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1976-01-27 M ignition or elsewhere in said snowmobile. (e) Obedience to Vehicular Traffic Controls, Each person operating a snowmobile on any Town highway shall observe strictly all .vehicular signs and signals and all other rules and regulations applicable to vehicular traffic, and shall obey orders and directions of any state or local police officer or other law enforcement officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic. Section 7. Failure to comply with any of the provisions of this local- at w sFall be deemed a violation and the .violator shall be liable to a fine of not less than Five ($5) Dollars nor more than Ten ($10) Dollard for a first offense, for a second offense, by a fine of not less than Ten ($10) Dollars nor more than Twenty Five ($25) Dollars , or by imprisonment of not more than ten (10) days. and the third or any sub- sequest offense within one (1) year shall be punishable by a fine not to .exceed One Hundred ($100) Dollars or by imprison- ment not to exceed thirty (30) days , or by both such fine and imprisonment. In addition to the aforesaid penalties, the Town Board 6f the Town of Queensbury may institute any proper action, suit or proceeding to prevent, restrain,correct or abate any violation of this ordinance. Section 8. All ordinances or parts there66 of the Town of Queensbury inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency, and in all other respects this ordinance shall be in addition to. the other ordinances regulating and governing the sub#ect matter covered by this ordinance. Section 9. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect immeT1_a_` e y upon filing, as required by law, provided, however, that no snowmobile shall be operated under the pro- visions thereof until such times as the signs and markers aze installed or constructed in accordance with the Parks and Recreation Law of the State of New York. Duly adopted by he following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes: None Absent: None REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 27, 1976 MEMBERS PRESENT: Michel Brandt-Supervisor Daniel Olson-Councilman Robert Barber-Councilman Harold Robillard-Councilman Hammond Robertson-Councilman J. David Little-Town Counsel PRESS: Lee Coleman, Norman Mjaavedt, WBZA GUESTS : Attorney Einstadt TOWN OFFICIALS : George Liapes, Harold Boynton, Thomas Flaherty Meeting Opened 5:03 P.M,. Salute to the Flag. Supervisor Brandt-stated that the members of the 'town Board wltihbd to attend a meeting in regard to the proposed sewer project, thus the Town Board meeting was being held at 5:00 P.M. RESOLUTION TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR NUMBER 2 FUEL OIL RESOLUTION NO. - 39 , Introduced by Mr. Dflniel Olson who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Hammond Robertson: P 3 j! WHEREAS , the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury has recommended that we advertise for bids for Number 2 Fuel Oil for several departments of the Town of Queensbury, therefore be it RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury solicit for sealed bids for the purchase of Number 2 Fuel Oil arld that the following notice be published once in the official Town newspapers in the following form: NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury will receive sealed proposals on No. 2 Fuel Oil , specifications will be available in the office of the Town Clerk and bids will be received up to 5: 00 P.M. on the 24th day of February, 1976 at the Town Clerk' s Office in the Queensbury Town Office Building, Bay and Haviland Roads Glens Falls, New York, 12801. Bids must be submitted in sealed opaque envelopes marked "No. 2 Fuel Oil Bid" and there shall be included with such bid the certificate of Non-Collusion required by Section 103'D of the General Municipal Law. The Town Board will meet at the Queensbury Town Office Building at 7: 30 P.M. on the 24th day of February, 1976 at which time the bids will be opened and read aloud. The Town Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Dated: January 27, 1976 Donald A. Chase Town Clerk-Director of Purchasing Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes : Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, .Mt. Brandt Noes: None Absent: None RESOLUTION REGARDING UNPAID OBLIGATIONS FOR 1975 RESOLUTION NO_ Introduced by Mr. Hammond Robertson who moved its adoption, secon a by Mr. Michel Brandt: RESOLVED, pursuant to Section 110 of the Town Law of the State of New York, the attached lists of unpaid obligations as of Dec-ember 31, 1975, for various departments of the Town of Queensbury are hereby accepted and filed, and the applicable apprcFiation account balances are encumbered to the extent of such unpaid obligations. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes : Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes : None Absent: None (The lists of unpaid obligations is attached to the ofiginal resolution on file) RESOLUTION TO SET PUBLIC HEARING TO REZONE PROPERTY OF JAMES CONKLIN, CONKLIN PLUMBING AND HEAVNG INC. FROM R-3 TO C-3 RESOLUTION N0. 