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1977-01-04 ORG ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING JANUARY 4, 1977 MEMBERS PRESENT Michel Brandt-Supervisor Daniel Olson-Councilman Robert Barber-Councilman Harold Robillard-Councilman Hammond Robertson-Councilman Joseph Brennan-Town Counsel PRESS : Tri Co. News, Glens Falls Post Star TOWN OFFICIALS: Betty Eggleston, George Liapes, Harold Boynton, Gerald Sawn, Phyllis Joslyn, Carl Garb, Floyd Martindale, Gilbert Schlierer James Ogden, Lois Chase, Sylvia. Dougher, Robert Eddy, Mr. Tarana Shirley- Shenk, Mrs. Hammond Robertson Guests-Thomas Murphy, Lloyd Demboski, Harwood Beaty, Residentsof Queensbury regarding joint landfill Meeting Opened 7: 26 P.M. Salute to the Flag led by Supervisor Brandt RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING RULES OF PROCEDURE RESOLUTION NO. 1, Introduced by Mr. Daniel Olson who moved for its adoption, seconded by Mr. Hammond Robertson: RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted by Section 63 of the Town Law of the State of New York, the Town Board hereby determines that Robert' s Rules of Order shall be its rules of procedure during the year 1977, except when the same are not in accord with the Town Law or with other resolution of this Board. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes: None Absent: None RESOLUTION TO SET TOWN BOARD MEETING RESOLUTION NO. 2. Introduced by Mr. Harold Robillard who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Hammond Robertson: RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 62 of the Town Law of tle State of New York, regular meetings of the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury shall be held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month hereafter at 7: 30 P.M. at the Queensbury Town Office Building, Bay and Haviland Roads, Town of Queensbury, and be it further RESOLVED, that any special meetings :df said Board L'r. 11 be subject to a two day notice in advance by the Supervisor. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes : Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson , Mr. Brandt Noes: None f Absent: None i LETTER BUILDING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT December 13, 1976 Members of the Town Board Gentlemen: I respectfully request reappointment as Town of Queensbury Building Inspector. 1.94 Respectfully, /s/ George P. Liapes RESOLUTION TO APPOINT BUILDING INSPECTOR RESOLUTION NO. 3, Introduced by Mr. Robert Barber who moved for its adoption, secon ed by Mr. Daniel Olson: RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 138 of the Town Law of the State of New York, George P. Liapes be and he hereby is appointed Building Inspector of the Town of Queensbury for the year 1977. j Duly adopted by the following vote: J Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes: None Absent: None LETTER BUILDING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT December 13, 1976 Members of the Town Board Gentlemen: I respectfully request that I be reappointed as Deputy Building Inspector and Zoning Officer for the year 1977. Thank you. 3 /s/ Harold E. Boynton RESOLUTION TO APPOINT ASSISTANT BUILDING INSPECTOR RESOLUTION NO, 4, Introduced by Mr. Daniel Olson who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Hammond Robertson: RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 138 of the Town Law of the State of New York, Harold Boynton be and he hereby is appointed Assistant Building Inspector of the Town of Queensbury for the year 1977. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson , Mr. Brandt Noes: None Absent: None LETTER R.D.#1-Box 401-Rte. 149 Lake George, New York 12845 i December 15 , 1976 Supervisor, Michael Brandt Town of Queensbury, and Queensbury Town Board R.D.#1 - Bay Road Glens Falls, New York 12801 Gentlemen: I hereby request reappointment as Court Clerk for the Queensbury Town Court for 1977 on the recommendation of Town Justice James A. Davidson and Town Justice John S. Carusone, and to serve in this capacity at the pleasure of the Town Board. Very truly, /s/ Phyllis E. Joslyn, Court Clerk QUEENSBURY TOWN COURT RESOLUTION APPOINTING TOWN JUSTICE COURT CLERK RESOLUTION NO. 5. Introduced by Mr. Daniel Olson who moved its adoption, seconded y Mr. Harold Robillard: PURSUANT to Section 20, Subdivision 1 (a) of the Town Law of the State of New York and pursuant to Section 109 of the Uniform Justice Court Act of the State of New York, Phyllis . Joslyn of Farm to Market Road, Queensbury, is hereby appointed Town Justice Court Clerk, to serve at the pleasure of the Board; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Administrative Board of the Judicial Conference of the State of New York be notified of the appointment. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes: None Absent: None LETTER December 31, 1976 Queensbury Town Board Queensbury Town Office Bldg. Bay & Haviland Road, R.D.#1 Glens Falls , New York Gentlemen: Please be advised that I have reappointed Mrs. Jacqueline VanDerwarker, Deputy Receiver of Taxes . Sincerely, /s/ Betty Eggleston Rec. of Taxes RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF DEPUTY RECEIVER OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS RESOLUTION NO. 6 Introduced by Mr. Hammond Robertson who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Daniel Olson: WHEREAS, Betty Eggleston has appointed Jacqueline VanDerwarker of Ridge Road, Queensbury, as Deputy Receiver of Taxes and Assessments ; Now, Therefore be it RESOLVED, that the Deputy Receiver of Taxes and Assessments shall have the power to perform all duties of the Receiver of Taxes and Assessments and such further duties as the Town Board may determine, not inconsistent with law. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes : Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes : None Absent: None RESOLUTION TO RETAIN T014N SURVEYOR RESOLUTION N0. 7, Introduced by Mr. Hammond Robertson who moved its adoption, seconced by •Mr. Michel Brandt: RESOLVED, that John B. VanDusen of the Town of Queensbury be retained as Town Surveyor of said Town for the fiscal year 1977 at an annual compensation of $3,400. 00 and that the Town Supervisor be and he- hereby is authorized to execute on behalf of the Town a contract with John B. VanDusen for such services , and be it further RESOLVED, that in addition to the services provided by such contract the Town Board employ said John B. VanDusen to perform other services as may be required which will involve the employment by him of persons to assist in compiling data, drafting and similar work, and that the Town reimburse John B. VanDusen for such additional work and expenses in connection therewith during the fiscal year of 1977, not to exceed in the aggregate sum of $1,000. 00 which reimbursement shall be made upon itemized and certified vouchers therefor audited by the Town Board. Duly adopted by the following vote: - Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes : None Absent: None RESOLUTION TO APPOINT REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS RESOLUTION NO. 8, Introduced by Mr. Harold Robillard who moved its adoption, secon ed by Mr. Daniel Olson: RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 4121, subdivision 3 (a) of the Public Health Law of the State of New York, Donald A. Chase , be and he hereby is appointed Registrar of Vital Statistics, to serve at the pleasure of the Board. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber-I .. Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes : None Absent: None LETTER TOWN 'CLERK January 1, 1976 1 Members of the Town Board Town of Queensbury Dear Sirs: I wish to appoint Miss Darleen Dougher, RD No. 1 Sunnyside East Glens Falls, New York as Deputy Town Clerk and Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics for the year 1977. I also wish to appoint Mrs. Lois Chase, 225 Fifth St. Ext. as second Deputy Town Clerk. Respectfully, /s/ Donald A. Chase Town Clerk LETTER DOG WARDEN January 1, 1977 Members of the Queensbury Town Board Gentlemen: I respectfully request that I be reappointed as Dog Warden for the Town of Queensbury for the year 1977. Respectfully yours , /s/ James Davison Dog Warden Town of Queensbury RESOLUTION APPOINTING DOG WARDEN RESOLUTION NO. 9 , Introduced by Mr. Daniel Olson who moved its a opt on, seconded by Mr. Robert Barber: RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 130, Subdivision 9, of the Town Law of the State of New York, James Davison be and he hereby is appointed Dog Warden of the Town of Queensbury to serve at the pleasure of the Town Board. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes : Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes : None Absent: None RESOLUTION NAMING COUNSEL TO TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 10, Introduced by Mr. Harold Robillard who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Daniel Olson: WHEREAS, this Board deems itself in need of legal counsel in the conduct of its affairs, and WHEREAS, the office of Town Attorney has not been established or provisions for a salary therefor includded in' the 1977 budget; therefore be it RESOLVED, that Joseph Brennan, ESQ, an attorney and residing in the Town of Queensbury, be employed by this board to render such legal services as may be required and that payment for such service be by Town voucher audited by the Town Board. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes: None Absent : None RESOLUTION DESIGNATING OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS RESOLUTION NO. 11 Introduced by Mr. Hammond Robertson who moved its adoption, seconttt by Mr. Daniel Olson: RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 64, subdivision 11, of the Town Law of the State of New York, The Tri County News and the Post Star be and they hereby are designated as official newspapers of the Town of Queensbury. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes : Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes: None Absent: None RESOLUTION DESIGNATING OFFICIAL BANKS. $SOLUTION NO. 12 Introduced by Mr. Hammond Robertson who moved its adoption, s—econded by Mr. Daniel Olson: RESOLVED, that pursuant to Sectinn 64, subdivision 1, of the Town Law of the State of New York, the following be and they hereby are designated as depositories for the funds of tke Town of Queensbury for the fiscal year 1977: Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company, First National Bank of Glens Falls , State Bank of Albany, Chase Manhattan Bank of Eastern New York, N.A. and Citibank New York State N.A. and be it further RESOLVED, that authority be and hereby is delegated to the Town Supervisor to determine the accounts and the amounts to be deposited in each bank. Duly adopted by the following vote: 198 Ayes : Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes : None Absent: None DISCUSSION REGARDING ATTENDANCE AT ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS Councilman Robillard- I agree with holding the line on expenses Michael, buy allowing maybe five persons to attend, if the Councilman fail to attend then I would move that the Town Clerk, it has proved very beneficial to him,% and the. Town Attorney be allowed to attend. Supervisor Brandt- for a ,maximum number of five. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ATTENDANCE AT ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS RESOLUTION NO. 13, Introduced by Mr. Daniel Olson who moved its adoption, secondea by Mr. Harold Robillard: RESOLVED, that Pursuant to Section 102, subdivision 10, of the Town Law of the State of New York, the following town officers and employees be and they hereby authorize the following town officers to attend the annual meeting of the Association of Towns of the State of New York, to be held in New York City, on February 21,22 , and 23rd. , 1977. Town Supervisor, Town Councilmen (four) . , and be it further RESOLVED, that if the above can not attend the conference the Town Clerk and Town Counsel will act as alternates and if any other vacancies exist the number to attend such conference is restricted to a total of five, and be it further RESOLVED, that the actual and necessary expenses of the town officers attending such meeting be and the same are town charges and be it further RESOLVED, that the Town Supervisor be. and he hereby is authorized to cast the vote of the Town of Queensbury in said Association, and in his absence, a Councilman, is to cast the vote of the Town. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes: None Absent: None RESOLUTION SETTING COMPENSATION FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD ESOLUTION NO. 14, Introduced by Mr. Harold Robillard who moved its adoption, secon ed by Mr. Hammond Robertson: RESOLVED, that the daily rate for Special Policemen: of the Town of Queensbury be established as follows: . School Crossing Guard - $ 8.00 per day Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes : Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes: None Absent: None --'� LETTER ASSESSMENTS December 14, 1976 Queensbury Town Board RD#1 Bay at Haviland Roads Glens Falls , New York 12801 Gentlemen: I respectfully request to be reappointed to the position of Acting Assessor for the Town of Queensbury to serve at the pleasure of the Board. Respectfully yours, Gerald Sawn Acting Assessor Town of Queensbury RESOLUTION APPOINTING ACTING ASSESSOR RESOLUTION NO. 15, Introduced by Mr. Michel Brandt who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Daniel Olson: RESOLVED, that the position of Acting Assessor of the Town.of Queensbury was established pursuant to Section 1522 of . the Real Property Tax Law, Now, therefore be it RESOLVED, that Gerald E. Sawn of Glen Lake, Town of Queensbury is hereby appointed Acting Assessor, to serve at the pleasure of the Town Board at an annual Salary of $9,640. 00 including- increment commencing January 1, 1977. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. . Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, qtr. Brandt Noes : None Absent: None RESOLUTION REGARDING FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TOWN SUPERVISOR RESOLUTION NO 16 Introduced by Mr. Harold Robillard who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Hammond Robertson: RESOLVED, that the Town Supervisor be and he hereby is permitted and allowed to file a copy of the-,annual financial report to the State Comptroller, as required by Section 31 of the General Municipal Law, with the Town Clerk on or before March 1, 1977 in lieu of filing a separate financial report, as required by Section 119, Subdivisinn 2, of the Town Law, by February 1, 1977. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes : None Absent: None RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE PURCHASE OF POSTAGE FOR WATER DEPT. , HIGHWAY DEPT. , AND POLICE DEPT. RESOLUTION N0, 17 Introduced by Mr. Hammond Robertson who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Michel Brandt: WHEREAS , it is deemed advisable to purchase stamps for the use of the Water, Highway and Police Departments for small mailings rather than using the postage machine at the Town Office Builidng therefore be it RESOLVED, that each department shall be allowed to purchase 100 stamps and the supply be replenished as needed. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes : Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes : None Absent: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS RESOLUTION NO. 18 Introduced by Mr. Hammond Robertson who moved its adoption, secon a by Mr. Daniel Olson: 200 RESOLVED, that purchase of materials supplies and tools for the Highway Department may be made by the Town Superintendent of Highways without the prior approval of the Town Board where the cost thereof does not exceed an aggregate of $2 , 300.00 during the fiscal year. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes: None Absent: None RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING MILEAGE ALLOWANCE RESOLUTION NO. 19, Introduced by Mr. Harold Robillard who moved is a opt on, seconded by Mr. Hammond Robertson: RESOLVED, Pursuant to Section 102 of the Town Law of the State of New York, the sum of .15 per mile be and hereby is allowed for the actual and necessary use of the automobile of the Town Officer in the performance of his duties. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr.Robillard, Mr. Robertson, .Mr. Brandt Noes : None Absent : None RESOLUTION OF APPOINTMENT TO THE TOWN OF OUEENSBURY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY RESOLUTION NO. 20, Introduced by Mr. Robert Barber who moved its adoption, 'seconded by Mr. Hammond Robertson: WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 752 of the Laws of" New York, 1971, effective June. 25, 1971, the Town of Queensbury Industrial Development. Agency was created, and WHEREAS, the certificate of establishment- of such agency was filed pursuant to Section 856 , (1) of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York designating the membership of said agency, NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED, that a certificate of appointment of the chairman and members of the Town of Queensbury Industrial Development Agency be filed with the office of the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 856 of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York designating the respective parties for the position set forth after their respective names. Michel Brandt-Chairman Harold Robillard-Member Robert Barber-Member Daniel Olson-Member Hammond Robertson-Member Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr-. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes: None Absent: None '- ' SALARY ACTUAL EMPLOYEE NAME TITLE BASE INCREMENT TOTAL Bodenweiser, Norbert W. Fire Marshal 4,77C Boynton, Harold Ass 't Bldg. Insp. 9:,763, 392. 10, 155. Barber, Robert Councilman 3,250. ---- 3,250. Brandt, Michel R. Supervisor 8,250. ---- 8,250. Carusone, John S. Justice 4,750. ---- 4, 750. Cederstrom, Paul Rec. Director 3, 392. ---- 3,392. Chase, Donald A.' Town Clerk 11, 500. ---- 11,500. Chase , Lois 2nd. Deputy Tn.Cl. 318. ---- 318. Davidson, James Justice 4, 750. ---- 4, 750. Davison, James ' Dog Warden 7,939. 292. 8,231. Dougher, Darleen Deputy Tn. Clerk- 6, 800. 400. 7,250. Dunn, John Cemetery Caretaker9,222. 400. 9,622. Eggleston, Betty Rec. of Taxes 7,219. 500. 7,719. Flaherty, Thomas Water Supt. 12,900. 500. 13,400. Garb, Carl A. Hwy. Supt. 13,400. ---- 13,400. Joslyn, Phyllis ' Court Clerk 6, 850. 400. 7,250. Liapes , George ' Building Insp. ' 11 ,100. 400. 11,500. Martindale, Floyd Deputy Hwy. Supt. 12,100. 400. ^r 12, 500. Merrill, Theodofe Bookkeeper ' 10,600. 92. 10,692 . Olson, Daniel Councilman 33;260. ---- 3,250. Reid, Robert Health Officer 2,968. ---- 2,968. Robertson, Hammond Councilman, Deputy Supv. 3,500. ---- 3,500. Robillard, Harold Councilman 3,250. ---- 3,250. Sawn, Gerald Assessor ` 9,540. 100. 9,640. Shenk, Shirley Confidential Sec. 8, 798. ---- 8, 798. VanDusan, Ralph' Chemist 10,600. 350. 10, 950. Merlow, Peter F. PT.Clerk(Assessor)2 ,200. ---- 2,200. POLICE Berry, Joseph Patrolman 9, 264. 392. 9,656. Bott, Steven Patrolman 9,264. ---- 9,264. Cleveiand, Larry Patrolman 9,264. ---- 9,264. Comstock, David Acting Sargent 10, 462. 200. 10, 662. Dee, James Patrick' Patrolman' 9,264. 400. 9, 664. Hall, David N. Patrolman 9,264. 164. 9,428. Hull, David C. Patrolman 9,264. 392. 9,656. Morey, Jay David Sergeant 10,462. 400. 10, 862. Ogden, James F. Sergeant 10,462. 400. 10,862. ,T Schlierer, Gilbert Chief of Police 12 ,000. 400. 12 ,400,! Stannard, George Sergeant 10,462. 400. 10,862. GENERAL HOURLY RATE INCREMENT Bennett, Edward Working Foreman 4.46 400. Bowman, Edith PT. Typist 3.08 ---- Cutter, David Labor A. 3067 1:67 Fish, Judith- J. Operator/Typist 3.08 64 Hunter, Mary L. PT. Clerk (Zoning) 3. 08 ---- Kidney, James M.E.O. 3. 86 208. Montgomery, James Cleaner 3. 37 64. Stockwell, Karen Clerical 3. 08 92. Vanderwarker, Jackie Deputy Rec. of Taxes 3. 08 ---- Legault, Daniel Research 4. 70 ---- POLICE Scellen, Kevin Dispatcher 3.08 ---- Cooney, Ernest Dispatcher 3. 08 84. Jordan, " Larry Dispatcher 3. 08 ---- Waters, John Dispatcher 3. 08 40. Perkett, Mary School Crossing Guard 8. 00 per day ---- Davies , Stanley School Crossing Guard 8. 00 per day ---- PINEVIEW CEMETERY Bombard, James Labor A. 3. 67 ---- Matraw, Edward Labor A. 3. 67 ---- Engwer, Robert H.E.O. 4. 11 224. HIGHWAY Arnold, Frank M.E.O. 3. 86 256. Blair, Joseph M.E.O. 3. 86 192. Chatterton, Loren Labor A. 3. 67 400. Counter, James M.E.O. 3. 86 232. Dufour, Ronald M.E.O. 3. 86 140. Havens, Ronald Labor A. 3. 67 400. Howe, Charles M.E.O. 4. 11 600. Hughes , William Jr. M.E.O. 4.11 600. Johnson, John Labor A. 3.fi7 400. Keller, Fred Mechanic 4.46 ---- 202 EMPLOYEE NAME TITLE HOURLY RATE INCREMENT Manney, Edward M.E.O. 3•A6 500. Manning, George M.E-�'10. 3.11 400. Morehouse, Terry Labor B. 3.15 ---- Rymkewicz, Beverly Clerk/Typist 3. 08 ---- Skellie, Ernest M.E.O. 3. 86 208. South, Eugene M.E.O. 3. 86 56. Stockman, Gordon Mechanic 4.46 400. Trombley, Timothy Labo' A. 3. 67 48. Voorhis , Everett Labor A. 3.67 56. Martindale, Irving Labor A. 3. 67 ---- Garb, Charles ' Labor A. 3.67 ---- WATER DEPT. Allen,Steven' WaMoff.R. , 3.88 124. Brothers , Ralph Labor A. 3. 