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2022 ORGANIZATIONAL\Health Officer
RESOLUTION REAPPOINTING BRIAN NELSON, M.D. AS
TOWN HEALTH OFFICER FOR 2022
RESOLUTION NO.: 92022
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS,the Queensbury Town Board wishes to reappoint Brian Nelson, M.D. as Town
Health Officer for 2022, and
WHEREAS,a proposed Health Officer Service Agreement is presented at this meeting,
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board reappoints Brian Nelson, M.D., as the
Town of Queensbury's 2022 Health Officer with payment for the position to be $2,000 annually,
plus an additional $100 per hour for any case work the Town assigns to hire, to be paid for from the
appropriate account(s)as may be determined by the Town Budget Officer, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to
execute the Health Officer Service Agreement substantially in the form presented at this meeting
and/or any other needed documentation and the Town Supervisor and/or Town Budget Officer to
take such other and further actions as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
Duly adopted this 3rd day of January,2022,by the following vote:
AYES
NOES
ABSENT:
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ANNUAL AGREEMENTS\2022\Health Officer
HEALTH OFFICER SERVICE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN
BRIAN NELSON, M.D. AND TOWN OF QUEENSBURY
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: of 2022 the Town of Queensbury (Town) has
appointed Brian Nelson, M.D. to serve as Town Health Officer in accordance with Public Health
Law §324; and
WHEREAS, Dr.Nelson wishes to accept this appointment;
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Brian Nelson, M.D., shall serve as Health Officer for the Town as of January 3ra�
2022 and continuing through December 31St, 2022.
2. The Town Health Officer may be removed from office for cause as set forth at
Public Health Law §322.
3. The Town Health Officer shall make an annual sanitary survey and maintain
sanitary supervision over the Town.
4. The Town Health Officer shall make a sanitary inspection periodically of all
places of public assemblage and shall report thereon to those responsible for the maintenance of
such places of public assemblage.
5. The Town Health Officer shall promote the spread of information as to the cause,
nature and prevention of prevalent diseases and the preservation and improvement of health.
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6. The Town Health Officer shall take steps as may be necessary to secure prompt
and full reports by physicians of reportable diseases and prompt and complete registration of
births and deaths.
7. The Town Health Officer shall enforce within the Town the provisions of Public
Health Law and the Sanitary Code.
8. The Town Health Officer shall attend conferences called by the Commissioner of
the Department of Health or his authorized representatives.
9 The Town Health Officer shall file such reports as may be required under the
Sanitary Code or otherwise required by the Department of Health.
10. The Town Health Officer shall perform such other duties as may be required by
the Town and advise the Town Local Board of Health in matters that continue to come to the
Board's attention including, but not limited to, issues concerning outdoor furnaces and variances
from the Town's On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance.
11. The Town Health Officer shall receive payment from the Town of$2,000.00 for
this term of office. In addition, the Town shall pay the Town Health Officer $100.00 per hour
for any case work assigned to the Town Health Officer by the Town.
12. The Town Health Officer shall provide certification of insurance (including
professional liability) acceptable to the Town and naming the Town as an additional insured.
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY BRIAN NELSON, M.D.
BY: BY:
JOHN F. STROUGH,III TOWN HEALTH OFFICER
TOWN SUPERVISOR
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STATE OF NEW YORK)
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COUNTY OF WARREN)
On this day of January in the year 2022 before me, the undersigned, a notary public in
and for said state, personally appeared JOHN F. STROUGH, III, personally known to me or proved
to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the
within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his
signature on the instrument, the individual or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted,
executed the instrument.
Notary Public
STATE OF NEW YORK)
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COUNTY OF WARREN)
On this day of , in the year 2022 before me, the undersigned, a
notary public in and for said state, personally appeared Brian Nelson, M.D., personally known to
me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is
subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his
capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual or the person upon behalf of
which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
Notary Public