129.2001
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING
BAY RIDGE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INC.’S
PROPOSAL TO PURCHASE BRUSH TRUCK
RESOLUTION NO.: 129, 2001
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury and the Bay Ridge 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 replace its 1982
FMC Brush Truck by purchasing one (1) 2001 Ford F-550 Chassis with Stahl Grand Challenger Body
(Brush Truck) for the approximate sum of $60,000, and
WHEREAS, the Fire Company reports that it presently has approximately $140,000 in its
restricted vehicle fund and plans to purchase the new Brush Truck by using approximately $60,000 of
such funds, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to set a public hearing concerning the proposed Brush
Truck purchase,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall conduct a public hearing concerning the
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proposed purchase of a new Brush Truck by the Bay Ridge Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. on April 2,
2001 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 19 day of March, 2001, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Martin
NOES: None
ABSENT:None