67 124. Burch, Timothy Labor A. 3. 67 156. Carpenter, George Mechanic 4.46 ' 256. Cartier, Donald W.T.P.O. 4.08 72. Coon, David Ass 't Foreman 4.27 304. ` Finch, George' W.T.P.O. ' 4.08 72. Hamell, A. Rene W.T.P.O. 4. 08 316. Lilly, Robert W.M. Foreman 4.46 300. Martindale, Russell Labor A. 3.67 172. Merlow, Peter M. W,M.M.II 3.86 248. Missita, Richard Labor A: 3. 67 56. Ogle , Donald W.T.P.O. 4.08 80. Phillips , Stanley Senior Account Clerk 3. 86 400. Polzer, Linda Jean Clerk 3. 08 ---- Seelye , Michael W.T.P.O. 4. 08 180. Vincent, Joyce Clerk 3. 08 92 . White, Claude W.M.M.I. 4. 11 500. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes : Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes: Mr+: Olson Absent: None ' RESOLUTION REGARDING PAYMENT OF UTILITY BILLS .RESOLUTION NO. 22. Introduced by Mr. Michel Brandt who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. 'Hammond Robertson: WHEREAS , the utility bills such as Niagara Mohawk and the N.Y. Telephone consistently show an overlap in billings because of the payment schedule used by the Town of Queensbury, Now, Therefore be it RESOLVED, that the bills from these corporations be paid as soon as they Are received by' the Town Clerk and with Department Head approval , and be entered in the 'regular monthly abstracts. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes : Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes : None Absent: None RESOLUTION TO APPOINT MEMBER TO THE QUEENSBURY CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO 23 Introduced b y Mr. Michel Brandt who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Robert Barber: WHEREAS , there exists a vacancy on the Queensbury Conservation Advisory Council, and WHEREAS, Mr. Robert'3Webster of 2208 Regency Park, Queensbury, has expressed A desire to be a member of this council, Now, Therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby appoints Mr. Robert Webster of 2208 Regency Park, Queensbury for a term to begin on January IL4h,' 1977 and to expire on January 4*.t,. 1978. 200A. Ltr. Highway January 3, 1977 Queensbury Town Board Town of Queensbury Bay and Haviland Roads Gentlemen: I am recommending the appointment of Floyd Martindale for the position of Deputy Highway Superintendent for the y ear of 1977. Sincerely yours, /s/ L CAG/bjr Carl A. Garb Highway Superintendent Ltr. Supervisor January 4, 1976 Twwn Board Town of Queensbury Gentle n: Pursuant: to Section 29, Subdivision 15, of the Town Law, of the State of New­YO.rk, I hereby appoint, Mr. Theodore Merrill, as Bookkeeper for the Town o t Queensbury, for the year 1977. w f. Sincerely, /s/ Michel, R. Brandt Supervisor MRB/sbs '-' Ltr. z Supervisor January 3, 1977 Town, Board Town of Queensbury Gentlemen: Pursuant to Section 29, Subdivision 15 , of the Town Law of the State of New York, I hereby appoint Mrs. Shirley B. Shenk of 9 Pershing Road, Glens Falls , New York, as my Confidential Secretary, for the year 1977. Sincerely, /s/ Michel R. Brandt Supervisor MRB/sbs Ltr. Supervisor January 4, 1977 1 To: Town Board From: Michel R. Brandt Gentlemen: Pursuant to Article III of the Town Law, of the State of New York, I hereby appoint, Hammond Robertson, Cleverdale, New York, as my deputy Super- visor, for the year 1977. Sincerely, /s/ Michel R. Brandt Supervisor MRB/sbs i 200B. Ltr. Supervisor' s Office January 1, 1977 To: Town Board Town of Queensbury Bay at Haviland Roads Glens Falls , New York 12801 Gentlemen: Pursuant to Section 63 of the Town Law of the State of New York, I hereby appoint the following committees to aid and assist the Town Board in the performance of its duties during the year 1977, with the first person named to serve as chairman in each case; Highway (Including Drainage) Robillard Brandt Water Supply Robertson Robillard Solid Waste Disposal Robillard Brandt Sewerage Olson Barber Fire Protection Barber Robertson Police (including Traffic Safety) Barber Brandt Cemeteries Olson Robertson Town Development (Including - Planning Zoning - Promotion) Brandt Robertson Assessments Robillard Olson ` Recreat&nn Robertson Brandt Beautification Olson Robillard Town Buildings Robertson Olson Lighting Robillard Barber Libraries Barber Robertson; Elections Olson Robillard Health & Conservation Advisory Council Olson Barber Insurance Brandt Robillard Personnel Robertson Brandt' Legislative Brandt Robillard Senior Citizens Barber 'Robillard Sincerely, /sr Michel R. Brandt RESOLUTION TO SET SALARY SCHEDULE RESOLUTION NO. 21, Introduced by Mr. Hammond Robertson who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Robert Barber: RESOLVED, that the salary of each Town Officer set forth in the following schedule be and hereby is fixed at the amount specified. 1977 SALARY SCHEDULE Duly adopted by the following vote : Ayes : Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson , Mr. Brandt Noes : None Absent: None RESOLUTION TO AMEND SALARY SCHEDULE RESOLUTION NO. 24 Introduced by Mr. Daniel Olson who moved its adoption, secon e y r, arold Robillard: i WHEREAS, Councilman Olson wishes o have withdrawn from the Salary Schedule the names of Shirley Shenk and Theodore Merrill for the purpose of discussing the proposed salaries, Now, Therefore be it RESOLVED, the names of Shirley Shenk and Theodore Merrill be withdrawn from the Salary Schedule. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson Noes : Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Absent: None DISCUSSION Councilman Olson- my reasoning is I want to hold on the Salary schedule as set forth but I feel that the 10,692 dollars that you set down for your bookkeeper is too high of a salary. I would like to have a salary below that figure, I would hope under the $10,000 dollar figure also I feel that your salary for your confidential secretary is tophigh at $8798. 00 I would like you to reduce that figure down, if. you feel you need a confidential secretary, and it is your appointmentalong with the bookkeeper I will not argue that point with you. I would like a reduced salary on those two. Supervisor Brandt-What do you think is right, a dollar a year? Councilman Olson- No, I do not think a dollar a year,is right, I am looking at the salaries that we have for Clerk Typist at 3. 08 an hour, 3. 10, $6, 000. 00 $6,500. 00 a year. I think that I am being realistic for the amount of work and the duties of that job. Councilman Robillard-I have had several complaints since the news broke in regard to the cost of the operation of the joint Queensbury-Glens Falls Landfill. The citizenery of Queensbury is very upset by the fact that we projected in the first talks that with--out a doubt there would be no fee, the individual home owner taking his bag of garbage to the landfill , and a slight fee for a person who may visit the sight with a pickup truck or vehicle of that nature. Since then through negotiations between the landfill committee o£: the county, they shave come up with a fee schedule of $20. 00 and I feel that this is a ridiculous charge, I just think that you are going to be forcing people^make more trips up the pole lines and back roads and dropping off_ their garbage in the woods of West Glens Falls and other areas of the Town. " I feel that you; as our elected representative on the County level, should fight. this charge and bring it back down to proportion, a five dollar a year charge would not be bad, but I think $20.00 per year is ridiculous. I think it- is a burden on the taxpayer and it is not going to achieve the aim of the project and we will find more and more garbage strewn about our Town. Councilman Olson- I agree with what Councilman Robillard has said Mike, in the original discussion that we had in the City of Glens Falls Common Council, our Board and the County, it was my understanding that we were coming up with some fees to charge commercial haulers, people with a large pick up truck or a stationwagon full of trash and things, but I think a $20. 00 dollar fee for some of our citizens who only make one or two trips to the landfill a month or less is a pretty high fee to be taxing the people. Plus we have already raised a considerable amount of money on the budget this year for the operation of the landfill. I would support Harold' s recommend- ation that you do everthing you can as our Town Supervisor on a County Board of Supervisors and at the meeting they have on the. refuse agency to get this $20. 00 fee reducdd and come up with a more reasonable pay scale schedule for our citizens of the Town. 204 Supervisor Brandt- First of a11, I was not at the sub-committee meeting that discussed charges to the landfill , however, I think everybody should be aware that to properly run a landfill we have got to buy a compactor, we have got to buy a front end loader, we have got to buy some equipment to run a transfer station, all in all, all that equipment will cost in the neighborhood of $500,000. We can project that , it is pretty clbse�-to that. That money has to be repaid, the law of New York State is requiring that this landfill *they we run it alone or in unison with someone else, has to be run in a better manner than it has been. It is going to cost more to run it, there is no question, somebody has to pay that. It has, either has to come out of general fund in taxes or it has got to come out of individual user fees. Most certainly if we don' t charge people for individual use fees and charge the commercial hauler then there won't be any commercial haulers in this Town in very short order. They can not pick up that cost out of their margins of operations. I think that in short order what you will see is most everybody delivering their garbage to the dump individually. I am not sure that is a very responsible approach because there is going to be a lot of garbage strewn along the roads, you are going to be putting an extra thousand dollars a day on the weekend on Ridge Road, people that live in that neighborhood are going to be pretty irate about that. I think there are a lot of considerations here that have to be weighed in making an intelligent decision, I wish we could do this for nothing, I wish there were no":costs , but all the wishing in the world isn' t going to change the realities that we are going to have to run a better landfillby. law, and that it is going. to cost money to run that, and we are going to have to raise that money in some manner. I certainly can sympathize that people are not eager to see taxes increased and to see fees increased, on the other hand, we have a responsibility to properly run our landfill and I think it is our obligation as an essential service. I do not know the answer, I think we need everybodies input and then we have to make a respnnsible decision on it. Councilman Robillard- I do not know the answer myself, but I feel the $20. 