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182.2015 Government Efficiency Plan RESOLUTION ADOPTING GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY PLAN AND AUTHORIZING ITS SUBMISSION TO STATE DIVISION OF BUDGET RESOLUTION NO.: 182,2015 INTRODUCED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr.William VanNess WHEREAS, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature enacted the Property Tax Freeze Credit as a two-year tax relief program designed to reimburse qualifying homeowners for increase in local property taxes on their primary residences, and WHEREAS, the credit is only available for homeowners in a local taxing jurisdiction which complies with the New York State Property Tax Cap and develops a State Division of Budget approved Government Efficiency Plan (hereinafter"GEP"), and WHEREAS, the GEP must evidence a one percent savings in the Town's tax levies for each of the following three years as a result of shared services, consolidation or merger of services, or demonstrating and implementing operational efficiencies, and WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury wished to develop and implement an individual GEP complying with State standards so that Town resident homeowners may receive such property tax credit from New York State, and WHEREAS, a proposed GEP was prepared by the Town Budget Officer, and WHEREAS, the Town Supervisor must certify that the GEP will result in savings of at least one percent of tax levy for the fiscal years beginning in 2014 and in each of the fiscal years beginning in 2017, beginning in 2018, and beginning in 2019, and WHEREAS, the Town Budget Officer must certify the Town will undertake its best efforts to 1 fully implement the services specified in the GEP by the end of the local fiscal year beginning in 2017, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby adopts the proposed GEP, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to file the GEP and any other needed related materials with the New York State Division of Budget, and the Town Supervisor and Town Budget Officer to sign any necessary GEP certifications and take all actions necessary to effectuate submission of the GEP for approval by the New York State Division of Budget. Duly adopted this 18th day of May, 2015, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Clements, Mr. Irish, Mr. VanNess, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES None AB SENT : None 2