235.99
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO BAY RIDGE RESCUE
SQUAD, INC. FOR ROOF REPAIR
RESOLUTION NO.: 235, 1999
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Richard Merrill
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Douglas Irish
WHEREAS, Town Law §184 provides that a Town Board may contract with an ambulance
service certified or registered in accordance with Public Health Law Article 30 for general emergency
ambulance service within the Town, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury has contracted for emergency ambulance service with
the Town’s three (3) rescue squads including the Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc. (Squad), and
WHEREAS, the Squad has advised the Town that the roof installed on the Squad’s building
several years ago was unsatisfactory and the Squad’s efforts to have it repaired under warranty have
failed as the construction company that performed the roofing work is no longer in business, and
WHEREAS, this past winter the roof suffered ice damage, resulting in additional, serious leaks
that caused damage to the building’s interior ceilings and jeopardized medical equipment and supplies,
and
WHEREAS, the Squad consulted with the Town to ascertain whether the Town would
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approve and fund construction of a new roof as provided by 10 of the Agreement between the Town
and Squad entitled “Unforeseen Events,” and
WHEREAS, the Town advised the Squad to proceed with contracting for installation of a new
roof, and
WHEREAS, the Squad contracted with Quaker Bay, Inc. and Quaker Bay, Inc., installed the
new roof for the amount of $14,497, and
WHEREAS, the Squad received $4,700 from its insurance company toward the cost of the
roof repair, resulting in a net cost to the Squad in the amount of $9,797, and
WHEREAS, the Squad has requested that the Town advance the Squad the amount of $9,797
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to pay for the roof repair in accordance with 10 of the Agreement between the Town and Squad, with
the understanding that the Squad will reimburse the Town when the Squad receives the proceeds of a
contemplated mortgage refinancing of its building, and
WHEREAS, the Town Controller has reviewed the Squad’s request and has requested that the
Town Board authorize the payment of $9,797 to the Squad,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby approves of the
payment of $9,797 to the Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc. from the Town’s Appropriation Account No.:
005-3410-4424 to pay for the Squad’s installation of its new roof, with the understanding that the
Squad will reimburse the Town when the Squad receives the proceeds of a contemplated mortgage
refinancing of its building, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Controller’s Office
to take such other and further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 19 day of July, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Champagne
NOES : None
ABSENT: None