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1963-09-26 499 ii Regular Meeting September 26 , 1963 Present : John 0. Webster Supervisor N. Harwood Beaty Absent Councilman Theodore Turner Councilman Curtis Lampson Councilman Harold :skins Councilman The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p. m. i - The following visitors were greeted by the Board.: r1r. Stanley Frederick - Interest of Crandall Library Air. Glen Caffry - Interest of Crandall Library Mrs. Grace VanWirt Interest of Crandall Library Mrs, Polly Beeman - Interest of Crandall Library Mrs. Leon Sparling - Interest of Crandall Library Mrs. Edwin Willis - Interest of Crandall Library Yx. Daniel Tallon - Street & LTater repairs , Pinecrest- Drive Mr. Albert Williams -Street & Water repairs, Pinecrest. Drive Mr. LeRoy Phillips - Chief of Police Mr. Arthur Dawes - Rep. Mott Manbech Machine Company Mr. Bernard Codner - Superintendent of Highways Mr. "Bucky" Corlew - Member of Highway Department Mr. & Mrs Gilbert Lange - Interest Pershing, Ashley, Coolidge Sewer With the hearing on the proposed budget for the special districts in the Town of Queensbury, the main issue; the hearing was opened. The clerk presented proof of publication. The Supervisor requested any comments from those persons present, either for or against the budgets as proposed. Following the fact that no objections were raised by the visitors;, i the hearing was declared closed. Mr. Stanley Fredericks as spokesman for the Crandall Library was granted the floor at this time. A prepared resumee of the activities of the library was presented, to the members of the Town Board for discussion. Included in Mr. Fredericks remarks was a request for an additional amount of money to be considered in the up-coming budget for the year 1964. Mars. Gilbert Lange had arrived at the meeting following the closing of the hearing on the proposed budgets of the special districts. The Supervisor explained that the budget had no connection with the porssible extension of the Pershing, Ashley, Coolidge sewer district. At a later date Mr. Akin explained to the visitors that the hydrant system in Broadacres will be improved when that section becomes a part of the Water District. Mar.. Daniel Tallon and Mr. Albert Williams were granted the floor to present a request for a street sign or Pinecrest Drive , where they reside. The Superintendent of Highways stated that to his knowledge the sign was already at the proper location, but a check would be ,made in his office to discover_ any irregularity. The subject of a change of the water supply main on '_?inecrest Drive was also voiced by the visitors. Mr. LeRoy Phillips , Chief of -Police, presented the following � report: - - QtrrrNSRT_R.Y POLICE DE_,'?AR7,M,NT T TO TOWN, 'EnT?'v, ,BFR 25 1963 I S®0 Toe following is a brief summary of activities of this Dept. for the period above mentioned. Building reports given out 14 Building sights visited 10 Co r)laints answered: Junk yards 2 Grand.elisrn 7 Dogs bothering chi_ldreioL 3 Cess pools overflowing 3 Neighbors fis�hting 4 Protection while separating goods 1 (Houghton) Burning garbage - causing odor 1 _ Littering ?31ghway 4 _ (arrest 1) (warrent 1) Unlicensed motor cycle l This Dept. furnished. an Officer_ for the Queensbury Little League ball game, for the '?.T..4, bazar, and for the corner stone laving of St. tIary's Chapel and regular policei.ng at W. Glens Falls 'chapel. An unknown number of papers have been served, both civil & criminal. :! key case and a billfold was Bound and returned to their pro^;per owners . Regular monthly reports have been made both State and Federal. Total Niles traveled 303 Izoague 78 Daire 90 Phillips 135 Respectfully submitted LeRoy Phillips , Chief Mr, Bernard. Codner the Superintendent of Highways , proceeded to recommend the purchase of the tractor crawler as was previously bid by i-?ott '4anbeck 'Jachinery Company, who were the low bidder 1 i at a recent bid opening. RESOLUTION NO.. 143 introduced by Nir. kin, seconded. by Mr. Lamoson. �I'iMREAAS, the Town Board adopted specifications and duly advertised for sealed bias for the sale to the Town of Queensbury of a tractor with bucket loader,, and UIIE; EAS, the said bids were opened on august 29, 1963, and the lowest bid which conformed to specifications was that of Mott- Manbeck ;Machinery Company, of Latham, N..Y. , in the amount of $17,275..75 for a Cuse Model 7.000 DL tractor with bucket loader, be it RESOLVED that the bid of Mott-Manbeck Machinery Company in the amount of $17,275.75 be and the same hereby is accepted, and that Bernard Codner, Town Superintendent