396.2021 Authorize Hiring of Audra Way As Part Time Clerk in Town Clerk's Office
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HIRING OF AUDRA WAY AS
PART-TIME CLERK IN TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE
RESOLUTION NO. : 396, 2021
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 276,2021, the Queensbury Town Board authorized the hiring
of Kim Smith as a temporary, Part-Time Clerk in the Office of Receiver of Taxes and Assessments
through the end of 2021, and
WHEREAS, the Town Clerk and Receiver of Taxes and Assessments (Town Clerk), has
advised that the Deputy Town Clerk II and the Town Records Clerk have provided notice that they
will each retire from full-time Town employment by the end of June, 2022, and
WHEREAS, as Ms. Smith will no longer be working as a Part-Time Clerk as of on or about
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December 16, 2021, and due to the impending retirements of two employees in the Town Clerk’s/Tax
Receiver’s Offices and the ever-growing and increasing demands of the Offices, the Town Clerk has
requested Town Board authorization to hire Audra Way as a Part-Time Clerk on an “as needed” basis
effective on or around the date of Ms. Smith’s planned departure, for the amount of $20 per hour,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the hiring of
Audra Way as a Part-Time Clerk in the Town Clerk and/or Tax Receiver’s Offices on an “as needed”
basis effective on or about the date of current part-time Clerk Kim Smith’s departure, to be paid on an
hourly basis at the amount of $20 per hour, with a maximum average of 24 hours per week with the
exception of occasional coverage for vacation or sick leaves, subject to Ms. Way’s successful
passing of a pre-employment physical as required by Town Policy and completion of a six (6) month
probationary period, and contingent upon the Town successfully completing background checks as
reasonably necessary to judge fitness for the duties for which hired and drug and/or alcohol screening,
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town
Clerk and/or Town Budget Officer to complete any documentation and take such other and further
action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 6 day of December, 2021, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: None