11-04-2019 MTG #35
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 237
REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING MTG# 35
NOVEMBER 4, 2019 RES# 364-378
7:00 P.M. BOH# 43-46
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT
SUPERVISOR JOHN STROUGH
COUNCILWOMAN CATHERINE ATHERDEN
COUNCILMAN GEORGE FERONE
COUNCILWOMAN JENNIFER SWITZER
BOARD MEMBER ABSENT
COUNCILMAN ANTHONY METIVIER
TOWN COUNSEL
ROBERT HAFNER, ESQ.
TOWN OFFICIALS
BARBARA TIERNEY, Budget Officer
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SUPERVISOR STROUGH called meeting to order…
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY SUPERVISOR JOHN STROUGH
1.0 ENTERING QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH
RESOLUTION NO.: 364, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mrs. Atherden
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns from
Regular Session and enters into the Queensbury Board of Health.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019 by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Strough, Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
PUBLIC HEARING ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL VAIARNCE APPLICATION OF ADAM
LEONARDO
PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 25, 2019
SUPERVISOR STROUGH reviewed proposal and noted that the Town Board conducted a site
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visit on Friday, November 1, 2019.
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ADAM LEONARDO-We are proposing a Puraflo System which is a series of pods that are filled
with Peat. It filters the waste through the Peat and discharges clean water out the bottom. So,
you basically have, the waste will leave the house, go into a septic tank, the solids will stay in the
tank and the grey water goes onto another tank that will then pump up to the pods where it will
then filter out and discharge into the ground.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Okay, we did a site visit and so we are familiar with it and thank you
for helping the public become. It is an advanced treatment system in that the secondary
treatment is the pod system, Puraflo System such that you described. Any questions from the
Town Board on the proposed system and the variances?
COUNCILWOMAN ATHERDEN-I think we have a question as to the parking.
COUNCILMAN FERONE-Right.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Go ahead.
COUNCILWOMAN ATHERDEN-Okay, so we were curious about the parking. Where are they
parking because it comes down that hill and then you have the parking there. Are they going to
be parking up on top?
MR. LEONARDO-No. So the pods will be up on top and the house that we are proposing is
going to be move forward from what you guys saw. So, the parking will be directly behind the
proposed house.
COUNCILMAN FERONE-So where the septic tank and the pump tank is then. Will there be
parking on top of those?
MR. LEONARDO-Yea, they will be designed to handle parking.
COUNCILMAN FERONE-Handle the weight.
MR. LEONARDO-Yes.
COUNCILMAN FERONE-Okay.
MR. LEONARDO-There will be no parking up top.
COUNCILMAN FERONE-Up top, alright. And then I think the other question we had is, on
your drawings there is an indication that there’s a proposed well.
MR. LEONARDO-Yes.
COUNCILMAN FERONE-That’s something definitely you’re going to do?
MR. LEONARDO-Yes. We did take every effort to not have to come in front of you guys. We
went to the property to the left of us and behind us and offered to buy a little bit of property to
make it work.
COUNCILMAN FERONE-It’s pretty tight there.
MR. LEONARDO-And they weren’t willing to sell.
COUNCILMAN FERONE-Now where those pods go in, you indicated there won’t be any
parking up there but is it going to be raised or will there be something so people will know that
they just can’t you know…
MR. LEONARDO-They are kind of half in the ground and half out.
COUNCILMAN FERONE-Okay.
MR. LEONARDO-And then we’re also, we’re going to align that with the standard cobbles that
are, you know big rocks so nobody can drive in there.
COUNCILMAN FERONE-Okay.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Nowhere on the plans do I see where the pump tank and the septic
tank are going to be highway grade, unless I am missing that. So we may condition these to be
such.
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MR. LEONARDO-I can have them add that, yes. I mean, we need them to be because of the
parking.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-So the pods up by the Hall Road Extension, will that be a raised
mound?
MR. LEONARDO-No, they will get kind of recessed into the ground.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-So how will you prevent people from parking over them?
MR. LEONARDO-We are going to align that with boulders right along the edge of that.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Do you show that on the plans?
MR. LEONARDO-They’re not shown. We figured it was more of a landscaping extra detail.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Well, so you’re going to use boulders?
MR. LEONARDO-Yea.
COUNCILWOMAN ATHERDEN-It would probably be good if that was mentioned somewhere.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Yea.
TOWN COUNSEL HAFNER-Is that only on the Puraflo section, the top part or also the septic
tank?
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-The septic tanks don’t need to, as long as they are highway grade,
they can park on them. But the Puraflo which is up near the Hall Road Extension, you will see
the four pods, one, two, three, four.
TOWN COUNSEL HAFNER-Yes.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Those must be surrounded, boulders, he’s going to surround them
with boulders to assure that parking does not occur there.
COUNCILWOMAN SWITZER-Is that you mean by the stone wall when you say boulders?
MR. LEONARDO-It will be that type of rock.
COUNCILMAN FERONE-This is an actual wall, the elevation here goes up and down.
COUNCILWOMAN ATHERDEN-That’s already there Jen.
COUNCILWOMAN SWITZER-Okay, I see what you are saying.
COUNCILMAN FERONE-They want boulders here, you can park right on top of that spot now.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Currently it is being used as a parking area. So, if he’s going to
increase the parking area down below, and you know, Glen Lake people on a hot summer day,
are going to want visitors and visitors are going to want to visit him. So, we just want to ensure
that they don’t park over the pods by putting some boulders around them.
