575.2005
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING
CONTRACT WITH WEST GLENS FALLS EMS
RESOLUTION NO.: 575, 2005
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury and West Glens Falls Emergency Squad Inc., have
entered into an agreement for Emergency Services, and
WHEREAS, the West Glens Falls Emergency 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, it is important to the Town Board in considering this Resolution that the total
cost of the project not exceed $1.7 million, indeed the Town Board hopes that the total cost is less then
such amount, and
WHEREAS, the West Glens Falls Emergency Squad plans on entering into a financing
agreement for an amount not to exceed $1.55 million for twenty years at a rate to be determined, and
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board has determined that it’s necessary and in the public
interest to approve such construction contract to improve the provision of emergency
services to the Town, and
WHEREAS, the West Glens Falls Emergency Squad has spent certain funds towards the
project for soft costs and has not yet closed on either its real estate or its financing, and
WHEREAS, the West Glens Falls Emergency Squad has spent certain funds included in this
$1.7 seven million project maximum costs and needs these funds to operate until the closings on the
real property and on their financing occur, and
WHEREAS, such amount shall not exceed $39,000, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to determine whether or not it is in the public interest to
have this occur,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby sets a public hearing concerning the
proposed amendment of the Town’s Contract with the West Glens Falls Emergency Squad, Inc., to
authorize an increase in the Contract amount not to exceed $39,000, provided that such $39,000 is
included in the $1.7 million amount and that this amount will be reimbursed when the above closings
occur, with such public hearing to be held at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road,
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Queensbury at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, December 19, 2005 and the Town Board shall hear all
interested persons and take such action required or authorized by law, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk
to publish and post a Notice of Public Hearing in the manner provided by law.
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Duly adopted this 5 day of December, 2005, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Turner, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor
NOES : None
ABSENT: None