2003-179090427-00385P
At a regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County,
New York, held at the Town Hall, in Wappinger Falls, New York, in said Town, on the June 23,
2003, at 7:30 o'clock P .M., Prevailing Time.
The meeting was called to order by Supervisor Ruggiero , and upon roll being
called, the following were
PRESENT: Joseph Ruggiero, Supervisor
Robert Valdati, Councilman
Vincent Bettina, Councilman
Christopher Colsey, Councilman
Joseph Paoloni, Counciman
ABSENT:
The following resolution was offered by Councilman Colsey
who moved its adoption, seconded by Councilman Paoloni , to -wit:
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BOND RESOLUTION DATED JUNE 23, 2003.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $200,000 SERIAL
BONDS OF THE TOWN OF WAPPINGER, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW
YORK, TO PAY THE COST OF THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING AND THE
PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF NEW UNDERGROUND FUEL
TANKS AT THE FORMER GREYSTONE ESTATE NOW KNOWN AS THE
CARNWATH ESTATE AND/OR CARNWATH MANSION, IN AND FOR
SAID TOWN.
WHEREAS, all conditions precedent to the financing of the capital project hereinafter
described, including compliance with the provisions of the State Environmental Quality Review
Act, have been performed; and
WHEREAS, it is now desired to authorize the financing of such capital project; NOW,
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County,
New York, as follows:
Section 1. For the specific object or purpose of paying the cost of the removal of
existing and the purchase and installation of new underground fuel tanks at the former Greystone
Estate now known as the Carnwath Estate and/or Carnwath Mansion, in and for the Town of
Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York, including the removal of contaminated soils and materials
and related and incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith, there are hereby
authorized to be issued $200,000 serial bonds of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New
York, pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law.
Section 2. It is hereby determined that the maximum estimated cost of such specific
object or purpose is $200,000, and the plan for the financing thereof is by the issuance of the
$200,000 serial bonds of said Town authorized to be issued pursuant to this bond resolution.
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Section 3. It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the
aforesaid specific object or purpose is ten years, pursuant to subdivision 88 of paragraph a of
Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law. It is hereby further determined that the maximum
maturity of the serial bonds herein authorized will exceed five years.
Section 4. Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize
the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the
serial bonds herein authorized, including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the
Supervisor, the chief fiscal officer. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents, and
shall be sold in such manner, as may be prescribed by said Supervisor, consistent with the
provisions of the Local Finance Law.
Section 5. The faith and credit of said Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New
York, are hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such
bonds as the same respectively become due and payable. An annual appropriation shall be made
in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds becoming due and
payable in such year. There shall annually be levied on all the taxable real property of said
Town a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due
and payable.
Section 6. Such bonds shall be in fully registered form and shall be signed in the
name of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess, County, New York, by the manual or facsimile
signature of the Supervisor and a facsimile of its corporate seal shall be imprinted thereon and
may be attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the Town Clerk.
Section 7. The powers and duties of advertising such bonds for sale, conducting the
sale and awarding the bonds, are hereby delegated to the Supervisor, who shall advertise such
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bonds for sale, conduct the sale, and award the bonds in such manner as she shall deem best for
the interests of said Town; provided, however, that in the exercise of these delegated powers, she
shall comply fully with the provisions of the Local Finance Law and any order or rule of the
State Comptroller applicable to the sale of municipal bonds. The receipt of the Supervisor shall
be a full acquittance to the purchaser of such bonds, who shall not be obliged to see to the
application of the purchase money.
Section 8. All other matters, except as provided herein relating to such bonds,
including determining whether to issue such bonds having substantially level or declining annual
debt service and all matters related thereto, prescribing whether manual or facsimile signatures
shall appear on said bonds, prescribing the method for the recording of ownership of said bonds,
appointing the fiscal agent or agents for said bonds, providing for the printing and delivery of
said bonds (and if said bonds are to be executed in the name of the Town by the facsimile
signature of the Supervisor, providing for the manual countersignature of a fiscal agent or of a
designated official of the Town), the date, denominations, maturities and interest payment dates,
place or places of payment, and also including the consolidation with other issues, shall be
determined by the Supervisor. It is hereby determined that it is to the financial advantage of the
Town not to impose and collect from registered owners of such serial bonds any charges for
mailing, shipping and insuring bonds transferred or exchanged by the fiscal agent, and,
accordingly, pursuant to paragraph c of Section 70.00 of the Local Finance Law, no such charges
shall be so collected by the fiscal agent. Such bonds shall contain substantially the recital of
validity clause provided for in section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law and shall otherwise be in
such form and contain such recitals in addition to those required by section 52.00 of the Local
Finance Law, as the Supervisor shall determine.
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Section 9. The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes may be contested
1) Such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which said
Town is not authorized to expend money, or
2) The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of
publication of this resolution are not substantially complied with,
and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the
date of such publication, or
3) Such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the
Constitution.
Section 10. This resolution shall constitute a statement of official intent for purposes
of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150 - 2. Other than as specified in this resolution, no monies
are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long-term basis, or otherwise set
aside with respect to the permanent funding of the object or purpose described herein
Section 11. Upon this resolution taking effect, the same shall be published in full in
Poughkeepsie Journal
Southern Dutchess News , the official newspaper, together with a notice of the Town
Clerk in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law.
Section 12. This resolution is adopted subject to permissive referendum in accordance
with Section 35.00 of the Local Finance Law.
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The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote on roll
call, which resulted as follows:
Supervisor Ruggiero VOTING Aye
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Councilman Bettina
Councilman Colsey
Councilman Paoloni
VOTING Ay.
VOTING Aye
VOTING Aye
VOTING Aye
The resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted.
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF DUTCHESS )
1, the undersigned Clerk of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY:
That I have compared the foregoing copy of the minutes of the meeting of the members
of the Town Board of said Town, including the resolution contained therein, held on June 23,
2003, with the original thereof on file in my office, and that the same is a true and correct copy
of said original and of the whole of said original so far as the same relates to the subject matters
therein referred to.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that all members of said Board had due notice of said meeting
and that, pursuant to Section 103 of the Public Officers Law (Open Meetings Law), said meeting
was open to the general public and that I duly caused a public notice of the time and place of said
meeting to be given to the following newspapers and/or other news media as follows:
Newspapers and/or other news media Dateig ven
Poughkeepsie Journal January 2, 2003
Southern Dutchess News
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and that I further duly caused public notice of the time and place of said meeting to be
conspicuously posted in the following designated public location(s) on the following dates:
Designated Location(s)
of posted notice Date of Posting
Sign Board
20 Middlebush Road
Wappingers Falls, NY
January 2, 2003
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Town, this' day of June, 2003.
(SEAL)
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