477.2007
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HIRING OF MARK BENWARE AS
MOTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR IN HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
RESOLUTION NO. 477, 2007
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury’s Highway Superintendent wishes to fill a vacant Motor
Equipment Operator (MEO) position in his Department, and
WHEREAS, the Highway Superintendent posted availability for the position, reviewed
resumes, interviewed interested candidates and wishes to appoint Mark Benware, a former Temporary
Laborer for the Highway Department, to the position, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 260, 2007, the Town Board authorized the appointment of
Mr. Benware as a full-time Laborer for the Cemetery Department and the Cemetery Superintendent is
willing to release Mr. Benware from his Cemetery Department duties to assume the full-time MEO
position in the Highway Department,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the appointment of Mark
Benware to the full-time Union position of Motor Equipment Operator (MEO) in the Town’s Highway
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Department effective on or about November 6, 2007, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that such appointment shall be contingent upon any applicable Civil Service
requirements and an eight (8) month probation period, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that Mr. Benware shall be paid the hourly rate for the MEO position as
delineated in the Town’s current Agreement with the Civil Service Employees Association, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor,
Highway Superintendent, Cemetery Superintendent and/or Town Fiscal Manager to complete any
documentation and take such other and further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this
Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 5 day of November, 2007, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: None