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199.2002 RESOLUTION OPPOSING PROPOSAL TO REMOVE THE STATE ARCHIVES FROM THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT’S OVERSIGHT RESOLUTION NO.: 199, 2002 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, the current 2002 New York State Budget proposal removes oversight of the State Archives, State Library, State Museum and the State Office for Public Broadcasting from the New York State Education Department and transfers these functions to a newly formed Institute for Cultural Education, and WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Clerk, Town Comptroller and Town Historian have advised the Town Board that they feel such a transfer will disrupt the operation of these functions, and WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury has found the Office of State Archives, under the jurisdiction of the New York State Education Department, to be highly supportive of the Town's records management function both in terms of administrative support and grant funding for special projects, and WHEREAS, the proposed 2002 budget’s proposed realignment of State Archives includes no justification for the operational and financial implications and consequences of removing State Archives from the jurisdiction of the State Education Department, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that upon the recommendations of the Queensbury Town Clerk, Town Comptroller and Town Historian, the Queensbury Town Board hereby expresses its opposition to the current 2002 proposed New York State budget’s proposal to remove oversight of the State Archives, State Library, State Museum and the State Office for Public Broadcasting from the New York State Education Department and transfer these functions to a newly formed Institute for Cultural Education, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to forward to Governor George Pataki, the New York State Legislature and any other parties deemed appropriate, a certified copy of this Resolution together with a letter urging all parties to similarly oppose this proposal. th Duly adopted this 15 day of April, 2002, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Turner, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor NOES : None ABSENT: Mr. Stec