MR. LEONARDO-Sure.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Okay. Any other thoughts, questions right now from the Town
Board before I open this to the public?
COUNCILMAN FERONE-No.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Okay. Any member of the public wish to speak to this sewage
disposal variance application for 12 Hall Road? Seeing none.
PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-If we’re inclined to approve this, I think there are two conditions at
least. We want the tanks specifically, the tanks labeled as septic tank, one thousand gallon septic
tank and pump tank to be highway grade so that vehicles can park on top of them safely. And
the second condition we would like some boulders surrounding the four pods so that it’s very
clear that parking is not allowed in that area.
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COUNCILMAN FERONE-We could say Hall Road Extension because it’s bordering right along
the road.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Yea, as long as the pods are isolated.
TOWN COUNSEL HAFNER-Want me to read some language?
COUNCILMAN FERONE-Isolated, yea.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-And as long as the boulders delineate those pod areas so that parking
cannot happen there. That’s what we’re looking for.
COUNCILMAN FERONE-I am envisioning something large enough that it’s going to prevent a
car from parking.
MR. LEONARDO-Absolutely, I mean, I don’t want anyone driving on it because it’s going to do
damage anyway.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Right, and it’s going to be very expensive to repair.
MR. LEONARDO-Right, yea it will definitely going to be lined with something that will stop a
vehicle.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-So Bob, we would like to…
TOWN COUNSEL HAFNER-Do you want to me to give you some proposed language?
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Yea, similar to mine. Do you have something?
TOWN COUNSEL HAFNER-Yes, I was writing it out as you guys were talking.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Are you ready.
TOWN COUNSEL HAFNER-Sure, in the last resolved, I think we’ll add, it will start,
‘Resolved, that contingent upon there being no parking on the Puraflo portion of the septic
system and there shall be boulders surrounding the four pods preventing access to such area and
the septic tank and pump tank shown the plans shall be constructed to be highway grade’.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Okay. Do we have a motion to approve?
RESOLUTION APPROVING ADAM LEONARDO’S APPLICATION FOR
SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCES
RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 43, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, Adam Leonardo (Applicant) filed an application for variances from provisions
of the Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance, Chapter 136 to install a leach
system:
1. 5’ from the property line in lieu of the required 10’ setback; and
2. 87’ from the well in lieu of the required 100’ setback;
on property located at 12 Hall Road Extension in the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, the Town Clerk’s Office published the Notice of Public Hearing in the Town’s
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official newspaper and the Local Board of Health duly conducted a public hearing concerning the
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variance requests on Monday, November 4, 2019, and
WHEREAS, the Town Clerk’s Office has advised that it duly notified all property owners
within 500 feet of the subject property,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that
1. due to the nature of the variances, the Local Board of Health determines that the
variances would not be materially detrimental to the purposes and objectives of this
Ordinance or other adjoining properties nor otherwise conflict with the purpose and
objectives of any Town plan or policy; and
2. the Local Board of Health finds that the granting of the variances is necessary for the
reasonable use of the land and are the minimum variances which would alleviate the
specific unnecessary hardship found by the Local Board of Health to affect the
Applicant; and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that contingent upon there being no parking on the Puraflo portion of the septic
system and there shall be boulders surrounding the four pads preventing access to such area, and the
septic tank and pump tank shown on such plans shall be constructed to be highway grade, the Local
Board of Health hereby approves the application of Adam Leonardo for variances from the Sewage
Disposal Ordinance to install a leach system:
1. 5’ from the property line in lieu of the required 10’ setback; and
2. 87’ from the well in lieu of the required 100’ setback;
on property located at 12 Hall Road Extension in the Town of Queensbury and bearing Tax Map No:
289.11-1-17.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL
VARIANCE APPLICATION OF TIM AND KATHY BECHARD
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 242
RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 44, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Jennifer Switzer
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board serves as the Town’s Local Board of Health and is
authorized by Town Code Chapter 136 to issue variances from the Town’s On-Site Sewage Disposal
Ordinance, and
WHEREAS, Tim and Kathy Bechard (Applicants) have applied to the Local Board of Health
for variances from Chapter 136 to install a replacement wastewater system as follows:
1. Absorption field to be 3’ from the east side property line instead of the required 10’
setback;
2. Absorption field to be 12’ from the dwelling instead of the required 20’ setback; and
3. Force Main to be 5’ from the east side property line instead of the 10’ required setback;
on property located at 3 North Lane in the Town of Queensbury,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury’s Local Board of Health will hold a public hearing
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on Monday, November 18, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road,
Queensbury, to consider Tim and Kathy Bechard’s sewage disposal variance application concerning
property located at 3 North Lane, Queensbury (Tax Map No.: 226.19-1-53) and at that time all
interested persons will be heard, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town
Clerk to publish the Notice of Public Hearing presented at this meeting and send a copy of the Notice
to neighbors located within 500’ of the applicant’s property as required by law.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough, Mrs. Atherden
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON EVANGELINE H.
