221.2016 Establish Transer Station Attendant Virginia Bates RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING TRANSFER STATION ATTENDANT
TITLE/POSITION AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF VIRGINIA BATES
TO SUCH TITLE/POSITION
RESOLUTION NO. 221,2016
INTRODUCED BY: Mr.William VanNess
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Doug Irish
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to update the title and duties for the current
full-time, hourly, overtime eligible Motor Equipment Operator position at the Town's Transfer
Stations, and
WHEREAS, the Warren County Department Personnel and Civil Service has reviewed the job
duties for the proposed new title and has determined that Transfer Station Attendant is the most
appropriate title for the position as set forth in the New Position Duties Statement adopted by the
Warren County Department of Civil Service and presented at this meeting, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board and the Town's Unit of the Civil Service Employees
Association, Inc. (CSEA) have agreed that this new title/position shall continue to be an hourly
position to be included in the Town's CSEA Bargaining Unit, and
WHEREAS, consistent with the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Transfer Station
Supervisor posted such vacant position within the Town, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 350,2012, the Town Board authorized the hiring of Virginia
Bates in the full-time Union position of Laborer in the Town's Building and Grounds Department on a
permanent basis, and
WHEREAS, Town Policy requires that familial relationships must be disclosed and that
the Town Board approve the appointment of Town employees' relatives, and Virginia Bates is the
sister of Deputy Town Clerk II Rose Mellon, and
WHEREAS, Ms. Bates has applied for a transfer from her current Laborer position in the
Building and Grounds Department to the Transfer Station Attendant position and Ms. Bates meets the
requirements for the position and is the most qualified applicant from the Town who desired a transfer,
and as such, the Town Board wishes to authorize the transfer of Ms. Bates from the Laborer position
in the Building and Grounds Department to the Transfer Station Attendant position on a provisional
basis until such time as Ms. Bates meets all Civil Service requirements for the position, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby establishes the hourly, full-time
Transfer Station Attendant title as set forth in the New Position Duties Statement adopted by the
Warren County Department of Civil Service and presented at this meeting, such title to be included in
the Town's Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA) Bargaining Unit and added to the
Union Contract at the next Contract opening, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes the transfer of Virginia Bates from her
current Laborer position in the Building and Grounds Department to the newly established CSEA
position of Transfer Station Attendant effective on or about July 6t'', 2016 on a provisional basis subject
to a ninety(90) day probationary period and any applicable Civil Service requirements, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further establishes the 2016 hourly rate for the position in
the Town's Agreement with the CSEA at $19.50, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or
Budget Officer to complete and file any documentation and take such other and further actions
necessary to effectuate all terms of this Resolution.
Duly adopted this 20ffi day of June, 2016,by the following vote:
AYES Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements, Mr. Irish, Mr. VanNess
NOES None
ABSENT: None