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10-18-2021 MTG#34 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 93 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING MTG #34 OCTOBER 18, 2021 RES. #338-350 7:00PM BOH #63-65 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT SUPERVISOR JOHN STROUGH COUNCILMAN ANTHONY METIVIER COUNCILMAN HARRISON FREER COUNCILMAN GEORGE FERONE COUNCILMAN TIMOTHY MCNULTY TOWN COUNSEL MARK SCHACHNER, ESQ. SUPERVISOR STROUGH called meeting to order…. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN HARRISON FREER SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I would like to go off from tonight’s regular forum and recognize the many members in the audience who are our Town’s Emergency Medical providers. I would like to go off the regular forum EMS people. We are all appreciative of their volunteerism who put in hours after hours of dedication to saving our lives. Thanks to some of you and Councilman Ferone, we have Dr. Tom Williams here tonight who works with two of our squads. He is the Medical Director for these squads and would like to share some of his thoughts. DR. TOM WILLIAMS-Thank you for opening this meeting up, I think it’s a really important topic. I am an Emergency Medicine Doctor at Glens Falls Hospital and I work with many of the agencies in the area. I am the Medical Director for four agencies in Warren County and five agencies in Washington County. I work closely with them. My primary duty is to ensure the quality of medical care that they provide and make sure that they are operating at the highest standards possible. These guys are professionals not volunteers and are required to obtain a really high standard of education before they take part in any sort of employment. They have to go through lots and lots of training, years if you want to be a paramedic. They have to be cleared by the region and cleared by me before they practice and care for patients. They are not the ambulance drivers of the past. The CGR report, I was pleased with a lot of the discussion that it opened up. The Town and the region has changed quite significantly since these agencies were created. As the population changes that requires a change in response by the agencies. The agencies are stretched thin to provide the services that the Town and the population needs. Two things I wanted to talk about tonight, is West Glens Falls EMS. I see how they are quite stretched, they have the largest response area and some of the older population in their response district. When they are forced to respond to a number of incidences or necessities, they don’t have the people to respond in that nature so the rest of the community is put under stress. Bay Ridge, North Queensbury or Warrensburg, or any surrounding areas are forced to help pick up that burden. When the volumes overwhelm any one particular agency, likewise they are stressed. Everybody else returns mutual aid, it’s a good system but it’s imperfect, it’s unpredictable. By stressing one area you are leaving another area exposed. Right now West Glens Falls is operating with just a single ambulance for their entire response area. It’s insufficient because they are being asked to cover a high need region with very little resources. It puts their population at a disservice. My second concern is the overall care that we show to our EMS professionals, the standard of pay for these providers is quite low, even relative to other Town employees. The report broke it down and compared it to other jobs in the Town and other health care professionals. When you see it side by side you see how disparate the pay is between our EMS providers and Fire Departments, Town employees or LPN’s and other nursing staff. It needs to be addressed. They go through a lot of training. They are required to maintain yearly educational requirements and are held to an extremely high standard. That isn’t being reflected in their compensation. They cannot sustain themselves on a single salary. They work multiple jobs and will work for two or three agencies. Providers work twelve to eighteen hours to make ends meet. We are asking them to do critical work but are forcing them to do a high number of hours to be able to survive. We are putting our community at risk when we are asking our providers to work for so many agencies just to make a living. EMS providers are not allowed to REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 94 have benefits or health insurance. From my perspective it is hypocritical to provide these medical services to which we forbid them access. It’s unfair and they are not being compensated adequately. We are asking them to work more hours and put themselves under more stress to make a living wage. Those are the big topics I wanted to speak about today. Thank you very much. SUPERVISOR STROUGH- Thank you. I don’t think that anything that you said is something this Town Board is not aware of. The public needs to be aware of this. We are working to piece together a short term repair plan. We do know that West needs another whole crew. We need to get another ambulance going and that mutual aid does stress the other two as well as other local communities. We need to address that. As we go into 2022 we need to firm things up and then we can go to the community with a plan. The plan includes adding a crew to West Glens Falls, giving benefits and paid time to our paid service and looking at the arrangement of the boundaries. It includes a potential new arrangement with paid services at North Q. We don’t know the answers to some of those thoughts right now but these things need to be addressed. DR. WILLIAMS-It is a very important topic. I really hope we can move forward, the community really needs the great work that these guys do. The turnover is high, we lose a lot of great providers because of the shortcomings of how things are structured. To keep providers and allow them to make a career in this field would really help everybody. SUPERVISOR STROUGH- We agree. Thank you. COUNCILMAN FREER-I have two questions, I am not part of the task force. Thank you for coming. My first question is, you specifically didn’t address Glens Falls when you talked about mutual aid. Was that an oversight or was that on purpose because they are a paid staff? DR. WILLIAMS- No that was an oversight, Glens Falls Fire is a critical component of the response. My apologies. COUNCILAM FREER-My second question is regarding the report. We don’t have a good quantitative methodology for evaluating. Are you aware of or are we keeping good track what quantitative things do we need to be looking at in the future? For instance, it comes to mind, average response time. Has that gone down, has that gone up, is it level? Those are the quantitative things that the report said we weren’t collecting enough of. Data is required to make good choices and decisions. I’d like you guys all to think about that and maybe we can work together to come up with some better quantifications so that we all can communicate with the community. Bottom line is nothing is free in this world. If we have some metrics or at least looked at how adequate our current metrics are, I would find that very valuable. DR. WILLIAMS-That’s incredibly valuable. Part of my responsibility is to evaluate the medical care so I review charts and look at how the medical care is delivered. I think reviewing the system delivery is also very important. You are exactly right, metrics do need to be measured and response time being one of them should be collected. I don’t know if it’s being collected at the moment but it’s certainly important to know because it impacts care. COUNCILMAN FREER-Ok, thank you. I think we are all very grateful for your input. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-I understand the county maintains some of that data in terms of response time. Part of the discussion in the report was a Town coordinator or Town EMS person, having someone to capture the data for the Town and be able to report on it. An EMS Coordinator position, it is expensive but part of the solution is to coordinate a Town response with the three companies. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-This is going to be an ongoing discussion. Thank you Dr. Williams for starting us off tonight. 1.0 BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION ENTERING QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO.: 338, 2021 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 95 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns from Regular Session and enters into the Queensbury Board of Health. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021 by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE APPLICATION OF MIKE AND LAURA LYDEN RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 63, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board serves as the Town’s Local Board of Health and is authorized by Town Code Chapter 136 to issue variances from the Town’s On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance, and WHEREAS, Mike and Laura Lyden have applied to the Local Board of Health for a variance from Chapter 136 to install a replacement leach field 75’ from the well in lieu of the required 100’ setback on property located at 3 Tuttle Drive in the Town of Queensbury, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury Local Board of Health will hold a public hearing st on Monday, November 1, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, to consider Mike and Laura Lyden’s sewage disposal variance application concerning property located at 3 Tuttle Drive in the Town of Queensbury (Tax Map No.: 239.18-1-14) and at that time all interested persons will be heard, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to publish the Notice of Public Hearing presented at this meeting and send a copy of the Notice to neighbors located within 500 feet of the property as required by law. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough NOES: None ABSENT: None REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 96 RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE APPLICATION OF JAMES KENNEDY RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 64, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Timothy McNulty WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board serves as the Town’s Local Board of Health and is authorized by Town Code Chapter 136 to issue variances from the Town’s On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance, and WHEREAS, James Kennedy (Applicant) has applied to the Local Board of Health for variances from Chapter 136 to install a replacement wastewater treatment system with components of it to be located as follows: 1. Enhanced Treatment Unit (ETU) Effluent Absorption Field to be 54’ from the well instead of the required 100’ setback; 2. ETU to be 40’ from the well instead of the required 50’ setback; and 3. Pump Station to be 40’ from the well instead of the required 50’ setback; on property located at 34 Nacy Road in the Town of Queensbury, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury’s Local Board of Health will hold a public hearing st on Monday, November 1, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, to consider James Kennedy’s sewage disposal variance application concerning property located at 34 Nacy Road, Queensbury (Tax Map No.: 289.6-1-20) and at that time all interested persons will be heard, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to publish the Notice of Public Hearing presented at this meeting and send a copy of the Notice to neighbors located within 500’ of the applicant’s property as required by law. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES: None ABSENT: None REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 97 RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE APPLICATION OF LAMBERTS LANDING LLC RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 65, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Timothy McNulty WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board serves as the Town’s Local Board of Health and is authorized by Town Code Chapter 136 to issue variances from the Town’s On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance, and WHEREAS, Lamberts Landing LLC (Applicant) has applied to the Local Board of Health for variances from Chapter 136 to install a wastewater treatment system with components of it to be located as follows: 1. Absorption Field to be 57’ from Lake George (east) instead of the required 100’ setback; 2. Absorption Field to be 59’ from Lake George (west) instead of the required 100’ setback; and 3. Grinder Pump to be 25’ from Lake George instead of the required 50’ setback; on property located at 117 Rockhurst Road in the Town of Queensbury, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury’s Local Board of Health will hold a public hearing st on Monday, November 1, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, to consider Lamberts Landing LLC’s sewage disposal variance application concerning property located at 117 Rockhurst Road, Queensbury (Tax Map No.: 227.9-1-8) and at that time all interested persons will be heard, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to publish the Notice of Public Hearing presented at this meeting and send a copy of the Notice to neighbors located within 500’ of the applicant’s property as required by law. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Mr. Freer RESOLUTION ADJOURNING QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 98 RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 66, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Board of Health hereby adjourns and moves back into the Regular Session of the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough NOES: None ABSENT: None 2.0 PRIVLEGE OF THE FLOOR FOR RESOLUTIONS ONLY (LIMIT-3 MIN.) NO PUBLIC COMMENT 3.0 RESOLUTIONS COUNCILMAN METIVIER noted that resolution 3.4, setting the 2022 Town Board Meetings th would have a regular meeting on July 4 which should be corrected. SUPERVISOR STROUGH recommended pulling resolution for now. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADIRONDACK RUNNERS TO CONDUCT REINDEER RUN 5K RESOLUTION NO.: 339, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, the Adirondack Runners has requested authorization from the Queensbury Town Board to conduct its Reindeer Run 5k within the Town of Queensbury and on Town roads to sponsor the Wait House as follows: SPONSOR: Adirondack Runners EVENT: Reindeer Run 5k th DATE/TIME: Saturday morning, December 4, 2021 PLACE: Beginning and Ending at SUNY Adirondack – 640 Bay Road, Queensbury and REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 99 WHEREAS, Adirondack Runners has provided the Town with proper proof of insurance in form acceptable to the Town and the Town’s insurance carrier, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves and authorizes the Adirondack Runners to conduct its Reindeer Run 5k within the Town of Queensbury to benefit the th Wait House on Saturday, December 4, 2021, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby approves this event subject to the Town Highway Superintendent’s approval of the race, which approval may be revoked due to concern for road conditions at any time up to the date and time of the event. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH WARREN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY RESOLUTION NO.: 340, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, by prior Resolution, the Queensbury Town Board provided for the Town’s receipt of occupancy tax revenues from Warren County in accordance with the Local Tourism Promotion and Convention Development Agreement (Agreement) entered into between the Town and Warren County, and WHEREAS, the Agreement provides that specific expenditure of the funds provided under the Agreement are subject to further Resolution of the Town Board, and WHEREAS, the Warren County Historical Society (Historical Society), is a not-for-profit educational organization chartered in 1997 by the New York Education Department for the collection, preservation, and promotion of the heritage of Warren County, including the Town of Queensbury, and has and will benefit the Town’s residents by continuing to contribute to the promotion and preservation of the Town’s history and heritage, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to provide funding to the Historical Society in the amount of $2,000 with occupancy tax revenues received from Warren County and accordingly enter into an agreement with the Historical Society for the year 2021 for general promotion purposes, and REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 100 WHEREAS, a proposed Agreement has been presented at this meeting, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves the Agreement between the Town and the Warren County Historical Society substantially in the form presented at this meeting and authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute the Agreement, with funding for the Agreement not exceeding the sum of $2,000 and to be provided by occupancy tax revenues the Town receives from Warren County, to be paid for from Account No.: 050-6410-4412, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs an increase of appropriations in Occupancy Tax Account No.: 050-6410-4412 by $2,000 and increase the revenue coded 050-0000- 51113 Occupancy Tax by $2,000, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to amend the 2021 Town Budget, make any adjustments, budget amendments, transfers or prepare any documentation necessary, and the Town Supervisor and/or Town Budget Officer to take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate all terms of this Resolution, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that such Agreement is expressly contingent upon the Town Budget Officer confirming that the Town has unallocated occupancy tax funds available from Warren County. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON TOWN OF QUEENSBURY 2022 PRELIMINARY BUDGET RESOLUTION NO.: 341, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board has prepared a Preliminary Budget for the Town of Queensbury and its Districts for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2022, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to approve the Preliminary Budget and conduct a public hearing, REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 101 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves the Town of Queensbury Preliminary Budget for 2022, comprised of statements of appropriations and estimated revenues, a copy of which is attached and made a part of this Resolution, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that copies of the 2022 Preliminary Budget for the Town of Queensbury shall be filed in the Town of Queensbury Town Clerk's Office, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury where it shall be available for inspection by interested persons during regular business hours, and BE IT FURTHER, st RESOLVED, that the Town Board will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 1, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury and all interested persons will be heard concerning the Town’s Preliminary Budget, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to publish and post a Notice of Public Hearing in the manner provided by Town Law §108, such Notice to be substantially in the following form: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY FOR THE YEAR 2022 NOTICE is hereby given that the Preliminary Budget of the Town of Queensbury, County of Warren, State of New York for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1, 2022, which includes the S495 Exemption Impact Report, has been filed in the Queensbury Town Clerk’s Office where it is available for inspection by any interested person during normal business hours. FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given that the Queensbury Town Board will hold a st public hearing on Monday, November 1, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury and that at such hearing the Town Board shall hear all interested persons concerning the Preliminary Budget. AND FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with Town Law §108 that the proposed salaries of Town of Queensbury elected officials for Year 2022 are as follows: TOWN SUPERVISOR 67,276. TOWN COUNCILPERSON (4) 18,000. TOWN CLERK 79,385. TOWN HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT 80,245. TOWN JUSTICES (2) 55,798 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 102 For further information or to inspect a copy of the proposed Preliminary Budget, all interested persons may contact the Queensbury Town Clerk’s Office, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at (518) 761-8234 or visit the Town’s website at: www.queensbury.net and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town Clerk and/or Town Budget Officer to take all actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HIRING OF CHRISTIAN HENKEL AS FULL-TIME LABORER FOR TOWN WATER DEPARTMENT RESOLUTION NO.: 342, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury’s Water Superintendent has advised the Queensbury Town Board that there is currently a vacancy in a full-time Laborer position in the Department, and WHEREAS, consistent with the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Water Superintendent posted availability for the position, and WHEREAS the Water Superintendent reviewed resumes, interviewed candidates and has recommended that the Town Board authorize the hiring of Christian Henkel as a full-time Laborer, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the hiring of Christian Henkel as a full-time Laborer in the Town’s Water Department effective on or about th October 19, 2021 contingent upon the Town successfully completing background checks as reasonably necessary to judge fitness for the duties for which hired and drug and/or alcohol screening, and subject to Mr. Henkel’s successful passing of a pre-employment physical as required by Town Policy and successful completion of a twenty-six (26) week probationary period, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that Mr. Henkel shall be paid the hourly rate of pay for the Laborer position as delineated in the Town’s current Agreement with the Civil Service Employees Association, and BE IT FURTHER, REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 103 RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Water Superintendent and/or Town Budget Officer to complete any forms and take any action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021 by the following vote: AYES: Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION SCHEDULING PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NO.: ___ OF 2021 TO AMEND TOWN CODE §136-53(B) RELATING TO SEWER PERMIT FEES RESOLUTION NO.: 343, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to amend the portion of Queensbury Town Code §136-53 relating to sewer permit and inspection fees so that such fees shall be set by Town Board Resolution, and WHEREAS, the Town Board has considered a proposed Local Law doing so, and WHEREAS, New York Municipal Home Rule Law requires a Public Hearing to be held prior to adoption of a Local Law, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall meet and hold a public hearing at the th Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 15, 2021 to hear all interested persons and take any other actions authorized by law concerning proposed Local Law No.: ___ of 2021, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to publish and post legal Notices of Public Hearing concerning proposed Local Law No.: __ of 2021 in the manner provided by law and shall make a copy of the proposed Local Law available for public inspection in the Town Clerk’s office following the adoption of this Resolution and until the Public Hearing is closed. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021 by the following vote: AYES: Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES: None REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 104 ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TRANSFER FROM CAPITAL RESERVE NO. 64 TO HIGHWAY BUILDING ON BIG BAY ROAD CAPITAL PROJECT FUND NO. 238 FOR TOWN WATER/SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE WORK RESOLUTION NO.: 344, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 162, 2021, the Queensbury Town Board authorized, in part, establishment of Highway Building on Big Bay Road Capital Project No. 238 to fund expenses related to the purchase and construction of a Highway Department Storage Building on Big Bay Road (Storage Building), and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize the Town’s Water and Wastewater Departments to perform certain infrastructure work at the Storage Building for the approximate amount of $25,000 with funding to be from Capital Reserve No. 64, and WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State General Municipal Law §6(c), the Town Board is authorized to withdraw and expend funds from Capital Reserve No. 64 subject to permissive referendum, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the Town’s Water and Sewer Department to perform certain infrastructure work at the Highway Department Storage Building on Big Bay Road for the approximate amount of $25,000 to be funded from Capital Reserve Fund No. 64, such expenditures being for a specific capital project for which the Capital Reserve Fund No. 64 was established, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs an increase in appropriations and estimated revenues as follows:  001-9950-9030-0064 Transfer to Capital Project - $25,000  238-0000-55031 Interfund Revenues - $25,000  238-1620-2899 Capital Construction - $25,000 and BE IT FURTHER, REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 105 RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to amend the Town Budget, make any adjustments, budget amendments, transfers or prepare any documentation necessary to increase such appropriations and estimated revenues, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Highway Superintendent, Town Wastewater Director/Water Superintendent, Town Budget Officer, Purchasing Agent and/or Town Counsel to take any and all action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that this Resolution is subject to a permissive referendum in accordance with the provisions of Town Law Article 7 and the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to publish and post such notices and take such other actions as may be required by law. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION OF DETERMINATION THAT MEADOWBROOK PUMP STATION FORCE MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT IS A SEQRA TYPE II ACTION RESOLUTION NO.: 345, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, 6 NYCRR Section 617.5 (Title 6 of the New York Code of Rules and Regulations) under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) provides that certain actions identified in subdivision (c) of that section are not subject to environmental review under the Environmental Conservation Law, and WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury has reviewed the criteria contained in 6NYCRR Section 617.5(c) which describes activities qualifying as Type II actions including sub paragraphs: (1) maintenance or repair involving no substantial changes in an existing structure or facility; and (5) street openings and right-of-way openings for the purpose of repair or maintenance of existing utility facilities; and REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 106 WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury has caused the preparation of an engineering report dated July 16, 2021 describing the replacement of the Meadowbrook Pump Station Force Main (“Meadowbrook Pump Station Force Main Replacement Project”) and such Project is an update to an earlier similarly titled Project and generally is a direct replacement of the existing facilities to address deficiencies in the existing system and does not provide additional capacity, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby determines that the proposed construction of the Meadowbrook Pump Station Force Main Replacement Project is a Type II action in accordance with 6 NYCRR Section 617.5(c) subparagraphs (1) and (5) and is therefore not subject to review under 6 NYCRR Part 617, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or Wastewater Director to sign any documentation and take any other necessary actions to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES: None ABSENT: None AMENDED AND RESTATED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF UP TO $2,700,000 IN SERIAL BONDS OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY TO PAY THE COST OF MEADOWBROOK PUMP STATION FORCE MAIN REPLACEMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF UP TO $2,700,000 IN BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES OF THE TOWN FOR THE SAME PURPOSE RESOLUTION NO.: 346, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, in accordance with New York Town Law, the Town of Queensbury (the "Town") Town Board duly established certain sewer districts which were consolidated into the Greater Queensbury Consolidated Sanitary Sewer District (the "District"), and WHEREAS, the Meadowbrook Pump Station pumps sewerage from the District to the City of Glens Falls collection system through an existing force main from the pump station along Bay Road and Quaker Road to a point on Bay Road and Sanford Street, and REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 107 WHEREAS, the Town Board has determined that replacement of a deteriorated portion of the Pump Station Force Main and a portion of the gravity sewer main and improvements and replacement of the Pump Station infrastructure is necessary, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 143, 2016, the Town Board authorized the issuance of up to $1,610,370 in Serial Bonds and Bond Anticipation Notes (BANs) to pay the cost of the force main replacement project (the “Original Bond Resolution” and “Original Project”) and WHEREAS, no serial bonds or BANs have been issued pursuant to the Original Bond Resolution, and WHEREAS, the District had a sewer main break in early February, 2020, which required immediate emergency repair and replacement of the force main in the vicinity of 313 Quaker Road which is related to the force main break (“2020 Emergency Repair Project”), and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 175, 2020, the Town Board authorized the issuance of up to $533,000 in serial bonds and BANs to pay the cost of the 2020 Emergency Repair Project (the “2020 Emergency Bond Resolution”), and WHEREAS, the Town has issued and currently has outstanding a Renewal BAN dated June 7, 2021 in the amount of $533,000 and the original issuance of debt pursuant to the 2020 Emergency Bond Resolution was on June 8, 2020, and WHEREAS, the period of probable usefulness for both projects is forty (40) years, and WHEREAS, the Town Wastewater Department engaged The Chazen Companies to provide an updated Engineering Report for the Meadowbrook Pump Station Force Main Replacement Project (the “Project”) which incorporates the Original Force Main Project and the 2020 Emergency Repair Project and additional necessary improvements to the wastewater infrastructure in this area, and WHEREAS, the Engineering Report dated July 16, 2021 estimated a maximum estimated cost of $2,532,576, and WHEREAS, since this time due to inflationary trends and supply chain issues, the Wastewater Director has determined the maximum estimated cost for the Project is $2,700,000, and WHEREAS, the Town Board has determined that the Project is necessary, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY, WARREN COUNTY, NEW YORK, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The specific object or purpose for which the obligations authorized by this Resolution (the “Bond Resolution”) are to be issued is the replacement and/or rehabilitation of a deteriorated portion of the Meadowbrook Pump Station force main comprising of 5,900 linear feet of force main and 2,790 linear feet of gravity sewer main and upgrades and repair of the Meadowbrook Pump Station, and related preliminary and incidental costs (the "Project"), and such specific object or purpose is hereby authorized at a maximum estimated cost of Two Million Seven REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 108 Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($2,700,000.00). This Bond Resolution is contingent upon the Project being duly authorized under Town Law Section 202-b. Section 2. The plan for the financing of