of Highways , be and *he hereby is authorized to execute a purchase contract with Mott- Manbeck Machinery Company for the purchase of said tractor and Loader, according to said specifications and bid, subject to the approval of the County Superintendent of Highways as required by Section 142 of the Highway Law. Duly adopted by the following vote: Byes - Mr. Turner, Mr, Lampson, Tr. Akins and Mr. Webster.. Noes None I Discussion ensued to do with the proposed duties of a Water Super- intendent who will be apponted by the Town Board at a date in the near future. Mr. Bernard Codner recommended the abandment of sections of Rock- hurst Road to result in a re-location of the road.. 1 1 RESOLUTION NO. 144 introduced by Mr. Akin, seconded by Mr. Turner. WHEREAS, this Town Board has heretofore authorized the relocation off the Rockhurst Road and accepted deeds from A. K. Wolfe and Leander Dickinson and Sarah Dickinson conveying the lands required for the relocation, and the Rockhurst Road has been rebuilt in the new location, and f WHEREAS, it is provided by Section 212-a of the Highway Law, that when any town road shall babe been straightened and improved and in the process thereof the town shall have acquired lands necessary for such right of way and the grantor of the new right of way shall own the property on both sides thereof for the full length of the new taking, and there are sections Hof the old road as it existed before such improvement which are of no further use for highway purposes, the Town Board, on the recommendation of the Town 'Superintendent of Highways, may adopt a resolution, with the consent of the County Superintendent of Highways, to abandon to the abutting owners such portions of the old road which are not required for highway purposes, ,and the Supervisor may execute a quit claim deed of the lande so abandoned and deliver the same to the abutting owners, and that the adoption of such resolution shall be an immediate abandonment of the old road without any further or other proceedings„ and WHEREAS, Bernard Codner, Town Superintendent of Highways, has recommended to this Board that the right of way of the old Rockhurst Road across the properties of A. K. Wolfe and Leander Dickinson and Sarah Dickinson be abandoned, be it RESOLVED THAT, subject to .the a0proval of the County Super- intendent of Highways, the Town of Queensbury abandon all of the old Rockhurst Road across the property of A. K. Wolfe and across that portion oftthe property of Leander Dickinson and Sarah Dickinson where they now own the lands on both sides of the former Rockhurst Road, and be it further RESOLVED that the Supervisor be and hereby is authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the Town of Queensbury a quit claim deed to A. K. Wolfe releasing and conveying to him the right of way of the old Rockhurst Roads, prior to its relocation, across his property, and a quit claim deed to Leander Dickinson and Sarah Dickinson releasing and conveying, to thew the portion of the right of way of the old Rockhurst Road„ prior to its relocation where they,own the lands , on both sides, all as provided by Section 212-a of the Highway Law,. Duly adopted by the following vote: ,ayes - Mr. Turner, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Akin and Mr. Webster. Noes - None Mr. Bernard Codner recommended that the Town Board accept a deed from Carl J. Kreiser and also present him with a deed for land 4 in return to eliminate and encroachment. RESOTUTION N0.. 145 introduced by Mr. Turner, seconded by`Mr. Akin f WHEREAS.; Carl J. Kreiser has heretofore conveyed to the` Town of ,Queensbury by deed dated May 280 1955 and recorded in the office of the Warren County Clerk in Book 343 of Deeds at page 425 lands for the town highway known as Coolidge Avenue, and WHEREAS:.,, it has now been determined that a stone wall across the Kre�ser residence property actually encroaches on the right of ,way afid•.