229.2005
RESOLUTION APPROVING WEST GLENS FALLS EMERGENCY SQUAD,
INC.’S PROPOSAL TO INCREASE PAY RATE FOR DAYTIME STAFF,
INCREASE PAID DAYTIME SERVICE AND AUTHORIZING
AMENDMENT TO 2005 EMERGENCY SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY
RESOLUTION NO.: 229, 2005
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury and the West Glens Falls Emergency Squad, Inc.
(Squad) have entered into an Agreement for emergency 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, such Agreement sets forth terms for the Squad’s provision of paid daytime
service, and
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board and Squad negotiated terms for a pay increase for
the Squad’s current daytime staff, resulting in a proposed increase in the amount of $5,213 for the
remainder of the 2005 calendar year, and
WHEREAS, the Town and Squad also negotiated terms for an increase in paid daytime service
by proposing to add three (3) additional daytime staffers, arranged through Keena Staffing, Inc., for an
approximate, additional sum of $86,673 for the remainder of the 2005 calendar year, and
WHEREAS, the additional three (3) paid daytime staffers will work primarily within the Bay
Ridge and North Queensbury Rescue Squads’ primary areas of responsibility, thereby benefiting
residents living within those areas of the Town, and
WHEREAS, the Town and EMS Squads wish to add to the existing Agreement with West
Glens Falls Emergency Squad, Inc., which will save the Town and Squads money, and
WHEREAS, since moneys for the pay increases and additional daytime staff are not included in
the Squad’s current 2005 Budget and Agreement with the Town, the Town Board held a public
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hearing on May 16, 2005 concerning the Squad’s proposals and corresponding amendment to its
2005 Emergency Services Agreement and heard all interested persons, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has determined that it is necessary and in the public interest to
act on such proposals to improve the provision of emergency services to the Town,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves of the West Glens Falls
Emergency Squad, Inc.’s proposals to increase pay rates for its daytime staffers, add three (3) daytime
staffers and amend its 2005 emergency services budget and Agreement with the Town to provide for
the total increased costs in the approximate amount of $91,886, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to sign
any necessary documentation, including an amended Agreement between the Town and the Squad in
form approved by Town Counsel, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town
Budget Officer to take all action necessary to transfer funds and amend the 2005 Town Budget as
necessary to provide for such increase in pay rates and additional daytime service, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town
Counsel and/or Budget Officer to take any action necessary to effectuate all terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 16 day of May, 2005 by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec
NOES : None
ABSENT: None