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1953-01-07 . 3 Public Hearing January 7, 1953 Present: , H, Russell Harris Supervisor Meredith Bentley Justice of the Peace Henry Sleight Justice of the Peace Raymond Walkup Councilman Curtis Lampson Councilman The--board convened at Tz-30 PX% Aso pr_o.se nx . �e-tt Lagoy, Su i bi i`t8e a JTt d Jesse v�e►a Ye @@ .. Aalp�i ®�'. Oe McPhillips appeared on behalf of the Adirondack Transit ,Lines , Inc. The proof of publication of notice of,.,.public hearing upon the application of Jesse-Burger for,, consent to operato ,his bus ling over certain streets in the Town of Queensbury filed, Resolution NO- 13, WHER M thy; p6tition of the ADIRONDACK TRANSIT LINES, 1N `.; verifl.ed the 31st day of December, 19529 was -presented. by Attorney Gerald P. McPhillips requesting permission for said Adirondack Transit tines, Inc. to operate over certain streets, avenues and thoroughfares~ in- the Town of Queensbury, reference to which is hereby had. After due consideration and on motion of Mr. Sleight seconded by Mr. Bentley, it was ' SOLVED, that pursuant to Section 66 of_tie Transportation Corpor- atibh s ' public heating be mod' upon the application of said Adirondack Transit Lines , Inc. for permission to operate route or routes in the area of Cottage Hill over the following avenues , streets and thoroughfares , to wit on -the Aviation Road commencing at the junction at U.S. 9, to Pros- pect Drive-. On Prospect Drive between the Aviation Road and Dixon Road, OP Hill est" Avenue between Prospect Drive-and Cottage Hill Road; on Cottage Hi11 Ro ;• ?etween Dixon Road and Aviation Road, Dixon Road between Prosp=--bii e-and-J;Iie junction with Kensington Road at, the west City line of Glens Ealis':at the Town Clerk's office- _p f said Town on tie Ridge Road at 7:30 p.M.. on the 14th day of January, 1953.. • i Duly adopted by the following voter Ayes - Mr. Walkup, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Sleight and Mr. Harris Noes - none r :1 The following people were present: :'D�►v � Wi6hda6 Lines n hard 1`Q $,: M Yer I i11e F Hili ' � a14 r botuge lnlit _ `,HartigON6.64dock, 06mg8OH111 C -r. Gler,- 3cfia$ &-gee H11 - 1 tx IirdCo -.ie 5 �gi�hftiap,����ve ����. r.-_,a Y j�'.trapn kift*16jen _ der fte t St.. 1 a. J l 1-1 ����rl�•�t�Ts e �ieF G4.ei� St.. i 1mrw6@4rA@abYa;. CdttigeoHill -AT r ., z i 013 r . C. F zAm4 ,.,1r&zchry f ©t€a e Hf�ll F r ; 1 'tt-a}ge 'H11 J� J 3 E;nttiag ' i 11 _, d rtirr'ty ._ s '.0 =its cl i_ The board generally discussed with the people present the proposed bus line. Mr. McPhillips requested that the matter be adjourned until January 14th at the same time as the hearing upon the application of:the Adiron- dac�:, Transit Lines, Mr. Beecher•Clother, County Attorney, was present in reference to the contract for the construction of the drainage" system in Drainage 'District No. 1 of the Town of Queensbury, r r` z. Resolution No. 14 introduced by Mr. Bentley seconded by Councilman �unpson: It was resolved that in the matter of the application of Jesse Burger . for permission to extend the operation of his bus line over cer- tain streets , avenues and highways in the Town of Queensbury be and the same is hereby adjourned to the 14th day of January, 1953 at 7:30 P.M.. at the Clerk's office or as soon thereafter-as the same may be brought on for hearing at such date and place„ Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes - Mr. Walkup, Mr. Bentley, 'Mr.. Lampson, Mr. Sleight and Mr. Harris Noes - none The following letter was read to the board. January 7, 1953 Town Board, < Town of Queensbury. Gentlemen: Pursuant to the provisions of Section 142 of the Highway Law, I hereby recommend that there be purchased for sidewalk snow r,emovel and grass cutting the following equipment at the maximum estimate cost to the town not to exceed: the following: One International Industrial Super A tractor $1700„00 V type snow plow 245.00 A.I.: 23 mower 2940.50 .Chains 42*00 Comfort .cover & Cub 64.00 Total ;2345,.50 Respectfully Respectfully submitted, (signed) Ernest B. Lackey, Supt. Town -Superintendent of Highways _ Town of Queensbury Resolution No. 15 introduced by Justice Sleight, seconded by Justice gm ley: WHEREAS Ernest Lackey has recommended the purchase of ,.ce,r ain high- way equipment.. • Resolved that a hearing be held upon such recommendation on.. the 14th day of January,, 1953; at 9 P.M.. at the Town Clerk's office, Ridge Road in the Town of Queensbury.. Further resolved that the clerk be and is hereby authorized and. directed to cause to be published once in the Glens Falls Times on the 8th day of January, 1953,, the following notice: Notice of Hearing