such maximum estimated cost is the issuance of up to $2,700,000 in serial bonds and/or bond anticipation notes of the Town, hereby authorized to be issued pursuant to the Local Finance Law. $533,000 of such financing has been previously issued and is outstanding and authorized by the 2020 Emergency Repair Bond Resolution (No.: 175, 2020). Accordingly, the principal amount remaining for which financing has not been issued is $2,167,000. The proceeds of the bonds or bond anticipation notes may be used to reimburse expenditures paid by the Town from other funds or otherwise on or after the date of adoption of the Original Bond Resolution for up to $1,610,370 for the original project and after May 6, 2020 for $533,000 relating to the 2020 Emergency Repair Project and after the date of adoption hereof for any amounts over $2,143,370. The Town may submit applications for grants and/or low interest loans from the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) and/or other funding sources and, to the extent that any such moneys are received, may apply such funds to the payment of principal and interest on the bonds or bond anticipation notes. Pursuant to Local Finance Law Section 107.00(d)(9), a down payment from current funds is not required. Section 3. The Town Board anticipates that the Town may pay certain capital expenditures in connection with the Project prior to the receipt of the proceeds of the Bonds. The Town Board hereby declares its official intent to use Bond proceeds to reimburse the Town for such Project expenditures. The Town Board similarly made an official intent declaration relating to each of the prior Bond Resolutions for such Projects. This section of the Resolution is adopted solely for the purpose of establishing compliance with the requirements of Section 1.150-2 of the Treasury Regulations and does not bind the Town to make any expenditure, incur any indebtedness or proceed with the acquisition, construction and installation of the Project. Section 4. It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the specific object or purpose is forty (40) years, pursuant to Section 11(a)(4) of the Local Finance Law. It is hereby further determined that the maximum maturity of the serial bonds herein authorized will not exceed forty (40) years. The first issuance of financing under this Amended and Restated Bond Resolution was the original $533,000 Bond Anticipation Note issued on June 8, 2020. Section 5. The faith and credit of the Town of Queensbury, Warren County, New York, are hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such obligations as they become due and payable. An annual appropriation shall be made in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such obligations becoming due and payable in such years. There shall annually be levied on all the taxable real property of the District a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such obligations as they become due and payable. This Bond Resolution is not subject to permissive referendum pursuant to Local Finance Law Section 35.00(b)(2). Section 6. For the purpose of paying the cost of the Project, there are hereby authorized to be issued serial bonds of the Town up to a maximum amount of $2,700,000 the maximum maturity REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 109 of which shall not exceed the forty (40) year period of probable usefulness set forth above taking into consideration the original issuance pursuant to the 2020 Emergency Repair Project Bond Resolution on June 8, 2020 and which shall mature on or before such date as measured from the date of the bonds or from the date of the first bond anticipation note issued in anticipation of the sale of such bonds, whichever date is earlier. The bonds may be issued in the form of a statutory installment bond. Section 7. There are hereby authorized to be issued bond anticipation notes for the specific object or purpose in an amount up to but not exceeding the $2,700,000 maximum amount of serial bonds authorized to be issued, in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the serial bonds authorized, including renewals of such bond anticipation notes. Section 8. Any bond anticipation notes shall be payable from the proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds or otherwise redeemed in the manner provided by Section 23.00 of the Local Finance Law. The faith and credit of the Town are hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of the bond anticipation notes and the interest on them. Section 9. There are no bond anticipation notes outstanding which have been previously issued in anticipation of the sale of these bonds. Neither are the bond anticipation notes hereby authorized renewal notes. These bond anticipation notes will be issued in anticipation of bonds for an assessable improvement. These notes shall mature at such time as the Town may determine and may be renewed from time to time, provided that in no event shall such notes or renewals extend more than one (1) year beyond the original date of issue except as permitted in the Local Finance Law. Section 10. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Resolution and of the Local Finance Law, and pursuant to the provisions of Sections 30.00, 50.00 and 56.00 to 60.00, inclusive, of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance of the serial bonds authorized by this Resolution and the renewal of these notes, and the power to prescribe the terms, form and contents of the serial bonds and bond anticipation notes and the power to sell and deliver the serial bonds and bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds is hereby delegated to the Town Supervisor, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the Town. The Town Supervisor is hereby authorized to sign any serial bonds and bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of the serial bonds and bond anticipation notes issued pursuant to this Resolution by manual or facsimile signature, and the Town Clerk is hereby authorized to affix or impress or imprint a facsimile of the seal of the Town to any of the serial bonds or bond anticipation notes and to attest such seal by manual or facsimile signature. If executed by facsimile signature, such obligation shall be authenticated by the manual countersignature of the Town Supervisor or a designated fiscal agent. The Town Supervisor, as Chief Fiscal Officer of the Town, is authorized to execute and deliver any documents and to take such other action as may be necessary and proper to carry out the intent of the provisions of this Resolution. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 110 Section 11. The exact date of issuance of the bonds and/or notes and the exact date upon which they shall become due and payable shall be fixed and determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer, provided, however, that the maturity of the notes or renewals shall not exceed one (1) year from the date of issue except as permitted by the Local Finance Law. Section 12. The Chief Fiscal Officer shall prepare the bonds and/or notes and sell them in accordance with the provisions of the Local Finance Law including, but not limited to, the provisions of Section 169.00, if applicable, and at such sale shall determine the interest rate to be borne by such bonds and/or notes, and whether fixed or variable. The Town Board authorizes the Chief Fiscal Officer to establish substantially level annual debt service or declining annual balance for the repayment of such Bonds if he believes it is in the best interests of the Town. The Town Board authorizes the Chief Fiscal Officer to issue such serial bonds in the form a statutory installment bond. Section 13. If issued, the bonds and/or notes shall be in registered form, and shall bear interest at the determined rate. Section 14. The Chief Fiscal Officer shall deliver the bonds and/or notes to the purchaser only against a certified check or other immediately available funds. The proceeds of the sale of the bonds and/or notes shall be deposited and/or invested as required by Section 165.00 of the Local Finance Law, and the power to invest the proceeds of sale is hereby delegated to the Chief Fiscal Officer and the