185.2006
RESOLUTION APPROVING NORTH QUEENSBURY RESCUE SQUAD
INC.’S PROPOSAL TO PURCHASE 2006 AMBULANCE
RESOLUTION NO.: 185, 2006
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury and the North Queensbury Rescue Squad, Inc. (Squad)
have entered into an Agreement for emergency protection services, which Agreement sets forth a
number of terms and conditions including a condition that the Squad will not purchase or enter into any
binding contract to purchase any piece of apparatus, equipment, vehicles, real property, or make any
improvements that would require the Squad to acquire a loan or mortgage or use money placed in a
“vehicles fund” without prior approval of the Queensbury Town Board, and
WHEREAS, the Squad wishes to replace its 1994 ambulance by trading it in for a 2006
ambulance for the approximate net purchase price not to exceed $130,000, and
WHEREAS, the Squad plans on paying for the ambulance by using proceeds from the sale of
its 1994 ambulance and using funds from its Restricted Vehicle Fund, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board feels that this new ambulance will provide additional safety
protection for the Town and therefore the Town Board wishes to authorize such purchase,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves of the North Queensbury
Rescue Squad, Inc.’s purchase of a 2006 ambulance for a sum not to exceed $130,000 to be paid for
from proceeds from the sale of the Squad’s 1994 ambulance and funds from the Squad’s Restricted
Vehicle Fund provided that details are received and approved by the Town Supervisor prior to such
purchase, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that should any funds remain from the Squad’s proceeds of the sale of its 1994
ambulance or in the Squad’s Restricted Vehicle Fund, such funds will go back into the Squad’s
Restricted Vehicle Fund, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or
Town Budget Officer to take any and all action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 3 day of April, 2006, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Sanford, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Strough