066.2021 Addtional Engineering Labella Assoc Utility HVAC Project
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
PROVIDED BY LABELLA ASSOCIATES, D.P.C. RELATED TO
UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE (HVAC) IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
RESOLUTION NO.: 66, 2021
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mrs. Timothy McNulty
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 483,2013, the Queensbury Town Board established the Town
Office Complex Improvements Capital Project Fund #203 for funding of certain improvements at the
Town’s Office Building Complex, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.:101,2018 the Town Board authorized engagement of
LaBella Associates, D.P.C. (LaBella) for professional engineering services related to the design and
implementation of utility infrastructure/HVAC improvements at the Queensbury Town Hall and
Activities Center (Project) for the amount of $50,000, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 50,2019 the Town Board authorized LaBella to provide
additional services related to the addition of the design, removal and replacement of a cooling tower for
an additional $4,000 and by Resolution No.: 416,2019 authorized LaBella to provide additional
services resulting from the unexpected rebidding of the Project for an additional $7,000, and
WHEREAS, the Town’s Facilities Manager has advised that LaBella provided additional
engineering services above and beyond the previously authorized services as LaBella needed to re-
engineer the natural gas service requirements of the Project due to unanticipated heavy natural gas
demands placed on the existing supply system by the Town’s new Highway Department Garage
Project (which Highway Project was not approved at the time of this Project’s approval), such
additional services including significant communications with the gas supplier and the Highway
Project engineer to properly calculate and re-design equipment needs and capacities while also
setting the framework for energy savings rebates, and
WHEREAS, by letter dated January 28, 2021, LaBella has accordingly requested additional
payment in the amount of $5,000 for these additional services, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize payment to LaBella for these additional
engineering services,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and ratifies the additional
engineering services provided by LaBella Associates, D.P.C. in the amount of $5,000 as set forth
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in LaBella’s January 28, 2021 letter presented at this meeting and as delineated in the preambles of
this Resolution to be paid for from Capital Construction Account No.: 203-1620-2899, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to
execute any needed documentation and the Town Supervisor, Facilities Manager, Purchasing Agent
and/or Town Budget Officer to take such other and further actions as may be necessary to effectuate
the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 8 day of February, 2021, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: None