332.2005
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO HIGH LIFT
WATER PUMP VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE
RESOLUTION NO.: 332, 2005
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board previously adopted purchasing procedures which
require that the Town Board must approve any purchase in an amount of $5,000 or greater up to New
York State bidding limits, and
WHEREAS, the Town’s Water Superintendent has advised that one of the Town’s variable
frequency drives for a high lift water pump was damaged during a momentary electrical power
fluctuation and the pump is one of two that is essential to the Town’s Water Treatment Plant
Operation and without such pump, the Town cannot meet the demands of its water customers, and
WHEREAS, the cost of such needed emergency repairs by the manufacturer will cost
approximately $37,000,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby determines that the repair of this pump
is an emergency repair needed to provide water to the Town’s residents and certain neighboring
municipalities, and such repairs should be made as soon as possible, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby approves and authorizes the repair of one of the
Town’s variable frequency drives for a high lift water pump as delineated in this Resolution, in an
amount not to exceed $37,000, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs that payment be made through the
transfer of $37,000 in funds from Capital Construction Account No.: 40-8340-2899 to Plant
Maintenance Account No.: 40-8320-4350, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget
Officer to amend the 2005 Town Budget, transfer funds and/or take any action necessary to
provide for such payment, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Water
Superintendent and/or Budget Officer to take such other and further action as may be necessary to
effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 11 day of July, 2005, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Turner, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor
NOES : None
ABSENT: None