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1983-07-26 255 TOWN BOARD MEETING JULY 26 , 1983 TOWN BOARD PRESENT MRS. FRANCES WALTER-SUPERVISOR MR. DANIEL OLSON-COUNCILMAN DR. CHARLES EISENHART-COUNCILMAN MR. DANIEL MORRELL-COUNCILMAN MRS. BETTY MONAHAN-COUNCILMAN MR. WILSON MATHIAS-TOWN COUNSEL PRESS : G. F. POST STAR GUESTS : MR. RICHARD WILLETT, MR. JOSEPH DAIRE , MR. ARTHUR TURNBULL TOWN OFFICIALS : MR. RALPH VANDUSEN , MR. PAUL NAYLOR , MR. RICK MISSITA;" PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN EISENHART MEETING OPENED 7 :34 P. M. RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION TO APPROVE MINUTES )RESOLUTION NO . 150 , INTRODUCED BY DR. CHARLES EISENHART WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION , SECONDED BY MR. DANIEL MORRELL : RESOLVED, THAT THE TOWN BOARD MINUTES OF JULY 12 , 1983 BE AND HEREBY ARE APPROVED. DULY ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE : AYES : MR. OLSON , DR. EISENHART, MR. MORRELL, MRS. MONAHAN , MRS. WALTER NOES : NONE ABSENT : NONE } RESOLUTION TO APPROVE BINGO LICENSE RESOLUTION NO . 151 , INTRODUCED BY MR. DANIEL MORRELL WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION , SECONDED BY MRS. BETTY MONAHAN : t RESOLVED, THAT BINGO LICENSE NO. 17032 FOR THE WEST GLENS FALLS VOLUNTEER j FIRE CO. BE AND HEREBY IS APPROVED ALLOWING BINGO TO BE HELD AUGUST 6TH THROUGH OCTOBER 29TH 1983 AND BE IT FURTHER i RESOLVED, THAT THERE WILL BE NO SUNDAY BINGO DATES. I DULY ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE : f� AYES. MR. OLSON , DR. EISENHART , MR. MORRELL , MRS. MONAHAN , MRS. WALTER NOES : NONE ABSENT : NONE RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT OFFER OF DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO PURCHASE LANDS OF TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND TO AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENT RESOLUTION NO . 152 , INTRODUCED BY MRS. BETTY MONAHAN , WHO MOVED FOR ITS ` ADOPTION , SECONDED BY DR. CHARLES EISENHART : WHEREAS, THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY IS THE OWNER OF CERTAIN LANDS OR WETLANDS IN THE DUNHAM' S BAY AREA OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY , AND i WHEREAS, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK HAS OFFERED THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY THE SUM OF TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ( $27 ,000 . 00 ) FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 181 . 461 ACRES OF SAID LANDS BY THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, AND WHEREAS, SAID OFFER APPEARS TO REPRESENT A FAIR AND REASONABLE VALUE FOR SAID LANDS , AND i 255 WHEREAS, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION HAS SUBMITTED ITS STANDARD PROPOSED FORM CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF SAID LANDS , WHICH CONTRACT IS ENTITLED ' ' LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENT ' ' A COPY OF WHICH IS ANNEXED HERETO AS ENHIBIT ' ' A' ' , AND WHICH CONTAINS THEREIN A DESCRIPTION OF THE PREMISES TO BE CONVEYED, AND WHEREAS , WILSON S. MATHIAS , CONSEL TO THE TOWN BOARD, HAS REVIEWED SAID ' ' LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENT' ' AND HAS INFORMED THE BOARD OF THE LEGAL RAM- IFICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS THEREOF , AND S WHEREAS, THE CONVEYANCE OF SAID LANDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY WOULD APPEAR TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY , NOW , THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , THAT , THE OFFER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVA- j TION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO PURCHASE FROM THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY ,�/ THE LANDS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT ' 'A' ' ATTACHED HERETO FOR THE SUM OF TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($27 ,000 . 