 | RESOLUTION NO. 274 of 2008
DATED: August 26, 2008 | |
RESOLUTION AMENDING LOCAL MATCH TO PURCHASE BUSES FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY BUS SYSTEM (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/ PLANNING)
| Resolution by Supervisor: | Dybas |
| | Seconded by: | Baia |
WHEREAS, Resolution 218 of 2007 authorized the establishment of a County Bus System and appropriated funds in the 2007 operating budget, and
WHEREAS, no funds were expended in 2007, therefore Resolution 15 of 2008 carried the fund amount forward into the 2008 operating budget, and
WHEREAS, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) is providing the Montgomery County Bus System with significant funding through the NYS Capital Purchase Grant Program for the purchase of two County-owned buses, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 218 of 2007, the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors agreed to provide the $13,000, 10% local matching funds to purchase two buses for the Montgomery County Bus System which is serving the transportation needs of the citizens of Montgomery County, and
WHEREAS, the original bus selected for purchase through the Capital Purchase Grant Program has been found to be substandard in safety, longevity and mechanical soundness, and
WHEREAS, a bus that provides longer road life and better mechanical reliability is available through a “piggyback” or purchase option from the Capital District Transit Authority and the NYS DOT, and
WHEREAS, by purchasing said buses, the County will received increased State and Federal funding, but said purchase will also require an increased local match from $13,000 to $24,000, and
WHEREAS, it is recommended that the Board of Supervisors invest the additional $11,000 to provide more reliable equipment for its transportation system,
RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors hereby authorizes the additional $11,000 needed for 2 upgraded buses for the Montgomery County Transportation System, and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to amend the 2008 Operating Budget to reflect the increased State and Federal funding, as well as the increased local match as follows:
INCREASE REVENUES:
A-01-3-3594 State Aid - Transportation $11,000
A-01-3-4589 Federal Aid – Other Transportation $88,000
A-599 Appropriated Fund Balance $11,000
INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS:
A-01-4-5630-00-2230 Motor Vehicle Equipment $110,000
RESOLUTION ADOPTED with Aye(1723). Supervisors Walters and Stagliano were absent. (8/26/2008)
| cc: | County Clerk
County Treasurer
EOD Director
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| Voting Record | | Baia | (R) | Yes | 137 | | Barone, Sr. | (R) | Yes | 139 | | DiMezza | (D) | Yes | 219 | | Dybas | (D) | Yes | 136 | | Greco | (R) | Yes | 139 | | Johnson | (D) | Yes | 137 | | Jonker | (D) | Yes | 115 | | McMahon | (R) | Yes | 143 | | Paton | (R) | Yes | 147 | | Quackenbush | (R) | Yes | 158 | | Stagliano | (D) | Absent | 96 | | Strevy | (R) | Yes | 103 | | Thayer | (R) | Yes | 66 | | Thomas | (R) | Yes | 84 | | Walters | (R) | Absent | 49 |
| | STATE OF NEW YORK County of Montgomery ss.:
This is to certify that I, the Undersigned, Clerk Of The Montgomery County Legislature, have compared the foregoing copy of resolution with the original resolution now on file in the office, and which was passed by the Montgomery County Legislature on the 26th day of August, 2008, a majority of all the members elected to the Legislature voting in favor therof, and that the same is a correct and true transcript of such original resolution and of the whole thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and the official seal of the Montgomery County Legislature.
| | Totals: | Aye: | 1723 | | Nay: | 0 | |
| | Abstained: | 0 | | Absent: | 145 |
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