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RESOLUTION ENDORSING CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT AND
SETTING PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING PROPOSED
CONSOLIDATION OF CENTRAL QUEENSBURY QUAKER ROAD SEWER
DISTRICT AND HILAND PARK SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT
RESOLUTION NO.: 265, 2010
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer
WHEREAS, New York General Municipal Law Article 17-A authorizes water and sewer
districts to consolidate into combined districts if such combination “shall be conducive to the
public health, welfare, and convenience and be of special benefit to the lands of the district”; and
WHEREAS, the Central Queensbury Quaker Road Sewer District (“CQQRSD”) was duly
established by the Town Board and constructed in late 1980 to serve the business area of Quaker
Road, Aviation Road, Route 9 and Bay Road area and has added 12 District extensions over the
years, and
WHEREAS, the Hiland Park Sanitary Sewer District (“HPSSD”) was duly established by
the Queensbury Town Board and constructed in early 1990 by developer Gary Bowen to serve
the Hiland Park PUD and has added two district extensions, Adirondack Community College and
Willowbrook apartments, over the years, and
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board is the body responsible for the administration
of all its sewer districts, including the CQQRSD and the HPSSD, and
WHEREAS, the Town Wastewater Director has studied whether it would be to the
mutual benefit, and in the best interests of the customers each serves, to combine the CQQRSD
and the HPSSD into one District, and determined that such a combination would create greater
operating efficiencies, provide better service to the public each serves, and generate cost savings
by avoiding duplication in administrative services, and
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board is the governing entity for each of the Districts
(the local government entities), so the statutory requirement for a joint Resolution is hereby
ratified by a single Resolution by the Queensbury Town Board action on behalf of each District,
and
WHEREAS, New York General Municipal Law Article 17-A requires, by joint
Resolution, the local government entities to endorse a Consolidation Agreement to commence
proceedings to consolidate Districts; and
WHEREAS, Town Counsel and the Town Wastewater Director have prepared a
proposed Consolidation Agreement and provided it to the Town Board for its review;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY
RESOLVED:
1. The Town Board hereby endorses the proposed Consolidation Agreement.
2. As stated in the proposed Consolidation Agreement, the Town Board shall meet at the
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Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury on Monday, September 13, 2010 at 7:00
p.m. to hear public comments on the proposed Consolidation Agreement and to take such other and
further action as may be required or authorized by law.
3. The Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk and the
Technology Coordinator, as appropriate, to:
(a) cause a copy and a summary of the Agreement to be displayed and readily accessible to
the public for inspection in a public place within each District;
(b) cause a copy and a summary of the Agreement and a reference to the public place
where they may be examined to be displayed on the Town’s website; and
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(c) arrange for the summary of the Agreement and a reference to the public place where
they may be examined to be published at least once each week for four successive weeks in
the Post Star,
not more than five business days after adoption of this Resolution, as required by the New York
General Municipal Law.
4. The Town Board further authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk and the
Technology Coordinator, as appropriate, to cause a Notice of the Public Hearing, including a summary
of the Agreement and a reference to the public place where it may be examined, to be published and
displayed on the Town’s website not less than 10 or more than 20 days before the Public Hearing, as
required by the New York General Municipal Law.
5. The Town Board directs and authorizes the Town Supervisor, the Town Wastewater
Superintendent, the Town Clerk and the Technology Coordinator to take all actions necessary to
effectuate this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 26 day of July, 2010 by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Montesi
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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