, you know where the bottle neck is and I do too and there’s a potential that we could run out of the ability Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 17 COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Okay but would not those properties go through the same site review process that this other COUNCILMAN BOOR-I’m talking about capacity issues here. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-We’re talking about the infrastructure costs of the diameter of the sewer pipe line. On the Planning Board we were always kind of taught to look at maximum potential impacts. What Roger is saying is that if the zoning is not changed then we’re not only concerned about the corner of Blind Rock and Bay Road but we’re concerned with the whole Bay Road corridor which could be theoretically COUNCILMAN BOOR-All apartments. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-All changed and converted from what it now which is the vision which is professional office into a whole sea of apartments and that would perhaps COUNCILMAN BOOR-And that’s not reflected in here. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-And that would perhaps be an impact that the sewer line could not handle. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-The same review guidelines would apply to those attempts to make conversions that is applying to the present attempt to develop vacant land. COUNCILMAN BOOR-We’re going to disagree. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Well, unless you’re going to have different rules for different people COUNCILMAN BOOR-That’s what you’re seeking Mike and that’s the problem. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-No, that’s not. That’s not, let’s stay away from that except in the sense that COUNCILMAN BOOR-I’m sure you would like to. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-No, I don’t no, I mean I think we understand that the Planning Board has said that the Bay Road corridor design requires Professional Office spaces, or office use along Bay Road and the issue is COUNCILMAN BOOR-A thousand feet. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-No, I don’t know if they have said a thousand feet. COUNCILMAN BOOR-You should know. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-The issue is how deep is that going to be. Is there going to be two hundred feet, three hundred feet, five hundred feet, I think the last time around the proposal was to make it five hundred feet. COUNCILMAN BOOR-And I would have to guess that you wish you hadn’t filed that protest petition at this point in time. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-No, I’m not, see you’re mixing the two but COUNCILMAN SANFORD-Listen we don’t know a lot of things right now, we’re going to probably know a lot more in the near future. Until I feel comfortable with this, I’m not prepared to act on it. I don’t want to be disrespectful to you Mr. Brush, I’m sorry, but that’s just the reality of it and then there’s other complications. If the rezoning for instance changes don’t take place and the project on the corner of Bay Road and Blind Rock gets presented then we have a whole SEQRA process to go through, I really want to see resolution on that parcel of land prior to commitment on sewer. Now, I’m speaking Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 18 for myself, I’m not speaking I’m sure for Mr. Brewer, probably not for Mr. Stec but that’s my opinion and it’s just the way I feel about it. SUPERVISOR STEC-Charlie, is there anything else? MR. BRUSH-No. COUNCILMAN STROUGH-Charlie, I want to add you’ve got a nice project there. I was on the Planning Board if you remember and you’ve got a nice project and I think Phase II will be a nice deal and if everything works out right, everything will work out right. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Is that right? COUNCILMAN STROUGH-Yea. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Now that logic is hard to argue with John. COUNSEL O’CONNOR-Good evening. MR. BRUSH-Thank you for your time and hopefully we can get a good resolution of this for everybody’s benefit. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Thank you Charlie and give me a call sometime if you’d like. SUPERVISOR STEC-Thank you for coming over from Vermont, Charlie, I appreciate it. OPEN FORUM 7:43 P.M. MR. PLINEY TUCKER, 41 Division Road-Referred to the discussions regarding the Professional Office Zoning and questioned whether it applied to other areas in town? SUPERVISOR STEC-Yes, there’s a couple of other areas in town. MR. TUCKER-Questioned whether there was any on Luzerne Road? SUPERVISOR STEC-No, I don’t think so. COUNCILMAN BOOR-I think there’s a small section on Western Avenue and Sherman. MR. TUCKER-Referred to site on Luzerne Road across from Wisconsin Avenue where there’s a storage unit and questioned whether that was PO Zoning? COUNCILMAN BREWER-No, that’s zoned Light Industrial. MR. TUCKER-Referred to newspaper article noting the approval of $175,000.00 for the Town Attorney for expenses. COUNCILMAN BOOR-That’s