210.2003
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON BAY RIDGE RESCUE
SQUAD, INC.’S PROPOSAL TO TRADE IN AND PURCHASE HEART
MONITOR/ DEFIBRILLATORS AND AMEND BUDGET
RESOLUTION NO.: 210. 2003
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
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 trade-in its heart
monitoring/defibrillators and purchase new, updated Life Pack Twelve Monitor equipment for the net
sum of $70,000, and
WHEREAS, moneys for the proposed equipment trade-in and purchase are not included in the
Squad’s current 2003 Budget and Agreement with the Town, and
WHEREAS, the Squad wishes to use $15,000 of Year 2002 unspent operating funds toward
the trade-in and purchase, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to set a public hearing concerning the Squad’s proposed
equipment trade-in and purchase and amendment to its 2003 budget and 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 trade-in its heart monitoring/defibrillators and purchase
new, updated Life Pack Twelve Monitor equipment and amend its 2003 emergency services budget
and Agreement with the Town to provide up to $55,000 in funding for the equipment trade-in and
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purchase on May 5, 2003 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 21 day of April, 2003, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec
NOES : None
ABSENT: None