00 fee has generated a considerable amount of controversy within this town, and I just feel we are not going to achieve our aim,, and that is to get our trash to the landfill, and not in our woods and in our roads. Maybe it was our fault by the fact that during discussions we projected that there would be no charge to the individual person that is going to the landfill, more than once that was said at this Town Board level. Then all of a sudden it goes to the County Level and here we have it , that you are going to be charged $20. 00 a year, I think this was wrong on our part. to project that, if it wasn't right maybe we should have had more. study. Supervisor Brandt- That is a subcommittee recommendation at this point. Councilman Robillard- It is a recommendation at this point, now is the time that we are going to have to . . . if we are going to do anything with it. I just feel the twenty dollar charge is going to lead to utter chaos and we are going to have all kinds of problems and we will be spending $50,000 a year for a cleanup crew within our town. Today Councilman Barber was taken apart pretty badly in an editorial in the Post Star and I have always respected Councilman Barber as a man on integrity and I have never seen him involved in any wrong doings but I have some, strong, strong feelings in regard to the landfill situation, maybe because it was topped with these enormous fees and then by the fact is that one of our own, you might say� ends up with a temporary contract. I just strongly feel, nothing against Councilman Barber' s integrity, but I just feel ethically, he should not be involved at this point. I think that if he chooses to . be involved in this magnitudes then he should take some serious action as to his serving on this Town Board. LETTER January 4, 1977 Donald Chase Queensbury Town Clerk Bay & Havi and Roads Queensbury, New York'- Dear Don: I hereby submit my resignation as Queensbury Town Councilman effective January 5, 1977. This action is necessitated as the result of increased respon- sibilities as news editor of The Saratogian/Tri-County News and my desire to spend more time with my family. The Town of Queensbury is one of the fastest growing commu- ities in New York State and to plan for this challenge it takes considerable time and energy. I, on the other hand, find it more and more difficult to find the time necessary to meet my obligations as an elected representative of the Town of Queensbury. The decision to resign was not an easy one to make, but in the final analysis is the only one I could make in fairness to the voters of the Town, who elected me to office on three occasions and to my family. This decision can not- be revoked. I can truly say that the past nine years have been rewarding in the sense of progress , especially when you reflect for a moment and vision the water treatment plant and the police- highway complex, not to mention the "building" of a police department . I will miss not being involved with the continued planning of Queensbury's future, but in all fairness I must step down and make room for "new blood and new ideas." In conclusion I would like to thank my colleagues on the Town Board, to you Don for your friendship, and to all the employes of the town, who are really devoted to the task of making , Queensbury A Better Place to live. Thank you. Harold Robillard Councilman Robertson- All I can say, is this an off the cuff remark you, are all aware this comes as a kind of surprise to everybody. The Town of Queensbury is going to miss Mr. Robillard, I am going to miss him, and all we can say Harold is Thanks for all the hours that you put in and all the advice that you have given to us , there is nothing more we can say. Councilman Olson-I would like to add to what Councilman Robertson has said, Harold is not going to -leave an empty chair there but a large cavity on the Town Board which is -going to take a lot of time and a lot of work to fill that chair, and I do not think anyone is going to fill that chair the way Councilman Robillard has in his service to the Town and with his experience and his ability that.-he has been able to give to us as to Town Board members and to the Supervisor on -the problems of the Town in the last eight or nine years in the past and what we ,have in the future. Harold, we are going to miss you as a friend and a Councilman. Councilman Barber- Although I did not agree with Mr. Robillard in his first point this evening, for various reasons , I too am quite taken back by this announcement. For six years it has been my very thn enjoyment to serve with Harold Robillard and I am not normally at a loss for words but I find that if I am lost for words this town is got a deeper and. longer loss. It is a shame to see you go Harold and we will miss you deeply, and I wish you well and I hope your aspirations treAchieved in the future. Councilman Robillard- I appreciate you comments. Supervisor Brandt- I have only had one year to work with Harold, I know he has been a very busy man, his time is very dear but I also know he certainly gave of his time for this Town, and I know he always looked out for the best interest of all the people in the Town. He was never serving himself, he gave a lot of good ideas in my short term here, constructive ideas to the town, and I think it is too bad to, lose--. a man of that quality, from government. It is too bad to have you resign-but I also respect the tremendous drain on your time to be involved, and I wish you the very best in the future. Councilman Robillard- I appreciate that. RECESS 9 OPEN FORUM Supervisor Brandt- reviewed the present operation of the Queensbury Landfill, commenting that there is now no fee and Queensbury residents can use the Luzerne Road site. . .The Thsreyii3as a subcommittee stu ng fee schedules their recommendations go to the refuse committee and then to the County Board of Supervisor' s for consideration. It has been the concensus of the Refuse Committee that if you charge people for the refuse they produce, they are apt to produce a little less. There is a certain amount of logic in not setting a' fee schedule that will end up causing a lot of people to dump their refuse along the roads and for-►est which at some point we have to pay to clean up. Thomas Murphy-County Supervisor-Commended all involved in the concept of the Queensbury Glens Falls Landfill— strongly objected to the proposal of the payment schedule for the landfill. . .Individuals would pay $20.00 a year to dump . . . Haulers would have to pay 5 .00 dollars a ton to dump commented on one hauler that will have to pay $100.00 dollars a day to use the landfill. . .there will he no way local haulers will be able to stay in business. I disagree with Harold, Mr. Barber put his bid in for a one month contract and saved the County or the Town or the City $1300.00 I think he probably has the only equipment around here that may or may not handle this for one month or it is going to be a temporary situation for three months. The only reason I bring this up because, if, Mr. Barber, being a local citizen is not allowed to snake a bid on a contract, then you people may not be able to make a bid on a contract and pretty soon all the local refuse haulers are going to be out of business, in the Town of Queensbury and the City of Glens Falls and you are going to see them bidding from down in Albany or you are going to see .them bidding down in Kingston. Rather than giving a local person a shot yoi*re going to end up like some of the Cities down there with the m4.fia running the refuse outfits for you. Commented on the many calls he had received and the people noted that they feel as if they are subsidizing the -City of Glens Falls to have them use the Queensbury Landfill. The 400 ,000 dollars for the landfill does not include the equipment. . .as far as the Supervisors and I hope Mr. Brandt you feel the same way- if we can go to the County Board and make it more equ S:,&ble for the people of the Town of Queensbury to run the landfill and not have us pay for it. totally. Les.; Baird-Whw gave the Town Baard the right to take our land that we pay taxes on and turn it over to the County for may be a dollar or nothin 9. Is this a law of the State of New York/that a county has to run it when it is joint? Supervisor Brandt-There are two mech*isms you can use for a joint landfill. . . the decision was to go with a joint landfill. . .1. under the county law which allows the county operation as it is set up. . .it is well understood within the County Supervisors that this is a temporary answer, that in the long run we are going to try and go the second mechanisms which is a much more lengthly legal procedure 2. That is to create a refuse district, that refuse district would be the Town and the City, or any other municipality that wanted to join on .a negotiated basis. This takes approximately a year to establish and takes the vote of all the people . The County said here, this is the legality you can use this, don' t forget the County is easily controlled by the joint vote of the City and the Town so it is not a matter of somebody trying to dictate to us what they want to do it is really a mechanism for us to utilize to do what we want to do. It has been a generous act on all the parts of the county legislators to* aco mdate us here. There are new regulations which the State of New York has mandated which in effect is saying you are not going to run a landfill as you have in Queensbury in the past. We know that regulations in effect _..