00 ) BE ACCEPTED , AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , THAT THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE SAID ' ' LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENT' ' ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY TO BE ANNEXED TO SAID EXECUTED ' ' LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENTS' ' , AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY BE AUTHORIZED TO DELIVER SAID EXECUTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND TO TAKE ALL OTHER ACTION , INCLUDING EXECUTION OF AN APPROPRIATE DEED FROM THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY , NECESSARY TO CAUSE AND ACCOMPLISH SAID TRANSFER OF SAID REAL PROPERTY FROM THEITIOWN OF QUEENSBURY TO THE DEPART- MENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. ' DULY ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE : AYES : MR. OLSON , DR. EISENHART, MR. MORRELL , MRS . MONAHAN , MRS. WALTER NOES: NONE y~ ABSENT :NONE DISCUSSION HELD BEFORE VOTE : SUPERVISOR WALTER- THE DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION DEPT. HAS BEEN 1l INTERESTED IN THE DUNHAMS BAY WETLANDS FOR AT LEAST SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS. THEY ARE PURCHASING THE LAND UNDER THE .',WETLANDS ACT , AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK OF MONIES IN ORDER TO BUY -ACROSS THE STATE WETLANDS IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY BE PRESERVED. IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH MR. BRANDS OUR PAST SUPERVISOR AND MYSELF WITH THE STATE> WE ARE AT A POINT NOW THERE WILL BE NO MORE DOLLARS OFFERED BY THE STATE AND IN REVIEW IT SEEMS TO BE A FAIR PRICE FOR THE KIND OF LAND THAT IT IS. COUNCILMAN EISENHART- I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS , THERE IS NOTHING THAT THE TOWN COULD EVER DO WITH IT . COUNCILMAN MORRELL- THE LAND WILL NOT CHANGEjJUST THE OWNERSHIP , FISHING , BIRDWATCHING, BOATING NON-MOTORIZED, WILL BE ALLOWED. . . SUPERVISOR WALTER- EVENTUALLY , THE WETLANDS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL BE UNDER CONTROL OF THE STATE , HAD WE NOT AGREED TO THE PURCHASE IT COULD HAVE BEEN CONDEMNEEBY THE STATE. IN CONVERSATION WITH TBE FORMER ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMISSIONER -... MR. FLACKE-HE INDICATED THAT THIS IS NOT THE WAY THEY WANTED TO G04 THAT THEY WOULD PREFER TO BUY THE LANDS. . . COUNCILMAN OLSON- QUESTIONED THE TAXES. . . SUPERVISOR WALTER-THEY WILL PAY TAXES TO THE TOWN , IT WILL BE CLOSE TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR. COUNCILMAN OLSON- SUGGESTED THAT MONIES BE SET ASIDE AND NOT BE PLACED IN THE GENERAL TOWN FUND, SUGGESTED THAT IT BE PLACED IN THE RECREATION FUND FOR LAND ACQUISITION . . . . 