the ceiling. It’s not a retainer; the paper was not completely accurate. SUPERVISOR STEC-Cap is a better word. We renewed their contract for the same base dollar amount number as their last contract, yes. MR. TUCKER-What do we get for that $175,000.00? MR. SANFORD-Mr. Tucker, the attorney reimbursements or fees is a complicated issue. The $175,000.00 is not what we pay per year in legal costs. One component to the contract calls for no more then a certain amount to be paid each month, that amount is in that proximity of one seventy-five. In addition, if they litigate or if they handle assessment legal matters they get paid an additional amount above and beyond that. In Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 19 addition, the Town of Queensbury also has a confidential legal secretary that we have on salary and that position is also funded. The total legal costs to the town is significantly higher then the one seventy-five, try doubling it. SUPERVISOR STEC-The terms of the contract Pliney are not significantly different to the terms when you were on the Town Board. MR. TUCKER-The legal secretary you were talking about or legal aid or whatever that does most of the work, she’s an expense of the town itself? SUPERVISOR STEC-She’s a town employee outside of that, that’s correct. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-Now we’re taking measures to hold the line on our legal expenditures and we’re hoping to reduce them but to give you an idea of what it’s costing the Town of Queensbury is about a $1,000.00 a day for legal expenditures, is what it’s costing the Town of Queensbury. MR. TUCKER-I sat there where you guys are sitting and my personal feeling is, if you have to ask that attorney whether you can do anything or not, you shouldn’t be doing it. COUNCILMAN BOOR-It should be pointed out that we do not have attorney tonight because we felt, we all conveyed and spoke with each other and we felt that we didn’t think there was an issue that would require them. We certainly have that option when we review our packets, if we think there’s something where we’re going to need legal help, we will certainly have them here but to be paying them hourly when in fact we may not need them is probably not in the public’s best interest. We’re going to be looking at spending throughout the town. MR. FRANK KELLY, President of Surrey Field Home Association-What great news I’ve heard today, you join the club with a failed system. I hope you don’t have to wait two years to get it resolved. I just want to make it a point to let you know that it probably be easy if I were doing this sitting from your view point, I can produce a set of plans that you can put that system in tomorrow because our system is drawn up both ways. COUNCILMAN BOOR-I would encourage you that you drop that off with Supervisor Stec as early as possible. MR. KELLY-I’m very happy to see the way this is going but I want to make a statement as to when, I have to get this squared away in 2006. If this gets into litigation and the long, we’re going to sit for another year with three failed systems over there. That means they’re coming out of the ground and that means, I happen to have one of them and it’s been three years I’ve been sitting there watching what I put in it, it’s not an easy thing to go through, I can assure you. And these are all senior citizens over there and I certainly think they should have some consideration as far as moving this project down the road so that it can be resolved sometime in 2006. MR. PETER BROTHERS, Ward 1-Referred to the town’s Fire and EMS rate of eighty cents per thousand assessed value and with regard to West Glens Falls Fire facility that is being proposed would recommend fire districts where residents in the specific district pay for their own facility… Referred to resolutions that were adopted at a recent meeting regarding the funding of private charities and noted that he supports charities personally but does not support government supporting private charities… Noted that he does not feel that municipal trash collection would be a wise move and concerned that the town would then charge trash hauling fees based on assessed evaluation… Referred to the proposed village and proposition 439 being put into place, feel it was an unwise move and agree that they should be allowed to form their own village… MR. BOB VOLLARO-Referred to the map, plan and report concerning sewer up and down Bay Road that was previously discussed and questioned whether it showed a full build-out with respect to things like, for example going all the way down to Cronin Road? We know that Cronin Road tends to be a choke point and when the map, plan and Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 20 report is done in finality it show reflect all the worst case flow rate up and down Bay Road to see whether or not it impacts Cronin Road. COUNCILMAN BOOR-This addresses from Walker Lane north, nothing south of that. TOWN BOARD DISCUSSIONS 7:55 P.M. COUNCILMAN BOOR-I think this board is going to serve perhaps those that might have