CASEY-CHOLAKIS AND GEORGE T. CHOLAKIS’ APPLICATION FOR
VARIANCE/WAIVER FROM CHAPTER 137 “SEPTIC SYSTEMS”
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 243
RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 45, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mrs. Jennifer Switzer
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 380,2018, the Queensbury Town Board adopted Local
Law 2 of 2018 entitled “Septic Inspection Upon Property Transfer” which is now set forth at
Queensbury Town Code Chapter 137 (Chapter 137), and
WHEREAS, Chapter 137 requires inspection of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
(OWTS) prior to the sale of certain real property, and
WHEREAS, by application dated 10/24/19, Evangeline H. Casey-Cholakis and George T.
Cholakis, Trustees, owners of property located at 1155 Pilot Knob Road identified as Tax Map
No.: 227.14-1-21.1 (Property) directly on the shore of Lake George (Applicants), advised that they
acquired title to the Property in 2013 and for estate planning purposes only, the George T.
Cholakis Living Trust and the Evangeline H. Casey-Cholakis Living Trust acquired title to the
Property on June 21, 2019 and the Applicants were unaware of the requirements established by
Chapter 137, and
WHEREAS, the Applicants have requested a variance/waiver from the requirements of
Chapter 137,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board, in its capacity as the Local Board of Health,
will hold a public hearing on Monday, November 18, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities
Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, to consider Evangeline H. Casey-Cholakis and George T.
Cholakis’ Septic Variance Application concerning property located at 1155 Pilot Knob Road,
Queensbury (Tax Map No.: 227.14-1-21.1) and at that time all interested persons will be heard, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish Notice of the
Public Hearing in accordance with Town Code Chapter 137 and to send a copy of the Notice to
neighbors located within 500’ of the applicant’s property as required by law.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough, Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone
NOES : None
ABSENT : Mr. Metivier
RESOLUTION ADJOURNING QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 244
RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 46, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mrs. Jennifer Switzer
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Board of Health hereby adjourns and moves back into the
Town Board of the Town of Queensbury.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Strough, Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
2.0 PUBLIC HEARING
PUBLIC HEARING – ANNUAL TOWN BUDGET FOR 2020
PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 25, 2019
SUPERVISOR STROUGH gave presentation of proposed Town Budget for 2020. (presentation on
file in the Town Clerk’s Office)
Opened to public comment.
TRAVIS WHITEHEAD-I have the same observations I had a year ago. I expect the same results so
I won’t spend a whole lot of time here. The time to do something about this budget is months past.
This is the eleventh hour and I don’t expect that you will change a whole lot of it. But what I want to
tell you about is that every year by law you are required to have an auditor go over your books and
give you a report and every year that report is given to you. I guess it’s not the law that you have to
read it or pay attention to it but it is the law that it needs to be presented. And every year for the past
five, six years or so there’s been a statement in there, in black and white, I don’t have to go through
all the pages and numbers there, it’s in English. I will read one from 2016, it’s said that the fund
balance, the general fund increased by one point six million dollars in the prior year primarily because
sales taxes and other revenue sources were higher than expected, while general government and
employee benefit expenditures were lower than expected. Every year this happens and every year
it’s in excess of a million dollars. This happens because every year there are some large transfers into
generally capital reserves and that is how, and these are not in the budget, these are transfers that are
generally done in October or November. This year actually had one back in May. But in 2013 you
moved one point three million dollars into capital reserves. In 2014, one point two million. 2015,
one point three million. 2016, one point nine million. 2017 was a banner year, three and a half million
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dollars. 2018 one point four five million and this year you, May 6, you moved in two different
resolutions, one point two five million and another million into capital reserves. Actually that last
million was put in specifically for the garage as was some of the money in the previous year or perhaps
in 2017. But, the point is, that every year there’s a rather large difference between what the budget is
and what you end up spending and what you end up taking in. And this is exactly what the auditor
keeps telling you, that you’re underestimating what you’re receiving in revenues. You’re
overestimating what you will spend and because of it, you’re off by over a million dollars every year.
Why does this happen? Because every year, instead of going back to actuals, you go back to last
year’s budget which the auditor told you was defective by over a million dollars. So, it’s not surprising
that this trend has not changed. What does this do to the people? I am not saying that any of this
money ends up in anybody’s pocket or anything like that. There’s plenty of money floating around
here in various accounts, the biggest one being capital reserves account number sixty-four. In the
past seven years these appropriations, off budget appropriations total thirteen million dollars. It’s no
great mystery that you can find two and a half million dollars to pay for the garage. But there’s a
whole lot more that was taken from the taxpayers that could have been, instead of being in your bank
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account, could have been in their bank account. Something that they could have invested in their
businesses, perhaps help their children pay their college tuition, for many people to pay their rent. So,
and from your standpoint, when you go ahead and you give the Supervisor, who is also the Chief
Fiscal Officer of the Town, all this extra money and he decides to spend it on something whether it
be a consultant for HR or something else, he finds that he can do that. So, you know, it’s not good to
be writing blank checks on account of people like that. So last year they said, you know, actually in
2017, one of the reasons why you’re making all of these transfers every year is that by GASB 45, you
are, you have a target number for your general fund, your undesignated, unappropriated balance and
that’s supposed to be three to four months of expenditures. This is to get you through a particularly
bad period and you know a particularly bad period will be coming at some point in time. It could be
coming very shortly. But we have ample reserves and every year we start to exceed that value and
therefore we make these transfers into something that isn’t quite so hard at as this GASB forty-five
limit and you put it into a capital reserve fund or something like that. In 2017, this is what your auditor
told you. He said the fund balance of the general fund decreased two million forty-two thousand
dollars from the prior year primarily because significant transfers were made to fund capital projects.
