198.2005
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED ADDITION
OF DAY-TIME PAID SERVICE AND COINCIDING CONTRACT
AMENDMENT WITH NORTH QUEENSBURY RESCUE SQUAD, INC.
RESOLUTION NO.: 198, 2005
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
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 Queensbury Town Board and Squad have negotiated and agreed upon terms
for the addition of paid daytime service, more specifically, the addition of one paid daytime staffer,
arranged through Keena Staffing, Inc., which additional staffer will be paid for through the Town’s
Agreement with the West Glens Falls Emergency Squad, Inc., and
WHEREAS, such additional daytime staff will provide coverage for and benefit residents living
within the Squad’s primary area of responsibility, and
WHEREAS, since provision for paid daytime service is not presently included in the Squad’s
2005 Agreement with the Town, the Town Board wishes to set a public hearing concerning such
proposal and amendment to the Squad’s 2005 Agreement,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall conduct a public hearing concerning the
North Queensbury Rescue Squad, Inc.’s proposal to add paid daytime service and amend its 2005
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emergency services Agreement with the Town to provide for such service on Monday, May 16, 2005
at 7:00 p.m. in the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk
to publish a Notice of Public Hearing in the Post-Star Newspaper once at least ten (10) days prior to
the Public Hearing.
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Duly adopted this 25 day of April, 2005, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer
NOES : None
ABSENT:None