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332.2005 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO HIGH LIFT WATER PUMP VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE RESOLUTION NO.: 332, 2005 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board previously adopted purchasing procedures which require that the Town Board must approve any purchase in an amount of $5,000 or greater up to New York State bidding limits, and WHEREAS, the Town’s Water Superintendent has advised that one of the Town’s variable frequency drives for a high lift water pump was damaged during a momentary electrical power fluctuation and the pump is one of two that is essential to the Town’s Water Treatment Plant Operation and without such pump, the Town cannot meet the demands of its water customers, and WHEREAS, the cost of such needed emergency repairs by the manufacturer will cost approximately $37,000, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby determines that the repair of this pump is an emergency repair needed to provide water to the Town’s residents and certain neighboring municipalities, and such repairs should be made as soon as possible, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby approves and authorizes the repair of one of the Town’s variable frequency drives for a high lift water pump as delineated in this Resolution, in an amount not to exceed $37,000, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs that payment be made through the transfer of $37,000 in funds from Capital Construction Account No.: 40-8340-2899 to Plant Maintenance Account No.: 40-8320-4350, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to amend the 2005 Town Budget, transfer funds and/or take any action necessary to provide for such payment, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Water Superintendent and/or Budget Officer to take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 11 day of July, 2005, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Turner, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor NOES : None ABSENT: None