Two point three million dollars towards the construction of the new highway garage and one point
two million for mechanical and other capital improvements to the Town Office complex, offset by
sales tax and other revenue sources which are higher than expected and general government and
employee benefit expenditures which were lower than expected. Your expectations have been off for
many years and you should have probably taken note of this year after year after year that this is told
to you. The most recent one, 2018 says this, the fund balance of the general fund decreased two
hundred and sixty-nine thousand one hundred and one dollars from the prior year primarily because
significant transfers were made to fund capital projects, one point four five million towards the
construction of the new parks’ trails road and other, offset by sales taxes and other revenue sources
which were higher than expected and general government and employee benefits expenditures which
were lower than expected. So, in other words, you transferred one point four five million and you
only dropped, which you were able to stick into the reserve by two hundred and sixty-nine thousand.
That means you’re again over budgeted by about one point two million dollars which is pretty darn
consistent over the past six or seven years. So, the point I’d like to make is that I wouldn’t be taking
accolades for holding the taxes flat, when really you’ve been taking too much all of these years. And
not, I would not like to see us get into the kind of crunch that we were earlier when the town tax was
completely eliminated by Dan Stec. That stunt put us in peril. We actually ran the reserve down to
nothing during the 2009 recession. So, but that was, you know, we went from zero town tax to about
two million dollars a year town tax and we built that reserve up after a couple of years to where it
ought to be. The problem is, no one ever lowered that two million dollar tax. You had to put your
foot on the accelerator in order to make up for the over spending, not the over spending but the under
taxing that was done in the earlier part of this decade. But you, when you reached that goal, the logical
thing to do is to back off and try to, you know, run at where you need to be. Where one year you
might be in the lower and another year a little under but you got this big six or seven million dollar
cushion anyhow which is going to go ahead. I mean, six million dollars is almost half a year’s
expenditures on the general fund. So, it’s a big, it’s a very big slush fund. It’s a general, you need a
general fund. Schools are limited to four percent; you’re at almost fifty percent. So, I mean it’s, there
is no regulation other than your self-regulation and the GASB 45. So, that’s all I had to say. I don’t
expect that you would change anything tonight because as I said, this is going to take some
discussions. What you need to do is to find out what you’re actually spending or pay attention to
what the auditor has been telling you and then find the right median so that we are treating the
residents fairly too. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH-Thank you. Anybody else like to speak to the Town Board about the
proposed 2020 Town Budget? Alright, seeing none. Some closing thoughts, at least from me but
other Board Members may too but our general fund balance is four point two million exactly what it
should be. You know, for a general fund appropriations are twenty point two million, our unrestricted
fund balance policy that was aired and approved by previous Town Board and after experience and
consulting with auditors, it says that the Town Board will strive to meet a minimum of unrestricted
fund balance in the general fund of no less than three months of regular general fund operating
expenditures. So we’re right on. The State Comptroller looks at us and rates us. We were given a
fiscal stress rating of three point three. That’s out of a hundred. A hundred, you’re in deep fiscal
trouble so that is actually very good. Our environmental stress level is ten. Both of those fall into the
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category of no designation. In other words, the State Comptroller likes what they see here in the
Town of Queensbury. Sales tax revenue; we set the sales tax revenue at nine point four, the same
thing as the County did. They used the 2018 figure, we used the 2018 figure. The Town audit; the
Town auditors say that we’re doing a pretty good job on just about everything that we are doing. Our
financial statement are presented fairly in all material respects and in accordance with a credited
accounting principles. Alright, so where do we sit? We learn from the past. Yes, are we putting
money aside for capital reserves? We certainly are. We’re buying snowplow trucks to replace twenty
year old snowplow trucks. We’re putting, we’re buying a nice building for the Town Highway
Department that, and this is way, way overdue. We’re doing a lot of things that are way overdue. We
do not want to put ourselves in a situation where we were in 2008 and where a lot of municipalities
were in 2008. That was not good planning. So we want to do good planning and what we are doing
is good planning. So when the economy does a downturn, we have new buildings that are paid for,
we have snowplow trucks that are paid for. We have a Town that’s in good infrastructure shape. We
have a vehicle management program that puts our vehicles in good shape so when we do have an
economic downturn, we won’t have to spend money on those areas. We won’t have to increase taxes
at a time when taxpayers can least afford an increase in taxes. And our tax levy is tax capped
compliant, we are under the two percent. So, you know, if we were to exceed, in other words, reduce
taxes and exceed your tax cap, then your citizens may lose eligibility for their school tax rebate. So,
you know, there’s a lot of things that this Town Board and our Budget Officer that we consider. We
are very careful in developing this budget so that it is a good and fair budget for the residents of
Queensbury and for the Town of Queensbury. And by any perimeter that you want to come and
measure us, that’s what you will find. Alright, those are some of my thoughts. Anybody else? Okay,
I’ll close the public hearing and we’ll move on.
PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED
Supervisor Strough reviewed the proposed elected officials’ salaries as proposed in the following
resolution:
RESOLUTION ADOPTING ANNUAL TOWN BUDGET FOR 2020
RESOLUTION NO.: 365, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Jennifer Switzer
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board conducted a public hearing on Monday,
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November 4, 2019 concerning the proposed 2020 Preliminary Budget and all interested persons
were heard, and
WHEREAS, the proposed 2020 Preliminary Budget sets forth the proposed 2020 salaries
of the Town’s Elected Officials as required by New York State Town Law §27,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs that the 2020
salaries for the Town of Queensbury Elected Officials shall be as follows:
TOWN SUPERVISOR 67,276.
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TOWN COUNCILPERSON (4) 18,000.
TOWN CLERK 75,559.
TOWN HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT 76,377.
TOWN JUSTICES (2) 53,109
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby adopts the 2020 Preliminary Budget presented
at this meeting as the Town of Queensbury Annual Budget for 2020 with the following
modifications:, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to enter
the Adopted Annual Budget in the minutes of the Town Board proceedings, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that a copy of the adopted Annual Budget for 2020, including a copy of the
S495 Exemption Impact Report, is attached and made part of this Resolution, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to prepare
and certify duplicate copies of the Adopted Annual Budget and deliver one copy to the Queensbury
Town Supervisor so that he may present it to the Warren County Board of Supervisors, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and
Town Budget Officer to take all actions necessary to effect this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Strough, Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
Supervisor reviewed the proposed twelve resolutions before the Town Board.
3.0 PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR FOR RESOLUTIONS ONLY (LIMIT 3 MIN)
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 248
No one spoke.
4.0 RESOLUTIONS
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RELEASE OF LETTER OF CREDIT IN
CONNECTION WITH DEDICATION OF BURNT HILLS DRIVE AND
WOODEN LANE IN THE BURNT HILLS SUBDIVISION
RESOLUTION NO.: 366, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 411, 2015 the Queensbury Town Board authorized the
dedication of Burnt Hills Drive and Wooden Lane in the Burnt Hills Subdivision to the Town of
Queensbury and at the time of dedication, the developer, JD Michaels Holdings, LLC, provided the
Town with a $91,000 Letter of Credit with The Adirondack Trust Company to ensure placement of
the top coat on such roads, and
WHEREAS, the Town’s Highway Superintendent has advised the Town Board that the roads
have been completed to the Highway Superintendent’s satisfaction and Highway Department’s
specifications and therefore has requested that the Town Board authorize the release of the Letter of
Credit,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the release of the Letter of
Credit to JD Michaels Holdings, LLC in connection with the dedication of Burnt Hills Drive and
Wooden Lane in the Burnt Hills Subdivision, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Highway
Superintendent to provide a certified copy of this Resolution to JD Michaels Holdings, LLC and/or
The Adirondack Trust Company and the Town Supervisor, Town Highway Superintendent and/or
Town Budget Officer to take such other and further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this
Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 249
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY
ASSESSMENT CASES FILED BY LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, INC.
RESOLUTION NO.: 367, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, Lowe’s Home Centers Inc. (“Petitioner”), filed Article 7 Real Property
Assessment Review cases against the Town of Queensbury challenging the 2017 through 2019
assessments on real property located at 251 Quaker Road, Queensbury, New York (Tax Map
Parcel # 296.20-1-50.1), and
WHEREAS, it appears to be in the best interests of the Town to avoid the significant costs
that would result if the litigation continues and goes to trial, and
WHEREAS, the Town Assessor now recommends proposed settlement terms which have
been negotiated with Petitioner, and
WHEREAS, we understand that the Glens Falls City School District’s Board of Education
has approved the proposed settlement terms,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves the proposed settlement of
the tax assessment cases filed by Lowe’s Home Centers Inc. as follows:
1) The 2017 assessment challenge shall be discontinued without reduction of the
assessment or refunds;
2) The 2018 assessment shall be reduced to $9,100,000 with refunds to be paid;
3) The assessed value for Tax Map Parcel #296.20-1-50.1 shall be fixed at $8,500,000 for
the 2019, 2020 and 2021 Assessment Rolls unless the property is further improved or
the assessment is subject to some other exception under Real Property Tax Law Section
727;
and
BE IT FURTHER,
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RESOLVED, that approval of this settlement agreement is contingent upon Town Counsel’s
review and approval of the Consent Judgment, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town
Assessor, Town Clerk and/or Town Counsel to execute settlement documents and take any additional
steps necessary to effectuate the proposed settlement in accordance with the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF UTILITY AIR
COMPRESSOR FOR WATER DEPARTMENT
RESOLUTION NO.: 368, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury’s Water Superintendent has requested Town Board
approval to replace a 1992 air compressor in the Water Department by purchasing a utility air
compressor from Walter S. Pratt & Sons, Inc. in accordance with Walter S. Pratt & Son’s, Inc.’s
October 18, 2019 quotation presented at this meeting, for an amount not to exceed $22,154, and
WHEREAS, bidding is not required for such purchase as the price has been set under New
York State Office of General Services Procurement Program Contract #PC67141,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the purchase of a Doosan
P185WDOU-T4F utility air compressor for use by the Water Department from Walter S. Pratt &
Sons, Inc. in accordance with Walter S. Pratt & Son’s, Inc.’s October 18, 2019 quotation substantially