Notice is hereby given in compliance with Section 142 of the- Iiigh- way Law that Ernest Lackey, Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Queensbury, Warren County, N.Y.., has recommended to the Town Board -of said Town as follows :-. I Town Board' I Town of Queensbury January 7th, 1953 i Gentlemen: Pursuant to the provisions of Section 142 of the Highway Law, I hereby recommend that there be purchased for sidewalk snow removal and grass cutting the following equipment at the estimated maximum cost-as follows :. i 4 One International Industrial Super A Tractor $1700.00 "V" Type snow plow 245.00 A,I,: 23 Mower 294.50 Chains 42,.00 Comfort cover & Cab. 64 00 Total _' '345,50 Respectfully submitted:,:. Ernest Lackey r_ Town S4zperiniendent'`'of Highways Further notice is hereby given that the Town Board of the Town of Queens- bury will meet at the office of the Town. Clerk, Ridge Road, in said town on the 14th day of January, 1953, at'- 9:' P.X,.`td` consider such"recommenda- tion and the purchase of such equipmoht,,'and' T ear all persons interested therein.. Dated: January 7, 1953 Prrancess L. Turner Towh`.'Clerk, Town'of" Quee' nsbury. N. Duly adopted by the following vote : Ayes - Mr. Walkup, Mr. Bentley, Mr. L6nipson,' Mr. Sleight. and `Mr.'"'Harris Noes - none. Resolution No. 16 introduced by Councilman Lampson, seconded by Justice Bentley:: IT IS RESOLVED that the following hlgh*a,y bond of H.._ Russell Harris, Supervisor,. be and the same is hereby approved as to fort, `manner of execution, amount, and sufficiency of sur'e'ty--.' Surety Amount Glens Falls Indemnity Company $160"600.00 and that the members of the Board sign a . certificate to that effect on such bond. - Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes Mr. "Walkup, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Sleight and Mr. Harris Noes - none ' ' E • Resolution No. 17 introduced by Justice Sleight, seconded by Justice Bentley: WHEREAS a contract has been awarded to John M. Robertson, Inc. and a performance bond having been filed, RESOLVED that the Town Clerk be and is hereby authorized to return by mail the certified cheek,, dated Oct. 99 1952 deposited with Bid to UK 11ohn M,, Robertson, Inc. , the successful bidder,. Duly adopted by the following vote Ayes Mr. Walkup, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Sleight and Mr. Harris Noes - none ' On motion the meeting adjourned. 4ecs"M. r&=ner� .Town Clerk. Public Hearing January 14,1953 Present: H. Russell Harris Supervisor A a { tN fi i't Meredith Bentley Justice of the Peace 'Henry Sleight Justice of the 'Peace ;Raymond Walkup Councilman ` Curtis Lampson Councilman The board convened at 7 :30 P.M.. Gerald McPhillips appeared' for the Adirondack Transit Lines, Inc. Ralph B. Turner appeared for Jesse Burger. Proof of publication of notiQe. of the hearing upon the application filed, The following people were present: r i `chi �i�ller at '. Qtt Vie. Hill Clarence $arber pperr Glen'$t. Henry Donohue Dixon Road- Arthur J„ Hodgson. Dixon Road Arthur W. Monthie hes Court Dorothy H. Montthie %_,9V ies Court Miss Chris Louden Dixon Road Mrs. Mary Riley " Dixon Road Krs. George Crannell Dixon Road Joyce Wilson Hughes Court' owen Dixon,Road, b!Iarvin karanville ' Dixbn Road' ' Jesse Burger Lake George _ D.E. Mack Westland ,awr once. Maqpke ' ` Cottage Hill '��'.. Bouchard Westland Harris Woodcock Cottage Hill G.H., Lelcht Cottage Hill Earl ' arswel� , Upper Glen St, Ernest Milled Miller Hill ` °' °a► R.C.Davis Upper Glen St. ` Charles Stanley Montray Hts. :Tohn McGarry, Adirondack Mr, Davignon Transit Mr. Phillion Lines ;Paul Sperry Dixon Road P y George Saville Glenacres :Elford Geray Glenacres indack Mr. McPhillips discusged at some length the proposal oral of the , Transit Transit Lines , Inc Mr. Turner stated the operation of his bus. line as proposed in the application and stated that the new route was from the Bus Terminal on South St., through Broad Street to LaRose St. to Sherman Ave. Sherman Ave. to Western Ave. , Western Ave. to Horicon Ave. Horicon Ave. to Ashley Place. Ad�$hley Place to Dixon Road. Dixon Road.,.to Cottage Hill Road; Cottage , Hill Road to Hillcrest, Prospect Drive, Aviation Road to the junction with the Mountain Road; thence returning on the Aviation Road to Cottage Hill Road; from Cottage Hill Road to Dixon Road, -then continuing on the same route to the bus terminal on South St. A number of people who`were present expressed, their,views on the subject of both applications and an informal poll was taken of those present. A majority were in favor of consent being given to the Adirondack Transit Lines, Inc. It was agreed that both paMrrtieMCPhi�litspstatedlthat hest-� ing for the meeting to beheld later. p would submit his proposal at this time and did so. The hearing upon the purchase of highway equipment was called and Mr. Harris asked whether there was anyone- present opposing the purchase of the sidewalk snow removal tractor and machinery. No one objected thereto and the ofnsuchlequip with Mr. Mr. p a. was Carswell the p to be paid for* i 7 ResolutionNo. 