% saying that just to do the necessary en ineering to comply with that law the Town of Queensbury is facing a $50,000 expenditure if it ran its own landfill in the very near future. We also know we would have to provide a compactor which is about a $100,000 dollar vehicle, we also know we would have to cover on a better basis than what we have, 'providing covering material and there is machinery involved there. By going a joint landfill there is, we are doing away with the duplicity of equipment, duplicity of engineering and there is genuine economics. What we are really saying that there are increased in cost because of mandated state law that is coming into effect and we have to face this In effect what the State is saying is that we are not going to run a landfill thgt pollutes the ground water anymore, you are going to start to become ature to your environment. I think that is a healthy thing for us to respect, I think it is high time that we stopped taking a neighborhood and saying OK you poor souls, you are now the dump and everybody just throws their trast there, and degrades that neighborhood. I think we have got to run a landfill in Rj()7 a responsible manner where we can look at it and say that it is a good sensible operation and we do the very best job that can be done, with the problem we have got. It costs more,we have got to pay, itJ we can not ask somebody else to pay it, in the end we are going to pay it. Whether we pay it from general taxation or whether we pay it from a use fee is the question as far as us subsidizing the city in this, that is not true. The City has agreed to pay 60% of the cost above and beyond the fees that are collected the Town is paying 40% and that is to reflect the fact that we are providing the site, and we are providing the cover material for that site. Nobody wants to- pay more then what we are paying and I certainly don't either. Nobody wants to go around and say you have to pay more, nobody wants to anteqnize the public and say litter our forests, litter our neighborhoods ,, we are the damn fools if we do it to ourselves , it is our Town. If is a very disrespectful act if we do it. We have got to be respnn- sible we want to structure something that works and we are going to structure something that works and we want the input. Certainly there is some economy for the people in the area of West Glens Falls t6 have access to a transfer station at the Luzerne Road site. Certainly we want to encourage most of that material to be hauled by a large truck to go up the interstate and down 149 which is already handling truck traffic and down Ridge Road from 149. This was the- design to keep a lot of people from having to drive to that site, because that would destroy that section of town. We do not want to destroy it we have got to be responsible to everybody these are considerations and I just put them out for your information and we need your input. Les Baird-commented that he would like to see just the Town of Queensbury and the City run the landfill not the County but felt that one year for this possibility was unrealistic. Supervisor Brandt- We can only go by what our attornes tell us. . .Another bit of misinformation, the County has to provide within its funding monies to run this landfill that is a legal thing it must do. I do not think there is a man alive that know what it is going to cost to run this landfill. We have never done it before, we do not really know how much refuse the two communities generate, we have some estimates,we have taken counts, we have taken as close a figure as we can find,,but until --we start rtmning this across a set of scales and find out what it is, it is an unknown quan*tity. Certainly the day we start charging for the use of the landfill there are commercial �-' haulers that are going to say, I am not going to that landfill, I am going o Kingsbury,I am going to do to some other landfill. This is going to cause a stress on our neighboring communities and they are going to have to re- spond pretty much the same way we do or they are going to. have all our refuse which is certainly not what we want to create. There are a multitude of problems and we have been working for a year on this.,we certainly want the input. Glen Gregory-West Glens Falls-Agree with the concept of a joint landfill but not with the County in on it. 1. Is Finch and Pruyn going to pay $5. 00 a ton to get rid:- of their refuse? 2. We have three town employees two are done, one has been there eight years. 3. We take sand from the landfill for our roads we are now going to have to pay the county for the sand. . . Supervisor Brandt-1. We get sand out of that pit, and we will continue to do so, for our own use. 2. All of the amployeesnwere working for the town, in the landfill were terminated„ I `believe two of them applied to work for the countyjl do not know what the status is on Mother they were hired or not hired. 3. Finch and Pruyn has been notified that we desire not to take their material in the landfill because it composes the greatest volume that we see in that landfill. ENCON has informed both Finch Pruyn and us that thetr material does not have to go into a landfill because it does not represent the general type of garbage that goes into the landfill. Finch and Pruyn is trying very hard to find an answer to that themselves they are trying to find another site for the disposal of their materials and I think it is our obligation to help them, because they are an employer of a lot of people in the Town and in the City. We have to be responsible to them they are also very large taxpayers in the community. We are going to help them find that but- •-` the answer is not to dump it in our landfill and cause a large increase in our cost of operating our landfill. The fees will be the same for everybody. Mr. Walter Stamper- You gave us the figure of 500,000 dollars I presume that is the initial set up? You also mentioned a compactor and a front end loader, what does the 500, 000 entail? Supervisor Brandt- There are several figures being batted around Supervisor 208 Murphy was talking a possible operational cost, that is estimated. One thing is going to be added to the operational cost is the cost of equipment to run it. The other costs are the transfer station,, the vehicles to haul the materials from the transfer station. Mr. Walter Stamper- questioned the k million dollars as being a lot of money for the initial set up. Unknown- questioned the need for large equipment stating that smaller less expensive equipment could do the job. . . Jack Rozell- commented that he did not like the landfill being run by the County and Queensbury Dosing control over it. . . voiced opposition to the twenty dollars a year and felt that the spring clean up would be very expensive due to the fee at the landfill. . .felt that the Town residents were being penalized for taking in the City of Glens Falls. Daniel Gealt-In regard to Mr. Barber' s bid as far as the transfer station,,; as far as I was able to read the information to the public might be wrong, but as far as I was able to read Mr. Barber had the advantage of knowing what all the other bids were when he did make his bid, that is what I read in the paper, it might be wrong it might be right, but that should be clarified. I can not see how it is fair if there has to be a charge to use the landfill I do not see how it is fair to charge a man who is paying a hundred dollars in property taxes) twenty percent more to take his trash to the dump- and I pay about five to six hundred dollars a year in taxes and the twenty dollars to me is only a four percent increase in what I have to pay to live in Queensbury. for a man who is paying one hundred dollars or less than one hundred dollars is a twenty percent increase, you have to have a fee for the dump it should not be a flat fee. I cannot see how charging for the. dump will produce less rubbagejunless you are charging by the pound you are not going to cut back on it at all. Supervisor Brandt-' I was not at the meeting you mentioned, so I cannot respond to your question on bidding. John Bowman—Farm to Market Road-Was our taxes reduced by that amount in the 77 budget? (referring to the 20. 00 dollars) Supervisor Brandt- No. John Bowman-We will be charged through taxation as well as we might be charged $20. 00 . noted that he felt that if Queensbury and Glens Falls joine#no-.body. should be coming in from other areas. ' -.,Felt that the Town Boards over the years have had the time to strs.ighteri out the landfill but never took the bull by the horns to try and straighten it, felt it was a shame to have the county involved in what was really Queensbury's problem and with this extra money that we are going to have to pay we would have had a beautifully, run landfill , if we could run the landfill and have Glens Falls contract with us , I do not know why it could not work. Peter Tarana-Edgewood Drive-reviewed the figures of budgeted monies for each seperate landfill and what will be paid to the county for one landfill. . . noted personnel-'V figures will be going up 2.2 times as much for the landfill. . 1. Do we collect additionalfrevenues from Hercules? They are using our landfill also. 2. What efffect will Hercules and Glens Falls have on the life time of the landfill? 3. Can we anticipate the cost and location of a new dump? 4. Does our Board have any control over the fees paid by the Town of Queensbury residents or have we relinquished all of that control to the county? Supervisor Brandt-In weighted votes on the County Board you will see the Supervisor' s of Queensbury and the Supervisor' s of the City have very strong control of what the County does. If the Supervisor' s of the --- Town and the City want something to happen., it will happen. I think in effect we still have control of our destiny even through this mechanism:. You asked what .is going to happen to the life expectancy of the landfill, you look at one landfill, there are two., they are both in Queensbury, What was the life expectancr of the one on Luzerne Road, how much higher can we go on it? Peter Tarana- I am talking about the one on Ridge Road. Supervisor Brandt- That is in the Town of Queensbury and I feel that , that is our landfill,, also because it is for our citizens to look at and for our citizens to have their houses in the shadows of it. It also was in the t r.