in the form presented at this meeting for an amount not to exceed $22,154 and in accordance with
New York State Office of General Services Procurement Program Contract #PC67141, to be paid for
from Account No.: 040-8340-2001, and
BE IT FURTHER,
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 251
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to
engage the services of auction company GovDeals to sell/dispose of the 1992 air compressor, Town
Asset No.: 3485, and deposit any sales proceeds into the appropriate revenue account(s) in accordance
with the Queensbury Town Code and New York State Laws, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Water
Superintendent, Purchasing Agent and/or Town Budget Officer to take any actions necessary to
effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING 2020 RENEWAL CONTRACT FOR
EMPIRE MEDIBLUE FREEDOM (PPO)
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INSURANCE
RESOLUTION NO.: 369, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury previously entered into agreements for employee group
health insurance plans with Blue View Vision, Empire Blue Cross and Empire Blue Cross Medicare
Advantage, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board, in conjunction with Upstate Agency LLC, has negotiated a
renewal contract for the year 2020 with Empire MediBlue Freedom (PPO) Medicare Advantage,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves and authorizes a renewal
contract for the year 2020 with Empire MediBlue Freedom (PPO) Medicare Advantage with the 2020
monthly premium to be $395.80 per member, and
BE IT FURTHER,
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 252
RESOLVED, that in the event that surcharges, fees or taxes are mandated or imposed on
the Town’s health insurance policies that are beyond the Town’s control, resulting rate changes
may be passed on to all employees without further Town Board Resolution, although the Town
will provide notice of any such rate changes to all employees and retirees, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to
execute any contracts and documentation and the Town Supervisor and/or Town Budget Officer to
take such other and further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PROMOTION OF TYSON CONVERSE
FROM LABORER TO WATER MAINTENANCE WORKER II
RESOLUTION NO.: 370, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury’s Water Superintendent has recommended that the
Town Board authorize the promotion of Tyson Converse from Laborer to Water Maintenance
Worker II at the Town’s Water Treatment Plant, and
WHEREAS, the Water Superintendent has advised that Mr. Converse has passed the
Departmental verbal exam for the position, has obtained a Class B Driver’s License, and has the
required job experience, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize the requested promotion,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the promotion
of Tyson Converse from Laborer to Water Maintenance Worker II at the Town’s Water Treatment
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Plant effective on or about November 5, 2019 at the rate of pay specified in the Town’s CSEA Union
Agreement for the position, and
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 253
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that in accordance with the Town’s Agreement with CSEA, such promotion
shall be subject to a 90 day trial (probationary) period and any other applicable Civil Service
requirements, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Water
Superintendent and/or Town Budget Officer to complete any forms and take any action necessary to
effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019 by the following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HIRING OF CHAD SIGNOR AS
FULL-TIME LABORER FOR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
RESOLUTION NO.: 371, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury’s Director of Parks and Recreation and Recreation
Commission have advised the Queensbury Town Board that there is currently a vacancy in a full-time
Laborer position in the Department, and
WHEREAS, consistent with the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Director of Parks and
Recreation and Town Recreation Commission posted availability for the position, reviewed resumes,
interviewed candidates and have recommended that the Town Board authorize the hiring of Chad
Signor as the full-time Laborer,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the hiring of
Chad Signor as a full-time Laborer in the Town’s Parks and Recreation Department effective on or
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about November 5, 2019 subject to the Town successfully completing a pre-employment physical
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 254
and background checks as reasonably necessary to judge fitness for the duties for which hired, and
drug and/or alcohol screening, and subject to Mr. Signor’s successful completion of a 26 week
probationary period, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that Mr. Signor shall be paid the hourly rate of pay for the Laborer position as
delineated in the Town’s current Agreement with the Civil Service Employees Association, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Parks
and Recreation Director and/or Town Budget Officer to complete any forms and take any action
necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019 by the following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HIRING OF SUSAN CAMPBELL
AS PART-TIME COURT OFFICER
RESOLUTION NO.: 372, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Justices have advised that they wish to hire an additional
part-time Town Court Officer on an “as needed” basis at the Town of Queensbury’s Justice Court,
and
WHEREAS, the Town Justices have recommended that the Town Board hire Susan Campbell
and the Town Board concurs with such recommendation,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the hiring of
Susan Campbell as a part-time Court Officer on an “as needed” basis at the hourly rate of pay of
$16.98 as set forth in Resolution No.: 465, 2019, subject to Ms. Campbell passing a pre-employment
physical as required by Town Policy and the Town successfully completing background checks as
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 255
reasonably necessary to judge fitness for the duties for which hired and/or drug and/or alcohol
screenings, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes payment in the amount of $27.46 per
service fee to Ms. Campbell for service of any paper required by Town Court or any Town of
