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2024-2242024-224 Resolution Awarding Contract For Reese Cultural Center Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning At a Special Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York, held at Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York, on December 16, 2024. The meeting was called to order by Joseph D. Cavaccini, Town Supervisor, and upon roll being called, the following was recorded: ✓ Vote Record - Resolution RES -2024-224 Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Adopted Joseph D. Cavaccini ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Adopted as Amended William H. Beale ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Defeated ❑ Tabled Angela Bettina ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Q Withdrawn Christopher Phillips ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Al Casella ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ The following Resolution was introduced by and seconded by . WHEREAS, the Town of Wappinger owns 99.5 acres of real property on Wheeler Hill Road known as Carnwath Farms Historic Site & Park (Carnwath Farms), and WHEREAS, the Carnwath Farms Master Plan was adopted by the Town Board on October 1 S, 2007, and calls for the adaptive reuse of the Carnwath Farms property including the Reese Cultural Center which was dedicated in 2005, and WHEREAS, the Reese Cultural Center is a four story former dormitory and chapel that is home to the Sports Museum of Dutchess County which is a paying tenant, and WHEREAS, in 2016, the heating system in the Reese Cultural Center malfunctioned causing water pipes to burst and there has been no running water or heat in the Reese Cultural Center since that incident, and WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger finds it appropriate to adaptively reuse the Reese Cultural Center and provide heat and running water to the Sports Museum of Dutchess County as well as for Town programs, activities, and facility rentals for the people of the Town of Wappinger, and WHEREAS, the Town of Wappinger received a $50,000 Municipal Innovation Grant from then Legislator Joseph D. Cavaccini and a $50,000 grant from New York State Assemblyman Anil R. Beephan, Jr. to be used toward the construction of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) infrastructure in the Reese Cultural Center, and WHEREAS, the Acting Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds sought three quotes to perform the work of constructing new HVAC infrastructure in the Reese Cultural Center, and WHEREAS, the Town obtained three quotes for the project, and WHEREAS, Folkes Home Services is the lowest quote at $142,787.00, and WHEREAS, it is recommended that Folkes Home Services should be awarded a contract for the work, and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows: The Town Board of the Town of Wappinger hereby awards a contract for the Reese Cultural Center HVAC in the amount of $142,787.00. The Town Board of the Town of Wappinger does hereby allocate the aforementioned $100,000.00 in grant funding toward the cost of this contract. The Town Board of the Town of Wappinger hereby authorizes an additional $42,787.00 to fund the project in its entirety from B -Fund Balance. Town Supervisor Joseph D. Cavaccini is hereby authorized and directed to execute the above-described agreement in the form annexed hereto with such changes as the Town Supervisor may deem advisable in consultation with the Town Attorney. The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows: RESULT: WITHDRAWN Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York 12/16/2024 The Resolution is hereby duly declared Withdrawn. JOSEP,H,P. PAOLONI, TOWN CLERK