186.2021 Authorize Amendment to 2021 2022 City of GF Transporation Agree-Bike Share Program
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT TO 2021/2022
TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF GLENS FALLS
AND TOWN OF QUEENSBURY TO CONTRIBUTE TO GREATER GLENS
FALLS TRANSIT SYSTEM’S BIKE SHARE PROGRAM
RESOLUTION NO.: 186, 2021
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer
WHEREAS, the City of Glens Falls operates a public mass transportation system known as the
Greater Glens Falls Transit System (Transit System) which provides transit bus service within portions
of Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 294,2020, the Queensbury Town Board approved the
Transportation Agreement between the City of Glens Falls and Town of Queensbury for January 1,
2021 through December 31, 2022 for an amount of $59,137 annually for 2021 and the amount for
2022 to be set by the Advisory Committee in 2021, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize an amendment to the Agreement to provide
for a $2,500 contribution toward the Transit System’s Bike Share Program as the Town Board
believes that this will expand public transportation service benefits and serve the public interest of
Town residents, and
WHEREAS, a copy of an amended Agreement has been presented at this meeting,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves and authorizes the
amendment to the Transportation Agreement between the City of Glens Falls and Town of
Queensbury for an amount of $59,137 annually for 2021 plus a $2,500 contribution toward the
Greater Glens Falls Transit System’s Bike Share Program, with the amount for 2022 to be set by
the Advisory Transportation Committee in 2021 (on which the Town has two representatives), to be
paid from the appropriate account, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute the
Agreement in substantially the form presented at this meeting and the Town Supervisor, Senior Planner
and/or Budget Officer to take such other and further actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this
Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 7 day of June, 2021, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty
NOES : None
ABSENT: None