1972-06-27 SP Special Meeting June 27, 1972
Members present:
Gerald B. Solomon Supervisor
Lloyd Demboski Councilman
Robert Barber Councilman
Harold Robillard Councilman
Harold Katz Town Counsel
Councilman Gordon Streeter was absent.
The meeting was opened with a .salute to the flag at 7:00 P.M.
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AUDIT OF BILLS
RESOLUTION NO. 118, introduced by Mr. Demboski who moved its adoption
seconded by Mr. Robillard.
RESOLVED, that the Audit of Bills as listed on Abstract 72-6A numbered
769 through 833 totaling $18,883.95 is hereby approved.
Duly adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Mr. Demboski, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard and Mr. Solomon.
Noes: None.
Absent: Mr. -Streeter.
RESOLUTION TO SET PUBLIC HEARING ON TOWN ORDINANCE REGULATING SPEED OF
MECHANICALLY PROPELLED VESSELS
RESOLUTION NO. 119, introduced by Mr. Barber who moved its adoption
seconded by Mr. Solomon.
RESOLVED, that a public hearing be held on the following ordinance on
the 27th day of July, 1972 at 8:00 P.M. at the Queensbury- Town Office
Building, Bay and Haviland Roads , Glens Falls, New York and that the
Town Clerk give notice of such hearing by publication of a notice thereof
in the official town newspapers at least once 10 days prior to the date
specified for such hearing specifying the time when and the place where
such hearing will be held and in general terms describing said proposed
ordinance.
ORDINANCE REGULATING SPEED OF MECHANICALLY PROPELLED VESSELS IN THE AREAS
OF SANDY BAY, WARNER BAY, ASSEMBLY POINT AND HARRIS BAY.
The Town Board of the Town of Queensbury ordain and enact as follows:
Section 1. No mechanically propelled vessel shall be operated at a speed
exceeding five miles per hour on the waters of Lake George within the
following described areas. The following areas are described in accordance
with a chart entitled "Lake George 1970 Base Chart prepared for State of
New York Department of Conservation by Dickerson, Czerwinski and Marneck"
a. Sandy Bay. Bounded- northerly by. a line 1200 feet north of the
southerly shore of Lake George in Sandy Bay, east by Rockhurst, south by
the State Land at Sandy Bay, and westerly by Cleverdale.
b. Warner Bay. Bounded northerly by a line 1800 feet north of the
southerly shore of Lake George in Warner Bay, easterly by shore of Lake
George, south by southerly line of Lake George in Warner Bay and Route 9L,
west by the shore of Lake George
c. Assembly Point.- Speaker Heck Island. Bounded northerly by the
southerly line Town of Bolton, easterly by a line which is a projection
southerly of the easterly division line between the Town of Bolton and
Town of Queensbury, southerly a line parallel with the northerly line and
600 feet south thereof as measured at right angles, westerly by the j
easterly line of Speaker Heck Island and easterly line of Long Island. ._J
d. Harris Bay. Bounded northwesterly by line between "U8" obstruction
buoy and black can buoy west of Happy Family Islands and bounded on the
remaining sides by lines drawn between "U8" and the black can buoy to the
nearest point on the shoreline and by the shoreline of Harris Bay.
Section 2. A violation of this ordinance is hereby declared to be an
offense punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by
imprisonment for not exceeding thirty days or by both such fine and
imprisonment for a conviction of a first offense; by a fine of not less than
fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not
exceeding ninety days or by both such fine and imprisonment for a conviction
of a second offense committed within a period of eighteen months; by a fine
of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or
by imprisonment for not exceeding one hundred eighty days , or by both such
fine and imprisonment for conviction of a third or subsequent offense
committed within a period of eighteen months.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect ten days after its publication
and posting as required by Section 133 of the Town Law.
Duly adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Mr. Demboski, Mr. Barber, Mr. Robillard, Mr. Solomon.
Noes: None.
Absent: Mr. Streeter
On motion the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted
Donald A. Chase, Town Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO 104
INTRODUCED BY MR, ROBILLARD , WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY MR. DEMBOSKI
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY
AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF LAND
FROM NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION
FOR LOCATION OF A WATER FILTRATION AND
TREATMENT PLANT FOR THE QUEENSBURY WATER
STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT,
APPROPRIATING $25,000.00 TO FINANCE THE
COST OF SAID LAND AND AUTHORIZING THE
ISSUANCE OF SERIAL BONDS OF THE TOWN
OF QUEENSBURY IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF $252,000.00 TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION.