41, Introduced by Mr. Hammond Robertson who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Harold Robillard: WHEREAS, an application has been made by James Conklin, Conklin Plumbing and Heating, Inc . for rezoning of properties in the Town of Queensbury, Warren Co. , New York, hereinafter described in Schedule A from an R-3 classification to a C-3 and WHEREAS , the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Queensbury, section 11.100 and the Town Law of the State of New York, sections 264 and 265 provide that a proposed amendment or change in the zoning ordinance of the Town be referred to the Planning Board of the Town of Queensbury and the Warren Co. Planning Board and a public hearing be held therein and WHEREAS the within application has been referred to the respective planning boards, each of whom has issued there report to the Town of Queensbury, now, therefore be it RESOLVED, that a public hearing on such application be held by the Town Board of the Town `of Queansbury on Tuesd ?:FAbrea:ry--24�,'-19'76i 1 at 7: 30 P.M. E. S.T. at the Town Office Building Bay and Haviland Roads in said Town, and that notice thereof be published at least ten days in advance thereof in the official town newspapers and it is further RESOLVED, that property owners within 500 feet of the subject pro- perty be n6tified of the hearing in writing as required by law. -- SCHEDULE A. All that piece of parcel of land situate in the Town of Queansbury, County of Warren and State of New York, bounded and described as follows : BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of the Ridge Road leading from Glens Falls to Kattskill Bay, at the southwesterly corner of Lot No. (1) One, as laid down on a map of the Town Rogers Subdivis- ion, Ridge Road, Town of Queensbury, Warren Co. New York, made by E.L.H. Mayer, C.E. , dated May 31, 1947 , and onr.flle in the Warren County Clerk's Office; thence running southeasterly along the southerly side of said Lot No.. (1) One, one hundred seventy-two and eighty one hundredths (172. 81) feet to an iron pipe set in the ground for a corner; thence running North eighty-two (82) degrees thirty-four (34) minutes West , two hundred eleven and fifty-two hundredths (211.52) feet to the easterly side of said Ridge Road at an iron pipe set in the ground for a corner; thence running North forty­two (42) degrees thirty-nine (39) minutes East along said easterly side of Ridge Road, one hundred twenty-one and ninety-eight hundredths (121.98) .,,f_eet to the place of beginning. Being a potion of the premises described in a dedd from Rose Mary Dobrindt to Tom Rogers and Cleo H. Rogers , his wife, dated July 18, 1947, and recorded in the Warren County Clerk' s Office, July 19 , 1947, in Book No. 253 of Deeds at page 381. All that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Town of Queansbury, County of Warren, and State of New York, --� bounded and described as follows : BEGINNING at an iron pin set in the ground for a corner on the easterly side of the Ridge Road at the south- westerly corner of a parcel of land previously deeded by ,Tom Rogers to James A. Conklin, said iron pin also marking the northwesterly corner of lands of Otto A. Quist conveyed tb the Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. running thence S 82' 34' E along the northerly bounds of Quist land and the southerly bounds of lands conveyed by Ro§ers to Conklin 211.52 feet to an iron pipe; running thence S 7` 26' W 74.0 feet to an iron pipe marking the northerly bounds of land of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. ; running thence N 69" 27' W along the northerly bounds of land of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. 73.45 feet to an iron pipe; running thence N 20° 33' E along the land of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. 25 .0 feet to an iron pipe; running thence N 69° 44' W along the northerly bounds of lands of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. 149.4 feet to the place of beginning. j' Being a part of the same premises described in the deed from Romney C. Patterson, as Treasurer of`"the County of Warren, to the party of the first part dated November 1, 1939, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County of Warren on June 12 , 1940, in Book 215 of Deeds at page 154. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mk. Brandt Noes: None Absent: None RESOLUTION TO APPOINT HEALTH OFFICER RESOLUTT Nn 49 Introduced by Mr. Robert Barber who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Harold Robillard: RESOLVED, that Dr. Robert A. Reid is hereby reappointed Health Officer for the Town of Queensbury for a period of four years, said term to expire December 31, 1979. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes: None Absent: None RESOLUTION OFFERING TREATED WATER FOR SALE RESOLUTION NO_,4-3. Introduced4'by Mr. Hammond Robertson who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Michel Brandt. WHEREAS the Town of Queensbury has built an excellent water treatment plant and, WHEREAS this new plant has extra capacity and, WHEREAS the cost of treating; water decreases as the plant is operated at volumes closer to its design capacity and, WHEREAS, the Town Board of Queensbury desires to encourage neighboring communities to purchase water from the Queensbury Water Treatment Plant. now therefore be it x RESOLVED, the Town Board of Queensbury offers treated water for sale to neighboring communities on a total cost sharing basis. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mk. Brandt Noes : None Absent: None RESOLUTION TO APPROPRIATE SURPLUS FUNDS WITHIN THE GENERAL TOWN FUND RF.SOTITTTON No_ A&. Introduced by Mr. Harold Robillard who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Hammond Robertson: WHEREAS, surplus funds exist in various appropriations within the General Town Fund and, WHEREAS, deficits exist within various account codes within the r,eneral Town Fund, therefore be it, RESOLVED, to Transfer $ 9, 700.00 from A3120.1 to A3120.2 Transfer 2,200.00 from A3120.1 to A3120.4 Transfer 2, 700.00 from Surplus to A3120.4 Transfer 970.00 from Surplus to A7310.4 Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Mr. Olson, Mr. Barber, Mrr Robillard, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Brandt Noes: None Absent: None COMMUNICATIONS -Ltr. January 18, 1976 To: Queensbury Town Board Warren County Board of Supervisors Sirs: To comply with the disclosure requirements of Article 18 of .the General Municipal Law, I am hereby notifying the Town of Queensbury and the County of Warren of my business s interest. I am the owner of 1/3 of the common stock, serve on the Board of Directors , and hold a corporate office in West Mountain Sales , Inc. , a company the town and county has conducted business with in the past. I also own approximately k of the common stock, serve on the Board of Directors, and hold an office in West Mountain Corporation which is located in the Town of Queensbury. During my-tanure in office I will divorce myself from all transactions between governmental bodies and these two companies. i R.bsped�l,�t /s/ Michel R. Brandt Supervisor, Town of Queensbury MB:mb -Bay Ridge Active List for 1976 --- placed on file. -Councilman Barber-request the reading of the following letter: UNITED STATES POST OFFICE Glens Falls , N.Y. 12801 Date'. January 7, 1976 OUR REF: JJC:mayo SUBJECT: Z I C''ODE for TOWN. OF Q U E E N S B U R Y TO Mr. Michael .Brandt Supervisor & Member of Board Town of Queensbury R.D.2 West Mountain Road G1ensFalls , New York 12801 At a meeting held at this office in October of 1975 with Board Member of the previous administration of the Town of Queensbury, I indicated that it was our plan to request the assignment of specific ZIP. Codes for the Towns of Queensbury and Moreau (South Glens Falls) . I explained that essentially our action was motivated by the desire to facilitate the distribution of mails through our system for those locations. The Board Members present stated their concern for Township identity and revenue sharing distribution, which they felt could be facilitated by separate ZIP Code assignment. It was pointed out that while we were sympathetic to those problems , neigher were within the scope of responsibility of the United States Postal Service and were not elements for consideration in assignment of ZIP Codes . At this time I regret to report that our application .for these ZIP Codes has been denied. There are:-specific criteria for the assignment of ZIP Codes , which inc_lude:'very briefly the following circumstances: 1 Establishment of "new Towns ," communities and large developments of 10,000 or more possible deliveries 2 For our distribution capacity, an area of 50 or more delivery routes Mould be required. a Our long-range plan comes nowhere near 50 routes--we have 30 delivery routes at present Again I would like to express that our position is unaiterable and I have--Jad, every effort within my authority to meet the requests of the people of the Town of Queensbury. Your tolerance and understanding of our postion is greatly appreciated. If I can be of any additional assistance, please feel free t*ontact my office. Respectfully, /s/ John J. Collins SC Manager/Postmaster copy to Mr. Robert Barber Mr. Hammond Robertson Councilman Barber- I am not satisfied with that Mr. Supervisor. . .he mentioned two criteria one of which, the first, he did not answer satisfactorily, I think there is appkoxftately 10,000 or more deliveries in the Town of Queensbury, the second may be the valid criteria. I would suggest that your office try to reinstitute neOotitions again with the Postmaster in order that we might continue to have our own postal identity or zip code identity as 'soon as possible. I do not want this to die as a result of the change of administration, and that Muv#^ 6r appears to be. Councilman Robillard-I think first of all bite should get the fe&lings of our Supervisor, if he feels the post office is necessary to the Town of Queensbury. i Supervisor Brandt-If you want me to go onrecord, if it is important to the Town that we try an obtain this I certainly will put out effort to k ttICIA tL obtoin it, simply doing my job. Councilman Robillard-I guess—that I am just trying