-Carl J. Kreiser has offered to convey an equivalent amount of land on the opposite side of Coolidge Avenue upon a release to him by the town of the highway lands upon which such encoachment exists, and 1 1 r 1 WHEREAS: Bernard J. Godner, Town Superintendent of Highways , has recommended to the Town Board that such offer be accepted because the minor relocation involved will result in reducing a, curve at that point in Oollidge Avenue and provide a better alignment, be it RESOLVED, that a proposed deed from Carl J. Kreiser to Town of Queensbury, dated September 31 1963, the same xiaving been approved by Albert E. Beswick, County Attorney, be and the same hereby is accepted and that the Town Clerk be and hereby is directed to cause the same to be recorded in the office of the County Clerk and then filed in his office together with a map entitled "Map of a proposed change in Coolidge Avenue suggested by Carl J. Kreiser", dated June 26, 1963, prepared by John B. Van Dusen, surveyor, and be it further RESOLVED that Town of Queensbury convey to Carl J. Kreiser the j lands upon which the aforesaid encroachment exists as shown on said map and that the Supervisor be and hereby is authorized to execute a deed conveying said lands according to said map in form approved by the County Attorney. , Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes - Mr. Turner, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Akin and Mr. Webster. Noes - None t The following resolution was presented to authorize sale of Bonds { for Reservoir Park Sewer District. RESOLUTION NO. 146 introduced -by Mr. Akin, seconded by Mr. Lampson/ j RESOLUTION A?,TNDINGBOND RESOLUTION OF NOVEMBER 81 1962, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF SERIAL BONDS OF f THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY, WARREN COUNTY, NEW YORK, IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,000.00 TO PAY COST OF ADDITION TO SEWERAGE TREATMENT PLANT IN RESERVOIR PARK SEWER DISTRICT. WHEREAS,. the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury, Warren County, New York, adopted Resolution No. 181 on November 81 1962, entitled 'IBOND�RESOLUTION OF NOVEMBER 8, 1962, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND ` SALE OF SERIAL BONDS OF THE TOWN Or QUEENSBURY,, WARREN COUNTY, NEW YORK, IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,000.00 TO PAY COST OF ADDITION TO SEWERAGE TREATMENT PLANT IN RESERVOIR PARK SEWER DISTRICT", which k said resolution provided, among other things, that said $8,000.00 serial bonds be of the denomination of $800.:00, numbered from. l to 10, inclusive, and be payable and maturing in numerical order in the amount of $800.00 in each of, the years 1963 to 1972, inclusive, f and WHEREAS, the Town Board adopted Resolution No. 182 on November 8, 1962, on November 8, 1962, authorizing the issuance and sale of a bond anticipation note in the amount of $5,000.00 to mature on May 9, 1963, in anticipation of the sale of said bonds, and WHEREAS, the Town Board adopted Resolution No 198 on December 139 1962, authorizing the issuance and sale of an additional bond anticipation note in the mmtount: of $3,000.00 to mature on May 9,, 1963, in anticipation of the sale of said bonds, and i WHEREAS the Town Board adopted Resolution No. 82 on May 9, 1963 authorizing the issuance and sale of a bond anticipation renewal note in the amount of $8,000.00 to mature on November 91 19639., in renewal of the two bond anticipation notes previously issued, ik and E i i i i a WHEREAS it �.s provided b� Section 21.00 of t$e Lo 1 Finance ` Law t a serial, bon s shall mature in annual insta�fe ments and that the first installment shall mature not later than eighteen months after the date of such bonds or two years after the date of the first bond anticipation note issued in anticipation of such bonds, whichever is the earlier, and i WHEREAS , an insufficient appropriation was made in the budget _ of Reservoir Park Sewer District for the fiscal year of 1963 to pay the sum of $800.00 in 1963 as provided 'by said bond resolution and it is deemed adviseable to amend the said bond resolution to provide that said bonds shall 'matdre and be paid in the sum of $800.00 in each of the years 1964 to 1973, inclusive, which. is authorized by Section 21.00 of the Local Finance Law BE IT RESOLVED this 26th day of September, 1963, by the Town j Board of the Town of Queensbury, Warren County, New York, `as follows: ` Section 1. The construction of new Teaching pits, sewerage collection pit, pumping station, pumps, equipment,, tile and mains to correct deficiences in the existing sewerage dispdsal system in Reservoir Park Sewer District in the Town of Queensbury, Warren County, New York,; are hereby authorized and 'to provide funds to defray the cost thereof, $8,000.00 of general obligation serial bonds of the Town of Queensbury, Warren County, New York, to be of 1 the terms, form and contents hereinafter provided for, shall be issued: -pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law of the State of New York. , i Section 2. The estimated maximum cost of the project or purpose for which such serial `bonds are to be issued, to wit: an addition to the sewerage treatment plant in the Reservoir Park Sewer District, is $8,000.00. Section 3. 'The plan for the financing of such object or purpose, to wit: the addition to the sewerage treatment plant in the geservoir Park Sewer District, consists of the issuance of serial bonds of the Town of Queensbury in the principal sum of $8,.000.00 to pay such cost. Section 4. It is hereby determined that ,the object or purpose for which such serial bonds are to be issued falls within sub-paragraph 4 of subdivision (a) of Section ll„OQ ,of the Local Finance Law and that the period of probable usefulness of such object or purpose is thirty years. Section 5. The proposed maturity of the serial bonds hereby authorized will not be in excess of ten years. Section 6. The said $8,.000.00 of serial bonds shall be of the denomination of $800.00 each numbered from 1- to 10 inclusive, maturing in,numerical order in the amount of $800. 00 in each of the years 1964 to 1973, inclusive, and shall bear interest 'at a rate not exceeding three and one-quater per,centum per annum. Section 7.. Except as herein specifically provided-, the power to determine the terms, form, contents , date, ,rate of interest and dates for the payment of interest, and the place of payment of said bonds is hereby delegated to the Supervisor, consistent, however, with the provisions of the Local Finance Law of the State of New York. Section 8. The Supervisor is herelpy authorized and directed to sell said bonds at private sale at a price of not less than par value plus accured interest, if any, and when sold to deliver said bonds to the purchaser upon payment tohim of the purchase price including accrued interest and the receipt of the Supervisor shall be a full. acquittance to the purchaser who shall not be obliged to see to the application of the purchase- money. Section 9. The faith and credit of the Town of ,Queensbury are here by pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same shall become due. An amount sufficient to pay the principal ofand interest on said bonds as the same becomes due each year shall be included in the annual budget of the Town of Queensbury for the year, and the siad bonds shall not be renewed. Section 10. This resolution shall take effect immediately.. Duly adopted by the folloiing vote: ' Ayes - Mr. Turner, Mr. Sampson, Mr. Akins and Mr. Webster. t Noes - None RESOLUTION NO.. 147 introduced by Mr. Turner, seconded by Mr. Lampson WHEREAS, the termlof Robert M. Dean as a member of the Town Planning Board offthe Town df Queensbury will expire on October 1, 1963,. be it RESOLVED that Robert M. Dean be and he hereby is appointed a member of the Town .Planning Board for a term of seven years to commence on October 1, 1963, and to °expire ,on September 30, -1970. Duly adopted by the following vote: Ayes - Mr.. Turner, Mr. ''Lampson Mr. Akin and Mr. Webster. Noes - None ` A letter was read by the Clerk and placed on file to do with a formal application for water service on the Corinth Road. This location would be served as a result of an Extension to West Glens Falls Water District. " On motion the meeting was adjourned. Y Respectfully submitted George C. Crannell Town Clerk Special Meeting..:.... October 3, 1963 Presents John 0. Webster Supervisor Vii, Harwood Beaty Councilman Theodore Turner Councilman Curtis I,ampson Councilman Harold Akin Councilman The meeting,.was called to order at. 7 00 P. M. Visitors presents Orman Heiden Resident Engineer, Queensbury Water District j Bernard Codner - Superintendent of Higkways RESOLUTION NO. 148 introduced-by Mr. •Akin, seconded _by.Mr. Lampson WHEREAS, the Town. Board.h4s. met..at the time and place specified in the Notice of Public Hearing on the Preliminary Budgets.®f ;feservoir Park Sever District, Pershing, Ashley, Coolidge Sewer District, and Queensbury Drainage Distric4t, _acrd .heard ,all.persons desiring to be heard thereone < t Therefore belt RESOLVED, that the Prelizinary. .BUdgets be and the same are hereby adopted. as. the_ Annual. Budgets,of _the Reservoir Park Sewer District, Pershing,, Ashley, Coolidgb._Sewer District, and Queensbury Drainage_ District, Town of Queenabury, for the fiscal year beginuing__January 19 19.64,- and -that such budgets as adopted be entered in detail in the minutes of. the proceedings of this board. And be it further RESOLVED,. that the .Town Clerk shall prepare and certify in duplicate copies of said annual. buudgets. as adopted by this Town Board and deliver one copy thereof -to the Supervisor of the Town to be presented by hiz.to the. Board of, Supervisors of the County of Warren. Duly adopted by the following note: Ayes _- Mr. Beaty, Mr. Turner,- Mr. Lampson, Mr. Akins, and Mr. Webster Noes - Done