257 COUNCILMAN EISENHART- SUGGES_MDTHAT , THAT SUGGESTION=BE PLACED IN A SEPERATE RESOLUTION . SUPERVISOR WALTER- THE TOWN IN TRYING NG TQ COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF NEW YORK HAD TRIED TO SWAP LAND, STATE LANDjADJACENT TO TOWN LAND THAT IS ON THE SHORES OF LAKE GEORGEjAND WE WERE UNABLE TO DO SO, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE STATE LAND WAS PURCHASED, FOREST PR13SERVE LAND. WE DO HAVE CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STATE TO MAKE THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AS STEWARD OF THE LAND AND WE ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO USE THAT PARTICULAR LAND AFTER APPROVAL BY THE STATE FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES. MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION AND THE NEGOTIATIONS HAD TO DO IN THE BEGINNING WITH THE EXCHANGE OF LAND, IT WOULD NEED TO BE PLACED ON A BALLOT FIRST BEING PASSED BY TWO SUCCESSIVE LEGISLATURES AND THEN ON A STATE WIDE BALLOT- IN ORDER FOR US " - TO BE THE OWNERS OF THAT LAND. NOTED THAT THIS WOULD BE SIMILIAR TO THE PERKINS CLEARING AREA IN THE ADIRONDACKS WHERE THE STATE AND INTERNATIONAL PAPER SWITCHED LANDS. . . . . IF WE CAN WORK OUT THE DETAILS TO BECOME A STEWARD OF THE LAND , WE WOULD BE AHEAD OF THE GAME AND WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE SOME LANDS FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES. RESOLUTION EARMARKING FUNDS RESOLUTION NO . 153 , INTRODUCED BY MR. DANIEL OLSON WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION , SECONDED BY DR. CHARLES EISENHART : RESOLVED, THAT THE SUM OF $+27 , 00 . 00 RECEIVED FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR THE SALE OF LANDS AT DUNHAMS BAY BE PLACED IN THE Hil4_5(y) ACCOUNT. DULY ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE : AYES : MR. OLSON , DR. EISE"RT , MR. MORRELL , MRS. MONAHAN , MRS . WALTER NOES: NONE ABSENT; NONE - RESOLUTION APPROVING LANDFILL EXTENSION AGREEMENT WITH CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION RESOLUTION NO . 154 , INTRODUCED BY MR. DANIEL MORRELL WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION , SECONDED BY MR. DANIEL OLSON : WHEREAS, CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION HAS REQUESTED AN EXTENSION OF AN AGREEMENT TO OPERATE AN INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL AREA WITHIN THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY LANDFILL AREA, AND WHEREAS, CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION HAS SUBMITTED A PROPOSED AGREEMENT DATED AND TO COMMENCE ON JLY 26 , 1982 AS AN EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF THE LAND- FILL SITE PRESENTLY BEING USED BY SAID CORPORATION , WHEREIN AND WHEREBY CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION AGREES TO OBTAIN ALL NECESSARY OPERATING PERMITS AND TO BEAR THE FULL COST AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR SITE PREPARATION , GROUND WATER SAMPLING , GRADING AND LANDSCAPING , AND COMPLETION OF THE SITE OVER A PERIOD OF TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS , OR AS EXTENDED AS NECESSARY AND TO PAY THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AN ANNUAL FEE AS SET FORTH IN SAID AGREEMENT , AND WHEREAS, IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND FOR THE GENERAL WELFARE OF ITS RESIDENTS AND INDUSTRIES TO PROVIDE REFUSE AND WASTE SITES AND IN PARTICULAR TO COOPERATE WITH CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION AND TO MAKE THIS LANDFILL FACILITY AVAILABLE TO SAID CORPORATION