227.2003
RESOLUTION APPROVING BAY RIDGE RESCUE SQUAD, INC.’S
PROPOSAL TO TRADE IN AND PURCHASE HEART
MONITORS/DEFIBRILLATORS AND AMEND BUDGET
RESOLUTION NO.: 227, 2003
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED FOR 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 equipment/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 $29,000 of Year 2002 unspent operating funds toward
the trade-in and purchase, and
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WHEREAS, on May 5, 2003, the Town Board held a public hearing concerning the Squad’s
proposed equipment trade-in and purchase and amendment to its 2003 budget and Agreement and
heard all interested persons, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has determined that it is important for public safety reasons to
upgrade such heart monitoring equipment/defibrillators and that the Town Board has determined this
should be done this year,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves of the Bay Ridge Rescue
Squad, Inc.’s proposal to trade-in its heart monitoring equipment/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 $41,000 in funding for the equipment trade-in and
purchase by amending the Squad’s 2003 Operating Budget, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes an increase in appropriations (005-3410-
4400) Misc. Contractual in the amount of $41,000 to be financed through additional appropriated fund
balance (005-0005-0599), and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Squad may use up to $29,000 of unspent 2002 Operating Budget funds
toward this purchase, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that any additional funds needed to complete this transaction will come from the
Squad’s 2003 Operating Budget, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to sign
any necessary documentation, including an amended Agreement between the Town and the Squad to
provide for the equipment trade-in and purchase in form to be approved by Town Counsel, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town
Comptroller’s Office to take all action necessary to transfer funds and amend the 2003 Town Budget
as necessary, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or
Town Comptroller to take any action necessary to effectuate all terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 5 day of May, 2003 by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor
NOES : None
ABSENT: None