� 4,i Town of Queensbury, and I do not think you can forget that, I couldn't. I felt that we had to have a responsible answer for both of them. In effect the Tovii of Queensbury has the sight for the landfill for both communities. I think that is a fact we had to face, and we had to solve it, we couldn't sit there and shout at each other and try and make a big emotional issue of it, to look at it in a narrow view. The fact is that it existed in the Town and we tried to address ourselves to it and we have tried to apply to that. As far as the cost of operation, I told you, we don't really know. We did our damndest to provide a mechanism,we are going to responsibly run it. We are not going to throw away money, it is certainly not our history to do that. The people that are working there haven't been given any great increases in pay over what has been paid in the past. Whatever is spent there will be fully accountable everybody can find the figures, they will be open to the public and we are not going to waste money if we can avoid it. We are going to do our very best to run it/as we know how. We are learning everyday from what we are doing there, as we start to run the transfer station we will start to know how much material we are actually handling . We do not know teat today. You look at our budget and say our budget was 45 ,000 dollars or what ever the figure is or what the City budget was, I wish we had cost accounting in the Town like we do in Industry, we do not. There is equipment, there is personnel , there is swapping from one place to another, we do not do tight cost accounting, that is something we need to do in time. In the City's budget there are items that they do not account for, in there landfill, we know in all candor the cost of running our landfill probably was higher than what was in our budget. It is pretty hard to identify exactly how much, the man that ran the landfill had to take care of all the roads in the town, he had a lot of responsibilities, he had his hands full. Unless we want to pay for cost accounting we do not get it. These are problems we have to cope with, again they will not go away, we wish they were not the situation. As far as the budgets that were provided all we did was in the County was to provide a mechanism for paying bills when we provide a mechanism we do not say we are going to spend every cent that was allocated or provided for'. This money isn't being spent out of the County Treasury, except it is being forwarded and we as a- Town and as a City are going to have to reimburse it, that is covered in the Contract. We are damn well interested in how the money is being spent. We are not looking to buy equipment that we do not need, I think that the suggestion of equipment whether we need a hpgi ' pieue of machinery or a small piece of machinery, we have got to look at that. I am not an expert in all these things I do not claim to have all these answers. I think that is good input though. We also know government isn't a model of efficiency it isn' t a model of productivity, the committee from the beginning has said that if we can find somebody to run it on a contract basis , we might be better, off, dollar wise. That. is a committment that ted6ilttea hai nadr to itself a long time ago, we are not trying. to create a new bureaucracy, a new kingdom,a new patronage sy'stem,,we are trying to run a landfillias best we know how. John Bowman- questioned that if the landfill was'run on a contract basis why wouldn't the equipment be brought in by the person contracting? Supervisor Brandt- We pay for that. Technically *they the County does it or whether we do it, the County will do it, we contract for the total cost including the cost of capital equipment for running it. Peter Trana- Do we collect additional revenues from Hercules and Glens Falls to compensate us for the decreased lifetime of our dump? Supervisor Brandt- They pay like any other taxpayer in the Town. Peter Tarana- What effect will Hercules and Glens Falls use have on the dump? Supervisor Brandt Certainly they will reduce it. Peter Tarana- questioned why there were not some ball park figures on this . Supervisor Brandt- noted that Hercules is a taxpayer of the Town and questionel why not isolate eve'lone out. Peter Tarana- questioned about Glens Fills? Supervisor Brandt- Glens Falls is an a contractual relationship to work together. Peter Tarana- Do we know the life time expei&en ; r the landfill on Ridge Road? Do we have anticipated cost of, and locatiions of new landfills for Queensbury? Supervisor Brandt- The reason we -went into a joint answer is to try and get 21.0 into reducing .the volume that has to go into the landfill. Resource recovery, we know that is expensive but in the long run we have to go that route because the Town of Queensbury certainly is going to run out of sites. We do not have enough sites to go in forever. We know we have to answer the question in time and that is why we tried to design a joint venttme that we could bring other municipalities into so that someday .we could recycle enough material, bring enough refuse together to7make it economically feasible to reprocess it and to take out the fuel and take out the metals and get them recycled and cut the volumn of the material and bury a much smaller volumn and ecologically a much less dangerous material. Peter Tarana- We do not have anticipated cost and locations of new dumps. As a Board does our Board have any control over the fee schedule? Supervisor Brandt- reviewed the refuse committee. . .legally the supervit- sorts can not relinquish their voting right to that agency . . . there is no way they want to run our landfill and dictate policy to us. They will honor the requests of that committee . I am confident that, if that r.� joint committee requests something from the County Board, the County Board will do its upmost to deliver what that agency requests. Peter Tarana- Can you tell me the percentage of total votes the Town of Queensbury has on the Warren County Board of Supervisor's , is it a majority? Supervisor Brandt- I can not tell you that— it is not a majority. Peter Tarana- requested that a answer be made in regard to the question of Mr. Barber's bid. . . Councilman Robertson-I will answer your question as best as I can. I know I will not change anybodies mind. I was present at all the meetings of the agency. It- starts a week ago last t-hur;day at, which time the basis date of transfer or operational date for the County Board was agreed upon by the Committee. We said that would be the weekend of January 1st. The question became then what do we do with the West Glens Falls landfill , the immediate reaetaozavas well, we will just shatt it down and that is it until we can get our transfer stations in. When is that going to be? Well by the time we get the engineering done and more things decided and some questions that you have asked here that there are still not answers to, it is six to eight weeks, or ten weeks. We do not want to operate two places we do not have the equipment to continue operating , the City has a problem with theirs we. have a problem with ours. We gave the job to the cnnsulting engineer to come up with some alternatives. Some . of the suggestiors were that we use some old trucks of the Town, some old trucks of the County, and so forth, and we would only have it open on Saturday and a few things like that. It did not take very long for any of us thinking that, that really was not a solution, nor was it a solution to just shut the place, and say everybody go to Ridge Road. We have had some real thoughts about traffic on that road. Last Thursday, as part of the discussions it came up, the question was again asked what. are we going to do with Glens Fels. We asked the consulting engineer what suggestions he had, He said, I called this morning a guy in Albany, and I asked him to give me a budget price for what it would cost to put two compactors in at the West Glens Falls site. This 13 Thursday morning, the guy has never been to Glens Falls, he says, I think I have a couple in the yard�but is will cost you about. . And he threw out a number. And the engineer threw out that number, now, if that is a bid, I will leave it up to your determination, whether it is or it is not a bid. Those are the circumstances which existed at the time , and we said alright if it is in that ball park, we will consider putting the compactors in on a temporary basis , because we feel as a service to the people of West Glens Falls and a service to the people of Ridge Road that we will make every effort to get compactors in and operating just as soon as possible. At that point it is obvious at that point that you are at least going to go to a local guy and give him a chance to put in a bid. That is sum and substance and circumstances that surround these so called quotation bid. Claude Morehouse- 70 Boulevard-questioned what it costs the Town to pick up garbage in the Spring. . . Supervisor Brandt- overall cost for spring clean up is $20,000 approximate. Mr. Gealt-You make it sound like Mr. Barber is doirigrus all a favor by offering to take this trash from Mt. Trashmore to Ridge Road. I just can' t see that, as far as I can tell from what was in the paper, there was a bid produced in the neighborhood of 4,000 dollars it was opened, someone said the bid is 4,000 dollars, and Mr. Barber said we can do it for 3200. 00. Now, I do foot know what business Mr. Barber is in, whether he is qualified to do this kind of work, but the point I am trying to get at is, that in the event Mr. Barber has ten weeks or something to find exactly what it costs to haul trash from Luzerne Road to Ridge Road he is going to be in an excellent position to put in a realistic bid for that continued service. As far as I am concerned that is giving a Councilman an added advantage -over all the other people in this town, that might be qualified to bid• for that contract, I think it is unfair of the Town, to accept Mr. Barber's offer, very generous offer I might add, to carry that trash for 3200.00 dollars. I think it should have been opened to bids by any company that wanted to bid, no matter how long it took rather than have the Town Council and one of its members show up as a candidate for a conflict of interest charge. I do not know what Mr. Barber had to do with this thing, but I do know, as a Councilman, I can not see how it is fair to give him that without other bidding. Councilman Olson- I would like to clarify one thing, it is not the Town Board or the Council here that awarded the contract to Mr. Barber, it was Warren County. . . Councilman Barber- I have never been at a loss for words and I do not need anybody else to answer for me, I will answer you, Sir. First of all, I do, own a substantial portion of a company that is involved in refuge handling for industrial complexes, I guess , I do not know if Harley Hermance who is in the audience , who is a very fine competitor of mine, and incidentally we have some very very fine -healthy cartage companies in this area. I fortunately or unfortunately being in the position that I am, am the largest hauler on tonage per day to a landfill whether it be Hudson Falls , Queens- bury or what ever. This $5. 00 per ton charge is going to effect my company approximately $300. 00 dollars per day. I had the same concerns Harley Hermance has , I have been doing business with Warren County for three years up until the bid went out and I lost the bid to Morey trucking of Lake George to collect the refuge at the Warren County Municipal Center and the West Mountain Infirmary. At the time of the initial bid three years ago , because of my involvment in town government, I solicited an inquiry, I made to the county attorney at the time who was Tom Lawson. I asked him if my involvment on a bid basis with the county was a conflict of interest.He said it was not, after some involvment in looking up the law. Now a little past history, if I may explain and expand upon whit-11 Mr. Robertson has said. One of the reasons why I have said nothing basically tonight, because I — am really quite numb over the brutal. fashion that the Post Star took me over the coals today in a very irresponsible manner. Primarily, I got a telephone call last Thursday about a meeting that was going to be held at the Warren County Municipal Center pertaining to rates. I got that call approximately 20 minutes prior to that meeting and ?