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11-01-2021 MTG#36 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 121 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING MTG#36 NOVEMBER 1, 2021 RES#352-368 7:00 P.M. B.H. 67-72 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT SUPERVISOR JOHN STROUGH COUNCILMAN ANTHONY METIVIER COUNCILMAN HARRISON FREER COUNCILMAN GEORGE FERONE COUNCILMAN TIMOTHY MCNULTY TOWN COUNSEL MARK SCHACHNER, ESQ. TOWN OFFICIALS BUDGET OFFICER, BARBARA TIERNEY CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENT, CONNIE GOEDERT PRESS LOOK TV PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILPERSON GEORGE FERONE SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Called meeting to order….. 1.0 PUBLIC HEARING – ANNUAL TOWN BUDGET FOR 2022 PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 23, 2021 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Presentation of Annual Town Budget for 2022. We are having a public hearing on this tonight. We welcome public thoughts and comments. Is there anybody who would like to speak to the Town Board about the proposed Budget for 2022? PUBLIC HEARING OPENED No public comment SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Any thoughts or comments from the Town Board on our 2022 Budget? COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-Barbara I am glad you are here tonight. Thank you for joining us. I talked to some Town Board members about the need for an additional EMS crew. We talked about positioning in West Glens Falls. We all know that is where the majority of calls are coming from. If you want to put it someplace else, I could support that. My numbers and talking with different members of the Community called for an additional three hundred and fifty two thousand. That would support an ALS and BLS twenty-four seven, three hundred and sixty five days a year. When I look the numbers, you provided Supervisor Strough that is one percent plus or minus the total appropriations or a little bit less than two percent of general…. Three hundred and fifty two thousand dollars for a Budget of thirty million dollars, I do not think it is that much. What we get from that is the safety and the care of our constituents. As I understand the process that has been explained to me we still have time between the formal adoption of the Board to be able to make this happen. This is not the day before election discussion. We have been talking about this all along. For the record, I am running unopposed. This has nothing to do with that. This is the time to change the Budget so we can get in 2022 the quick fix of an additional crew as we work to which John has expressed. Talking with the public about how we need to make major changes for the following year for a long-term contract that will provide for the care and wellbeing of the Community, but also provide for the care and wellbeing of the people providing the service. This three fifty two does not talk to any additional benefits. It keeps going with what is going today for our EMS personal. I just think that between now and our final adoption I would hope that we could all work together to come up with three hundred and fifty two thousand to support one more crew. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 122 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Actually it is going to be more than that. It is probably going to be close to half a million dollars. I am not going to put anything in front of the taxpayers unless I have a very specific plan. We have professionals helping us to evaluate the EMS situation and to come up with some suggestions. We know that remedies will be expensive. I would not ask the taxpayers for more money unless I had a plan to present to them. I would have a public hearing to get their feelings on the topic and to try to explain the problems involved. That is why this Budget doesn’t address that. Once we have a plan then we will look for the money to try and address that plan. Right now, we do not have the plan. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-We do as far as I am concerned. I talked to Barbara today she thought the number would be higher, too. In talking with West Glens Falls today, they talked three fifty two. That is an ALS and a BLS. If we decided to go with two BLS’s as opposed to ALS that would drop the requirement from that. We do have the fund balance. Barbara has trained me several times on Budget 101 and the Fund balance. I know we need the money in the fund balance to cover bills for the first three quarters of the month. Then as taxes come in, we can keep that money for other purposes. We have decided as a Town Board that we would keep a fund balance, the numbers that we have now, so that we can meet our needs. I am just putting out for public thought and discussion that one percent of the Budget, three hundred and fifty two thousand dollars can be found without breaking the cap this year or without raising taxes for our constituents. We can bring it up at a Town Board Workshop John. I want to get that out in front of my fellow Board Members that I think that is important and I think we can do it. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I think we all agree with you that it is important. West Glens Falls does need an additional crew. That crew besides their hourly allowance, the crews today are expecting some kind of benefits health care, paid time off. Unless you have Bay Ridge and North Queensbury, they are trying to work together on providing some solutions that…cost money. Neither West Glens Falls or Bay Ridge or North is ready right now with a fixed plan that we could provide to the taxpayers to ask for this kind of money not at this time. I agree with you. There is going to be money involved and I told the public it is going to be sizable money to fix the problem. At this time, we do not have the Comprehensive Plan. We will perhaps in the next couple of months. Then we will look at funding it. We do not need to do that at this time. COUNCILMAN FERONE-There has been discussion about possibly some additional funding that we might have the wherewithal in our Budgets to provide some additional funding to the Squads. The stopgap between now and their ultimate solution, which would require additional tax funding. I think that doesn’t affect the Budget at hand. If we could go ahead and approve this. I would hope that between the discussions with you, Barbara that we have that opportunity to look at the Budget and maybe put together additional funds. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-That is right George. That is accurate. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-Thank you John. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Thank you Tim. All right back to the public. Any additional thoughts or comments for the Board. COUNCILMAN FREER-I just want to reiterate my admiration and thanks to Barbara and her team for the exquisite of amount detail that is represented in our Budget. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Very good. Thank you. I will entertain a motion to adopt the Annual Town Budget for 2022. PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED RESOLUTION ADOPTING ANNUAL TOWN BUDGET FOR 2022 RESOLUTION NO.: 352, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 123 st WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board conducted a public hearing on Monday, November 1, 2021 concerning the proposed 2022 Preliminary Budget and all interested persons were heard, and WHEREAS, the proposed 2022 Preliminary Budget sets forth the proposed 2022 salaries of the Town’s Elected Officials as required by New York State Town Law §27, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs that the 2022 salaries for the Town of Queensbury Elected Officials shall be 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 and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby adopts the 2022 Preliminary Budget presented at this meeting as the Town of Queensbury Annual Budget for 2022, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to enter the Adopted Annual Budget in the minutes of the Town Board proceedings, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that a copy of the adopted Annual Budget for 2022, including a copy of the S495 Exemption Impact Report, is attached and made part of this Resolution, and REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 124 BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to prepare and certify duplicate copies of the Adopted Annual Budget and deliver two (2) copies to the Town Supervisor so that he may present them to the Warren County Board of Supervisors, 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 effect this Resolution. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. Strough NOES : None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN:Mr. McNulty RESOLUTION ENTERING QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO. 353, 2021 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. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021 by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES: None ABSENT:None PUBLIC HEARING – SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE APPLICATION OF MIKE AND LAURA LYDEN PUBLICATION DATE: October 22, 2021 AGENT LOU DERIDDER –MORNING STAR SEPTIC MR. DERIDDER, MORNING STAR SEPTIC-I have been hired by them to design and ultimately install a replacement leach field on their place at 3 Tuttle Lane. We are asking for a waiver on the well separation. Given the site constraints, a one hundred foot separation is unattainable. The proposed design is by Kevin Hasting is a seventy-five foot separation. To mitigate this problem we propose use of a UV light on the water source and use of an Eljen System, which adds to the secondary treatment. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Lou this is for 3 Tuttle Lane. MR. DERIDDER-Correct. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 125 SUPERVISOSR STROUGH-If you would please change the application where it say 3 Tuttle Drive to 3 Tuttle Lane. You are only asking for twenty-five feet of variance from the Code of one hundred feet from the well. We were on site today and we noticed that the well is up land from the proposed infiltration bed significantly lower. Water table generally flows to the lake. For added insurance, you are putting in an ultra violet system on the water. MR. DERIDDER-Correct. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Before I open the public hearing on this any Town Board thoughts or questions? COUNCILMAN FREER-Just to reinforce John what you said. It is a variance not a waiver. Lou I know this is your first time with us I didn’t get a chance to see you, but we are discussing a variance. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Let me open the public hearing. Is there any other member of the public that wishes to speak to this application for Mike and Laura Lyden for their Sanitary Sewer Disposal Variance for the residence at 3 Tuttle Lane? Seeing none, if there is no more further comment from the Town Board I will entertain a motion. PUBLIC HEARING OPENED No public comment PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED RESOLUTION APPROVING MIKE AND LAURA LYDEN’S APPLICATION FOR SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 67, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHEREAS, Mike and Laura Lyden (Applicant) filed an application for a variance from provisions of the Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance 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 Lane in the Town of Queensbury, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk’s Office published the Notice of Public Hearing in the Town’s official newspaper and the Local Board of Health duly conducted a public hearing concerning the variance request on st Monday, November 1, 2021, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk’s Office has advised that it duly notified all property owners within 500 feet of the subject property, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 126 1. due to the nature of the variance, the Local Board of Health determines that the variance would not be materially detrimental to the purposes and objectives of this Ordinance or other adjoining properties nor otherwise conflict with the purpose and objectives of any Town plan or policy; and 2. the Local Board of Health finds that the granting of the variance is necessary for the reasonable use of the land and is the minimum variance which would alleviate the specific unnecessary hardship found by the Local Board of Health to affect the Applicants; and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health hereby approves the application of Mike and Laura Lyden for a variance from the Sewage Disposal Ordinance to install a replacement leach field 75’ from the well in lieu of the required 100’ setback on property located at 3 Tuttle Lane in the Town of Queensbury and bearing Tax Map No: 239.18-1-14, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to forward by certified mail a certified copy of this Resolution to the Adirondack Park Agency for its review, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that this approval Resolution shall not be effective until 30 days after such notice to the Adirondack Park Agency and shall be subject to any lawful action by the Adirondack Park Agency during such period. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer NOES : None ABSENT: None PUBLIC HEARING – SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE APPLICATION OF JAMES KENNEDY PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 22, 2021 AGENT TOM HUTCHINS, HUTCHINS ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Reviewed Resolution before opening public hearing. TOM HUTCHINS, HUTCHINS ENGINEERING-This is 34 Nacy Road. It is a two-bedroom residence. It is involved in a property transfer. The system needs to be replaced. It is older, antiquated. It has not truly failed at this point, but it needs to be replaced. The water supply well is in a difficult location. The site is somewhat constricted by steep slopes. The water supply well is in a location where it is not feasible to get the separations for a conventional or any absorption field. What we are proposing is an Aerobic Enhanced Treatment unit that would be a Fuji Clean Model CE 5. That is a five hundred gallon a day unit. Following that would be an affluent pump station to an absorption field, which would be located fifty-four feet from the water supply well. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 127 As in the last application, we are proposing an Ultraviolet Disinfection System to be installed on the resident’s water supply. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Tom you said the ETU is going to be what make and model? MR. HUTCHINS-It would be a Fuji Clean CE 5. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Thank you. Town Board thoughts before I open the public hearing. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-We had a good walk of the ground. You explained it very well Tom. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-I will open the public hearing. Is there any member of the public that wishes to speak to James Kennedy’s application for Sanitary Sewage Disposal Variance for 34 Nacy Road? PUBLIC HEARING OPENED No public comment PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED RESOLUTION APPROVING JAMES KENNEDY’S APPLICATION FOR SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCES RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 68, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, James Kennedy (Applicant) filed an application for variances from provisions of the Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance, Chapter 136 to install a replacement wastewater treatment system with components of it proposed 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, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk’s Office published the Notice of Public Hearing in the Town’s official newspaper and the Local Board of Health duly conducted a public hearing concerning the variance requests on st November 1, 2021, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk’s Office has advised that it duly notified all property owners within 500 feet of the subject property, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 128 RESOLVED, that 3. due to the nature of the variances, the Local Board of Health determines that the variances would not be materially detrimental to the purposes and objectives of this Ordinance or other adjoining properties nor otherwise conflict with the purpose and objectives of any Town plan or policy; and 4. the Local Board of Health finds that the granting of the variances is necessary for the reasonable use of the land and are the minimum variances which would alleviate the specific unnecessary hardship found by the Local Board of Health to affect the Applicant; and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health hereby approves the application of James Kennedy for variances from the Sewage Disposal Ordinance 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 and bearing Tax Map No: 289.6-1-20. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES : None ABSENT: None PUBLIC HEARING – SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE APPLICATION OF LAMBERTS LANDING, LLC PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 22, 2021 AGENT TOM HUTCHINS, HUTCHINS ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Reviewed Resolution before opening public hearing. It is designed for five bedroom. You have a four-bedroom residence and another little cottage with one bedroom. You have designed the infiltration bed the absorption field to be one as highway rated because the pavement will be over that. We did a site visit today. I had a question about this kind of absorption field and allowance of trans evaporation, which is part of this type of system. With the driveway over it having, a permeable surface that had some concern to me, but it is well designed. We did consider possibly moving it southward on the property so that the distances between this filtration system and the shoreline would be increased to some extent. Rockhurst you get a little bit of history, too. We applied for grant funding to put in a Rockhurst Community System. The Rockhurst Community System would include everybody getting a Fuji Advanced Pretreatment. The remaining water, I do not know if it is called gray or black water. It is clear at that point in time after the Fuji treatment. It gets pumped to a filtration bed that would be further inland. Eventually maybe not all at once we would have all the units on Rockhurst tied into this community system. The good thing is that it would start with the Fuji Pretreatment. Then a grinding system would send it beyond that. What is being proposed is a start on that. I am still trying to wrestle with the distances from the infiltration bed even though the water is relatively clean. Am I understanding this right Tom that the water leaving the Fuji system will get exposed to ultraviolet before it goes to the infiltration bed? MR. HUTCHINS-I have not included that, but it certainly can be. It can be incorporated into the inlet of the pump station. We are willing to do that. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 129 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-This is certainly more challenging than what we usually get. It is a peninsula and it is two shorelines. We recently had some discomfort with the system being proposed in Cleverdale that was about fifty feet from the shoreline, too. They are coming back with a holding tank design. They still have a discomfort level with the Town Board. I am not sure if the Town Board has that same discomfort level. This particular system has a pretreatment. The one in Cleverdale did not have any pretreatment other than the pretreated typical septic tank. It did. All right. I am just going from memory so evidently that is faulty. Let’s see what the Board thinks. COUNCILMAN FREER-John I would like to excuse myself. I am going to step out. (Left Meeting Room) COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-Are we going to check the distances? What are those new distances? MR. HUTCHINS-Sixty-two each way. I can summarize this if you want me to. Trisha Freer and Bob Lambert members of the LLC are here. This is a unique parcel. It is a point nine-acre parcel. It is the tip of Rockhurst. At its widest point, it is a hundred and forty five feet shoreline to shoreline. Obviously, there is not a feasible way to get the recommended separations. The applicants are here not because there is a property transfer. Not because there is a system failure. They are here to upgrade the system to make it better. They realized that there are a few antiquated systems on this property that should be replaced. Again, they are functioning. They…to put together the best system and most appropriate system that we could come up with to serve this unique property. I know you folks have seen it. It is unique. It is magnificent, but it is a challenge from a wastewater standpoint. As you said, we are proposing a Fuji Clean CE7, which is a seven hundred gallon a day unit that meets both NSF40 pretreatment standard as well as NSF 245…standard. There would be two pump stations involved. If you look at the plan there is….sewers coming out both ends of this property. One goes south. One goes north. There are absorptions fields on either side of the residence. One of them is some twenty feet from the lake that is receiving septic tank effluent presently. It has been for years and years. The other one, which is the southerly discharge also, has a conventional septic tank absorption area, which is approximately forty feet from the lake. What we are proposing and with the discussion we had today I can shift the field a little bit. We would be sixty-two feet from either shoreline. In shifting, that field as we discussed the entire feet will be under the driveway as opposed to a portion of it. We had used this type of field underneath driveways successfully both in this Town and other Towns and I am very confident in this capacity. What we are going to have is an exponential improvement in the wastewater treatment that is going underground on this property on Rockhurst. It going to be essentially doubled the distance from Lake George with that much better treated effluent. Just to clarify. When we relocate, it will be sixty-two feet each way. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-The other conversation that we had Tom was that the Fuji Clean is one of the best. I tried to find the review sheet on it. They had a lot of do’s and don’ts. There are a lot of things that you cannot throw in that toilet because it will foul up the system. This is expecting to be just human waste things that are associated with that. If you…and if people do not abide by the rules and regulations they could foul up the system. Tim was concerned if it gets fouled up because someone put something down the toilet that this is going to have a problem treating. If it shuts down will the water system shut down so that whatever needs to be identified as needs to be treated to manage this system will be taken care of before the water can go back on? If you have a situation like many in Lake George that rented out and rented to renters they do not realize, a lot of them are from New York City they have municipal systems. They may do things that would be harmful to this setup. How could we prevent that? MR. HUTCHINS-Of course, with most not all of the aerobic units we do there will be ongoing maintenance contracts. It will be inspected and maintained twice a year. There are safe guards within the controls of this unit. For air failure there is a small blower involved with this. It provides oxygen. It provides return activated sludge for the process. If there is a failure in the blower there is a little pressure sensor on the blower. If there is a failure there, that is an alarm condition. If there is a high hydraulic level that is an alarm condition. With an alarm condition either of the alarms they close a secondary contact. If the Board were to wish that could be electrically connected to disable the water supply. I am not sure if I would want to do that if it were my property. We will leave this up to the Board. It could be done that way. Keep in mind if there were an alarm condition and that was the case, the water is off instantaneously. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-Again, every day is a learning day. We require those types’ shutoffs for holding tanks today. In terms of the Town’s regulations for this type of system, it is not required currently. That might be something we might want to take on as part of our Master Plan to review. I am not sure if we should hold this residence to a new standard at this point. When you say the alarm again, you have done the review John. What does it do? Does it make noise? Does it turn the light on? MR. HUTCHINS-It turns the light on. It can be connected to notify someone on the outside. It is a basic form it turns the light on audio and visual….. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-The owners or the renters if they should be there would know that there is something going on. Hopefully the owner would set up some type of manual for when the alarm goes off. Thank you. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 130 COUNCILMAN FERONE-When something like this comes up we could always make it a condition of the approval. It does not have to be part of the Master Plan or anything like that. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-My point is this is a new concept. COUNCILMAN FERONE-That is what I mean. It is something to consider. If I understand this all correctly, you have a property with systems that are working. If it was not for the fact that they want to do the right thing and improve what is there, we would not be having this discussion. What they are proposing is going to vastly improve the systems that are in place that are currently within their parameters of the lakeshore and so on, right? MR. HUTCHINS-That is correct. There is no mandate. There is no property transfer. There is no inspection. There is no failure. There is no violation. They are here because they want to improve the system. It is something that has been bugging her for a number of years as she told me and they want to improve it. As it was mentioned earlier, it kind of goes along with the future plan if the future plan comes together. It really makes sense. COUNCILMAN FERONE-Okay. When you have plans like this that come along and people like this that come along you have to commend them for what they are trying to do. They are trying to protect the lake. They are trying to do the right thing. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-John do we need to read this letter in or is it just that we have copies of it? SUPERVISOR STROUGH-No. We have a letter from Steve Seaboyer who favors what the Lamberts are proposing. It is designed to set them up to accept the community system should the community system come aboard. We will not know much about that until the end of December. If we get the Grant Award that we requested, that is a big step in the right direction to getting this community system in place. If you do not get grant money to help fund the capital cost I think the residents of Rockhurst will not be able to afford the system unless it gets supplemented. In any event, Steve Seaboyer says, I encourage the Town Board of Health to become familiar with the type of treatment unit being proposed by the Lamberts because I believe ETU’s, which the Fuji Clean System is one of, are the keys to insuring lake and ground water quality. It goes on in support of this. They included part of the Chazen Design for Rockhurst, which shows and demonstrates that the Fuji System will be the first treatment coming out of the house. Let us have a public hearing. Let us see what the public says. Any member of the public wish to speak to this variance application? PUBLIC HEARING OPENED CARL WEINER, 114 ROCKHURST ROAD-I am their immediate neighbor on the Warner Bay side. I watched you men walk the property today earlier today. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-We waived hi. MR. WEINER-I waved back. I am fully in favor of this proposal. I am their immediate neighbor. Judging by where this is moving, it is moving closer to my house. I think it is a very good thing for the area. Everyone talks about holding tanks. They are not the panacea that everyone thinks they are. Holding tanks involve pump trucks that come in periodically that spew oil, spew fumes, noise, and drive along the roads. All that ends up in the lake as well as whatever else ends up in the lake. I am fully in favor of these Fuji type systems being used. On a peninsula such as Rockhurst, it is very difficult to get the full hundred feet that you might have in other parts of the Town. It is my understanding as well that the ground at least on our end of Rockhurst has a fairly good per rate. I know neighbors have had test done and systems put in recent they indicated that the soil was very good and allowed for adequate drainage. Again, I fully support it. I hope you guys, too. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Thank you. Anybody else from the public? JOHN DICKINSON, 113 ROCKHURST ROAD-Our family owns the property across from Mr. Weiner’s. Obviously, this system comes really close to our property. I too do support it. I think it would be such an improvement over of what they do have for the security of the lake. It is a peninsula and the effluent the amount the facility has used a couple months of the year on a peninsula the actual drainage from the treatment field is going to go in two directions. It is not a hundred feet, but it has more space to disperse. I rather encourage the Board members to support this. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-Your water source is the lake. There is no concern about this effluent getting into a well over there because you are bringing the water in…? MR. DICKINSON-That’s correct. Pretty much everybody on Rockhurst is pulling from the lake. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-Thanks. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 131 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Anybody else from the public wish to speak to this application? All right Tom would you please return to the table. How are we going to assure that the people that rent this place know that they cannot be putting certain things into that toilet or down the sink? How are we going to assure that they abide by the stricter standards...? MR. HUTCHINS-There is some call it a trash tank. If you are talking about solids or something going down in there. There is a pretank on this as part of the Fuji Unit. How are we going to assure? I mean, they could put up signage if there are going to be renters there. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-The owner may make…. MR. HUTCHINS-The owner may want to comment on that. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-One of the owners may want to comment. TRISHA FREER, 117 ROCKHURST ROAD-We were renting the property before about fifteen years. Every person that has rented we have a very strict contract that they sign. One of the things is we do not allow more than ten people on the property. Right now with the septic that we have, if it needs to be pumped out, it becomes part of their expense. We can incorporate in our contract all this information. I seem to think people are more conscious when you attach a money value to it. It then becomes something that they care about. We have signage all over the house. That this is drinking water. What we are on is a septic. LGA does a great job of giving little information cards. I cannot be in the house all the time supervising it. I can tell you over the years we really never had a problem with the septic. You can just do as much as you educate people to do. If they have a big problem guess what they will not come back next year. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Fuji does have on their website do’s and don’ts’s. Is that something that you can copy, paste, and put in the bathroom at least? MS. FREER-Absolutely. We would not necessarily need to be here, but it is the right thing to be here. We want to do the right thing. If that is part of the right thing to do, we will do it. I cannot tell you there might not be a problem. I cannot guarantee that. I can guarantee you that we will give it a hundred percent of trying to educate our renters. We now have a new septic and these are what has to happen. I will be learning. We all will be learning. COUNCILMAN FERONE-If there is a problem you are going to take care of it. MS. FREER-Right. COUNCILMAN FERONE-You are going to mitigate it. MS. FREER-Right. COUNCILMAN FERONE-It is not going to be something that is going to stay in place for two months. MS. FREER-It gets taken care of. They call me. I come and have it taken care of. There is talk of having a representative from Fuji coming into the Queensbury area so that is even better because we will have somebody. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Moving it southward is going to mean…anyone of those….that goes to the Cottage. There is going to be additional expense for that. Is that right Tom? MR. HUTCHINS-It is going to increase the likelihood that it has to be relocated. We had a tracer up there and he couldn’t exactly trace it with the equipment…. It is going to increase the likelihood that the power service has to be relocated. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Okay. This is a complicated one. If you are not comfortable and you want an independent engineering review, we can do that. If you are comfortable with certain conditions that we throw on it, which way you want to go. COUNCILMAN METIVIER-I am fine. COUNCILMAN FERONE-I am with it John. COUNCILMAN METIVIER-It is a lot better than what they have. COUNCILMAN FERONE-Whenever I see an improvement. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 132 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-It is an improvement. Keep in mind the Markert’s on 390 Cleverdale Road we were not comfortable with the location of the filtration bed. We asked them to do a holding tank and that is what they are coming back with. COUNCILMAN FERONE-I don’t think it was engineered as completely as this is. This is where you have two separate fields. Half of it going in two separate directions. It is not all going into one spot. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-We might want to get the Markert’s Engineer an opportunity to come back with another design. COUNCILMAN FERONE-I don’t think they have the space to do that. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-That was an issue up there, too. What I am hearing for conditions. You are going to move the septic system southward. There is going to be an absorption field that is sixty-two feet from each bank. You are asking for thirty-eight feet of relief from the one hundred foot required distance. The other thing I think I heard. Is that you will put in an ultraviolet system for the water leaving the Fuji Clean going to the filtration bed so it has been sanitized as well. Tim your concern was. COUNCILMAN MCNULTY-I think they discussed with the alarm system in place now with the instructions you will be in. If lights go on and starts ringing, bells call me. MS. FREER-Absolutely. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Town Counsel. TOWN COUNSEL, SCHACHNER-Do I understand correctly that instead of fifty-seven feet and fifty-nine feet the distances would be sixty-two feet on each side. Therefore, thirty-eight feet of relief on each side. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-That is what I am hearing. TOWN COUNSEL, SCHACHNER-That is what the applicant is now suggesting. That is easy enough to change in items one and two of the description of the variance sought. Also in items one and two of the Resolved, that would be granting the variances if it is approved. I am not sure how to best to accommodate the other…. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Ultraviolet? TOWN COUNSEL, SCHACHNER-No, that’s fine. That is not part of the proposal already? SUPERVISOR STROUGH-According to the Engineer is not. I have seen so many plans. I did see it on one set of plans. MR. HUTCHINS-It is not incorporated into this. It is a simple add-in on the inlet to the inlet to the pump station. It would be a Salcor UV Unit. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-The UV Unit would be in the pump station. Then it goes to the effluent field, right? MR. HUTCHINS-Correct. TOWN COUNSEL, SCHACHNER-That could be an item four on the Resolved. Ultraviolet treatment at inlet of pump station. MR. HUTCHINS-I think it would the ETU effluent should be treated with ultraviolet disinfection. If we come up with a different orientation we want to put it separate from the pump station in its own vessel we may do that. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Okay. TOWN COUNSEL, SCHACHNER-Can you repeat the first thing you said. ETU Unit… MR. HUTCHINS-ETU effluent will receive UV treatment. TOWN COUNSEL, SCHACHNER-Make it generic like that. That is not specifying the location. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-No. As long as what is going to the field has been treated… MR. HUTCHINS-It should say prior to discharge to the field. REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 133 SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Rather than discharge to the field. While the Town Counsel is working on that. The absorption field is going to be paved over. You designed it appropriately for highway treatment. The only question I have was that the permeable surface above the absorption bed is going to be impermeable. The element of trans evaporation will be less likely to occur here unless it comes out from the sides and so forth you know with a plume it will do some of that. Do you think that is going to be a problem? MR. HUTCHINS-There will be less transformation influence here, but no, I do not think that is going to be a problem. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Okay. Did you reach your comfort level? COUNCILMAN FERONE-I’m good. COUNCILMAN METIVIER-I’m good. SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Town Counsel anything else? TOWN COUNSEL, SCHACHNER-No. It would be four items in the Resolve. The three that were already there with the first two changed from fifty-seven feet and fifty-nine feet to sixty-two feet each. A fourth item, which would be effluent, will receive ultraviolet treatment prior to discharge to the field. PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED RESOLUTION APPROVING LAMBERTS LANDING, LLC’S APPLICATION FOR SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCES RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 69, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, Lamberts Landing LLC (Applicant1) filed an application for variances from provisions of the Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance, Chapter 136 to install a wastewater treatment system with components of it proposed to be located as follows: 1. Absorption Field to be 62’ from Lake George (east) instead of the required 100’ setback; 2. Absorption Field to be 62’ 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, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk’s Office published the Notice of Public Hearing in the Town’s official newspaper and the Local Board of Health duly conducted a public hearing concerning the variance requests on st Monday, November 1, 2021, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk’s Office has advised that it duly notified all property owners within 500 feet of the subject property, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 134 RESOLVED, that 1. due to the nature of the variances, the Local Board of Health determines that the variances would not be materially detrimental to the purposes and objectives of this Ordinance or other adjoining properties nor otherwise conflict with the purpose and objectives of any Town plan or policy; and 2. the Local Board of Health finds that the granting of the variances is necessary for the reasonable use of the land and are the minimum variances which would alleviate the specific unnecessary hardship found by the Local Board of Health to affect the Applicant; and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health hereby approves the application of Lamberts Landing, LLC for variances from the Sewage Disposal Ordinance to install a wastewater treatment system with components of it to be located as follows: 1. Absorption Field to be 62’ from Lake George (east) instead of the required 100’ setback; 2. Absorption Field to be 62’ from Lake George (west) instead of the required 100’ setback; 3. Grinder Pump to be 25’ from Lake George instead of the required 50’ setback; and 4. Effluent will receive ultraviolet treatment prior to discharge to the Absorption Field; on property located at 117 Rockhurst Road in the Town of Queensbury and bearing Tax Map No: 227.9-1-8, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to forward by certified mail a certified copy of this Resolution to the Adirondack Park Agency for its review, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that this approval Resolution shall not be effective until 30 days after such notice to the Adirondack Park Agency and shall be subject to review by the Adirondack Park Agency during such period. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty NOES : None ABSENT: Mr. Freer REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 135 COUNCILMAN FREER-Reentered meeting. RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE APPLICATION OF JOSEPH RIITANO / FRANK STEINBACH RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 70, 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, Joseph Riitano, current property owner and Frank Steinbach, property purchaser (sale pending) have applied to the Local Board of Health for variances from Chapter 136 to install a new well on property located at 16 Sunset Lane in the Town of Queensbury with the proposed setbacks to be as follows: 1. Well to be 88’ from the leach field instead of the required 100’ setback; 2. Well to be 88’ from lot no.: 226.19-1-13’s leach field instead of the required 100’ setback; and 3. Well to be 99’from lot no.: 226.19-1-10’s leach field instead of the required 100’ setback; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury’s Local Board of Health will hold a public hearing on th Monday, November 15, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, to consider Joseph Riitano / Frank Steinbach’s sewage disposal variance application concerning property located at 16 Sunset Lane, Queensbury (Tax Map No.: 226.19-1-9) 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. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE APPLICATION OF JOHN AND MARGARET MARKERT RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 71, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 136 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, John and Margaret Markert (Applicants) have applied to the Local Board of Health for variances from Chapter 136, §136-11 which requires applicants to obtain a variance for a holding tank system, as the Applicants wish to install a holding tank system consisting of two (2) heavy duty 2,000 gallon capacity holding tanks, for a total capacity of 4,000 gallons, and WHEREAS, the Applicants have also applied for additional variances from Chapter 136 to allow placement of the holding tank(s): 1. 2’ from the property line instead of the required 10’ setback; 2. 4’ from the property line instead of the required 10’ setback; and 3. 6’ from the foundation instead of the required 10’ setback; on property located at 390 Cleverdale Road in the Town of Queensbury, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury Local Board of Health will hold a public hearing on th Monday, November 15, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, to consider John and Margaret Markert’s sewage disposal variance application concerning property located at 390 Cleverdale Road in the Town of Queensbury and bearing Tax Map No.: 226.8-1-7 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. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES : None ABSENT: None DISCUSSION HELD BEFORE VOTE: SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Discussion held with Dennis MacElroy, Agent for John and Margaret Markert Sanitary Sewer Variance. Asked Mr. MacElroy if he could put a system similar to what was just proposed for the Lamberts for 390 Cleverdale Road. Mr. MacElroy noted what they did Proposed the PuraSys Sequencing Batch Reactor is a qualified ETU as well. If this is going to be the technology used the Fuji Clean it would only make sense to do that. Supervisor Strough noted they are not advocating one over the another. The other thing that was concerned to the Board was the loss of parking area. With a similar design filtration field, they would be able to pave over and still retain their parking area. Mr. MacElroy noted the owners would be interested in that potential, noting it is a possibility. Supervisor Strough noted he thinks the Town Board REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 137 considering what we just reviewed and what we have learned would be opened to an auxiliary to what you proposed before. We are setting this public hearing for holding tanks. Asked if the Town Board would be opened to another design for the Market’s. Mr. MacElroy if we set the public hearing for the holding tanks, this is not going to happen this year necessarily so there is some opportunity and if the owners are interested in pursuing that. One clear difference and I am not sure if that is your decision making, our previous application we had some opposition from one of the neighbors. This past application you had two neighbors that were fully supported. Supervisor Strough there are very few residences where you would meet the hundred feet. Going forward these difficult ones, we are trying to be fair. We should have one standard. Some kind of pretreatment that meets some kind of effluent discharge standards. I am not telling you what system to get, but they would have to meet certain discharge standards. We would make these mandatory for every residence where the field is less than one hundred feet from the lake. Supervisor Strough we will set the public hearing and let us see. Mr. MacElroy in the interim will talk to the owners and let them know. RESOLUTION ADJOURNING QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO. BOH 72, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Board of Health hereby adjourns from session and moves back into the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021 by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer NOES: None ABSENT:None 3.0 PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR FOR RESOLUTIONS ONLY (LIMIT -3 MINUTES) SUPERINTENDENT OF CEMETERIES, CONNIE GOEDERT-Spoke regarding Resolution Authorizing Establishment of Pine View Cemetery Columbarium Wall Capital Project Fund #42 and Award of Bid to Loiselle Memorials, Inc. 4.0 RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION SETTING 2022 TOWN BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE RESOLUTION NO.: 354, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to establish its 2022 meeting schedule, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in accordance with New York State Town Law §62, the Queensbury Town Board hereby establishes its 2022 meeting schedule as follows: strd 1. Regular meetings shall occur on the 1 and 3 Mondays of each month at 7:00 o’clock p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, with the exception that the Town Board’s regular meeting dates shall be changed as set forth below for the following months: thth A. January – 10 and 24 (In addition to the Town Board’s Regular, REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 138 rd Organizational Meeting to be held on January 3, 2022) thth B. February – 14 and 28 thth C. June – 13 and 27 thth D. July – 11 and 25 thnd E. August 8 and 22 thth F. September – 12 and 26 At regular meetings, public hearings will be held, Resolutions and motions will be proposed and/or adopted, miscellaneous matters will be discussed and the general public will typically be provided with a privilege of the floor comment session. The privilege of the floor session will be limited to Town matters only and will be run at the discretion of the Town Supervisor. 2. The Town Board shall schedule other special meetings for any purpose established by Town Board Resolution and/or in accordance with the New York State Town Law. The Town shall notify the media of the special meeting accordingly as required by the New York State Open Meetings Law. 3. If the Town Board decides to alter its regular meeting schedule, it will do so by Town Board Resolution and will notify the public and media by appropriate public notice. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF $1,000 DONATION TO PINE VIEW CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM RESOLUTION NO.: 355, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, Madison Wealth Managers has advised the Town of Queensbury that one of its clients wishes to make a $1,000 anonymous donation to the Town of Queensbury to support the Pine View Cemetery and Crematorium, and WHEREAS, the Town Board is honored by this donation, feels that it will benefit Town residents and therefore wishes to approve and authorize its acceptance, REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 139 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves and accepts the $1,000 donation to the Town’s Pine View Cemetery and Crematorium as delineated in this Resolution, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or Town Cemetery Superintendent to send a copy of this Resolution to Timothy Gusek at Madison Wealth Managers, 17 Baywood Drive, P.O. Box 4551 Queensbury with a letter of thanks for the generous donation and the Town Supervisor, Town Cemetery Superintendent and/or Town Budget Officer to take all actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION APPOINTING BRIAN WILLIAMS TO TOWN OF QUEENSBURY CEMETERY COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 356, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury previously established the Town of Queensbury Cemetery Commission in accordance with applicable New York State law, and WHEREAS, there is presently a vacancy on the Commission due to the recent resignation of one of the Commission members, and WHEREAS, the Cemetery Superintendent and Cemetery Commission have recommended that the Town Board appoint Brian Williams as a Commissioner to complete the former member’s unexpired term through June 30, 2022, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby appoints Brian Williams to serve as a member th of the Town of Queensbury Cemetery Commission through June 30, 2022. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 140 NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION SETTING TOWN OFFICIAL’S STANDARD WORKDAY FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES RESOLUTION NO.: 357, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, as required by the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS), the Queensbury Town Board wishes to establish the standard work day for a certain appointed official’s title required to be reported to the NYSLRS based on his record of activities, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby establishes the following standard work days for the following appointed official’s title and will report the appointed official to the New York State and Local Retirement System based on his record of activities: TITLE STANDARD NAME SOCIAL NYSLRS ID CURRENT RECORD OF WORK DAY: (First and Last) SEC. NO. TERM ACTIVITIES (Hrs/day) (Last 4 digits) BEGIN & RESULTS END DATES: Planning Board Member 6 Chris Hunsinger 9550 39555966 1/1/2015-12-31-2021 2.03 st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDS FOR SALE OR DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT RESOLUTION NO.: 358, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State Town Law §64(2), the Queensbury Town Board may authorize the sale of items which are no longer needed by the Town or obsolete, and REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 141 WHEREAS, the Town’s Budget Officer requested that Town Departments advise of any surplus items in their respective Departments and the Town Budget Officer did receive lists of items from various Departments which are considered to be surplus, and WHEREAS, the Budget Officer advised the various Town Departments of the surplus items and did not receive any requests from the Departments for such surplus items and therefore has requested Town Board authorization to sell the surplus items by using the auction company GovDeals to dispose of such surplus property, or, if deemed unsafe and/or inoperable by the Department Manager(s), to be sold or disposed of as scrap, and WHEREAS, the following is the list of surplus items provided by the various Town Departments: Ford yellow truck hood #1 Highway n/a International yellow truck hood #2 Highway n/a Cam