WITHIN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT, AND WHEREAS , BY LETTER DATED JULY 26 , 1983 , CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION LISTS THE AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE PERMIT PROCESS AND THAT CORPORATION 'S INTENT TO SECURE REQUIRED PERMITS THEREFORM, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY DOES HEREBY ACCEPT AND RATIFY THE PROPOSED LANDFILL AGREEMENT WITH CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION DATED .JULY 26 , 1982 AND THAT SUPERVISOR FRANCES WALTER BE AND SHE HEREBY IS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE SAID AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND TO FORWARD COPIES THEREOF TO CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION AS REQUIRED. DULY ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE : AYES : MR. OLSON , DR. EISENHART, MR, MORRELL , MRS, MONAHAN , MRS. WALTER NOES : NONE. i AQ4kENT ;NRNF- 258 DISCUSSION HELD :WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH CIBY-GEIGY THEIR AGREEMENT FOR THE LANDFILL SITE , WE HAD ASKED FOR SEVERAL THINGS TO BE INCLUDED j IN THE CONTRACT WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN ADDED. . .CIBY-GEIGY AGREES TO ACQUIRE THE REQUIRED PERMITSOIT WILL NOT BE A TOWN OBLIGATION , THEY WILL PAY THE ENTIRE COST OF PREPARATION OF THE SITEOTHEY WILL ALSO PAY THE TOWN AN ANNUAL FEE WHICH HAS BEEN INCREASED OVER THE FEE THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PAID AND THAT THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT WILL BE 25 YEARS. THE AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE SIGNED BY CIBY-GEIGY WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE TOWN AND SHALL TERMINATE IF CIBY-GEIGY CEASES ITS OPERATION AND BUSINESS WITHIN THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY. THE AGENCIES THAT CIBY-GIIGY AGREES TO SECURE PERMITS ARE ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY , N.Y. ST. DEPT . OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSER- VATION , AND THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. COUNCILMAN OLSON-FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE AT THE RIDGE ROAD LANDFILL AREA THAT CIBY-GEIGY OPERATESlIT IS MORE THAN A SITE WHERE THEIDISPOSE OF STUFF. THERE IS NO WAY TO ESTIMATE` G HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE SPENT UP THERE-THEY HAVE SPENT A LOT MORE MONEY THEN THEY EVER ANTICIPATED, IT IS MONITORED WITH CLOSED CIRCIT T.V. 24 HRS A DAY BETWEEN THERE AND THEIR LOCAL PLANT ON RIVER STREET. IT IS AN EXCELLENT DISPOSAL AREA , WE FEEL THAT THEY HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN KEEPING THE AREA AND OPERATING IN SUCH A MANNER. THEY ARE JUST IN THE PLANNING STAGE NOW , THEY ARE TWO OR THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE THEY EVEN GET THE NEW AREA IN OPERATION WHICH IS ADJACENT TO WHERE THEY ARE. SUPERVISOR WALTER CALLED FOR A RECESS. . . INTO SESSION AS THE QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH- DISCUSSION ON J . D. WILSON VARIANCE ON GLENJUKE , HEARING HELD ON JULY 12 , 1983 AWAITING SIGNED APPLICATION . . . . MR. CHASE NOTED THAT THE SIGNED APPLICATION WAS NOW ON FILE . . . SUPERVISOR WALTER- THERE ARE SPCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE STRICT APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE WOULD DEPRIVE THE APPLICANT OF REASONABLE USE OF THE LAND AND THAT