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177.2018 Setting Public Hearings on EMS Agreements RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARINGS ON EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE AGREEMENTS RESOLUTION NO.: 177,2018 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mrs. Jennifer Switzer WHEREAS, in accordance with Town Law §184 and General Municipal Law §122-b, the Queensbury Town Board may contract with ambulance services certified or registered in accordance with Public Health Law Article 30 for general emergency ambulance services within the Town, and WHEREAS, the Town's Agreements with its three (3) Emergency/Rescue Squads, Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc., North Queensbury Rescue Squad, Inc., and West Glens Falls Emergency Squad, Inc. (Squads), expired as of December 31, 2017, and WHEREAS, in such Agreements the Town and Squads agreed that the terms and provisions of the existing Agreements may continue during the interim period pending execution of new Agreements, and WHEREAS, the Town and its Squads have negotiated terms for new one(1)year Agreements for general emergency ambulance services and accordingly, in accordance with Town Law §184 and General Municipal Law §209(b), the Town Board wishes to set public hearings concerning such proposed Agreements, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall conduct three (3) separate public hearings concerning the three (3) separate, proposed new emergency ambulance service Agreements between the Town of Queensbury and its three (3) Emergency/Rescue Squads, Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc., North Queensbury Rescue Squad, Inc., and West Glens Falls Emergency Squad, Inc., on Monday, May 21St, 2018 at 7:00 p.m., and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to publish a Notice of Public Hearing in the Post-Star Newspaper once at least ten (10) days prior to the Public Hearing. Duly adopted this 7th day of May, 2018,by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Metivier, Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer NOES: None ABSENT: Mr. Strough