18 introduced by -Councilman Walkup,. seconded by Council- man ampson: WHEREAS the Town Superintendent of Highways did on the 7th day of January, 1953, duly recommend the purchase of certain equipment pursuant to the provision of Section 142 of the' Highway Law, and a notice of such recommendation has been duly published as provided in such section. Now, Therefore, Be it Resolved that pursuant to Section 142 of the Highway Law the Town Superintendent of Highways is hereby authorized to ;purc�mse from Carswell Truck & Tractor Co. Inc. with the approval of the County,- 8*perinten�,ent of Highways : ` bne International Industrial Super A Tractor $1700.00 "V" 'Type. snow.. plow X45.00 A .23 Mower •50 ..�,. + ,. i�g. 42..40. , Comfort� cover & Cab t _ 64,e0 for a total price of Two Thousand three hundred forty-five and 50/100 ti,Dollars .($2345.50) delivered at 'Queensbury Storehouse, Queensbury, N.Y.. dnd .td te,.,delivered-on,or about- January 21st, 1953, The 'terms" of payment will be as follows`: ` Check drawn on Machinery Fund $2345050 A` contract of purchase for the Items purchased shall be duly` ex- ectzted bgtween: the Town' Superintendent of Highways and such vendor, and when duly approved by the County Superintendent of Highways, it shall become ef 'ective. ,'When such contract has been duly executed and approved, the " Supervisor is authorized to complete such purchase upon delivery of the items purchased. in accordance with the terms ,of sjich resolution and such contract,.and to pay the above amoun�sspecified ,to`lie .paid b check,. ( jBy. a check dr eon on the Machinery Fund (Item 3) for $2345.50 Vote of Town Board (Aye) H. Russell Harris Supervisor (Aye) Raymond Walkup Town Councilman (Aye) Meredith S. Bentley Justice of Peace (Aye) Curtis Lampson Town Councilman t (Aye) Henry J. Sleight Justice of Peace Aolettenonas read from the Quebnsbury Central Volunteer Fire Co. calling the board's attention to the condition of the hydrant in. the West Glens Falls water district.. ` Resolution No. 19 The following resolution was offered by Justice of the Peace Bentley who moved its adoption, seconded by Justice of the Peace Sleight, to wit : WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury, New York,. adopted a--bond resolution on October 6, 1952, . authorizing the issuance of $120,000 serial bonds of said Town to pay the cost of the construction of a drainage system for Drainage. District No. l of said Town, and WHEREAS, it` is now desired to provide for the details and sale of such bonds, .and other matters in connection therewith; NOUN, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury, Warren County, New York, as follows; Section 1. The $120,000 serial bonds described in the foregoing preambles, (shall each be designated substantially DRAINAGE' DISTRICT NO. 1 (SERIAL) BOND, 1953, shall be dated March 1, 1953, _ u. the denomination of $1,000. eaeh, numbered from 1 to 120, both inclusive,, shall mature in nu- merical order in the amount of $5,000 on March l in each of the years 1954 to 1977, both inclusive, and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding e I.'ive, per centum per annum payable semi-annually can September 1 and March 1. Such bonds shall be in bearer coupon form with the privilege of con- version into bonds registered as to both principal and interest, and shall be payable on to both principal and interest in lawful money of the United States of America at Glens Falls National Bank and Trust %ompany in Glens Falls , New York,. which by contract is th`e paying agent of the issuer. Such `bonds shall be signed in the name of the Town of Queehsbury by the Supervisor, and sealed with ttQe corporate seal authorized by the Town Clerk,, and the interest coupons shall bear the 'Facsimile signature of the Supervisor. ` Ong ` Section 2. All other matters exce p t as provided herein relati to such bonds shah be determined, by the Supervisor. Such bonds shall contain ,sub, tantially the recital of validity clause provided for in �ectiori- 52, 0 of the Local Finance Law and shall otherwise be in such form and b`ontain such recitals, in addition to those required by Section ;;51,,bo of the Local Finance Law, as the ,Supervisor,.shall deter- mine. Section 3, It is hereby determined that