413.2005
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER WEST
GLENS FALLS EMERGENCY SQUAD, INC.’S CONSTRUCTION OF NEW
SQUAD BUILDING
RESOLUTION NO.: 413, 2005
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury and the West Glens Falls Emergency Squad, Inc. have
entered into an Agreement for emergency services (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 presented to the Town Board a proposal to construct a new Squad
building on the west side of Luzerne Road in the Town of Queensbury for a principal amount not to
exceed $1.7 million and proposes to finance the construction project by acquiring a mortgage, and
WHEREAS, the Squad is in negotiations for a financing agreement for the amount of $1.7
million for 20 years at a at a rate to be determined, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has determined that it is in the best interest of the Squad and
Town residents to conduct a public hearing concerning the proposed construction project,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall conduct a public hearing on September
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26, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury to consider
approval of the West Glens Falls Emergency Squad, Inc.’s, proposed construction of a new Squad
building on the west side of Luzerne Road in the Town of Queensbury for a principal amount not to
exceed $1.7 million, and a corresponding amendment to theAgreement between the Town and the
Squad, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to publish a Notice
of Hearing in The Post-Star as required by statute, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that after the public hearing, the Town Board will consider adoption of a
Resolution approving the Squad’s incurrence of financial obligations for the construction of the Squad
building with the understanding that the Town shall not, by the adoption of any Resolution, create or
intend to create any assumption on the part of the Town of Queensbury of any obligation or liability for
such financing and a corresponding amendment to the Agreement between the Town and the Squad.
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Duly adopted this 12 day of September, 2005, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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