Queensbury Department as also set forth in Resolution No.: 465, 2019, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town
Justices, Court Clerks and/or Town Budget Officer to complete any necessary forms and take any
actions necessary to effectuate this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 4day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDS
FOR SALE OF OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT
RESOLUTION NO.: 373, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State Town Law §64(2), the Queensbury Town
Board may authorize the sale of items which are no longer needed by the Town or obsolete, and
WHEREAS, the Town’s Budget Officer requested that Town Departments advise of any
surplus items in their respective Departments and the Town Budget Officer did receive lists of items
from various Departments which are considered to be surplus, and
WHEREAS, the Budget Officer advised the various Town Departments of the surplus items
and did not receive any requests from the Departments for such surplus items and therefore has
requested Town Board authorization to sell the surplus items by using the auction company GovDeals
to dispose of such surplus property, or, if deemed unsafe and/or inoperable by the Department
Manager(s), to be sold or disposed of as scrap, and
WHEREAS, the following is the list of surplus items provided by the various Town
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Departments:
Item Dept Tag#
2007 Chevy Silverado 1500 Water 4312
Computer Water 8726
Computer Water 9376
Computer Court 9054
Computer Town Clerk n/a
Computer Town Clerk n/a
Computer Water 9258
Computer Zoning 9079
Computer Court 9053
Computer Water 9314
Computer Water 9310
Computer Water 9100
Computer Court 9055
Computer Water 9308
Computer Highway 9097
Computer Water 9156
Computer Highway 9099
Computer Water 9154
Computer Water 9309
Computer Accounting 9193
Computer Accounting 9192
Computer Accounting 9191
Town
Computer Counsel 9047
Laptop Assessor 9117
Records
Laptop Clerk 9142
Clerk's
Computer counter 9061
Clerk's
Computer counter 9063
Laptop B&C 9324
Computer Historian 9042
Computer Cemetery n/a
Laptop Town Clerk 9112
Computer Assessor 9319
Computer Assessor 9320
Computer Assessor 9316
Computer Assessor 9317
Computer Assessor 9318
Computer Parks & Rec 9093
Computer Parks & Rec 9094
Computer Parks & Rec 9090
Computer Parks & Rec 9095
Computer Parks & Rec 9089
Computer Parks & Rec 9091
Computer Supervisor 9299
Computer B&C n/a
Computer Planning 9078
Computer Supervisor n/a
Computer Water 9161
Computer Cemetery n/a
Computer Town Clerk 9060
Computer Town Clerk 9301
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 257
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves of the sale of the surplus
items that are no longer needed by the Town or obsolete by using the auction company GovDeals to
dispose of such surplus property, or, if deemed unsafe and/or inoperable by the Department
Manager(s), to be sold or disposed of as scrap, as follows:
Item Dept Tag#
2007 Chevy Silverado 1500 Water 4312
Computer Water 8726
Computer Water 9376
Computer Court 9054
Computer Town Clerk n/a
Computer Town Clerk n/a
Computer Water 9258
Computer Zoning 9079
Computer Court 9053
Computer Water 9314
Computer Water 9310
Computer Water 9100
Computer Court 9055
Computer Water 9308
Computer Highway 9097
Computer Water 9156
Computer Highway 9099
Computer Water 9154
Computer Water 9309
Computer Accounting 9193
Computer Accounting 9192
Computer Accounting 9191
Town
Computer Counsel 9047
Laptop Assessor 9117
Records
Laptop Clerk 9142
Clerk's
Computer counter 9061
Clerk's
Computer counter 9063
Laptop B&C 9324
Computer Historian 9042
Computer Cemetery n/a
Laptop Town Clerk 9112
Computer Assessor 9319
Computer Assessor 9320
Computer Assessor 9316
Computer Assessor 9317
Computer Assessor 9318
Computer Parks & Rec 9093
Computer Parks & Rec 9094
Computer Parks & Rec 9090
Computer Parks & Rec 9095
Computer Parks & Rec 9089
Computer Parks & Rec 9091
Computer Supervisor 9299
Computer B&C n/a
Computer Planning 9078
Computer Supervisor n/a
Computer Water 9161
Computer Cemetery n/a
Computer Town Clerk 9060
Computer Town Clerk 9301
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 258
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and engagement of the
services of auction company GovDeals to sell/dispose of the surplus item(s) and all Town proceeds
from the sales shall be deposited into the appropriate revenue account(s) in accordance with the
Queensbury Town Code and New York State Laws, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer
and/or Purchasing Agent to accept or reject any bids received online for any online auction bids, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town
Budget Officer, Purchasing Agent and/or Town Counsel to take such further actions as may be
necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF JUNKYARD LICENSE
FROM MORGAN K. COMBS TO MAURICE COMBS
RESOLUTION NO. 374, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, Morgan K. Combs previously obtained approval for a junkyard license
(“License”) for the establishment and operation of a Junkyard on property located at 32 VanDusen
Road identified as tax map parcel nos: 308.15-1-24, 25,26, 27 and 28 (“Property”) in accordance with
Queensbury Town Code Chapter 102 “Junkyards,” and
WHEREAS, Morgan K. Combs recently passed away and his brother Maurice Combs
obtained ownership of the Property, and
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 259
WHEREAS, Maurice Combs has accordingly requested Town approval to transfer the
License from his deceased brother’s name into his name to allow for the continued operation and
maintenance of the Junkyard on the identical terms as previously authorized, and
WHEREAS, junkyard licenses in the Town are personal and not assignable without Town
approval, and
WHEREAS, the Director of Building and Codes Enforcement and Town Zoning
Administrator and Code Compliance Officer have recommended approval of the License transfer to
Maurice Combs, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has considered Maurice Combs’ request and believes that the
requested License transfer is consistent with the intent of Town Code Chapter 102,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the transfer of the Junkyard
License for the operation and maintenance of a Junkyard on property located at 32 VanDusen Road
identified as tax map parcel nos: 308.15-1-24, 25,26, 27 and 28 from Morgan K. Combs to Maurice
Combs as delineated in the preambles of this Resolution on the identical terms as the initially
approved License in accordance with Queensbury Town Code Chapter 102 “Junkyards,” and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Director of
