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FIRE AND EMS\Service Award Program—EMS Amend Plan to Increase$Contributions and Send for Referendum—6-27-2022
RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY'S
VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM
AND ADOPTION AGREEMENTS
RESOLUTION NO.: 12022
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board previously established a defined contribution
Volunteer Ambulance Workers Service Award Program (the "Service Award Program") and
executed Adoption Agreements for Service Award Programs for Volunteer Ambulance Workers
for the West Glens Falls Emergency Squad, the Bay Ridge Rescue Squad and the North
Queensbury Rescue Squad, each dated November 22, 1996 (together, the "Adoption
Agreements"), and
WHEREAS, the Town's current Service Award Program provides for a contribution of
$700 per year for each participating volunteer, and
WHEREAS, on November 8, 2019, former Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law
a bill increasing the maximum Service Awards able to be paid to Volunteer Firefighters and
Volunteer Ambulance Workers to $1,200 per year for each participating volunteer, and
WHEREAS, the Town wants to increase the annual contribution from the existing $700
to a maximum of$1,200 by the year 2026, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board would like to increase the annual contribution per
participating volunteer but do so in a staggered manner in the following way:
January 1, 2023 increase to $900
January 1, 2024 increase to $1,000
January 1, 2025 increase to $1,100
January 1, 2026 increase to $1,200, and
WHEREAS, an increase in the annual contribution under an existing Service Award
Program in the manner described above up to the maximum $1,200 must be approved by an
affirmative vote of at least sixty percent (60%) of the governing board and is subject to a
mandatory referendum where the residents of the Town served by these organizations must
approve a Proposition authorizing the increase in payments by a majority by placement of such
Proposition on the ballot of the November 8, 2022 General Election, and
WHEREAS, the existing annual cost of the Service Award Program for 2022 will be
approximately $37,800, and
WHEREAS, the estimated annual cost of the Service Award Program including the annual
administration fee per covered participant will be approximately:
2023 increase to $900—annual cost$48,600
2024 increase to $1,000- annual cost$54,000
2025 increase to $1,100- annual cost$59,400
2026 increase to $1,200- annual cost$64,800
and
WHEREAS, the increase in the estimated cost of the Service Award Program compared to
2022 would range from $10,800 in 2023 to a total increase of$27,000 in 2026,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves and authorizes the
following changes to the Adoption Agreements, subject to approval by an affirmative vote of at
least sixty percent (60%) of the governing board and subject to a mandatory referendum at the
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November 8, 2022 General Election and subject to any required approval by the New York State
Comptroller:
A. The Adoption Agreements are amended to include:
a. $900 as the Regular Contribution Amount in the year 2023.
b. $1,000 as the Regular Contribution Amount in the year 2024
c. $1,100 as the Regular Contribution Amount in the year 2025
d. $1,200 as the Regular Contribution Amount in the year 2026
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk and Town
Counsel to prepare a Proposition relating to this Resolution to be placed on the November 8, 2022
election ballot for the voters' approval or disapproval and the Town Clerk, with the advice of Town
Counsel,to prepare an abstract of the Proposition, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby approves and authorizes a Proposition
substantially in the form of the following Proposition pertaining to the increase in the annual
Service Award contribution for the Town of Queensbury's Volunteer Ambulance Workers:
INCREASE IN MAXIMUM SERVICE AWARD CONTRIBUTION
The Town of Queensbury proposes to increase the annual Service Award
contribution for a participating Emergency Medical Service Volunteer from
$700 per year to the maximum of $1,200 per year per participant, in
accordance with the bill signed into law on November 8, 2019 by former
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, to be effective prospectively if approved by a
majority of the residents of the Town of Queensbury as follows:
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January 1, 2023 increase to $900
January 1, 2024 increase to $1,000
January 1, 2025 increase to $1,100
January 1, 2026 increase to $1,200
The current annual estimated cost to the Town of this Program at its
current contribution is $37,800.
The annual estimated cost to the Town is as follows:
2023 increase to $900—annual cost to the Town$48,600
2024 increase to $1,000-annual cost to the Town $54,000
2025 increase to $1,100-annual cost to the Town $59,400
2026 increase to $1,200-annual cost to the Town $64,800;
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town
Clerk to transmit a certified copy of this Town Board Resolution along with the Propositions and
Abstracts to the Warren County Board of Elections or other appropriate officials so that the
propositions will be placed on the November 8, 2022 election ballot in all the voting locations in the
Town of Queensbury.
Duly adopted this 27 h day of June, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES
NOES
ABSENT:
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MISCELLANEOUS\Propositions for Service Award Program—EMS-November 2022
Proposition for Service Award Program —November 2022
Shall this be approved, yes or no?
INCREASE IN MAXIMUM SERVICE AWARD CONTRIBUTION
The Town of Queensbury proposes to increase the annual Service Award contribution for a
participating Volunteer Ambulance Worker from $700 per year to the maximum of $1,200 per
year by 2026, in accordance with the bill signed into law on November 8, 2019 by Former
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo in the following manner:
Effective January 1,2023-$900
Effective January 1,2024-$1,000
Effective January 1,2025-$1,100
Effective January 1,2026-$1,200
The Town's estimated cost under the current$700 annual contribution is $37,800.
The Town estimates the following cost to the Town of Queensbury if this Proposition is passed:
2023 increase to$900—increased annual cost to the Town$48,600
2024 increase to$1,000-increased annual cost to the Town$54,000
2025 increase to$1,100-increased annual cost to the Town$59,400
2026 increase to$1,200-increased annual cost to the Town $64,800
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NOUCESTIRE AND EMS\Notice of submission of Proposition—EMS-Service Awards Program for 06-27-2022
NOTICE OF SUBMISSION OF PROPOSITION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following Proposition will be submitted
to the eligible voters of the Town of Queensbury, Warren County, New York, for the
purpose of voting by ballot at the General Election to be held on November 8, 2022:
Proposition No.
Submitting Resolution of Queensbury Town Board
Amending Volunteer Ambulance Workers Service Award Program
to the Electors of the Town at the General Election
to be held on November 8, 2022
Shall the Resolution of the Queensbury Town Board adopted June 27, 2022 which
increases the estimated annual Service Award contribution for participating Volunteer
Ambulance Workers in the following manner be approved?
2023 increase to$900—increased annual cost to the Town$48,600
2024 increase to$1,000-increased annual cost to the Town$54,000
2025 increase to$1,100-increased annual cost to the Town$59,400
2026 increase to$1,200-increased annual cost to the Town$64,800
All eligible voters of the Town of Queensbury, Warren County,New York, shall be
qualified to vote at such General Election.
By Order of the Queensbury Town Board.
Dated: ,2022
Caroline H. Barber
Town Clerk
Town of Queensbury,New York