414.2002
RESOLUTION APPROVING PURCHASE OF NEW 2003 HORTON
AMBULANCE BY WEST GLENS FALLS EMERGENCY SQUAD, INC.
RESOLUTION NO.: 414, 2002
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury and the West Glens Falls Emergency 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 wishes to replace its 1996 ambulance by trading it in for a 2003
Horton ambulance for the approximate net purchase price of $101,167 ($127,667 original purchase
price minus $26,500 trade-in value of 1996 ambulance), and
WHEREAS, there currently is $95,451 in the Squad’s Restricted Vehicle Fund, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize the Squad’s purchase of the new ambulance
using the $95,451 in the Squad’s Restricted Vehicle Fund and $5,716 in Squad fundraising receipts,
and
WHEREAS, the Squad owes the Restricted Vehicle Fund $40,000 for a Town payment not
deposited to the Restricted Vehicle Fund in 2000 and the Squad has proposed reimbursing the
Restricted Vehicle Fund $8,000 per year beginning in year 2002,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves of the West Glens Falls
Emergency Squad, Inc.’s purchase of one new 2003 Horton ambulance for a sum not to exceed the net
purchase price of $101,167 ($127,667 purchase price less trade-in of 1996 ambulance for $26,500)
with the understanding that the Squad will use $95,451 in available Restricted Vehicle Funds and
$5,716 in fundraising receipts toward the purchase, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board approves the Squad’s proposal to reimburse the Restricted
Vehicle Fund for the Town’s $40,000 payment in year 2000 by paying $8,000 in non-Town funds
annually to the Restricted Vehicle Fund for the next five (5) years, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Comptroller’s
Office to take any and all action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 21 day of October, 2002, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor
NOES : None
ABSENT: None