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2020 ORGANIZATIONAUHealth Officer—Andrew Garner
RESOLUTION REAPPOINTING ANDREW GARNER, M.D. AS
2020 TOWN HEALTH OFFICER AND AUTHORIZING
HEALTH OFFICER AGREEMENT
RESOLUTION NO.: ,2020
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS, the term of the Town of Queensbury's Health Officer, Andrew Garner, M.D.,
expired as of December 31 St,2019, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to reappoint Dr. Garner as Town Health Officer for
2020 and enter into an Agreement with Dr. Garner to serve as the Town's Health Officer, and
WHEREAS, a proposed Agreement is presented at this meeting,
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board appoints Andrew Garner, M.D. as the
Town of Queensbury's 2020 Health Officer, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the annual salary for Dr. Garner shall be $2,000, plus $100 per hour for
any case work the Town assigns to him, to be paid for from the appropriate account as determined
by the Town Budget Officer, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to
execute the Agreement substantially in the form presented at this meeting and 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.
Duly adopted this I"day of January, 2020, by the following vote:
AYES
NOES
ABSENT:
ANNUAL A�;REEMENTS\2020\Health Officer—Andrew Garner
HEALTH OFFICER SERVICE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN
DR. ANDREW GARNER AND TOWN OF QUEENSBURY
WHEREAS, by Resolution, the Town of Queensbury (Town) has appointed Dr. Andrew
Garner (Dr. Garner) to serve as Town Health Officer in accordance with Public Health Law
§324; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Garner has accepted this appointment;
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Dr. Garner shall serve as Health Officer for the Town as of January Is', 2020 and
continuing through December 31", 2020.
2. The Town Health Officer may be removed from office for cause as set forth at
Public Health Law §322.
3. The Town Health Officer shall make an annual sanitary survey and maintain
sanitary supervision over the Town.
4. The Town Health Officer shall make a sanitary inspection periodically of all
places of public assemblage and shall report thereon to those responsible for the maintenance of
such places of public assemblage.
5. The Town Health Officer shall promote the spread of information as to the cause,
nature and prevention of prevalent diseases and the preservation and improvement of health.
6. The Town Health Officer shall take steps as may be necessary to secure prompt
and full reports by physicians of reportable diseases and prompt and complete registration of
births and deaths.
7. The Town Health Officer shall enforce within the Town the provisions of Public
Health Law and the Sanitary Code.
8. The Town Health Officer shall attend conferences called by the Commissioner of
the Department of Health or his authorized representatives.
9 The Town Health Officer shall file such reports as may be required under the
Sanitary Code or otherwise required by the Department of Health.
10. The Town Health Officer shall perform such other duties as may be required by
the Town and advise the Town Local Board of Health in matters that continue to come to the
Board's attention including, but not limited to, issues concerning outdoor furnaces and variances
from the Town's On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance.
11. The Town Health Officer shall receive an annual payment from the Town of
$2,000.00 payable January 1" of each calendar year during the term of office. In addition, the
Town shall pay the Town Health Officer $100.00 per hour for any case work assigned to the
Town Health Officer by the Town.
12. The Town Health Officer shall provide certification of insurance (including
professional liability) acceptable to the Town and naming the Town as an additional insured.
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY ANDREW GARNER, M.D.
BY: BY:
JOHN F. STROUGH ANDREW GARNER,M.D.
TOWN SUPERVISOR TOWN HEALTH OFFICER
STATE OF NEW YORK)
ss..
COUNTY OF WARREN)
On this day of January in the year 2020 before me, the undersigned, a notary public in
and for said state, personally appeared JOHN F. STROUGH, personally known to me or proved to
me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within
instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his
signature on the instrument, the individual or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted,
executed the instrument.
Notary Public
STATE OF NEW YORK)
ss..
COUNTY OF WARREN)
On this day of , in the year 2020 before me, the undersigned, a
notary public in and for said state, personally appeared ANDREW GARNER, M.D., personally
known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose
name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same
in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual or the person upon
behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
Notary Public