power to invest in any instruments described in Section 165.00 is expressly granted. Section 15. To the extent that it is permitted to do so under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof (the "Code"), the Town hereby designates the bonds and/or notes as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" under Section 265(b)(3) of the Code. The Town hereby covenants that, to the extent permitted under the Code in effect as of the date of issuance of any bonds and/or notes, it will (i) take all actions on its part necessary to cause interest on the bonds and/or notes to be excluded from gross income for purposes of Federal income taxes and (ii) refrain from taking any action which would cause interest on the bonds and/or notes to be included in gross income for purposes of Federal income taxes. Section 16. The Town of Queensbury is a town partly within the Adirondack Park. However, State lands subject to taxation within the Town's boundaries are assessed at less than thirty percent (30%) of the total taxable assessed valuation of the Town, so permission of the State Comptroller to issue the bonds and/or notes is not required under Local Finance Law Section 104.10(3). Section 17. Miller, Mannix, Schachner & Hafner, LLC, Glens Falls, New York, is hereby designated Bond Counsel. Section 18. The validity of these serial bonds and bond anticipation notes may be contested only if: REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 111 (1) These obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which the Town is not authorized to expend money; or (2) The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of publication of this Resolution are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty (20) days after the date of such publication; or (3) Such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the State Constitution. Section 19. This Resolution or a summary thereof shall be published in the Post Star, which has been designated as the official newspaper of the Town, together with a notice of the Town Clerk in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law. Section 20. This Resolution shall take effect immediately, contingent upon the Project being duly authorized under Town Law Section 202-b. Section 21. The Town Board hereby affirms and ratifies all actions taken to date with respect to the Original Bond Resolution and the 2020 Emergency Bond Resolution. Section 22. The question of the adoption of this Resolution was duly put to a vote which resulted as follows: AYES: Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NAYS: None ABSENT: None th The Resolution was declared duly adopted on October 18, 2021 by a vote of not less than two- thirds (2/3) of the full membership of the Town Board. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD OF BID TO EXCEL MACHINERY, LTD., FOR PURCHASE OF TWO STATIC GRIZZLY SAND-SIFTERS FOR TOWN HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RESOLUTION NO.: 347, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, in accordance with Resolution No.: 320,2021, the Town of Queensbury’s Purchasing Agent duly advertised for bids for the purchase of two (2) Static Grizzly Sand Sifters for the sifting of road sand as was set forth in bid specifications prepared by the Highway Superintendent and/or Purchasing Agent, and REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 112 th WHEREAS, on October 14, 2021, the Purchasing Agent duly opened the bids received by the Town for the Static Grizzly Sand Sifters, and WHEREAS, the Town Highway Superintendent and Purchasing Agent have recommended that the Town Board award the bid to the lowest, responsible bidder, Excel Machinery, Ltd., for the amount not to exceed $26,515, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby accepts and awards the bid for the purchase of two (2) Static Grizzly Sand Sifters for use by the Town Highway Department from the lowest, responsible bidder, Excel Machinery, Ltd., for an amount not to exceed $26,515 as set forth in its October 7, 2021 Bid Proposal substantially in the form presented at this meeting, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs that payment for such truck shall be from Heavy Equipment Account No.: 004-5130-2040, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to transfer $26,515 from the Highway Department’s undesignated, unappropriated Fund Balance Account No.: 004-0000-0909 to Heavy Equipment Account No.: 004-5130-2040, amend the Town Budget, make any adjustments, budget amendments, transfers or prepare any documentation necessary to effectuate payment, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Highway Superintendent, Purchasing Agent and/or Town Budget Officer to take any and all action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION APPROVING AUDIT OF BILLS – WARRANT: 10192021 RESOLUTION NO.: 348, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 113 WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to approve an audit of bills presented as Warrant: 10192021 with a run date of 10/14/2021 and a payment date of 10/19/2021, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves the audit of bills presented as Warrant: 10192021 with a run date of 10/14/2021 and a payment date of 10/19/2021 totaling $1,183,723.78, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or Town Budget Officer to take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH ADIRONDACK CYCLING ADVOCATES, INC. RESOLUTION NO.: 349, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 484, 2007, the Queensbury Town Board provided for the Town’s receipt of occupancy tax revenues from Warren County in accordance with the Local Tourism Promotion and Convention Development Agreement (Agreement) entered into between the Town and Warren County, and WHEREAS, the Agreement provides that specific expenditure of the funds provided under the Agreement are subject to further Resolution of the Town Board, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to provide funding to the Adirondack Cycling Advocates, Inc. in the amount of $8,000 with occupancy tax revenues received from Warren County and accordingly enter into an agreement with the Adirondack Cycling Advocates, Inc., for the year 2021 for the promotion of events to Town residents, and WHEREAS, a proposed Agreement has been presented at this meeting, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves the Agreement between the Town and the Adirondack Cycling Advocates, Inc., substantially in the form presented at this meeting and authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute the Agreement, with funding for the Agreement not exceeding the REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 114 sum of $8,000 and to be provided by occupancy tax revenues the Town receives from Warren County, to be paid for from Account No.: 050-6410-4412, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to take all actions necessary to amend the Town Budget and increase appropriations and revenues as necessary as follows:  Revenue Acct No. –050-0000-51113 Occupancy Tax Revenue $8,000;  Expense Acct. No. – 050-6410-4412 Use of Occupancy Tax $8,000; and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that such Agreement is expressly contingent upon the Town Budget Officer confirming that the Town has unallocated occupancy tax funds available from Warren County. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES: None ABSENT: None 3.0 CORRESPONDENCE- NONE 4.0 PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR (LIMIT -4 MINUTES) CONNIE TUCKER, 73 Glen Lake Road. I am President of the Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, a forty- three year member and proud to serve. I would like to personally thank Dr. Williams for coming and speaking this evening. EMS, as you are all aware has been stretched to the max in this Town and in our surrounding areas. We are trying to work on many things to come up with a plan. I had asked and will ask again that we set up a Town meeting to allow the residents an opportunity to get educated on exactly what EMS does. It’s important that they know how we function. What we do, how much training is involved, the costs every time an ambulance rolls out the door. How much stress. We’ve all had to utilize the EAP, which is something we have to pay for out of our operating budget in order to provide psychological services to some of our members. I spent twenty-five years as an ER nurse and saw a number of horrible things. I have done so as well as an EMS provider in this Town. The public needs to be educated. They are not going to allow us the additional funding that we need if they don’t understand what we do. I am imploring you to set up some kind of Town Hall meeting to educate what EMS does in this area. