557.2005
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING PROPOSED
INCREASE IN ROUTES 9 AND 254 TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS
CAPITAL PROJECT
RESOLUTION NO.: 557, 2005
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board adopted the Year 2005 Capital Improvement Plan
(CIP) for the Town of Queensbury, which CIP included the Town’s proposed 2005 prioritized short
and long-term Capital Projects, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 69,2003, the Town Board authorized creation of the Routes
9 and 254 Traffic Improvements Capital Project Fund #137 and transferred into such Fund $100,000
by interfund loan until the Town received Federal and Non-Federal Funds in the amount of $100,000,
and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 446,2004, the Town Board authorized an additional sum of
$124,000 from Fund #64 to cover the additional cost of participation in the preliminary engineering
phase of the Project, and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director of Community Development has requested $34,000
in additional funds to pay for engineering services provided to the Town by Stantec Consulting
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Group, Inc., as outlined in her Memorandum to the Town Board dated November 21, 2005 and
presented at this meeting, and
WHEREAS, such additional costs shall not exceed the amount of $34,000 and are
requested to be a part of the Routes 9 and 254 Traffic Improvements Capital Project and financed
through the Capital Reserve Fund, and
WHEREAS, the total for the Routes 9 and 254 Traffic Improvements Capital Project Fund
#137 after the additional transfers from the CIP fund will be $258,000, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the CIP, the Town Board must conduct a public hearing
before approving any specific Capital Project listed on the CIP, and therefore the Town Board wishes
to schedule a public hearing concerning the proposed increase in the Routes 9 and 254 Traffic
Improvements Capital Project Fund #137 as currently listed on the Town’s approved CIP,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall meet and hold a public hearing at the
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Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, December 19,
2005 to hear all interested persons and take any necessary action provided by law concerning the
proposed $34,000 increase in the proposed Routes 9 and 254 Traffic Improvements Capital Project
Fund #137, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk
to publish and post a Notice of Public Hearing concerning the proposed Capital Project in the manner
provided by law.
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Duly adopted this 28 day of November, 2005, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer
NOES : None
ABSENT : None
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