subdivision 4 of para- J;rhph` a of'Section 11,00, of `the Local Finance Law applieb. to such object or purpose, and that' the'-pef-iod of`"probable'usefulness thereof is 30 years„ computed from October 30,, , 1952, the date, of the first bond, an - ticipation note issued therefor, ' Section 4. The faith and credit of the Town of Queensbury,, ew �'ork,, are hereby pledged for the payment of the principal of and in - terest , on such bonds as the same respectively become due and payable, 1,3uch` bonds ` arid: the interest thereon shall be payable in the first in - stance ,from assessments upon the peyeral lots and parcels of land W thin said Drainage Distric which the Town Board shall determine and specify to be especially benefited by the improvement in just proportion to the smounta"of benefit which the improvement sha..a_ confer upon the same, but if nbt'p'aid--from 'such assessments , all the taxable real property shall be subject. to .an,. annual levy of an ad valorem tW without limitation as to" rate or amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on .:such bonds as the same become due and payable. - section 5. The powers and duties of advertising such bonds for j sale,, conducting the sale and awarding the bonds, are hereby delegated to the Supervisor, who shall advertise such bonds for sale, conduct the sale and award the bonds in such manner as he shall deem best for the interests of the Town, provided, however, that in the exercise of these delegated powers,, he shall comply fully with the provisions of the Local Finance Law, and any order or rule of the State. Comptroller applicable to the sale of municipal bonds. The receipt of the Super- visor shall be a full acquittance to the purchaser of such bonds,whad,. Shall mbb be obliged to see to the application of the purchase money. Section 6, The validity of such bonds may be contested only if: 1, Stich bonds are authorized for an object or purpose for which the Town of Queensbury is not authorized to expend money, or ` 2. The provisions of law which should be complied with at the/ date of publication of this resolution are not substantially corn - plied with, and an actioh, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication, or 3,. Such bonds are authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution. z Section 7. This resolution, which takes effect immediately, shall-_ be published in full in the Glens Falls Times, the official newspaper of said Town, together with a notice of thetTown Clerk In substantially 'the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law.. < The question bf the adoption of the foregoing resolutdon was duly put to, a vote on roll call which resulted as follows : i H. Russell Harris , Supervisor Aye Raymond Walkup Councilman Aye Meredith_ ^S. Bentley Justice of Peace Aye Curtis Lampson Councilman Aye Henry J Sleight Justice of Peace Aye Noes - none The resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted. Resolution -No. 20 introduced by Justice Sleight, seconded by Justice III.�11 I e� ntl6y: " RESOLVED that the salary of the caretaker of the PineView Cemetery be-and is hereby fixed at $2800 for the year 1953, payable as follows: $$116,66= in 23 semi-monthly payments and $116.82 - l semi-monthly pay- ment, Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes Mr. Walkup, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Lampson, Mr. - Sleight and Mr. Harris Koes -, tone, Resolution N . 1 introduced by Councilman Walkup, seconded by Councilman Lampson: RESOLVED that the compensation of constables as fixed is for criminal Pervice and such constables are to retain civil fees for com - pensation''in civil matters. Duly adopted by the following vote : Ayes - Mr. Walkup, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Sleight and Mr. Harris I Noes none R solut,12n No 22 introduced by Justice Sleight, seconded by Councilman meson.. RESOLVED that this matter be adjourned to the 22nd day of January, 1953 to the same time and place. Duly adopted by the following vote: s Ayes Mr. Walkup, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Sleight and Mr. Harris Noes - none. Anc�s .,Town Clerk. Adjourned Meeting January 22, 1953 Present: H,. Russell Harris Supervisor Meredith Bentley Justice of the Peace Henry Sleight a Justice of the Peace, Raymond 'Walkup Councilman _ Curtis Lampson Councilman " The board convened at 7 :30 P,M,. in the mutter of the application for bus consent, Ralph. B, Turner appeared as attorney for Jesse Burger who also appeared in person, Gerald McPhillips of McPhillips, Fitzgerald & McCarthy appeared for the Adirondack Transit Lines, Inc. Also present were 'the following people : r