at one point felt a little disenfranchised. All of us are qualified, I think all of us mean to do what’s best for the town and I think we will. I think some of the spirited conversation that took place earlier is a good thing. I think its important that the public understand why this Board takes the positions it takes. Certainly, if somebody thinks that we’re wrong, I anticipate, expect and would appreciate that they would call me… One of the things that I would like to encourage this Board to consider, relative to some of the comments that Mr. Brothers might had touched on, often times we look at extremities of the town without getting a real understanding of where they’re coming from and I think it would behoove this Board at some point in time to schedule a workshop in North Queensbury. There’s a multitude of issues not the least of which is typical of what we had here for our public Board of Health. We’ve got a lot of issues with the people trying to build an awful lot on very small parcels that in turn increase property values… I think sometimes it isn’t understood how that affects those people that live up there, the taxes they pay, we have issues with fire districts, I think the fire department would like to make some comments. I just think it would be, in light of the high level of anxiety and rhetoric that occurred when the village first was proposed, I think the town could have done a little better job with trying to communicate with those individuals. Typically we expect them to come to us but I think periodically we should consider maybe going to their neck of the woods and hearing them. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-One quick comment, you all heard when we had the presentation from the Green Mt. Development Group; there will be the public hearing on rd the 23. Encouraged all interested people to attend, it’s important for us to hear what you think about the proposed rezoning. I think you’re aware of what projects will be affected by that and I know this is getting to be somewhat repetitive because it’s been done before but it’s important. Not only that, you also get an opportunity to see where your elected officers stand on this issue. So, please try to attend and spread the word. Thank you. COUNCILMAN STROUGH-First of all, Richard the first televised Town Board Meeting that you’ve been at and I want to welcome you to the Town Board. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-Thank you John. COUNCILMAN STROUGH-Roger, your idea of having a meeting in North Queensbury not only to deal with Lake George issues but it could be a moment we could talk about septic districting too… Would like to thank Mr. Hatin for giving me the yearend totals; Queensbury value of construction for 2005 was $62,581,537.00 of which fifty-nine apartments and one hundred single resident homes along with many other commercial properties built… Noted that he received an email the other day from the New York Bikers saying that the transportation bond that just past is the first that specifically includes bicycle and pedestrian transportation projects so there is some funding there… Spoke regarding cable TV, the recent rate increase and the many issues regarding digital TV transition… Reviewed the Highway Department’s Christmas tree pickup schedule; thththth Ward 1 and Ward 2 January 9 through the 13, Ward 3 January 17 through the 20 rdth and Ward 4 January 23 through the 27 … COUNCILMAN BREWER-Just a couple of things I’d like to resurrect. The Recreation Department has something started with the Faith Bible Church property and we need a management plan, it’s been six years since that process has started and we haven’t finished it. That property, Native Textiles and Hudson Point, there’s over a hundred and fifty acres there and I’d like to see it all tied together so I would ask this Board for support in bringing that to the forefront with the Recreation Department… Another thing, I’d like to set a date for workshop with the extension of the lighting district that we Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 21 talked about last year, the two areas in Ward 4 that we’d like to get street lights for so I’d like to put that on the next agenda Dan. SUPERVISOR STEC-Noted tomorrow is the forth of the four focus groups for the Comprehensive Land Use Plan update, subject of the focus group is Economic Development and it will be held here in this meeting room. This is just the beginning, there’s going to be all kinds of public comment sought and it will be a better plan, the more that the public participates in this process… Noted that we have openings for Planning Board alternates, one Zoning Board alternate and the Recreation Commission so we’re looking for people to volunteer and for anyone that’s interested please submit a cover letter or resume… In the spirit of volunteers, the Fire and EMS companies are seeking volunteers… Referred to the National Grid property and noted, I did get a copy on an email today from the attorney of National Grid who explained that he just got back from vacation