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Resolution Awarding Bid Contract For Carnwath Farms / Reese Cultural Center Heating,
Ventilation, And Air Conditioning
At a Regular 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 January
27, 2025.
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 -2025-40
Yes/Aye
No/Nay
Abstain
Absent
❑ Adopted
Q Adopted as Amended
Joseph D. Cavaccini
Mover
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Defeated
William H. Beale
Voter
❑
❑
❑
Away
❑ Tabled
Angela Bettina
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Withdrawn
Christopher Phillips
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
Al Casella
Secondee
Q
❑
❑
❑
The following Resolution was introduced by Supervisor Cavaccini and seconded by
Casella.
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 15, 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, on December 16, 2024, the Town Board authorized the Town Supervisor Joseph D.
Cavaccini to go out for formal bid pursuant to General Municipal Law § 103, and
WHEREAS, on January 13, 2025, Town Clerk Joseph P. Paoloni hosted a public bid opening and
reported to the Town Board that there was only one eligible bid, and
WHEREAS, a roll call vote was taken with a majority of the Town Board voting against awarding the
bid to the only eligible bid, and
WHEREAS, on January 13, 2025, the Town Board authorized the Town Supervisor Joseph D.
Cavaccini to go out for formal bid once more pursuant to General Municipal Law § 103, and
WHEREAS, on January 27, 2025, Deputy Town Clerk Graciela Robinson hosted a public bid opening
and has reported to the Town Board the results of said bid opening, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
1. The Town Board of the Town of Wappinger hereby awards the Bid contract to Air Masters,
LLC for the Reese Cultural Center HVAC in the amount of $139,000.
2. 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.
3. The Town Board of the Town of Wappinger hereby authorizes an additional $39,000 to fund
the project in its entirety from B -Fund Balance.
4. 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: ADOPTED AS AMENDED [4 TO 01
MOVER: Joseph D. Cavaccini, Supervisor
SECONDER: Al Casella, Councilman
AYES: Joseph D. Cavaccini, Angela Bettina, Christopher Phillips, Al Casella
AWAY: William H. Beale
Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
1/27/2025
Amended.
The Resolution is hereby duly declared Adopted as