WHEREAS , the Queensbury Water Storage and Distribution
District has been duly established by this Board, and
WHEREAS , Section 64(2) of the Town Law of the State of
New York authorizes the Town Board to acquire real property for
town functions , and
!t WHEREAS , the Town Board has determined that it would
be in the best interests of the residents of the Town of
Queensbury to acquire lands owned by Niagara Mohawk Power
Corporation in said town and more particularly described in
EXHIBIT "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof, and
WHEREAS , by Resolution No . 63, dated March 6, 1969,
this Board authorized the Supervisor to enter into an agreement
with Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation for the acquisition of
said land and to fix and determine the terms thereof, and
WHEREAS , Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation has agreed
to sell and the Town of Queensbury, by its Supervisor, has
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agreed to purchase said land for the sum of $25,000.00 as the
location of a water filtration and treatment plant for the
QUEENSBURY WATER STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT, and
WHEREAS , the Town Board deems said price to be
reasonable in the circumstances , NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED:
Section 1. The acquisition for the QUEENSBURY WATER
STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT purposes of the residents of
the Town of Queensbury, of certain lands in said Town of
Queensbury, County of Warren and State of New York known and
described in EXHIBIT "A." attached hereto and made a part hereof
is hereby authorized. The maximum cost of said specific object
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or purpose is $ 25,000.00 which is hereby appropriated, the same
to: be financed b the issuance of serial bonds of said
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the principal amount of $25, 000.00 and the levy of a tax upon s
all the taxable real property in said Town to pay the principal
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Section 2. Serial bonds of the Town in the principal ;� a; _
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amount of $25, 000.00 are hereby authorized to be issued pursuant ti; =
to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, constituting Chapter ;k+ itY
33-a of the Consolidated Laws of the State of New York, as ��{k# k''i
amended.
Section 3. The following additional matters are4,
hereby determined and stated SFr
(a) The period of probable usefulness of the specifi
object or purpose for which the bonds authorized by this resolu-
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tion are to be issued within the limitations of Sec . 11.00a.31(a)
of said Local Finance Law, is thirty (30) years .
(b) The proposed maturity of the bonds authorized by
this resolution will exeeed five (5) years .
(c) No part of the costs of the said specific object
or purpose authorized by this resolution has been or shall be
specially assessed on property specially benefited thereby.
Section 4. Each of the bonds authorized by this
resolution and any notes issued in anticipation of the sale of
such bonds shall contain the recital of validity prescribed by
§52.00 of said Local Finance Law and said bonds and any notes
issued in anticipation thereof shall be general obligations of
the Town of Queensbury, payable as to both principal and
interest by general tax upon all the taxable real property within
the Town without limitation as to rate or amount . The faith and
credit of the Town are hereby irrevocably pledged to the punctual
payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds and any
notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, and provision shall
be made annually in the budgets of the Town by appropriation for
(a) the amortization and redemption of the bonds and notes to
mature in such year and (b) the payment of interest to be due
and payable in such year .
Section 5. Subject to the provisions of this
resolution and of said Local Finance Law, and pursuant to the
provisions of §30.00 relative to the authorization of the
issuance of bond anticipation notes and of §50.00 and §§56.00 to
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60.00 of said Law, the powers and duties of the Town Board
relative to prescribing the terms, form and contents and as to
the sale and issuance of the bonds hereby authorized and of any
notes issued in anticipation of said bonds are hereby delegated
to the Town Supervisor as the chief fiscal officer of the Town .
Section 6. The validity of the bonds authorized by
this resolution, and of any notes issued in anticipation of said
bonds, may be contested only if:
(a) such obligations are authorized for an object
or purpose for which the Town is not authorized to expend
money, or
(b) the provisionv of law which should be complied
with at the date of the publication of such resolution, are
not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or
proceeding contesting such validity, is commenced within
twenty days after the date of such publication, or
(c) such obligations are authorized in violation of
the provisions of the constitution.
Section 7 . This resolution shall be subject to a
permissive referendum as provided in Section 209-a of the Town
Law.
Duly adopted by the following vote this 8th day of
June, 1972.