and that we’re going to move on getting this issue closed and done with. So, it’s not done yet but I have a name and an email address that goes with the name so to me that’s forward progress and we’ll get that done in the near future…. Would like to thank TV-8 and Glens Falls National Bank for sponsoring the town’s televising of our Town Board Meetings… Noted the town’s website www.queensbury.net, providing a wealth of information for the public… I would like to propose for planning purposes a workshop for the fifth Monday of this month… Welcome Richard Sanford to the Town Board. COUNCILMAN STROUGH-One last thought, there are several communities that are negotiating their cable franchises, we could get them back and if we could share the price of a professional consultant and negotiate this as a wide area, I think we’ll make a lot more headway on our franchise agreement then we would just going individually and not only that, we share the cost of the professional. SUPERVISOR STEC-You’re right, we had a workshop, we had the room setup and there must have been seven or eight municipalities represented. We know who was there, I can certainly send a letter to them all again and suggest just that… RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING OUT-OF-DISTRICT SEWER AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND RICHARD PENNOCK CONCERNING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 137 QUEENSBURY AVENUE (TAX MAP NO.: 303.16-1-15) RESOLUTION NO.: 44, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Richard Sanford WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury has established and created several Sewer Districts as follows: 1.Central Queensbury Quaker Road Sewer District; 2.Hiland Park Sewer District; 3.Pershing-Ashley-Coolidge Sewer District; 4.Queensbury Technical Park Sewer District (District); 5.Reservoir Park Sewer District; 6.Route 9 Sewer District; and 7.South Queensbury – Queensbury Avenue Sewer District; Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 22 and WHEREAS, at times some Town residents wish to obtain sanitary sewer service from one of the Town’s Sewer District facilities but their properties are located outside the Sewer District boundaries, and WHEREAS, the Town’s Wastewater Director has received a request from Mr. Richard Pennock to obtain sanitary sewer service from the South Queensbury – Queensbury Avenue Sewer District’s facilities as Mr. Pennock’s 137 Queensbury Avenue property (Tax Map No.: 303.16-1-15) is located outside such District’s boundaries, and WHEREAS, the request is to serve a proposed pizza shop to be located on a .347 acre portion of the property as shown on a site plan map prepared by Charles T. Nacy dated September 6, 2005 presented at this meeting, and WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury wishes to supply Town resident Richard Pennock with such sanitary sewer service in accordance with Town Law §198(1), and WHEREAS, a proposed Agreement for sanitary sewer service is presented at this meeting and is in form approved by the Town’s Wastewater Director and Town Counsel, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Wastewater Director to enter into an Out-of-District Agreement between the Town of Queensbury and Richard Pennock for sanitary sewer service to serve a proposed pizza shop located on a .347 acre portion of Mr. Pennock’s 137 Queensbury Avenue property (Tax Map No.: 303.16-1-15) as shown on a site plan map prepared by Charles T. Nacy dated September 6, 2005, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes the Wastewater Director to make all necessary arrangements, including collection of any fees from Mr. Pennock and signing the Agreement, in accordance with Town Law §198(1), to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford NOES : None ABSENT: None Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 23 RESOLUTION APPROVING ENGINEERING PLANS FOR ROUTES 9 AND 254 TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS CAPITAL PROJECT RESOLUTION NO.: 45, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 69,2003, the Queensbury Town Board authorized establishment of the Routes 9 and 254 Traffic Improvements Capital Project (Project) and establishment of the Routes 9 and 254 Traffic Improvements Capital Project Fund #137 to fund expenses associated with the Project, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 446,2004, the Town Board authorized the implementation and funding of the first instance 100% of Federal aid and New York State “Marchiselli” Program-Aid eligible costs of the Project, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 201,2005, the Town Board affirmed and authorized the Project as a New York State Project for construction purposes rather than a Town of Queensbury project, and WHEREAS, the Town’s Executive Director of Community Development has advised the Town Board that she has received the final engineering design entitled, “Final Design Report, U.S. Route 9 and N.Y. Route 254, December 27, 2005,” and the New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) requires