/heard that there were going to be other haulers there. I had no intention of going to the meeting. I got to the meeting and there were only two haulers there of which Mr. Hermance was not one of them, the point I am saying, the point I am making, is that the haulers were not invited in mass °to give their input. Mr. Mabb and another hauler, I do not recall the gentleman's name, gave a substantial amount of input, to those people there. We all indicated the severe impact that it was going to have on all our businesses as far as the tonage fee was concerned. When- the consulting engineer from Albany, advised the County Refuse Agency, the County Board Chairman, Mr. Malone, and various other people present, Mr. Rossen, the D.P.W. Supt, of Warren Co, that there was a firm in Albany, by the name of Browning, Ferris, . known as B.F. I. that could provide two 36 cubic yard containers with three 40 yard compactors. Somewhere in the vicinity of 42 to 44 hundred dollars for a month period. The requirements called for two, 3 cubic yard compactors, and twq 42 yard containers. I asked the engineer to break down his cost, because I felt that it was rather high. I had indicated that it was rather high, because of the amount of charges that were indicated by B.F.I. per trip to the landfill, which were higher than what we are presently experienc- ing in this area. To give you a little history of B.F. I.*is the world's largest refuse hauler, they have a very traditional habit of going into a community and eating up all the small haulers, as Harley Hermance will tell you. Wle have enough problems with BFI here presently, Harley does not feel the impact, I eat and sleep and compete with them everyday. I am a business man in this community, I pay substantial taxes , I employ 27 people. With a 5. 00 charge per truck it is goring to cost my firm approximately 62,400.00 a year more to operate. In addition, we have a recycling facility down here on Bay Road, which is a subject in. itself, I am sure with the residents of that area, but a least we do one thing, we recycle 30 tons of wasteA- day that goes back into manufacturing. Of that 30 tons, I generate 10 tons that goes to landfills. Now that it is going to cost me 5.00 per ton for that 10 tons, and because there is a little marginal profit. in recycling, . because people today are not recycling orientated and financially we have taken a bath because of recycling, but because we have such an investment X12 in it,,we are there. We can not have,, in the future, our recycling facility in Queensbury because of the tonnage we generate as waste, we must go to another community, we have already made that decision. Now, to expand upon Councilman Robertson' s remarks after this short history. The county indicated that they could not honor any bid whatsoever, in fact there was no bid because it was an emergency situation deemed by the superintendent of the DPW and the Refuge Agency to be operational on January 3, 1977 at the Luzerne site. The most money that they could legally operate with was 3499.99, which is the limitation that the superintendent of the DPW had to go out and lease equipment or operations from anybody. When the DPW head asked me if I had the equipment to provide it, I said yes, we had the equipment providing that the County Attorney, how now, incidentally, and I being a Republican, and he is a Democrat , I asked him quite frankly is it a conflict of interest? He says I am not sure, let me go check it, he came back and indicated to the refuge agency, and. to the Supt. of Public works , that it was not , I said if it was , I would not even consider -'' it, because I enjoy, even though it costs me money, if it was a conflict of interest, and in all. good conscience, Sir, I would not have taken this opportunity. I enjoy being a Town Couh.cilman, it has been controversial at times. But I sit here tonight in all good conscience that I did the proper thing. First of all I am providing 35,000 dollars worth of equipment for a.one month duration at the Luzerne site. I am not going to make any money out of it. The only reason that we are doing it, is primarily to give the Luzerne Road site the proper equipment , and number two to keep BFI out of here. Number three, the haulers , . this man out in back and myself we have got to survive as small business men, and we certainly do not need a hugh conglomerate in this community. I will stand on this record on these words tonight, and I think that I have been very candid about it, I have been very ethical about it and through this whole transitition period of a year and a half I have been very carefui� extremely careful, about my ethical standardsfmy position as a councilman in respect to what the ultimate outcome could be. I indicated a year ago, if in the event, that there was transfer stations we would be interested, and we would take a position at that time. , providing that there was no conflict of interest. I am chagrined, I sat here tonight kind of numb, because of an editorial that I thought was brutal and irresponsible, and that is another fact that I say to you, Sir, there was a newspaper man there of one newspaper, the Tri County, there was no representative from the newspaper that did for me personally an injustice today. I received today an editorial which I felt was irresponsible. You pretty much took your comments from that editorial. Mr. Gealt-Pretty much, but now that I have your comments to go along to, If BFI was asked to submit a price for doing a job according to a set of specifications drawn up by an engineer, and they submitted that pride in good faith, and you look at that and say it is not really necessary, I can do it with less equipment, I can do the same job. Mr. Barber-That is not the case, Sir. It was already indicated that the equipment that BFI was going to provide was not to the engineer' s specs. Mr. Gealt- Okay, you say that they did not provide what the engineer called for. Mr. Barber-I'll tell you one thing right now, and I tell everyone in this audience, we are not making any money, we will probably lose money. I am doing this as a service to the people because they wanted to be operations January 3rd. I will terminate tomorrow, if it is the consensus because it is really not worth the aggravation and the headache and the character assassination that I have been going through, through the newspaper and some of this audience tonight because of the bad, bad input from the newspaper. Mr. Gealt- I do not think, Sir, that it is character assassination I think that it is the citizens of this community are trying to find that their government does not have any appearance of conflict of interest, whether or not you have a conflict of interest I do not know, because I do not know what the truth is in this matter. As far as I am concerned I would ready like to see this put out to bid by a number of companies and not just. . . Mr. Barber- It is . Mr. Gealt- Alright it islit is going to, but you.,when that was put out to bid to. all the haulers in the area including the man in the back, you are going to end up with a lot of inside information you are going to know exactly how much it is going to cost you to haul that . You are going to be inta very good position to underbid all those other men to have to buy their business. Councilman Barber-Let me indicate to you one thing if I may Sir, the County is determining everday how much pull we make with a particular equipment that we are presently using. We haven't got the compactors in the ground yet because there is three foot of frost at that particular site. We hope that we can get the compactors in by the end of the week. It costs X number of dollars in this industry to put down concrete. It costs X number of dollars in this industry to buy compactors, whether it is me, Joe Schmoltz or Daniell Olson, if he wants to buy a compactor it will cost him just as much as it is me. It is going to -cost him just as much to pull that truck . and operate that truck as it is me. You are going to know, every operator who wants to bidlis going to know, exactly how many pulls were made in that one month duration. I do not see what you are talking about an edge on a competitive basis. Also it is the intent of the Refuge Agency or at least the Supt. of Public works to have the County do their own hauling. I tried to avoid , I did not think that this would come to this point, where my intregrity and the situation would be challenged after the County Attorney said there was no conflict of interest. Since it has been challenged anybody is going to have those facts and figures available to them. I personally want to see the County do the hauling, because I do not want to be in the position where I may have BFI come in an under bid everybody else, because I personally do not want BFI here. Because I feel ultimately not only for my` own business but for the community it is going to be a sad situation. Mr. Gealt- I do not want to take up any more time at this meeting but I do not feel that you have cleared this up at all. Councilman Barber- That is unfair. Joe Daire-Queensbury-questioned why this could have not been held up for a few months and then let the bid out to local biddere? Hart&ys Hermance-H&B Trucking- commented of the proposed hauling figures noting that the commercial pickups could handle it but was worried about the burden that it would place on the residential pickups. . .many residents on fixed income and cannot afford the increase. . . Councilman Barber- commenting on Mr. Hermance noted that the haulers must get together and voice their opinion to the County and also the residents of Queensbury. Harieysi Hermance- questioned the need for such large equipment at the Luzerne Road transfer station. . . Councilman Barber- This is what the spec' s required. . . Mrs. Judith Casey-questioned if the Luzerne Road site is to become a transfer station , how is a recreations center going to be placed there? Is there going to be an F''odor from this process? Councilman Olson- reviewed the plans of the City for a recreation site. . . There is not supposed to be an oodor from the transfer station I would immagine in the summer time at 100 degrees there would be an :Odor. Councilman Barber- there will be deodorizer on each compactor. . . Supervisor Brandt- commented that the Transfer station would use approximately one half acre of lands there are forty three acres in the plot. . . the transfer ` - station would be at the entrance of the landfill. . . there will be buildings and steam cleaners at the site. . .the balance of the land would be available for recreation. Unknown- questioned why the land on Corinth Road had not been developed by the town? Supervisor Brandt- I can not answer that , there is a possibility the town may be able to sell that. I can not tell you how much it will cost to build a recreation area. . .I can tell you Mt. Trashmore isn' t growing anymore, it is closed and it is better than it was . . . Unknown- Asked if Finch Pruyn will be dumping on the Luzerne Road site? p 4 Supervisor Brandt- I can not tell you, I do not know where that information came from. Mr. Hermance- questioned if there would be vehicles or compactors at the Luzerne Road site. . . Supervisor Brandt- As the plan is right now,itis to go for bids for permanent vehicles to be owned by the County, whether it will be operated by the County is an option we have to look at or whether we will entertain bids for the operation of it, it is our thinking that the County can borrow money cheaper than an individual can or a business man can. The County is paying 4k to . 