THE VARIANCE TO MR. WILSON WOULD NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PURPOSES OR OBJECTIVES OF THE ORDINANCE AND BECAUSE OF THE TESTIMONY OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THEY CONCUR THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE TOWN AND THAT THE VARIANCE IS NECESSARY 'j FOR REASONABLE USE OF THE LAND AND IT WOULD ALLEVIATE ANY SPECIFIC HARDSHIP THAT WOULD EFFECT THE APPLICANT . THE TESTIMONY THAT WAS REC- EIVED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING FROM THE NEIGHBORS DETERMINED THAT THEY WOULD BE VERY PLEASED IF THIS VARIANCE WAS GRANTED. ASKED IF THE BOARD HAD ANY SPECIAL CONDITIONS TO BE SET FORTH. . . DISCUSSION HELD ON TESTING OF THE WELL. . . 000NCIlM1N EISENHART- ASKED IF THE WELL WAS TESTED AND IT WAS NOT RIGHT WHAT COULD BE DONE THEN. . . COUNCILMAN OLSON - THE VARIANCE COULD BE REVOKED AND NOT LET ANYONE LIVE IN THE HOUSE OR USE THE SEPTIC SYSTEM. . .OR IT WILL HAVE TO BE CORRECTED. COUNCILMAN EISENHART- ASKED WHAT KIND OF A TEST SHOULD BE RUN? MR. VANDUSEN- SUGGESTED THAT A BACTERIAL ANALYSIS FOR DRINKING WATER BE PERFORMED BY A CERTIFIED LAB. COUNCILMAN EISENHART-RECOMMENDED THAT THE TEST RESULTS BE TURNED OVER TO THE BUILDING & ZONING DEPT. ON OR. ABOUT AUGUST 1ST . OF EACH 'YEAR. . . RESOLUTION TO APPROVE VARIANCE WITH SPECIAL CONDITIONS RESOLUTION NO . 5 , INTRODUCED BY DR. CHARLES EISENHART WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION , SECONDED BY MR. DANIEL OLSON : WHEREAS, THE LOCAL -BbARD OF HEALTH OF THE _r7W NDF QUEENSBURY HAS REVIEWED THE REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO ARTICLE III SECTION 3. 030D OF THE SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL ORDIANCE REQUESTED BY J . DONALD WILSON AND HAS DETERMINED THE FOLLOWING : i A. THAT THERE ARE SPECIAL C'TRCUMSTANCES OR CONDITION OF WHICH THE STRICT APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE WOULD DEPRIVE THE APPLICANT OF REASONABLE USE OF SUCH LAND. B. THAT THE VARIANCE WOULD NOT BE MATERIALLY DETRIMENTAL TO THE PURPOSES OR OBJECTIVES OF THIS ORDINANCE , OR TO OTHER ADJOUNING PROPERTIES OR OTHER- WISE CONFLICT WITH THE PURPOSE OR OBJECTIVES OF ANY PLAN OR POLICY OF THE TOWN. C. THAT THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE IS NECESSARY FOR THE REASONABLE USE OF THE LAND AND THAT THE VARIANCE IS THE MINIMUM VARIANCE WHICH WOULD ALLEVIATE THE SPECIFIC UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP FOUND BY THE LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH TO AFFECT THE APPLICANT. t 259 D. THAT THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL CONDITION BE SET FORTH THAT A BACTERIAL ANALYSIS OF DRINKING WATER BY A CERTIFIED LABORATORY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS , AUGUST 1ST , THE REPORT TO BE FORWARDED TO THE TOWN (F=QUEENSBURY BUILDING INSPECTOR. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED PURSUANT TO THE ABOVE FINDINGS THE LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH HAS APPROVED THE VARIANCE OF MR. J . DONALD WILSON PROPERTY BEING LOCATED AT GLEN LAKE AND ELM ROAD TAX MAP N V. 43-2-2 . DULY ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE : AYES : MR. OLSON , DR. EISENHART , MR. MORRELL, MRS. MONAHAN , MRS. WALTER NOES: NONE 3 ABSENT : NONE ON MOTION THE BOARD OF HEALTH WAS ADJOURNED. THE QUEENSBURY TOWN BOARD RECONVENED. . . COMMUNICATIONS -BID OPENING-UNDERGROUND PIERCINGJTbOL CONTRACTOR SALES CO. P. O. BOX 12010 ALBANY , N.Y. $8 , 500 . 