spray pressure washer Highway n/a Snapper snow blower Highway n/a Bobcat snow blower attachment Highway n/a Tenco plow #1 Highway n/a Tenco plow #2 Highway n/a Tenco plow #3 Highway n/a NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves of the sale of the surplus items that are no longer needed by the Town or obsolete by using the auction company GovDeals to dispose of such surplus property, or, if deemed unsafe and/or inoperable by the Department Manager(s), to be sold or disposed of as scrap, as follows: Ford yellow truck hood #1 Highway n/a International yellow truck hood #2 Highway n/a Cam spray pressure washer Highway n/a Snapper snow blower Highway n/a Bobcat snow blower attachment Highway n/a Tenco plow #1 Highway n/a Tenco plow #2 Highway n/a Tenco plow #3 Highway n/a and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and engagement of the services of auction company GovDeals to sell/dispose of the surplus item(s) and all Town proceeds from the sales shall be deposited into the appropriate revenue account(s) in accordance with the Queensbury Town Code and New York State Laws, and REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 142 BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer and/or Purchasing Agent to accept or reject any bids received online for any online auction bids, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town Budget Officer, Purchasing Agent and/or Town Counsel to take such further actions as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 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 PROPOSED RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR GREATER QUEENSBURY CONSOLIDATED SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT RESOLUTION NO. 359, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 368, 2020, the Queensbury Town Board enacted Local Law No.: 10 of 2020 which, in part, provides that the Town Board may make changes to sewer rents by Resolution upon five (5) days’ Public Notice, and WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury previously established sewer rent rates for the Greater Queensbury Consolidated Sanitary Sewer District (GQCSSD), and WHEREAS, the Town Wastewater Director has recommended that the Town Board amend the GQCSSD sewer rents such that all residential properties with the Property Code Classifications between 210 – 283 and Class 411 will be charged $5.50/1,000 gallons per quarter and all other Property Code Classifications will be considered non-residential and will be charged $7.00/1,000 gallons per quarter, commencing with usage as of January 1, 2022, to be read in April 2022, and appearing accordingly on the May, 2022 billings, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to set a public hearing concerning this proposed sewer rent rate adjustment, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 143 RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall meet and hold a public hearing at the Queensbury th Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 15, 2021 to hear all interested persons and take any necessary action provided by law concerning the proposed amendment to the Greater Queensbury Consolidated Sanitary Sewer District sewer rent rates as described in this Resolution, 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 this proposal providing a minimum of five (5) days’ Public Notice in the manner provided by law. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION REAPPOINTING ROY URRICO AS MEMBER OF QUEENSBURY ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS RESOLUTION NO. 360, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury previously established the Town’s Zoning Board of Appeals in accordance with applicable New York State law, and st WHEREAS, Roy Urrico’s term on the Zoning Board of Appeals will expire as of December 31, 2021 and Mr. Urrico has expressed his wish for reappointment, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby reappoints Roy Urrico to serve as a member of the Queensbury Zoning Board of Appeals until his term expires on December 31, 2028. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HIRING OF THOMAS KORB AS FULL-TIME LABORER FOR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RESOLUTION NO.: 361, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 144 WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury’s Highway Superintendent has advised the Town Board that there is a vacancy in a full-time Laborer position in the Highway Department, and WHEREAS, the Highway Superintendent posted availability for the position, reviewed resumes and has made a hiring recommendation to the Town Board to hire Thomas Korb, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the hiring of Thomas nd Korb as a full-time Laborer in the Town’s Highway Department effective on or about November 2, 2021 subject to Mr. Korb’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 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 BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that Mr. Korb shall be paid at 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, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Highway Superintendent and/or Town Budget Officer to complete any forms and take any action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021 by the following vote: AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HIRING OF ZACKRY INFIELD AS FULL-TIME MOTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR FOR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RESOLUTION NO.: 362, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury’s Highway Superintendent has advised the Town Board that there is a vacancy in a full-time Motor Equipment Operator (MEO) position in the Highway Department, and REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 145 WHEREAS, the Highway Superintendent posted availability for the position, reviewed resumes and has made a hiring recommendation to the Town Board to hire Zackry Infield, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the hiring of Zackry Infield as a full-time Motor Equipment Operator (MEO) in the Town’s Highway Department effective on or nd about November 2, 2021 subject to Mr. Infield’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 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 BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that Mr. Infield shall be paid at the hourly rate of pay for the MEO position as delineated in the Town’s current Agreement with the Civil Service Employees Association, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Highway Superintendent and/or Town Budget Officer to complete any forms and take any action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021 by the following vote: AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES : None ABSENT:None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RENEWAL OF CRIME INSURANCE CONTRACT WITH TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA FOR 2022 - 2024 RESOLUTION NO. 363, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury previously entered into an agreement for crime insurance with Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America (Travelers), and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize a crime insurance renewal contract with Travelers for the years 2022 through 2024, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 146 RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes a crime insurance renewal contract effective January 1, 2022 for the years 2022 through 2024 with Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America (Travelers) in accordance with Travelers’ October 25, 2021 proposal of insurance substantially in the form presented at this meeting, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute any contracts and documentation and the Town Supervisor and/or Town Budget Officer to take such other and further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CHANGE TO GOVT. PORTAL AS SERVICE PROVIDER RELATING TO AGREEMENT WITH PRIORITY PAYMENT SYSTEMS RESOLUTION NO.: 364, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 139, 2016, the Queensbury Town Board authorized in part an Agreement with Priority Payment Systems to provide for on-line registration and payment via credit cards for the Town’s Department of Parks and Recreation programs and activities, and WHEREAS, the Town Clerk and Director of Parks and Recreation have advised that Priority Payment Systems’ service provider, RegFee Payments, will no longer provide the split payment option that the Town requires in order to not pay credit card fees, and therefore have recommended that the Town Board authorize a change to a new service provider, Govt Portal, Inc., in accordance with Govt Portal, Inc.’s, application substantially in the form presented at this meeting and in form acceptable to Town Counsel, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves and authorizes the change in service provider from RegFee Payments to Govt Portal, Inc., relating to the Town’s Agreement with Priority Payment Systems as set forth in this Resolution and in accordance with Govt Portal, Inc.’s application substantially in the form presented at this meeting, and REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 147 BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute the Govt Portal, Inc., agreement and any other documentation necessary to effectuate this Resolution, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town Clerk, Director of Parks and Recreation and/or Town Budget Officer to take such other and further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES : None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION TO AMEND 2021 TOWN BUDGET RESOLUTION NO.: 365, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, the following Budget Amendment Requests have been duly initiated and justified and are deemed compliant with Town operating procedures and accounting practices by the Town Budget Officer, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town’s Accounting Office to take all action necessary to amend the 2021 Town Budget as follows: To Code Appropriation Code Appropriation $ 001-1460-4400 Misc. Contractual 001-4020-4135 Vital Stat Comp 3,500 001-7020-4030 Postage 001-7110-4400 Misc. Contractual 1,800 001-7020-4120 Printing 001-7110-4400 Misc. Contractual 1,200 001-9060-8060 Health Insurance 001-8540-4400 Drainage 2,500 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 148 004-9060-8060 Health Insurance 004-5130-4110 Vehicle Repairs 40,000 st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 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: 11022021 RESOLUTION NO.: 366, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to approve an audit of bills presented as Warrant: 11022021 with a run date of 10/28/2021 and a payment date of 11/02/2021, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves the audit of bills presented as Warrant: 11022021 with a run date of 10/28/2021 and a payment date of 11/02/2021 totaling $1,288,914.44, 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. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES : None ABSENT :None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ESTABLISHMENT OF PINE VIEW CEMETERY COLUMBARIUM WALL CAPITAL PROJECT FUND #242 AND AWARD OF BID TO LOISELLE MEMORIALS, INC. RESOLUTION NO.: 367, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 361,2020, the Queensbury Town Board authorized the Town Purchasing Agent to publish an advertisement for bids for the purchase of a new sign with a columbarium wall that will have niches to entomb cremains at the Pine View Cemetery (the “Project”) REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 149 as set forth in bid specifications prepared by the Town Cemetery Superintendent and/or Purchasing Agent, and th WHEREAS, on October 27, 2021, the Town Purchasing Agent publicly opened the one and only received bid, and WHEREAS, the Purchasing Agent and Cemetery Superintendent have recommended that the Town Board therefore award the bid to the only and therefore lowest, responsible bidder, Loiselle Memorials, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $84,470, and WHEREAS, the Cemetery Superintendent has advised that there are times when Change Orders may become necessary for such Project and has requested that the Town Board also authorize her to approve and sign certain Change Orders up to a five-percent (5%) contingency for Change Orders that she deems necessary or appropriate, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to establish a Capital Project concerning such Project and establish and fund the Revenue and Expense Accounts for the Capital Project in a total amount of $88,694, and WHEREAS, the Town Cemetery Commission will reimburse the Town for all expenses of this Project and the Commission will receive all the revenues from this Project, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes establishment of the Pine View Cemetery Columbarium Wall Capital Project Fund #242 in the amount of $88,694 to establish funding for expenses associated with this Project, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs that funding for such Capital Project shall be $88,694 from the Town Cemetery Commission, with the Commission to receive all revenues from this Project, and further establishes miscellaneous revenues and expenses in the Capital Project as follows: REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 150  242-0000-52770 Misc. Revenues - $88,694  242-8810-2899 Expenses - $88,694 and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Budget Officer to temporarily advance $88,694 from the Cemetery Fund to Capital Expenses Account No: 242- 8810-2899 to pay for the Project, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to amend the Town Budget and take any and all actions as needed, keep suitable records and arrange for the repayment of the temporary loan as soon as available and prepare any documentation necessary to establish appropriations and revenues, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby accepts and awards the bid for the Project from the lowest, responsible bidder, Loiselle Memorials, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $84,470 to be paid for from Capital Project Fund #242, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute any needed agreement between the Town and Loiselle Memorials, Inc., in form acceptable to the Town Supervisor, Cemetery Superintendent, Town Budget Officer, Town Purchasing Agent and/or Town Counsel, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Cemetery Superintendent to approve and sign Change Orders pertaining to the Contract up to a five-percent (5%) contingency or in the total amount not exceeding $4,224 that she deems necessary or appropriate, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Purchasing Agent, Cemetery Superintendent, Town Budget Officer and/or Town Counsel to take any and all action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2021, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES : None ABSENT: None 5.0 CORRESPONDENCE REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 151 None 6.0 PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR (LIMIT-4 MINUTES) RICHARD ZUCCARO, & JOAN JENKINS, REPRESENTING ADIRONDACK CYCLING ADVOCATES FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE WARREN COUNTY SAFE QUALITY BICYCLE ORGANIZATION-Thanked the Board for granting them the funding with the Occupancy Tax for the Organization. Thanked Supervisor Strough for the eloquent job he did in presenting for them. Acknowledge the work that Councilman Freer has done for them with the Warren County DPW to put signage on the bikeway. JOAN JENKINS-Spoke to the Board on the wonderful job that the Director of Parks and Recreation, Steve Lovering is doing on all the development of the trails in the Town. Spoke regarding the popularity of the trails. 7.0 TOWN BOARD DISCUSSIONS COUNCILMAN MCNULTY (WARD IV) Nothing to report COUNCILMAN FERONE (WARD III) Nothing to report COUNCILMAN FREER (WARD II)  Spoke regarding COP26. World Leaders are trying to figure out how to deal with climate change, I wish them the best. COUNCILMAN METIVIER (WARD I) Nothing to report SUPERVISOR STROUGH  Received letter the Glens Falls Youth Center thanking the Town Board for the $12,000 donation.  Brookfield is moving to the Town of Queensbury from the Boston area noting this is great news.  Spoke regarding the estimated trail counts. Gurney Lane 25,000 people used it in 2021. Gurney Lane South 10,000 people. The Rush Pond Trail 30,000 people. Hudson Pointe Reserve Trail 14,000 people. The Halfway Brook Trail 18,000 people.  Spoke regarding recently receiving the Climate Smart Community Bronze Certification by the New York State DEC. Sent the Press Release to the Newspaper maybe we will get the right kind of recognition this time.  Attended the Annual Dinner of the Lake George Regional Chamber of Commerce at the Queensbury Hotel noting the Lake George Chamber also gave recognition to Ryan Moore.  Spoke regarding the World Awareness Children’s Museum fundraiser held at the Park Theatre.  Attended Bridging the Difference Climate Change Conference at SUNY Adirondack.  Read schedule for the Leave Pickup. Wards 1 & 2, Bags must be out by October 31, 2021. Ward 4, Bags must be out by November 7, 2021. Ward 3, Bags must be out by November 14, 2021.  Thanked Look TV RESOLUTION ADJOURNING REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING RESOLUTION NO. 368, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, 11-01-2021 MTG#36 152 WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns its Regular Town Board Meeting. st Duly adopted the 1 day of November, 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 Town Clerk Town of Queensbury MINUTES PREPARED BY KAREN O’BRIEN, DEPUTY CLERK