074.2015 Set PH Bay Ridge Fire RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON BAY RIDGE
VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INC.'S PROPOSED 2016-2020 FIRE
PROTECTION SERVICES AGREEMENT AND PROPOSAL TO PURCHASE
ENGINE RESCUE FIRE APPARATUS AND USE TAX-EXEMPT
FINANCING FOR SUCH PURCHASE
RESOLUTION NO.: 74,2015
INTRODUCED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr.William VanNess
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury and the Bay Ridge Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. (Fire
Company) have entered into an Agreement for fire protection services, which Agreement sets forth a
number of terms and conditions including a condition that the Fire Company will not purchase or enter
into any binding contract to purchase any piece of apparatus, equipment, vehicles, real property, or
make any improvements that would require the Fire Company to acquire a loan or mortgage or use
money placed in a"vehicles fund"without prior approval of the Queensbury Town Board, and
WHEREAS, the Fire Company has advised the Town Board that it wishes to purchase a
new Engine Rescue Fire Apparatus (Truck) to replace its KME Engine Rescue Fire Apparatus, as
previously recommended by the 2009 Fire Study Report issued for the Town by MMA Consulting
Group, Inc., for the approximate purchase price not to exceed $700,000, such purchase already
included in the Fire Company's five (5) year capital plan that forecasts future capital needs and
expenditures, including anticipated vehicles, equipment, tools, other apparatus, facilities or
improvements to facilities to be used for firematic purposes, and
WHEREAS, proceeds from the sales of the Fire Company's replaced apparatus would be
placed either: 1) against the principal of the new, proposed Truck; and/or 2) toward other Fire
Company debt; and
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WHEREAS, once the new Truck is placed into service, the Fire Company will remove the
replaced apparatus from service and sell it, and will sell it after all potential warranty/service issues are
resolved with the new Truck, and
WHEREAS, the Truck will be owned and used by the Fire Company to provide fire protection
to the Town and maintained at its firehouse located at 1080 Bay Road in the Town of Queensbury,
New York, and
WHEREAS, the Fire Company plans on paying for the proposed, new Truck by approximately
$700,000 maximum amount of tax-exempt financing (having a 10 year term) with The Adirondack
Trust Company, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to set a public hearing concerning the Fire Company's
proposed purchase, as Town Board approval of such proposed purchase is required by the Fire
Company's Agreement with the Town, and such proposed tax-exempt financing requires a public
hearing under the Internal Revenue Code, and
WHEREAS, the Fire Company's current Agreement with the Town will expire as of
December 31St, 2015 and the Town Board and Fire Company have negotiated terms for a new 2016-
2020 fire protection services Agreement and therefore the Town Board also wishes to set a public
hearing concerning such new, proposed Agreement,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall conduct a public hearing concerning Bay
Ridge Volunteer Fire Co., Inc.'s proposed Truck purchase delineated in the preambles of this
Resolution and the financing of such proposed purchase using tax-exempt financing, as well as the Fire
Company's proposed 2016-2020 Agreement with the Town for fire protection services, on Monday,
March 9th, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., and
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BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk
to publish a Notice of Public Hearing in the Post-Star Newspaper once at least fourteen(14) days prior
to the Public Hearing.
Duly adopted this 9h day of February, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES Mr. Irish, Mr. VanNess, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements
NOES None
ABSENT: None
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