the Town Supervisor’s signature on such plans before DOT moves forward with its bidding process, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves of the engineering plans entitled, “Final Design Report, U.S. Route 9 and N.Y. Route 254, December 27, 2005,” in connection with the Routes 9 and 254 Traffic Improvements Capital Project and authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute such Final Design Report on behalf of the Town of Queensbury thereby enabling the New York State Department of Transportation to go out to bid on this Project, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or Executive Director of Community Development to send a certified copy of this Resolution to the Town’s engineers involved with this Project and/or the Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 24 appropriate New York State representatives handling this Project and take any other actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough NOES : None ABSENT : None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENT OF YVONNE LASHWAY AS PART-TIME CLERK RESOLUTION NO.: 46, 2006 INTRODUCED BY : Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY : Mr. John Strough WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board and the Town’s CSEA Unit formerly agreed to make the full-time Clerk position into a job-sharing position with two employees equally dividing the workday/workweek, and WHEREAS, one employee has been hired in this job sharing position and the Town Clerk has recommended that the Town Board now approve Yvonne Lashway in the other part-time Clerk position, and WHEREAS, Town Policy requires that familial relationships be disclosed and that the Town Board approve the appointment of Town employees’ relatives and Ms. Lashway is the wife of Computer Technology Coordinator Ryan Lashway, and WHEREAS, the Town Board has considered the Town Clerk’s request and wishes to approve Ms. Lashway’s employment in this position, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the hiring of rd Yvonne Lashway in the part-time Clerk position effective January 3, 2006, and BE IT FURTHER, Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 25 RESOLVED, that Ms. Lashway shall work 20 hours per week and accrue leave benefits (sick, vacation and personal days) on a pro-rated basis, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that Ms. Lashway shall be paid an hourly wage of $13.48 to be paid from the appropriate payroll account, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town Clerk and/or Budget Officer to complete any forms and take any action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO.: 595, 2005 REGARDING SALARY OF RECREATION PROGRAM SPECIALIST RESOLUTION NO.: 47, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Richard Sanford WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 595, 2005, the Queensbury Town Board adopted its part-time hourly wage and annual stipend, non-management, non-union full-time staff and management staff salary schedules for 2006, such salary schedules including the salary for Queensbury’s Recreation Program Specialist, and WHEREAS, the 2006 salary listed for the Recreation Program Specialist was incorrectly printed as $33,499 rather than the correct amount of $32,366, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby amends Resolution No.: 595,2005 such that the 2006 annual salary for the Recreation Program Specialist shall be $32,366 , and Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 26 BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby affirms and ratifies Resolution No.: 595, 2005 in all other respects. th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENT OF ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS CHAIRMAN RESOLUTION NO.: 48, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. John Strough WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board has received the Queensbury Zoning Board of Appeals’ recommendation for its year 2006 officers, and WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to appoint the Chairman of the Town’s Zoning Board of Appeals for 2006, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby appoints Charles Abbate as Chairman and hereby affirms the Zoning Board of Appeals’ appointments of Charles McNulty as Vice Chairman and James Underwood as Secretary of the Town’s Zoning Board of Appeals for 2006. th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor NOES : None ABSENT: None DISCUSSION regarding appointment of Planning Board Chairman: Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 27 SUPERVISOR STEC-We did get a recommendation of sorts from the Town Planning Board that basically COUNCILMAN BOOR-Shouldn’t we move it first? SUPERVISOR STEC-Well, we don’t know what to move yet. I was just going to summarize, the Planning Board did forward to the Town Board, basically they gave us two names that they would recommend both of which said that if they were voted on and appointed that they would serve. The current serving Chairman is Mr. Chris Hunsinger and the current serving Vice Chairman is Mr. Bob Vollaro so they kind of left it to the Town Board to pick between those two nominees as it were and with that. COUNCILMAN BOOR-One question, when I look at the ayes and the noes, Mr. Hunsinger has voted no, I assume you still want the, you’re still; I don’t understand what that means. COUNCILMAN BREWER-What do you mean? SUPERVISOR STEC-I assume it means, COUNCILMAN BOOR-Well, if you look at the vote, it, I just, it, I don’t understand if he doesn’t want it or if he wants COUNCILMAN SANFORD-No, no, he, I believe that he’s interested in the position; he didn’t prefer it to go by way of this form of resolution. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Okay. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-But Chris can speak for himself if you’d like. COUNCILMAN BOOR-No that’s fine. MR. CHRIS HUNSINGER, Planning Board Chairman-If you want me to, I will. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Well, I just COUNCILMAN SANFORD-I think it’s clear. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Okay. MR. HUNSINGER, Planning Board Chairman-Your reasons aren’t the reason why I voted that way. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-Well. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Well then let him explain. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-Go ahead and explain it. SUPERVISOR STEC-Chris, if you want, the floor is yours. MR. HUNSINGER, Planning Board Chairman-I really had no intention of addressing the Board tonight. The reason why I voted no is because the by-laws of the Planning Board require the Planning Board to make a recommendation to the Town and I felt that we were doing ourselves a disservice and as Chairman I thought it was my duty to put forward a resolution for the Town Board to consider and that is why I voted no. I will, I am of course interested in remaining as Chairman. COUNCILMAN BOOR-Okay, thank you. SUPERVISOR STEC-Thank you, we appreciate your service. I don’t know if we want to show hands of who thinks they’d like, we can go in alphabetical order, Hunsinger is before Vollaro. How many Board Members would move to reappoint Hunsinger? This way we’ll Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 28 get a name for the resolution and then we’ll make a motion and a second. So, if there’s, how many people? COUNCILMAN BREWER-Aye. SUPERVISOR STEC-I see two. Alright, how many people would prefer to nominate and vote on Mr. Vollaro as Chairman? COUNCILMAN BOOR-Aye. (COUNCILMAN SANFORD AND STROUGH raised their hands) SUPERVISOR STEC-Okay, so we will insert the name of Mr. Robert Vollaro in this resolution, now I’ll entertain a motion. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENT OF TOWN PLANNING BOARD CHAIRMAN RESOLUTION NO.: 49, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to appoint the Chairman of the Town’s Planning Board for 2006, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby appoints Robert Vollaro as Chairman of the Town’s Planning Board for 2006. th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Strough, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford NOES : Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec ABSENT: None DISCUSSION BEFORE VOTE: COUNCILMAN STROUGH-Well, I just, Robert Vollaro got one hundred percent unanimous vote by the Planning Board to be Chairman so I think I’m going to back him. SUPERVISOR STEC-Not last month. COUNCILMAN STROUGH-No, six months ago. SUPERVISOR STEC-Oh May, yea. Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 29 COUNCILMAN STROUGH-Yea. SUPERVISOR STEC-Alright, I just want to make sure we’re clear on the timing. COUNCILMAN STROUGH-Well, it was pretty clear, they’re unanimous. SUPERVISOR STEC-Any other discussion? COUNCILMAN BOOR-Yea, I’ll just, one thing is, Chris has done a good job and it should be noted and besides the fact that I think Bob is the senior member, has done a wonderful job and was the unanimous choice originally, I think it’s also important to note that Chris is Chairman of PORC and both of these positions are extremely important. And certainly one of the reasons I’m comfortable with my decision is I think as appointed positions, we should be careful not doling out too much responsibility to any one given person, there’s a lot of authority and power both as the Chairman of the PORC Committee and as the Planning Board Committee and in the event that they’re not elected positions, we need to be very careful not to put too much authority in any one person’s hands. SUPERVISOR STEC-Any other discussion? For the record, I felt the way I felt seven months ago, I still feel that way now and I think that Chris Hunsinger has done a great job as Chairman and I don’t see any reason to not reappoint him but that’s just my opinion. Any other discussion? Let’s go ahead and vote. (vote taken) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE’S SHARED MUNICIPAL SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM RESOLUTION NO.: 50, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough WHEREAS, the New York State Department of State (DOS) has grant funds available as part of its Shared Municipal Service Incentive (SMSI) Grant Program for the purpose of municipalities studying shared services, cooperative agreements, consolidations and/or dissolutions, and WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury and City of Glens Falls wish to pursue grant funding for the purpose of studying shared services and/or cooperative agreements to use the City of Glens Falls Watershed lands for recreational purposes for the benefit of Town and City residents, with the understanding that any grant funding carries with it the requirement of a local match, and WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury would be the Lead Applicant for this grant application, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 30 RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby expresses its support of the Town of Queensbury and City of Glens Falls’ joint submission of an application for grant funding in accordance with the New York State Department of State’s Shared Municipal Services Incentive (SMSI) Grant Program for the purpose of obtaining grant funds to be used toward the study of shared services and/or cooperative agreements to use the City of Glens Falls Watershed lands for recreational purposes for the benefit of Town and City residents, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Executive Director of Community Development and/or Senior Planner to prepare, and the Town Supervisor to sign, an application to the Department of State’s SMSI Grant Program, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby designates the Town’s Executive Director of Community Development as the Town’s “Lead Applicant Contact Person,” and authorizes the Executive Director, in such capacity, to execute financial and/or administrative processes relating to the SMSI Grant Program, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs that such grant application be for up to a maximum grant award of $200,000 - $100,000 per municipality - and the Town Board further approves, authorizes and confirms that it will provide up to ten-percent (10%) of its share or up to $10,000 of the amount of grant funds received as the Town’s local share toward the endeavor referenced in the preambles of this Resolution, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to accordingly budget for such local match of up to $10,000 in the Town’s 2006 operating budget from the appropriate line items, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Supervisor, Budget Officer, Executive Director of Community Development and/or Senior Planner to take any other actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 31 th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION TO AMEND 2005 BUDGET RESOLUTION NO.: 51, 2005 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough 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 Budget Officer, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer’s Office to take all action necessary to transfer funds and amend the 2005 Town Budget as follows: WASTEWATER: FROM: TO: $ AMOUNT: 032-1680-2032 032-8110-4130 995.50 (Computer Software) (Town Counsel Fees) th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION APPROVING AUDIT OF BILLS – TH ABSTRACT OF DECEMBER 30, 2005 RESOLUTION NO.: 52, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 32 WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to approve, ratify and affirm the th audit of bills presented as the Abstract of December 30, 2005, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves, ratifies and th affirms the Abstract of December 30, 2005 numbering 25-594300 through 25-620100 and totaling $412,828.90, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board affirms and ratifies the Budget Officer and/or th Town Supervisor’s actions taken during December 30, 2005 concerning such audit and authorizes and directs the Budget Officer and/or Town Supervisor to take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec NOES : None ABSENT: None DISCUSSION BEFORE VOTE: COUNCILMAN STROUGH-Jen, what is the warrant report? SUPERVISOR STEC-That’s the new MUNIS software, that will be the new format. COUNCILMAN STROUGH-Is it both of these together? MS. JENNIFER SWITZER, Budget Officer-Actually the word abstract and warrant are interchangeable. With the old software it was referred to as an abstract, the new software, their wording is a warrant so the language, it was just changed. There’s actually two th separate, where we always have called audits in front. One is through December 30 and the other is through today. COUNCILMAN STROUGH-So actually the budget would be both of these together, the total of what we’re paying out this month is both of these? MS. SWITZER, Budget Officer-That’s right. COUNCILMAN BREWER-I have one question, page 7 what department is the survey and what did we have surveyed? SUPERVISOR STEC-It’s the fifty acres off Haviland, the property that we bought last year. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-I have a couple of comments. First of all, I want to thank Jennifer for spending some time with me today and explaining some things. The first batch that we’re dealing with have already been paid I think because of timing whereas the second Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 33 batch we’re approving and then they’ll be paid later. I did notice a sizeable payment in here and I questioned the nature of it, it was to Cool Insuring for pretty much liability insurance in the neighborhood of $75,000.00. Jennifer was kind enough to review all of the insurance that we have, most of which is through Cool and we discovered it’s been quite some time since it’s ever been out to bid… Since payment is gone and it looks like there has been some form of a commitment for year 2006 but I would think sometime this spring we would want to do a RFP to have that looked at for adequacy and also for price competitiveness. COUNCILMAN BREWER-We just got a comparison on some. MS. SWITZER, Budget Officer-But that was just a comparison from one year to another. SUPERVISOR STEC-Jen, didn’t we in your budget, the 2006 budget that we approved a couple of months ago, didn’t we set aside some money in your budget to hire a consultant to help us to this? MS. SWITZER, Budget Officer-There’s consulting fees in there. SUPERVISOR STEC-Alright, I thought we were planning on putting this out to bid anyways. COUNCILMAN SANFORD-Okay, good. SUPERVISOR STEC-Because you’re right, I can’t remember when the last time it was… COUNCILMAN SANFORD-I just wanted to make sure that we were all in agreement that we would proceed that way. SUPERVISOR STEC-Oh, I think we should, yea. (vote taken) RESOLUTION APPROVING AUDIT OF BILLS – TH WARRANT OF JANUARY 10, 2006 RESOLUTION NO.: 53, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to approve the audit of bills th presented as the Warrant with a run date of January 5, 2006 and a payment date of January th 10, 2006, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves the Warrant with a thth run date of January 5, 2006 and payment date of January 10, 2006 numbering 9 - 51 and totaling $205,065.25, and BE IT FURTHER, Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 34 RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Budget Officer and/or Town Supervisor to take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION APPOINTING CURRENT ALTERNATE THOMAS FORD AS REGULAR MEMBER OF QUEENSBURY PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION NO.: 54, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Richard Sanford WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury previously established the Town’s Planning Board in accordance with applicable New York State law, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 163,2005, the Town Board appointed Thomas Ford as an alternate member of the Planning Board, and WHEREAS, a regular member Planning Board vacancy exists due to the departure of former Planning Board member and present Town Councilman Richard Sanford, and therefore the Town Board wishes to appoint Thomas Ford to serve as a regular member on the Planning Board, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby appoints current alternate member Thomas Ford to serve as a regular member of the Queensbury Planning Board until his term expires on December 31, 2012. th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford NOES : None ABSENT: None Regular Town Board Meeting, 01-09-2006, Mtg #2 35 Town Board adjourned to the Supervisor’s Conference Room DISCUSSION – WEST GLENS FALLS EMS BUILDING & BUDGET 9:15 P.M. Town Board held discussion regarding the West Glens Falls EMS proposed building, increasing the amount to be borrowed and the total cost of the project…. The EMS Squad presented the Town Board with sheet of proposed cost cuts prepared by the EMS Squad’s architect… Town Board reviewed sheet and discussion was held concerning deductions listed and the Town Board’s preferences of which they felt would help to lower costs without changing the building and vision materially. The Town Board will consider increasing the overall project $50,000.00 along with the amount to be borrowed by the same. Total project cost increased to $1,750,000 – amount to be borrowed $1,600,000 (from original $1,550,000.00)…. The EMS squad was directed to contact contractor with lowest bid regarding elimination of two bays. Proposed deduction for the two bays did not appear to be as big a reduction as Town Board would like to see. The EMS Squad will also work with Budget Officer to update pay-off of current building and the soft costs for the project. RESOLUTION TO ADJOURN TOWN BOARD MEETING RESOLUTION NO.: 55, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns their Regular Town Board Meeting. th Duly adopted this 9 day of January, 2006, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer NOES: None ABSENT: None No further action taken. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, DARLEEN M. DOUGHER TOWN CLERK TOWN OF QUEENSBURY