00 NONCOL. ATTACHED. . . COUNCILMAN EISENHART- QUESTIONED WHY WE RECEIVED ONLY ONE BID? SUPERVISOR WALTER- THIS IS A VERY SPECIALT2ED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. COUNCILMAN OLSON- THIS WILL BE USED IN THE BROAD ACRES DIST. COUNCILMAN MONAHAN- MR. VANDUSEN , DID'-THAT COME IN WITHIN YOUR ESTIMATE? MR. VANDUSEN- YES. 7-- } COUNCILMAN EISENHART- MR. VANDUSEN , TO YOU FEEL THAT IS A REASONABLE PRICE? 'J MR. VANDUSEN- WITHIN THIS YEAR IN SAVED TIME IT WILL PAY FOR ITSELF. . . NOTED THAT THEIR OLD BORING MACHINE IS SLOW AND NOT AS ACCURATE. . . LTR. ON FILE- FROM MR. VANDUSEN RECOMMENDING THAT THE BID BE ACCEPTED. RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT BID ON UNDERGROUND PIERCING TOOL RESOLUTION NO . 155 , INTRODUCED BY MR. DANIEL OLSON WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION , SECONDED BY MRS . BETTY MONAHAN : WHEREAS, MR. THOMAS FLAHERTY, WATER SUPT. FOR THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY DID RECOMMEND THAT WE ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR AN UNDERGROUND PIERCING TOOL AND WHEREAS, ONE BID WAS SUBMITTED AND RECEIVED AND OPENED AT THE SPECIFIED TIME AND PLACE BY THE DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING/TOWN CLERK DONALD A. CHASE , AND SUCH BIDS WERE THEN TURNED OVER TO MR. RALPH VANDUSEN DEPUTY WATER SUPT. FOR HIS RECOMMENDATION , AND WHEREAS, MR. VANDUSEN BY LETTER HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BID BE AWARDED TO CONTRACTOR SALES CO. , NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THETOWN OF QUEENSBURY HEREBY ACCEPTS THE BID OF CONTRACTOR SALES CO. IN THE AMOUNT OF $8 , 500 . 00 AND BE IT + FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE FINANCING FOR SUCH MATERIAL IS FROM THE 1983 WATER DEPT. BUDGET. DULY ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE : AYES: MR. OLSON , DR. EISENHART , MR. MORRELL , MRS. MONAHAN , MRS. WALTER NOES : NONE ABSENT : NONE Z60 LTR. - MR. 8 MRS CHRISTOPHER P. ANDERSON ON FILE REGARDING INTERSECTION OF SHERMAN AVENUE AND VETERANS ROAD. EDISCUSSION HELD- MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MARCH 22 , 1983 PERTAINING TO VETERANS ROAD WERE READ. . .SUPERVISOR WALTER- A LETTER WAS SENT TO SHERIFF TRIPP, HE DID SEND DEPUTIES OVER TO INVESTIGATE AND HE INDICATED THAT HE WOULD KEEP A LOOK OUT . . . MR. NAYLORJIS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE COME UP WITH SINCE MARCH THE 22ND. ? MR. NAYLOR , WHAT MR. ANDERSON WANTS I CANNOT DO , NOTED HE WANTED RAILROAD TIES UP AND DOWN ABOUT EIGHT FOOT DEEP. . . COUNCILMAN MONAHAN , SUGGESTED THAT THE ROAD BE PAINTED TO SAY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION . . . MR. NAYLOR NOTED THAT IF IT WAS THE WISH OF THE BOARD TO HAVE THE ROAD MARKED HE WOULD DO SO BUT THAT _NE FELT THAT THIS WOULD NOT STOP THE PROBLEM , NOTED THE TWO ACCIDENTS WERE DRUNK DRIVERS. . . MR. NAYLOR NOTED THAT MR. ANDERSON DID PAINT STRIPS -WITH REFLECTOR PAINT ON THE GUARD RAILS. . . MR. NAYLOR ALSO NOTED THAT THERE IS A STOP SIGN AND AN ARROW AT THE END AND GUARD RAILS. . .NOTED THAT HE WOULD CHECK AND SEE WHAT COULD BE PAINTED ON THE HIGHWAY , SUPERVISOR WALTER- WE WILL LEAVE IT THIS WAYp IF THERE IS ANYTHING FURTHER THAT THE TOWN CAN DO WE WILL DO IT BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT SEE ANYTHING FEASIBLE , WE WILL WORK WITH THE HIGHWAY DEPT . ON THIS. . . LTR. RECREATION DEPT . , REQUESTING PERMISSION TO ERECT TEMPORARY SIGNS ON FILE. . . SUPERVISOR WALTER- ASKED WHAT THE SIGNS WOULD BE MADE OF? SUGGESTED THAT THE SIGNS BE MADE BY THE WARREN CO. HIGHWAY DEPT. OF WOOD WITH THE YELLOW LETTERING AND THEN THEY COULD BE USED YEAR AFTER YEAR. RESOLUTION APPROVING SIGNS RESOLUTION N0 . 