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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Q Withdrawn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