213.2016 Bay Ridge Rescue - Authorize Coverage of NQ EMS District - 6-13-16 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING BAY RIDGE RESCUE SQUAD, INC.
TO COVER ALL EMERGENCY CALLS WITHIN
NORTH QUEENSBURY EMERGENCY SQUAD, INC.'S
CONTRACTED DISTRICT ON A TEMPORARY BASIS
RESOLUTION NO.: 213,2016
INTRODUCED BY: Mr.William VanNess
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements
WHEREAS, in accordance with Town Law §184, the Queensbury Town Board (Town) may
contract with ambulance services certified or registered in accordance with Public Health Law Article
30 for general emergency ambulance service within the Town, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 5, 2015, the Town authorized an Agreement for emergency
protection services with the North Queensbury Emergency Squad, Inc., (North Queensbury)for 2015 -
2017, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 39, 2016, the Town authorized an Agreement for emergency
protection services with the Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc., (Bay Ridge)for 2016-2017, and
WHEREAS, both such Agreements for emergency protection services set forth a number of
terms and conditions, including a condition that if the Emergency/Rescue Squad shall fail to respond to
any alarm and fulfill and perform its duties and obligations at any time during the duration of this
Agreement for a period of 30 days and without a reasonable explanation, or at any time notifies the
Town that it does not intend to perform its duties for any period of time, then the Town may allot and
pay to one or more of the other emergency squads located in the Town for furnishing ambulance
service to the Town, all or any part of the monies due or to become due under this Agreement for the
period for which such service is to be rendered, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has been notified that North Queensbury's future viability to
provide emergency services to its designated service area and respond to mutual aid calls is in
jeopardy due to North Queensbury's loss of its ability to provide Advanced Life Support (ALS)
services at all times in accordance with the requirements of the Mountain Lakes Regional EMS
Council (Mountain Lakes), and
WHEREAS, it is the Town's responsibility to assure that it contracts with a viable entity
capable of providing those emergency services to all of its residents, including those within North
Queensbury's normal area of coverage, and
WHEREAS, Bay Ridge has the ability to provide emergency services to North
Queensbury's contracted service area and has expressed its desire to provide such services as long
as the Town enables it to do so by providing the needed financial support, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board agrees that there is a need to authorize Bay Ridge to cover the
emergency calls in the service area which is North Queensbury's normal area of coverage on all shifts
and such arrangement will benefit Town residents and visitors to both Squad's service areas, and
therefore it is necessary and in the public interest to act on such proposal to assure the continued and
uninterrupted provision of emergency services to the Town, and
WHEREAS, providing coverage to such area is important to the Town Board and to Town
residents and North Queensbury's inability to provide such coverage constitutes an emergency that the
Town Board wants to respond to promptly, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board will hold a public hearing on a later date to formally amend the
Agreement after it determines whether this will only be for short-term emergency coverage or whether
longer-term coverage will be required,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and approves of the Bay
Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc., covering the emergency calls in the North Queensbury Rescue Squad, Inc.'s
normal area of emergency coverage on all shifts due to North Queensbury's temporary loss of
certification to provide ALS services, until such time that North Queensbury is able to reobtain its ALS
certification, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town
Budget Officer to transfer funds, amend the Town Budget and take all actions necessary to provide for
payment to Bay Ridge relating to such arrangement for two months of emergency coverage for this
area,not to exceed$56,000, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town shall pay Bay Ridge for the costs which shall be paid on the same
procedures as detailed in the Agreement dated as of January 1, 2016 between the Town and Bay
Ridge, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board shall decrease the amounts paid to North Queensbury as
detailed in its Agreement due to its inability to provide emergency coverage, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to sign
any needed agreement or documentation in form acceptable to the Town Supervisor and Town
Counsel and the Town Supervisor, Town Counsel and/or Budget Officer to take all actions necessary
to effectuate all terms of this Resolution.
Duly adopted this 13ffi day of June, 2016 by the following vote:
AYES Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements, Mr. Irish, Mr. VanNess, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: None