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357.2010 Adv.Pay NoQ-Bay Ridge RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADVANCE PAYMENTS TO THE NORTH QUEENSBURY AND BAY RIDGE RESCUE SQUADS RESOLUTION NO.: 357, 2010 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Ronald Montesi WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHEREAS, general emergency ambulance services are provided to the Town of Queensbury by the Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc., North Queensbury Rescue Squad, Inc., and West Glens Falls Emergency Squad, Inc., (Squads) in accordance with agreements between each Rescue Squad and the Town, and WHEREAS, the Town’s agreements with the Squads expired on December 31, 2009, and WHEREAS, in such Agreements the Town and Squads agreed to continue to provide general emergency ambulance services under the terms and provisions of the existing agreements during the interim period pending execution of new agreements, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 52,2010, the Town Board authorized payment vouchers th constituting 1/12 of the 2009 Contract Amount for January and February to the Squads under the current Agreements, which payments constituted advance payments on the new general emergency ambulance services 2010 Agreements, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 110,2010, the Town Board authorized payment vouchers th constituting 1/12 of the 2009 Contract Amount for March, April and May to the Squads under the current Agreements, which payments constituted advance payments on the new general emergency ambulance services 2010 Agreements, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 199,2010, the Town Board authorized payment vouchers th constituting 1/12 of the 2009 Contract Amount for June, July and August to the Squads under the current Agreements, which payments constituted advance payments on the new general emergency ambulance services 2010 Agreements, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 295,2010, the Town Board authorized payment vouchers th constituting 1/12 of the 2009 Contract Amount for September and October to the Squads under the current Agreements, which payments constituted advance payments on the new general emergency ambulance services 2010 Agreements, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 345,2010, the Town Board approved the emergency ambulance service Agreement between the Town and the West Glens Falls Emergency Squad, Inc., for the year 2010, and WHEREAS, the Bay Ridge and North Queensbury Rescue Squads may face cash flow shortages before their new agreements can be executed and therefore the Town Board wishes to again authorize advance payments under the current Agreements, which after new agreements are entered into, will constitute advance payments on the 2010 agreements to the Bay Ridge and North Queensbury Rescue Squads, such advances to be deducted from contract payments to be paid after the 2010 contracts are ratified, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Supervisor to th approve payment vouchers for 1/12 of the respective 2009 Contract Amount(s) during November, 2010 to the Bay Ridge and North Queensbury Rescue Squads under the current Agreements, which payments will constitute advance payments on the new general emergency ambulance services 2010 Agreement(s) if such agreements are entered into, with the further understanding that the Town shall th also approve payment vouchers for 1/12 of the North Queensbury Rescue Squads’ paid daytime service costs, and 2 BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that should new emergency ambulance services 2010 Agreements not be entered th into by November 30, 2010, then the Town Board authorizes the Town Supervisor to approve th additional payment vouchers constituting 1/12 of the 2009 Contract Amount to the Bay Ridge and North Queensbury RescueSquads during December, 2010, again with the understanding that the th Town shall also approve payment vouchers for 1/12 of the North Queensbury RescueSquads’ paid daytime service costs, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and Town Budget Officer to make the necessary arrangements to make such payments which are authorized under the current Agreements and take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. st Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2010, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Montesi, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Metivier NOES : None ABSENT: None 3