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I think it is a good idea. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-We talked with West Glens Falls and threw out some ideas for a community day as opposed to a Town meeting. If we did it in the bays of your ambulance companies and did something for the kids, something for outreach and also have those serious discussions. MS. TUCKER-Our doors are open twenty-four seven to any member of the community that wants to come and take a tour. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-We’ve done it in Fairfax Virginia where I came from. We need to do something. We agree we need to have a public outreach and I think it is something that we should look at as well, either as an individual company or as total program. I agree with you it needs to be done and I think at a local level would be important too. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 115 MS. TUCKER-I think a Town Hall meeting is also extremely important because it would be a collaborative effort with the three squads and the Town of Queensbury. We have had our ups and downs, we have had our disagreements and discussions that have not gone our way. However, we all have the same goal in mind that is to provide the best possible emergency services to this area. COUNCILMAN FREER- EAP, acronym I don’t know what it means? MS. TUCKER- Employee Assistance Program. COUNCILMAN FREER- Thank you. MS. TUCKER- It is a service that is very well needed in this area. Those people work endless hours in order to provide the first couple of sessions of counseling that needs to be done and then helps them seek further opportunities. It is a great organization and Bay Ridge has been partnering with them now for the last three years and we’ve used them quite often. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-We did the study and to summarize it, something needs to be done. Ok, we all agree to that. The specifics, were not quite there so we secured the services of Peter Berry and Chris Kostyun and they’re waiting for West Glens Falls. As soon as they wrap that up, they are going to supposedly give us a report and then we will all be meeting. MS. TUCKER-Yes, that’s true but we were supposed to get our budgets in place before that. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Well we’re putting together something just to hold us over because what we are going to need is big money, serious money that’s going to break the tax cap. We need to put together a plan to the public and say here’s where we need to go and this is how much it’s going to cost. MS. TUCKER-They are not going to go along with a plan if they aren’t educated entirely as to why we do what we do. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I agree with you a hundred percent. We need to develop the construct of a draft plan, share that with the public and get some public input so they are part of the process. Then come up with a plan, but it’s going to be a lot of money. MS. TUCKER- I agree. I would still like to have a Town Hall meeting. Thank you very much. COUNCILMAN METIVIER- Connie, are you thinking of something now? MS. TUCKER-I think it is something that needs to be done sooner than later. EMS has grown so much and the responsibilities and the liabilities. As you know, the public is sue happy in all honesty. If they see something that they don’t understand, the first thing they do is go for litigation. It falls down on all of us in that regard as well. COUNCILMAN FREER-We have to figure out the snow bird play as well. There are a lot of people who aren’t going to be here. COUNCILMAN METIVIER-If you want to do it now, I am thinking it would have to be December at this point. Are you comfortable with a December date? MS. TUCKER-I’m comfortable with December. I think the rest of us can get our heads together, come up with a plan of a presentation to show where the pricing increases have come over the last few years. The amount of manpower that has been required, the increase in calls, the amount of stress, the amount of increase in how many hours these folks are working. These guys are suffering and they need some help. They need some relief, they can’t keep working nine million jobs in order to get health insurance. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-I would hold off on the Town hall until we at least have the recommendations from Peter and then decide whether we go with it or not. Then we have a marketing plan to go forward to the public. COUNCILMAN FERONE- This is an educational piece. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 116 COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-I think they are tied together. CONCILMAN METIVIER-I just don’t want to see it be put off too long. That’s why I’m saying let’s do it now. If we don’t do it sooner than later we’re not going to do it at all. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-We should have that report back from Peter and Chris by December. That should be the trigger of when we want to deal with this. MS. TUCKER- Let’s get together and figure out when we are going to be able to do this and let’s get it done. Thank you. JASON MILLER, Farr Lane. I am a twenty plus year member of the West Glens Falls Emergency Squad. I am glad that the Town of Queensbury is finally ready to address the problem with the emergency service system in the Town of Queensbury. Since, we began paid staffing in the Town, fifteen plus years ago, there have been minimal changes. There’s been minimal increases in pay. There has been absolutely no increase in benefits. In negotiations we have asked for these things and told that it is too expensive. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-We are willing to go in that particular direction but we need to get all our ducks in a row. The picture is more than just the paid service issue. The picture is one of coverage, getting another team for West Glens Falls. The picture involves so much more, we trying to put the pieces together. MR. MILLER-The question I have is the work that Peter Barry and Chris Kostyun are doing, what is different between that and the report that CGR provided to the Town? SUPERVISOR STROUGH-CGR didn’t provide any structure as to how we get from A to B. It said you have problems here and you need to solve them. It acknowledged some of what you are saying. Now we are working on the structure of how to solve those problems. MR. MILLER- So, Peter Barry and Chris Kostyun are going to provide the framework. Has there been input from the agencies to this report that they’re preparing? SUPERVISOR STROUGH-They met with the other squads, West Glens Falls is the last one. MR. MILLER-Thank you. SANDY MAHONEY-President of West Glens Falls and thirty plus year member. Our meeting with Peter was put off because of a death and is set for next week to be completed. I do want to thank Dr. Williams for coming, he has worked really hard with our agency and others in reference to what is needed. The reporting system that you talked about Tim, I think it was partially due to the fact that at the time, the County didn’t want to buy that piece of the program. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-It’s not there now? MS. MAHONEY-No, and that’s really held us back, to know the exact times, the response times. COUNCILMAN FREER-That’s another component that John says we need that data to make good choices and decisions. MS. MAHONEY- It wasn’t a big fee, but at the time they didn’t want to add the EMS system. That might be something the Town can add to help us with that process. We have worked really hard with Bay Ridge and North Queensbury this year. I think Connie said it perfectly, we agree to disagree on a lot of things but we’ve come a long way. I think we are all in the same boat as to where we need to be with EMS. Many hours were spent at the pod that taxed a lot of our members. Yes, they were paid but our agency has still not been paid from the State for all the hours that we put in. The amount of hours we had to do for paperwork to get that money back has been atrocious. We have reached to the Congressman to help us move that along a little bit. I think you guys need to understand there’s a lot more behind the scenes than just that ambulance roll. I think that’s great that Connie brought that point up, the community piece. It’s huge to let the educational piece out there and it’s time. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 117 SHANE IRWIN, 7 Geneva Drive. I am the Captain of Bay Ridge Rescue Squad. We are actually holding a community first event this Saturday at our squad building. When we had the CGR meeting I was kind of upset because I did have the information for you guys for the entire 2019-2020 break stst down, everything right to the tee, from January 1 to December 31. Every single call that we did, West Glens Falls, North Queensbury, everything and how many time Glens Falls Fire came in, how many times Lake George. I spent a lot of time and when I brought it to the guys at CGR, I was told we don’t need it, we already did our report. Are you serious? We need help and for you guys to waste sixty thousand dollars on this report that it is not worth it now. I had the information and they didn’t want it. I was mad. This company that you guys thought was going to do a great job didn’t want my information. We are hurting. I have done a lot of bad, serious calls with these guys behind me. People don’t realize the crap that we go through as a volunteer EMS provider to provide care to the community. Not just our community but people coming in. People don’t understand the stress. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY- Shane, how did you collect that data? What was the source? SHANE IRWIN-Warren County stopped doing that data in July 2019. I went all the way back to the st beginning. It took me three months to go from January 1 to that time to gather all this information and every day I printed off the run data sheets. I just don’t understand why those guys didn’t want it when they got paid, tax payer money to do a service for us and they failed. Now we are paying another company to come in and do the same type of work. I hope it doesn’t fall on deaf ears this time. I’m hoping to get the budget done soon, getting our money by June or July of the following year doesn’t cut it. We are robbing Peter to pay Paul. My operations budget got cut by sixty-five percent so we can pay other things. You guys talk about paying all kinds of money for these plow trucks. Yes, great it’s going to benefit your employees. We need the money to pay for things that will benefit our community to help save lives. We need the funding to get the ambulances off the floor to help our community. Bicycling is awesome but again when it comes down to it, if we get more increased visitors that’s an increase in calls that means more times the ambulance will go out. We need help, we need the extra funds to help get another crew. I know we like to focus on the fun things in Queensbury, it helps bring people in but we need to focus on this. If we don’t focus on this now this crisis we are having with a shortage of EMS is going to get worse. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I agree with what you said Shane. I think we are coming to a point where we got to develop a plan and enact it asap and move forward. We are waiting for the EMR report. The CGR report, you can find fault with it but it did give us a basis to move forward and put all these things together. SHANE IRWIN- Thank you guys. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-We are going to have a lot more discussions on EMS and finding solutions to our situation. Thank you all for sharing what you did tonight, I think it helped move us in the right direction. I know every member of this Board wants to get on board, we are ready for a plan, and we are ready to take action. We are talking about the budget, what kind of different things that we can do. I think the plan is very near, we’ll have a talk to see if we agree on the structure, the evolution of it and we’ll start moving. Once again, thank you. 5.0 TOWN BOARD DISCUSSIONS COUNCILMAN METIVIER (WARD I) -  Recognized and thanked all of the members from EMS that were present at the meeting. COUNCILMAN FREER (WARD II) -  I think it is important that we continue to focus on responsible responses to COVID. Colin Powell, one of my heroes died. Seeing thirty new Warren County cases is disturbing. We need to get our arms around this better it’s going to impact in a lot of very subtle and insidious ways.  Questioned the Town Clerk as to whether Mr. Whitehead received his FOIL request. TOWN CLERK BARBER noted that he has received both the Financial Statement as well as the preliminary budget. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 118 COUNCILMAN FERONE (WARD III) -  I want to thank everyone from EMS. This has been an amazingly interesting journey over the last year working with you on this EMS issue. I’ve learned so much more of what they do, how they go about doing it, what’s involved and the general public has no idea. There’s an expectation on the public, when they pick up the phone and dial 911, whether Police, Fire, EMS, the expectation is that they are going to be there. Unfortunately the case with EMS, it might not be, if conditions continue. We are working on some budget issues to carry us over to that point of ultimate solution in 2022. We are waiting for that report to provide us with some guidance. I look forward to that feedback so hopefully we can come up with a solution for these folks. The medical staff in general is short staffed and hurting. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY (WARD IV) –  I would like to express my gratitude for the entire EMS community. This Town Board is committed to a contract for January and we’re hopeful we can meet that.  Referred to last month’s Board meeting when the Trackey’s attended regarding their well issue. We followed up and took action. This is a result of a resident coming to the Town to ask for support and us reaching to the State representatives to make things happen. So I think that is a great example of how this Town Government works to support our residents.  As a follow up on the Daycare Center at the Masonic Lodge, the Zoning Board met on that so it will be coming back to the Board for some action.  Noted that a resident reached out to him about whether he needs a permit to clear three acres of woods he owns and would like to get that answer for him. SUPERVISOR STROUGH -  Noted that he has Steve Jackoski’s letter of resignation, he has resigned from the Planning and Ethics Board. He’s been active on the ZBA, Planning Board, and Ethics Board and I will send him a letter thanking him for all that he has done.  Reviewed the leaf pick up schedule and guidelines, noting that if it doesn’t snow the Highway Department will go back out again if possible.  Announced that DEC put out a new community update regarding the drinking water in the Jenkinsville assessment area. This is sent to all of the residents in the Jenkinsville area as well. They are going to continue monitoring the wells and doing site characterizations.  Thanked everyone for attending. RESOLUTION ADJOURING REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING RESOLUTION NO.: 350, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Timothy McNulty WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns its Regular Town Board Meeting. th Duly adopted this 18 day of October, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty NOES: None ABSENT: None RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, CAROLINE H. BARBER REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 10-18-2021, MTG#34 119 TOWN CLERK TOWN OF QUEENSBURY MINUTES PREPARED BY COLLEEN RATHBUN, DEPUTY TOWN CLERK I