5% interest and that kind of interest rates are just not available to average citizens. The feeling was to buy the equipment by the County and then to entertain bids for the operation and also to analyse it, also to have the County operate it and to see which way we are better off, as a community. The specs for the bids are being drawn up I know I get involved in the discussion of those bids with Mr. Austin, the engineer had recommended roll on equipment , I felt that we would be far better off, to make it semi type of trailers so that it was not tiod to any limited system. If there was ever any problem,and you needed someone else to come in andhelp , that you could get bids from anybody to come in. Tractor trailer type of equipment was more universal then roll on equipment, I steared it in that direction so far, we need input, if you have got ideas that are better, we would like to hear them. Mr. Hermance- recommended using moveable equipment. . . H. Russell Harris-Felt that the Town Board did not meet their obligations as a Town Board in trying to have a landfill in the Town of Queensbury, and if necessary to have the Cicy come in with it, that the City come in with it, but kept it iSitha gechi ghe Town of Queensbury for the benefit of the people of the Town of Queensbury and be operated at one third or one quarter of the cost, you must have known the minute you turned it over to a larger municipality that every time the price goes up, the State will be next then it will be nine or ten thousand dollars instead of three or four I only wish to say,that I think that you made one terrible mistake in not taking a little more consideration for the people of the Town of Queensbury. Arthur Turnbull-Councilman Robillard, why were you not asked to participat in the Warren Co. Refuge Agency? --y Councilman Robillard- My. chief aim back in 1976 was to get the landfill situation off from dead center, I did that through Court proceedings , and I felt- myself, in all fairness to. the City of Glens Falls and the Town of Queensbury if anything was going to happen that it would be best that I sit in the background seeing that I created such a furor to begin with. . . Arthur Turnbull- questioned that the landfill as it was, was to serve the residents and business and industry of the Town, has there been any abuse in the past of this? Supervisor Brandt- we can speculate that there has been. Arthur Turnbull- questioned if Warren Co. is running the landfill what is to stop Warren Co. residents from using the landfill? Supervisor Brandt- I do not know the answer to that. Sylvia Dougher-questioned that the paper has shown that the town will be paying. 80,000 dollars for the landfill but in the 1977 budget there is only 40,000 dollars, where is the other 40,000 coming from and how _ is it going to be paid? Questioned if. any provisions have been made for the.marker that is in the landfill? ? Supervisor Brandt- the contract called for four payments per year for the operating cost and one payment per year for the capital costs. . .we do have reserve for capital costs in our budget, I believe it is 36,000 that can be applied for the capital costs. . . Councilman Barber- I looked into that yesterday. . . Mrs. Monahan- questioned why there was not �-.,ore. consideration given to the Granges proposal in regard to fee schedules. . . Supervisor Brandt-commented that the commission figures on material going to the landfill was less than the Granges prediction. . . Mrs. Monahan- questioned if the commission had met with the Grange to clarify figures? Supervisor Brandt- I do not remember kho I offered it to�but,� I did make that offer, to come to the Grange to speak with them. I have not been invited yet. Mrs. Monahan- questioned Mr. Harris if he had any contact with the Agency? Mr. Harris-I have never had any contact with the Agency. . . Supervisor Brnadt- I have asked the County to open its meetings as soon as possible. . .which it has finally done to public scrutiny, because I think what has been done there has been constructive, I think that you can find that there has been a great deal of work , = : > done. I am sorry that the County Agency did not see fit to open its meetings earlier. That was a determination of the agency, because it was a negotiation between the City and the Town, they did not open it. Les 'Bsit&- asked if he could be a part of the landfill discussion. . .would like to help on it. . . Ted Turner- What was the formula used ta•praject the figures that they came out in the paper with. Supervisor Brandt- I can not answer that. Ted Turner- On the 400,000 budget for the landfill , does that include any building to house the equipment? Any money for heat light etc. ? Supervisor Brandt- Yes. The figures were generated by the consulting .engineer Mr. Tarana-questioned why the board has not acted to reappoint nine members to the Conservation Advisory Council? Councilman Olson- noted that he belived that three members were appointed in Novembeter bring the total to five members. . . the board is trying tc.<►Er A cross section of people from different walks of life and employment to fill this board so that we have a cross section of the whole community. . . Mr. Tarana- questioned why the Conservation Advisory Council was not asked to work on the landfill problem. . . Noted a lack of information regarding the landfill and felt that the Commissiol could have helped. . . Mrs . Monahan- Under the sunshine law how much public notice do you have to give for the meetings. . .? Supervisor Brandt- I can not answer that, I do not know. . . Mr. 1ter Stamper- questioned why not use input from professionals in the landfill business. . .could save money. . . Councilman Barber- You are right. . .reviewed part 360 of N.Y. St. Dept. of Env. Conservation. . .went into effect. yesterday. . . Mr. Geault-asked the Board to make an effort to staff the Environmental Council.: John Bowman-questioned the hours of the landfill. and the opening of the gate after the take over by the County by the Highway Dept. . . . Councilman Barber- previous hours of landfill 6am to 5pm -now lam to 4 pm. 3pm cutoff limit for trucks. . .Keys for gate have been changed only County has the keyes. . . Councilman. Olson- requested that Mr. Brandt bring back to the County Refuse Agency the views of the public that the residents of Queensbury do not want to subsidize the running of the landfill. Unknown-asked about the $103,000 sales. tax monies received by the town- asked if they could get rebates on - it. Mr. Barber-I asked that very same question today of Mr. Brandt and a legal question was asked of our counsel and he indicated that we can not -- use it to reduce taxes. We must hold it until next year and then reduce taxes. U Unknown-asked how the town could be off_ by 70%. Figures are available. Mr. Brandt-Those figures are not available to my office. The county cant get the figures either. The county informed us that their best sales tax estimate for this town would be $152,000. We based our budget on that. If you want to talk to the county treasurer, .I am sure he will explain it to you. It is very involved. Mr. Hermance-We started talking to the other haulers today, we are going to start an association. We want to be informed as to when these meetings on the landfill are going to be held. Mr. Brandt-I will do my best to have the county group notify you of any future meetings. Mr. Wolfe-Feels sorry for the haulers who have to be in the landfill by 3 P.M. It is difficult for them to get there if they are on the other side .of town. Mr. Barber- I hope the haulers do get to the county and tell them what our problems are. The hours should be changed. I would appreciate it if you would direct your continents to the Warren County Board. Mr. Wolfe asked Mr. Murphy what .he meant when hheseid that the cost would be in the area of $400, 000. He asked that a meeting be held on the landfill at Queensbury School where the people could here better what was going on. Suggested .that the City, Town and County have a joint meeting. Mr. Tarana-asked how long are we committed to this Joint landfill? Mr. Robertson-stated that we can probably back out tomorrow if we go six months, the contract is for five years but realisticly we are married to it forever. On motion the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Donald A. Chase , Town Clerk;_; REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 11, 1977 MEMBERS PRESENT: Michel Brandt- Supervisor Daniel Olson- Councilman Robert Barber-Councilman Hammond Robertson-Councilman Joseph Brennan-Town Counsel PRESS:' Tri Co. News, Glens Falls Post Star TOWN OFFICIALS: F1oyd. Martindale, Shirley Shenk GUESTS: League of Women Voters , Arthur Turnbull, Mr. Kilmartin, Mr. ' die Meeting Opened: 7: 30 P.M. Salute to the Flag, led by Donald A. Chase Town.,=Cleirk. . . RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT BID FOR OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT RESOLUTION NO. 25, Introduced by Mr.' Robert Barber who moved its a opt on, seconded by Mr. Hammond Robertson: WHEREAS, Carl A. Garb, Highway Supt. of the Town of Queensbury did recommend that we advertise for bid the sale of several pieces of obsolete equipment, and