419.2004
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON NORTH QUEENSBURY
VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INC.’S PROPOSAL TO PURCHASE
SCOTT AIR PACKS AND NECESSARY, ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
RESOLUTION NO.: 419, 2004
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury and the North Queensbury Volunteer Fire Company,
Inc. (Fire Company) have entered into an Agreement for fire protection services, which Agreement sets
forth a number of terms and conditions including a condition that the Fire Company 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 Fire Company 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 Fire Company has advised the Town Board that it wishes to purchase 19
Scott Air Packs with the necessary, associated equipment (Air Packs) for a sum not to exceed
$113,000, such purchase already included in the scheduled Fire Company’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 firematic purposes, and
WHEREAS, the Fire Company plans on paying for the Air Packs by using approximately
$31,000 in funds from its Restricted Air Pack Fund and entering into three (3) year tax-exempt lease-
purchase agreement with a financial institution for the balance of $82,000, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board feels that these new Air Packs will provide additional safety
protection for the Fire Company’s firefighters and the Town, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to set a public hearing concerning the Fire Company’s
proposed Air Pack purchase and tax-exempt financing, which requires such a public hearing under the
Internal Revenue Code,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall conduct a public hearing concerning the
proposed purchase of 19 Scott Air Packs and the associated, necessary equipment by the North
Queensbury Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., and the partial financing of this purchase by the Fire
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Company using tax-exempt financing, on September 13, 2004 at 7:00 p.m., 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 fourteen (14) days prior
to the Public Hearing.
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Duly adopted this 16 day of August, 2004, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Strough, Mr. Stec
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Brewer