to quote from the newspaper. . .when it said that the Town of Queensbury was on an ego trip for a Post Office and you were opposed to it. I do' not feel that this Town Board is on an e o trip I feel that we are a arch for additional dollars, we just lost123,O00 dollar+y a stroke of a few words from Governor Carey and I think' it would behove the Town Board.., if Zip Code is the answer tS� to getting additional sales tax dollars which are spent in Queensbury I think we sipuld do all we can to get it. if Supervisor Brandt-There is no question that,Athat would answer the problem it would be very worth while.fhere is' some question --- thet it would answer the problem. Councilman Robillard-I do not think it would' hamper it. Councilman Brandt-Again I will go on record that I will attempt to get the postal service"to identify Queensbury by atAeast Zip C®de. Attorney from Miller & Mannix was present-presented the Board with the Application of George T. Weeks for change in Zoning. Re-Zoning was turned over to the Planning Board. . . REPORTS: -The Police Report forr'Neveifte, December and the following: were submitted and placed on file. Police Dept. To Hon Town Boards POLICE DEPT. ACTIVITY REPORT FOR YEAR 1975 Complaints Received----------------------------------------=--4981 Escorts----------------------------586 Assists to other Dept. ------------ 73 Fires?------------------------------ 49 Burglar Alarms---------------------249 Accidents Investigated: Property Damage-------------- 293 Personal Injury-------------- 70 Missing Persons------------------- 26 V&T Summons Issued---------------- 452 Parking Tickets------------------- 84 Criminal Arrests : Assault--------------29 ObstructingGov. Process----------- 3 Harassment-----------36 Robbery--------------------------- 1 Public Intox. --------33 Criminal Solicitation------------- 2 Larceny-------------145 Poss . Stolen Property------------- 2 Burglary-------------24 Poss. Dangerous Weapon------------ 3 Bad Checks-----------12 Reckless Endangerment------------- 2 Child Welfard-------- 6 Disorderly Condudt---------------- 2 Rape----------------- 2 Custodial Interference------------ 2 Sexual Abuse--------- 8 Criminal Trespass-----------------10 Drug Laws------------22 Fireworks------------------------- 2 Hitchhiking---------- 1 Sabbath Laws---------------------- 5 Criminal Mischief----13 Resisting Arrest------------------ 1 Indecent Exposure---- 1 Poss. of Burglar Tools------------ 4 Theft of Services---- 2 Violation of Probation------------ 2 Menacing------------- 1 Family Court---------------------- 4 172 Arson--------------- 2 Mail Theft---------------- 2 Public Safety------- 1 Unauthorized Use of Motor Veh. -4 Arrests for Other Depts. 11 Other V&T Misdemeanors-----16 Total Number of Serious Crimes Reported--528 Total Criminal Arrests---416 Value of Recovered Property-------------$62149.00 Mileage Travelled-------------'----------142566 Miles Fees Collected--------------------------500. 00 Respectfully Submitted, /s/ G.A. Schlierer Chief of Police Highway Dept. report for December 1975 placed on file. J Councilman Robillard- noted that since the City of Glens Falls has closed their landfill on Monday the Queensbur'y landfill has been getting a greater influx of traffic. . .on that day. . . .believes the Board should look into the problem—possibly with the idea of closing on Mondays. . . Councilman Rob&rtsor -Comme4d the Qsby. Water Dept. for their job in correcting the break that oacured over the weekend--- ,. and all others such as the City of Glens Falls for offering assistance to the Queensbury Water Dept. Councilman Robillard-noted problem with snow on Corinth Road on the side walks. . .contact Fred Austin. . . Councilman Barber-also noted the problem with the side walks on the bridge over the Northway. . . Supervisor Brandt-noted that he has been in contact with the proper people and they will do it as soon as they can. . . Supervisor Brandt- noted that Highway Supt. Carl Garb was not present at the meeting , 3)uC 7 to snow storm. . noted that ;'F ary c3,,, T6 at 7 : 30 P.M. a Special Meeting will be held' in regard to the Highway situation. Councilman Barber-Introduced a resolution in the of Washington Co ' s in regard to P.C.B. and General Electric. . .requesting that G.E. be given the time to comply with zero P.C.B. Noted that this is important for our community in that our economy will be directly effectew, if General Elec. has to close down. . . RESOLUTION NO. &L Forth coming from Town .f J. David Little to be--f on page 198 On motion the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Donald A. Chase Town Clerk SPECIAL MEETING FEBRUARY 3, 1976 MEMBERS PRESENT: Michel Brandt-Supervisor Daniel Olson-Councilman Robert Barber-Councilman Harold Robillard-Councilman Hammond Robertson-Councilman J. David Little-Town Counsel PRESS : Lee Coleman, WWSC, WBZA, Tri County News TOWN OFFICIALS : George Liapes, Harold Boynton, Carl Garb, Floyd Martindale GUESTS: Fred Austin, Geneva Elmore, Plinney Tucker,Joseph McPhillips , Bill Flynn, Walter Bishop, Mr. Murphy, John Bowman, Mr. Woosley, Guy Renaud, Mr. Harrington, Glen Gregory {