156 , INTRODUCED BY DR. CHARLES EISENHART WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION , SECONDED BY MRS. BETTY MONAHAN : RESOLVED, THAT THE ,' [TOWN BOARD HEREBY APPROVES OF THE ERECTION OF SIGNS FOR THE FIVE QUEENSBURY PLAYGROUND SITES AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE TOWN SUPERVISOR MUST APPROVE OF THE DESIGN XN D i THE MATERIALS USED IN THE MAKING "'OF 'THE SIGNS, BEFORE ERECTION. DULY ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES : MR. OLSON , DR. EISENHART, MR. MORRELL , MRS . MONAHAN NOES : NONE ABSENT ; NONE OPEN FORUM 8 :23 MR. .JOSEPH DIARE- NOTED THAT MR. NAYLOR IS'"DOING A FINE JOB AND THAT RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE LANDFILL AND THE CIBA- GEIGY PIT. . . REQUESTED AT QUAKER AND DI)y A RED STOP LINE SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE ROAD SO THAT TRACTOR TRAILER CAN MAKE THE TURN . . . COUNCILMAN MORRELL- WISHED MR. DAIRE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY 70 YEARS THIS THURSDAY. . . ( EVERYONE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY ) SUPERVISOR WALTER- THANKED MR. DAIRE FOR TAKING AN INTEREST IN HIS TOWN . . . MR. RICHARD WILLETT OF PALMER DRIVE- PRESENTED THE TOWN BOARD WITH A PETITION SIGNED BY RESIDENTS OF PALMER DRIVE REQUESTING THAT THE ROAD ( PALMER DRIVE )" BE ACCEPTED INTO THE TOWN INVENTORY OF - HIGHWAYS. . . ON FILE . . . WHAT BROUGHT THIS OUT WAS THAT A RESIDENT OF PALMER DR. WANTED A SPEED LIMIT SIGN AND AT THAT TIME WE FOUND OUT THAT PALMER DR. WAS NEVER DEEDED OVER TO THE TOW+N. . ,NOTED THAT THE I TOWN HAS MAINTAINED THE ROAD FOR AT LEAST TWENTY YEARS. . . COUNCILMAN MORRELL- THAT ROAD IS THE TURN AROUND FOR SCHOOL BUS 62 COUNCILMAN EISENHART- QUESTIONED WHO OWNED THE ROAD? ASKED HOW THE DEEDS TO THE PROPERTIES READ? MR. RICHARD WILLETT- NOTED THAT THE ROAD IS APPROXIMATELY 4 TENTHS OF A MILE. . . { ���� ���� / SUPERVISOR WALTER— REQUESTED THAT� THE PETITION BE FILED W ITM THE TOWN CLERK. . . WHAT WE WILL DO" N0N THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED | IT �E TO CLARIFY THE ��N�R�H�P �° WOULD E � T �T �� ' ROAD | BY USE WE WILL MAKE SURE IT IS ADDED TO THE INVENTORY, MR. wJLLETT— NOTED THAT ONE OF THE RESI'DENTS THOUGHT THAT THE ROAD WA$ ALREADY DEECMTO THE TOWN, . . MR. NAYLOR—WE HAVE LOOKED SACK INTO THE COUNTY RECORDS UNTIL 31 AND THERE WAS NO RECORD OF THE ROAD BEING DEEDED. , " THE ONLY WAY TO 60 NOW IS SY./USEoTHREE RODS FORTY' NINE FEET WJDE. . . NOTED ME HAD SPOKEN WITH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AND SOME ARE FOR — PUTTING THE ROAD IN BACK OF THEIR HOUSES-wTBIS WOULD BE SOMETHING TO ' | � LOOK INTO , . .NOTED THAT ME HAD PLOWED THE ROAD WHEM�EiEsWAS A YOUNG FELLOW. . . � �— SUPERVISOR WALTER— WHAT WE WILL DO IS HAVE EVERYBODY WORKING ON TMI~ � PAUL AND OUR TOWN COUNSEL AND GET BACK TO YOU. . . � MR. PAUL NAYLOR— FOR THE RECORD WE WILL NOT BE IN THERE UNTIL THIS ' IS STRAIGHTENED OUT MR. TURNBVLL— WHAT IS OUR LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY C�%-YRRYJTME CONTRACTUAL YEAR� OUR LANDFILL