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261.2022 Amend Vounteer Ambulance Workers Service Award Program and Adopt Agreements RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY'S VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM AND ADOPTION AGREEMENTS RESOLUTION NO.: 261,2022 INTRODUCED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board previously established a defined contribution Volunteer Ambulance Workers Service Award Program (the "Service Award Program") and executed Adoption Agreements for Service Award Programs for Volunteer Ambulance Workers for the West Glens Falls Emergency Squad, the Bay Ridge Rescue Squad and the North Queensbury Rescue Squad, each dated November 22, 1996 (together, the "Adoption Agreements"), and WHEREAS, the Town's current Service Award Program provides for a contribution of $700 per year for each participating volunteer, and WHEREAS, on November 8, 2019, former Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law a bill increasing the maximum Service Awards able to be paid to Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers to $1,200 per year for each participating volunteer, and WHEREAS, the Town wants to increase the annual contribution from the existing $700 to a maximum of$1,200 by the year 2026, and WHEREAS, the Town Board would like to increase the annual contribution per participating volunteer but do so in a staggered manner in the following way: January 1, 2023 increase to $900 January 1, 2024 increase to $1,000 January 1, 2025 increase to $1,100 January 1, 2026 increase to $1,200, and WHEREAS, an increase in the annual contribution under an existing Service Award Program in the manner described above up to the maximum $1,200 must be approved by an affirmative vote of at least sixty percent (60%) of the governing board and is subject to a mandatory referendum where the residents of the Town served by these organizations must approve a Proposition authorizing the increase in payments by a majority by placement of such Proposition on the ballot of the November 8, 2022 General Election, and WHEREAS, the existing annual cost of the Service Award Program for 2022 will be approximately $37,800, and WHEREAS, the estimated annual cost of the Service Award Program including the annual administration fee per covered participant will be approximately: 2023 increase to $900—annual cost$48,600 2024 increase to $1,000- annual cost$54,000 2025 increase to $1,100- annual cost$59,400 2026 increase to $1,200- annual cost$64,800 and WHEREAS, the increase in the estimated cost of the Service Award Program compared to 2022 would range from $10,800 in 2023 to a total increase of$27,000 in 2026, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves and authorizes the following changes to the Adoption Agreements, subject to approval by an affirmative vote of at least sixty percent (60%) of the governing board and subject to a mandatory referendum at the November 8, 2022 General Election and subject to any required approval by the New York State Comptroller: A. The Adoption Agreements are amended to include: 2 a. $900 as the Regular Contribution Amount in the year 2023. b. $1,000 as the Regular Contribution Amount in the year 2024 c. $1,100 as the Regular Contribution Amount in the year 2025 d. $1,200 as the Regular Contribution Amount in the year 2026 and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk and Town Counsel to prepare a Proposition relating to this Resolution to be placed on the November 8, 2022 election ballot for the voters' approval or disapproval and the Town Clerk, with the advice of Town Counsel,to prepare an abstract of the Proposition, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby approves and authorizes a Proposition substantially in the form of the following Proposition pertaining to the increase in the annual Service Award contribution for the Town of Queensbury's Volunteer Ambulance Workers: INCREASE IN MAXIMUM SERVICE AWARD CONTRIBUTION The Town of Queensbury proposes to increase the annual Service Award contribution for a participating Emergency Medical Service Volunteer from $700 per year to the maximum of $1,200 per year per participant, in accordance with the bill signed into law on November 8, 2019 by former Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, to be effective prospectively if approved by a majority of the residents of the Town of Queensbury as follows: January 1, 2023 increase to $900 January 1, 2024 increase to $1,000 January 1, 2025 increase to $1,100 3 January 1, 2026 increase to $1,200 The current annual estimated cost to the Town of this Program at its current contribution is $37,800. The annual estimated cost to the Town is as follows: 2023 increase to $900—annual cost to the Town$48,600 2024 increase to $1,000-annual cost to the Town $54,000 2025 increase to $1,100-annual cost to the Town $59,400 2026 increase to $1,200-annual cost to the Town $64,800; and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to transmit a certified copy of this Town Board Resolution along with the Propositions and Abstracts to the Warren County Board of Elections or other appropriate officials so that the propositions will be placed on the November 8, 2022 election ballot in all the voting locations in the Town of Queensbury. Duly adopted this 27 h day of June, 2022, by the following vote: AYES Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES None ABSENT: None 4