491.2003
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON QUEENSBURY
CENTRAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INC.’S PROPOSAL TO
PURCHASE PIERCE CUSTOM ENFORCER PUMPER TRUCK
RESOLUTION NO.: 491, 2003
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury and the Queensbury Central 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 a
Pierce Custom Enforcer Pumper Truck for a sum not to exceed $357,500 including modification costs,
and
WHEREAS, the Fire Company plans on paying for the Pumper Truck by using $185,000 in
funds from its Restricted Vehicle Fund, including the Town’s 2004 contract payment, and borrowing
$185,000 from a local bank for a period of five years, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board feels that this new vehicle will provide additional safety
protection for the Town, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to set a public hearing concerning the Fire Company’s
borrowing in case it is to be tax-exempt financing, which requires such a public hearing under the
Internal Revenue Code,
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to set a public hearing concerning the proposed Pumper
Truck purchase,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall conduct a public hearing concerning the
proposed purchase of a Pierce Custom Enforcer Pumper Truck by the Queensbury Central Volunteer
Fire Company, Inc., and the possible partial financing of this by the Fire Company using tax-exempt
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financing, on December 1, 2003 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 ten (10) days prior to
the Public Hearing.
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Duly adopted this 17 day of November, 2003, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner
NOES : None
ABSENT: None