DOES NOT EXIST? IF WE HAVE TO EXPAND INTO THAT AREA. . . SUPERVISOR WALTER— WE WILL NOT EXPAND INTO THAT AREA, THE TOWN WILL EXPAND TO THE WEST AND NORTH NOT TO THE SOUTH . . . COUNCILMAN MORRELL— WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE 9/ASHINGT8uCO. RESOURCE RECOVERY PROJECT, , . MR. TURNBULL— VOICED HIS CONCERN OVER THE TRAILER BEHIND THE FIRE HOUSE AND CMVRCH. . .NOTED WRITING ON THE TRAILER SUPERVISOR WALTER— THE FIRE CO. WILL BE USING THE TRAILER FOR TRAINING PURPOSES AND THEN REMOVING IT. . . MR, TVRNgULL— COMPLAINED ABOUT THE JUNK THAT IS PILED UP AT HEWITT ROAD. . . | ' CUT UP HOMES. . . i i | i +_ COUNCILMAN MONAMAN— I WILL AGREE THAT THE PAINTING ON THE TRAILER IS � UNFORTUNATE BUT THE TRAILER IS THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD DANGEROUS17- TRAILER FIRES IN THE TOWN OF qUEEN5BURY- IT WILL BE USED FOR DRILLS. . . | COUNCILMAN OLSON— REQUESTED THAT THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE CO. BE CALLED AND ASKED THAT THE WORDING ON THE TRAILER BE PAINTED OVER. . , , MR. TURNBVLL— REQUESTED THAT WHEN THE FIRE CO, IS APPROACHED THAT THEY ALSO LEARN MOW LONG THE TRAILER WILL BE THERE. . . AND WHEN THE DRILLS WILL DE MELD. . ^ MR, TURNBULL— I APPRECIATE THAT YOU PUT THE 27 ,008 FOR THE WET —LAND INTO THE RECREATION FUND. . .NOTED THAT THIS CE_4LDBE USED FOR A RECREATION BUILDING FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS. . . | A ! MR. DAIRE— NOTED THAT THE FIRE CO. DID MAVEhDRlLL AT THE LANDFILL IN � BURNING CARS. . . MR. WILLETT— ASKED IF THE 27 , 000 COULD BE USED FOR STOCKING FISH IN THE TOWN. . . AND FEEDING THE ANIMALS . . . SUPERVISOR WALTER— NOTED THAT WARREN CO, HAS NOW A FISH HATCHERY AND THEY . / WILL BE DO STOCKING ON A COUNTY WIDE BASIS TO THE LOCAL TOWNS. . .NOTED \ / THERE 15 A STOCKING LIST AVAILABLE— NOTED THAT THE TOWN STOCKS GURNEY ^ LANE RECREATION AREA AND HOVEY POND �_- . . . MR. TURNBULL— I DO NOT THINK IT IS OUR LEGAL RIGHT AS A TOWN TO STOCK i ,FISH 7rHfArIS THE DEPT. OF CONSERVATION THROUGH WARREN CO. . . .wE COULD GIVE A DONATION TO BRING IN SOME OF THE FISH TO CERTAIN AREAS. . | SUPERVISOR WALTER— SUGGESTED THAT THE SPORT-tMEN SHOULD REVIEW THE STOCKING LIST AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS AS TO TYPE OF FISH AND WHERE THEY SHOULD BE PLACED. . . � .` / 262 RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AUDIT RESOLUTION NO . 157 , INTRODUCED BY DR. CHARLES EISENHART WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION , SECONDED BY MR. DANIEL OLSON : RESOLVED THAT AUDIT OF BELLS AS LISTED ON ABSTRACT N0. 83- 7D AND NUMBERED 1219 THROUGH 1220 AND TOTALING $23 , 820 . 00 BE AND HEREBY IS APPROVED. DULY ADOPTED 5Y THE FOLLOWING VOTE : AYES . MR. OLSON , DR. EISENHART , MR. MORRELL, MRS. MONAHAN, MRS. WALTER NOES : NONE I ABSENT : NONE RESOLUTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION NO . 158 , INTRODUCED BY MR. DANIEL OLSON WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION , SECONDED BY MRS. BETTY' MONAHAN : RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY MOVES INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS. DULY ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE : AYES : MR. OLSON , DR. EISENHART , MR. MORRELL , MRS. MONAH.AN , MRS. WALTER NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ON MOTION THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED , DONALD A. CHASE TOWN CLERK i I k