Ayes: Mr . Demboski, Mr . Barber, Mr . Robillard and
Mr . Solomon
Noes: None
Absent: Mr . Streeter
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EXHIBIT "A."
ALL THAT PART OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of
Queensbury, Warren County, New York, and being more particularly
bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at a point in the project boundary of the Grantor s
Sherman Island Development licensed with the Federal Power
Commission as a part of Project No . 2482, said point being N 38°
26' W 391.8 feet from Project Point 18, and running thence N. 45
40' E 191.8 feet along the southerly boundary of Corinth Road to
a point; thence N 44° 32' E along the aforementioned boundary
592.7 feet to a point, said point being also the northeast
corner of the parcel being conveyed; thence S 38° 35' E 507.1
feet to a point, said point being on the northerly boundary of
the Project and being also the southeast corner of the parcel
being conveyed; thence S 51° 25' W along the said boundary of
the Project 780.3 feet to Project Point 18, said point being
also the southwest corner of the parcel being conveyed; thence
N 38° 26' W 416.8 feet to the place and point of beginning.
The above described area contains 8.24 acres, more or less .
Also a permanent right of way and easement across Grantor's
premises for the purposes of constructing, operating,maintaining
and repairing an effluent pipe extending from the above-
described 8. 24j`1 acre parcel to the intake canal of Grantor's
Sherman Island Hydro Plant . Being a strip of land 50 feet in
width, the centerline of which is hereby described as follows :
+� Beginning at a point in the project boundary said point
being N 38° 26' W 391.8 feet from Project Point 18 and running
thence S 00° 19 ' W 541.72 feet to a point .
Also a permanent right of way and easement 100 feet in
width across Grantor 's premises for the purposes of constructing
operating, maintaining and repairing a pumping station and
related facilities, the centerline of which being hereinafter
described as follows :
Beginning at a point situate S 00° 19 ' W from a point
situate N 380 26' W 391.8 feet from Project Point 18, said point
of beginning being also the point of termination of the above-
described easement and running thence S 7° 53' W 106 feet to
the waters of the Hudson River .
Also a permanent right of way and easement 50 feet in width
across Grantor's premises for the purposes of constructing,
operating, maintaining and repairing an effluent pipe extending
from the above-described 8.24 acre parcel to the intake canal
of Grantor's Sherman Island Hydro Plant, the centerline of which
being hereby described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the Project Boundary said point
being N 51° 25' E 386. 2 feet from Project Point 18 and running
thence S 18° 14' E 311.4 feet to a point on the boundary or bank
of Grantor's intake canal for the Sherman Island Hydro Plant .
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Excepting and Reserving to party of the first part, its
successors and assigns a permanent right of way or easement 25
feet in width along and abutting the northeasterly boundary line
thereof over and across the above-described 8. 24 parcel of land
for the purposes of operating and maintaining its existing
electric line and for the purposes of constructing, operating,
maintaining, repairing and replacing future gas and electric
facilities within said strip of land deemed necessary by party
P of the first part, its successors and assigns .
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RESOLUTION N0. 108
INTRODUCED BY MR. DEMBOSKI, WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY MR. ROBILLARD
RESOLUTION TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT
FOR PINEVIEW CEMETERY COMMISSION
WHEREAS , the Pineview Cemetery Commission of the
Town of Queensbury has proven need for grave-digging equipment
and has recommended the purchase of such equipment, and
WHEREAS , this Board has advertised for and receive
bids to supply said Pineview Cemetery Commission with such
equipment, and
WHEREAS , it appears that the bid of South Hartford
Equipment Company meets specifications and is the lowest bid
received, THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, that the bid of South Hartford
Equipment Company of Fort Ann, New York be and the same is
accepted and approved for the purchase from said South Hartford
Equipment Company of one (1) Case Uniloader Model 1737, Serial
Number 9817768 with Davis 130 Backhoe and 36" Bell Hoe Bucket
for the sum of $8,889 .00, and be it further
RESOLVED, that $8800 of such cost be paid from
proceeds of obligations to be issued pursuant to the Local
Finance Law, and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Supervisor be and he hereby is
authorized to issue such obligations of the Town of Queensbury
upon satisfactory delivery of such equipment upon such terms
and such form as he deems in the best interests of said Town
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Duly adopted this 15th day of June, 1972, by the
following vote:
AYES : Mr . Demboski, Mr. Barber, Mr . Robillard
and Mr. Solomon
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Streeter
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