086.2006
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED PURCHASE
OF 2005 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER AND COINCIDING CONTRACT
AMENDMENT WITH BAY RIDGE RESCUE SQUAD, INC.
RESOLUTION NO.: 86, 2006
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury and the Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc. (Squad) have
entered into an Agreement for emergency protection services, which Agreement sets forth a number of
terms and conditions including a condition that the Squad will not purchase or enter into any binding
contract to purchase any piece of apparatus, equipment, vehicles, real property, or make any
improvements that would require the Squad to acquire a loan or mortgage or use money placed in a
“vehicles fund” without prior approval of the Queensbury Town Board, and
WHEREAS, the Squad has advised the Town Board that it wishes to purchase a 2005
Chevrolet Trail Blazer (Blazer) for a sum not to exceed $30,000 (including costs of lettering the
vehicle and changing its lights and radios) such purchase already included in the scheduled Squad’s five
(5) year capital plan that forecasts future capital needs and expenditures, including anticipated vehicles,
equipment, tools, other apparatus, facilities or improvements to facilities to be used for emergency
protection services purposes, and
WHEREAS, the Squad plans on paying for the Blazer by financing it with a loan over five (5)
years at a rate to be determined, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board feels that this new Blazer will provide additional, improved
emergency medical services for the Town and therefore the Town Board wishes to set a public hearing
concerning the Squad’s proposed Blazer purchase, financing and the amendment to the Squad’s 2006
Agreement,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall conduct a public hearing concerning the
Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc.’s proposal to purchase a 2005 Chevrolet Trail Blazer and amend its
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2006 emergency services Agreement on Monday, March 6, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. in the Queensbury
Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, 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.
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Duly adopted this 6 day of February, 2006, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer
NOES : None
ABSENT: None