Building and Codes Enforcement, Town Zoning Administrator and Code Compliance Officer and/or
Town Clerk to take any actions necessary to effectuate the transfer of the License and all terms of this
Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT
WITH CITY OF GLENS FALLS FOR PLOWING
OF CERTAIN BORDER STREETS
RESOLUTION NO.: 375, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 260
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury (Town) and the City of Glens Falls (City) are
immediately adjacent municipalities with several streets located along the border between the Town
and City, and
WHEREAS, these streets are used by residents of both municipalities and are immediately
adjacent to properties of both municipalities, and
WHEREAS, in 2000 and 2001 the Town Board and City Council authorized an
Intermunicipal Agreement providing that each municipality would plow some of the other’s streets
on the municipal boundary and this plowing arrangement successfully improved the prompt,
beneficial and efficient plowing of these streets, and
WHEREAS, the Town and City wish to again enter into such an Intermunicipal Agreement,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the Intermunicipal
Agreement with the City of Glens Falls providing for the plowing of certain border streets within the
Town and City substantially in the form presented at this meeting, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute the
Agreement and the Town Supervisor, Town Highway Superintendent and/or Town Budget Officer
to take such other and further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019 by the following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
RESOLUTION TO AMEND 2019 BUDGET
RESOLUTION NO.: 376, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 261
WHEREAS, the following Budget Amendment Requests have been duly initiated and
justified and are deemed compliant with Town operating procedures and accounting practices by the
Town Budget Officer,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town’s
Accounting Office to take all action necessary to amend the 2019 Town Budget as follows:
To
Code Appropriation Code Appropriation $
001-1990-4400 Contingency 001-1315-4451 Computer Process 9,000
001-1990-4400 Contingency 001-1345-4080 Legal Advertising 500
001-1990-4400 Contingency 001-1345-4400 Purchasing 5,000
001-1990-4400 Contingency 001-3510-4760 Vet Services 1,000
001-1990-4400 Contingency 001-8989-4414 Community Svcs 4,000
002-1680-4400 Misc. Contractual 002-1650-4100 Telephone 2,000
033-0000-0909 Fund Balance 033-8110-4130 Town Counsel Ret 1,000
047-8310-4400 Misc. Contractual 047-1650-4100 Telephone 100
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019 by the following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
RESOLUTION APPROVING AUDIT OF BILLS -
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WARRANT OF NOVEMBER 5, 2019
RESOLUTION NO.: 377, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to approve an audit of bills presented as a
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Warrant with a run date of October 31, 2019 and a payment date of November 5, 2019,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves the Warrant with a run date
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of October 31, 2019 and a payment date of November 5, 2019 totaling $766,258.20, and
BE IT FURTHER,
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 262
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or
Town Budget Officer to take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms
of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
5.0 CORRESPONDENCE
TOWN CLERK BARBER-Building & Codes Supervisor’s October Monthly Report has been
received and filed in the Town Clerk’s Office.
6.0 PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR (LIMIT- 4 MINUTES)
TRAVIS WHITEHEAD read statement from latest Town audit: the general fund is the main
operating fund of the Town, at the end of the current fiscal year, the unreserved unappropriated
fund balance of the general fund was six million seven hundred and fifty thousand nine hundred
and three dollars of the total fund balance of the general fund aggregated, ten million two
hundred eighty-four thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars. As a measure of the general
fund’s liquidity, it’s useful to compare both unreserved unappropriated and total fund balance to
total fund expenditures. The unreserved unappropriated balance represents forty-seven percent
of the total general fund expenditures and transfers out for 2018. While the total fund balance
represents seventy-one percent of the same amount.
7.0 TOWN BOARD DISCUSSIONS
COUNCILWOMAN SWITZER (WARD IV) – Nothing to report
COUNCILMAN FERONE (WARD III) – Nothing to report
COUNCILWOMAN ATHERDEN (WARD II)
Announced that the New York State Department of Health has scheduled a public meeting
this Thursday at SUNY Adirondack Hall from 7 to 9 p.m. to discuss the regional cancer
study.
Announced the Green Fair or Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair being held
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on the 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sage College in Albany.
SUPERVISOR STROUGH -
Read letter from Bruce Bechard, Division Vice President at Aldis thanking Queensbury
for the warm welcome.
Recognized the employees of 30 years of service to the Town of Queensbury; Karen
O’Brien, Maria Gagliardi and David Duel. Employees of 31 years; Pam Hunsinger,
Eugene Ward and Dave Hatin. Employees of 32 years; Peter Smith and Bob Goodson.
Recognized and thanked all of the emergency responders, Highway Department, Water
Department and Building & Grounds Department for their efforts during the recent
storm.
Reviewed the annual fall leaf bag pick-up schedule.
Reviewed safety training and compliance schedule for Town employees.
Regular Town Board Meeting, 11-04-2019, Mtg # 35 263
Noted that he mailed a letter on behalf of the Highway Department to all property owners
on Route 9 regarding not dumping or plowing snow onto the Town’s sidewalks.
Supervisor’s Report to Board and Community.
Thanked Look TV and our sponsors for televising these meetings.
RESOLUTION ADJOURNING REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING
RESOLUTION NO.: 378, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Jennifer Switzer
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns its Regular
Town Board Meeting.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Strough, Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
CAROLINE H. BARBER
TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY