401.2002
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING NEW COORDINATED ASSESSMENT
AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF GLENS FALLS
RESOLUTION NO.: 401, 2002
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 481,98, the Queensbury Town Board enacted Local Law
No. 9 of 1998, which Local Law amended the Town Code by adding a new Chapter 24 entitled
“Coordinated Assessment Program,” which authorized the Town to enter into an agreement with the
City of Glens Falls for a joint assessor, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Real Property Tax Law §576 and §579 and General
Municipal Law Article 5-G, the Town and City entered into a municipal cooperative agreement dated
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December 30, 1998 providing for the appointment of one assessor, Helen Otte, to hold office in both
the Town and City, and
WHEREAS, the Town and City have negotiated revised terms for the Coordinated
Assessment Agreement, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 399, 2002, the City authorized a revised Coordinated
Assessment Agreement containing a provision whereby the City will increase its contribution toward
the Joint Assessor’s salary and associated benefits from $15,000 to $22,500 annually, such increase to
more accurately reflect the City’s use of the Joint Assessor, and
WHEREAS, the revised Agreement is substantially identical in form to the originally
authorized Coordinated Assessment Agreement except for the increase in the City’s contribution and
extending the Agreement to continue in existence until December 31, 2004, unless the City and the
Town decide to extend the Agreement further and deleting the first sentence of Paragraph 11 which is
no longer applicable, and
WHEREAS, such revised Agreement is presented at this meeting and is in form approved by
Town Counsel,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves of the revised Coordinated
Assessment Agreement with the City of Glens Falls substantially in the form presented at this meeting,
such Agreement to terminate on December 31, 2004, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute the
Agreement and take such other and further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 7 day of October, 2002 by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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