289.2001
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT
BETWEEN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND
BAY RIDGE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INC.
RESOLUTION NO.: 289.2001
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. James Martin
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board previously authorized an Agreement dated March
24, 2000 between the Town and the Bay Ridge Volunteer Fire Company (Fire Company) for fire
protection services, and
WHEREAS, as part of the March 24, 2000 Agreement, the Town agreed that it would
consider revising the Agreement specifically for the purpose of adjusting any payments that the Town
and Fire Company both agreed in writing were reasonable to enable the Fire Company to construct a
new fire station, and
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WHEREAS, the Town Board conducted a public hearing on May 21, 2001 and by Resolution
No.: 217.2001 approved an amended Agreement with the Fire Company, and
WHEREAS, the Fire Company has requested to further amend the Fire Agreement in order to
increase Year 2000 debt service expenses to $181,228 and to reallocate other expense items as a result
of a change in the Fire company’s construction schedule for its proposed new fire station, and
WHEREAS, New York State Town Law §184 provides that the Town and Fire Company by
mutual consent after public hearing may amend the Agreement for fire protection services provided it is
in the public interest to do so, and
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WHEREAS, on July 9 and July 12, 2001, the Town Board held duly noticed public hearings
concerning the proposed amended Agreement, and
WHEREAS, a copy of the proposed amended Agreement, together with a revised budget
Exhibit A, have been presented at this meeting and is in form acceptable to Town Counsel,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby determines that it is in the public’s best
interest to amend the existing Agreement between the Town of Queensbury and the Bay Ridge
Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. and hereby approves the amended Agreement with the Fire Company
substantially in the form presented at this meeting and as set forth in the preambles of this Resolution,
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board shall not and does not by this Resolution create or intend
to create any assumption on the part of the Town of Queensbury of any obligation or liability for the
Fire Company’s financing, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute the
amended Agreement and take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms
of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 12 day of July, 2001, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer
NOES : Mr. Brower
ABSENT: None