315.98
NOTICE OF ADOPTION
At a Regular Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury held on
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August 17, 1998 at 7:00 P.M. at the Town of Queensbury, 742 Bay Road,
Queensbury, New York, the following resolution was passed:
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED
CONSOLIDATION OF THE WEST GLENS FALLS WATER DISTRICT
AND THE WEST GLENS FALLS WATER DISTRICT EXTENSION WITH
THE QUEENSBURY CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT
RESOLUTION NO.: 315, 98
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Pliney Tucker
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHEREAS, there has previously been established and created a water district known
and described as the Queensbury Consolidated Water District, and
WHEREAS, there has previously been established and created a water district known
and described as the West Glens Falls Water District, and
WHEREAS, there has previously been established and created a water district known
and described as the West Glens Falls Water District Extension, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury is considering consolidating
these three Districts pursuant to Town Law Section 206 and wishes to conduct a public hearing
upon the consolidation as provided in Section 206,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury shall hold a public
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hearing at the Queensbury Activities Center, Queensbury on Thursday, September 3, 1998 at
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7:00 p.m. for the purpose of hearing all persons interested in the proposal to consolidate the
West Glens Falls Water District and the West Glens Falls Water District Extension with the
Queensbury Consolidated Water District pursuant to Town Law Section 206, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that if the Districts are consolidated, it is proposed that the resulting
Consolidated Water District would be known as the Queensbury Consolidated Water District,
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that if the Districts are consolidated, it is proposed that the property and
indebtedness of the West Glens Falls Water District, the West Glens Falls Water District
Extension and the currently existing Queensbury Consolidated Water District would become
the property and indebtedness of the new Queensbury Consolidated Water District, and the
new Queensbury Consolidated Water District would pay such indebtedness as if it had been
incurred subsequent to the consolidation, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that if the Districts are consolidated, it is proposed that there would be
assessed upon all taxable real property in the new Queensbury Consolidated Water District
taxes in amounts sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on all outstanding indebtedness
of the new Consolidated District, including the prior outstanding indebtedness of the West
Glens Falls Water District, the West Glens Falls Water District Extension and the currently
existing Queensbury Consolidated Water District, and
BE IT FURTHER,
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RESOLVED, that if the Districts are consolidated, it is proposed that the future
assessment of all costs of operation, maintenance and improvement of the new Queensbury
Consolidated Water District would be assessed upon the taxable real property within the new
Queensbury Consolidated Water District on an ad valorem basis at the same time and in the
same manner as such costs are currently assessed upon the taxable real property within the
West Glens Falls Water District, the West Glens Falls Water District Extension and the
currently existing Queensbury Consolidated Water District, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that if the Districts are consolidated, it is proposed that all the expenses of
the new Queensbury Consolidated Water District, including all extensions or consolidations
previously or subsequently established, would be a charge against the entire area of the District
as extended/consolidated, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby authorizes and
directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to give notice of the public hearing by both publishing a
copy of this Resolution in the Glens Falls Post Star and posting this Resolution on the Town
bulletin board in the time and manner required by law, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby determines that the consolidation of the
West Glens Falls Water District and the West Glens Falls Water District Extension with the
currently existing Queensbury Consolidated Water District is a Type II Action under the State
Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”) and therefore, is not subject to review under
SEQRA.
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Duly adopted this 17 day of August, 1998, by the following vote:
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AYES : Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Champagne
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
I, Caroline H. Barber, Deputy Town Clerk of the Town of Queensbury,
Warren County, New York, do hereby certify that I have compared the
foregoing with the original resolution listed above adopted at a
Regular Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury held on
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the 17 day of August, 1998, at which a quorum was present and that
the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole
original thereof to date.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and the SEAL of
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said Town of Queensbury, this 18 day of August, 1998.
SEAL SIGNED:____________________________
Caroline H. Barber
Deputy Town Clerk
Town of Queensbury
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