Municipal Code

LGE Water Resolution


WHEREAS:  the Town of Tonawanda Water Treatment Facility was constructed in the 1950’s and has undergone several upgrades to peripheral processes and infrastructure over the past 60 years, and

WHEREAS:  The Water Treatment Facility will require a continued level of significant investment to rehabilitate facilities, maintain a satisfactory level of service, and upgrade processes to comply with regulations, and
    
WHEREAS:  the Village of Kenmore,  in cooperation with the Town of Tonawanda, the Buffalo Water Board, and the Erie County Water Authority (ECWA), seeks to examine the alternatives available to provide treated public water to insure adequate supply and provision of water in an economical manner, and

WHEREAS:  the Village of Kenmore seeks funding to conduct a feasibility analysis titled, “Town of Tonawanda Treated Public Water Supply Alternatives Evaluation Study,” to include a thorough examination of the financial, supply, and operational aspects associated with the provision of public water to the Town of Tonawanda and Village of Kenmore, and

WHEREAS:  the Village of Kenmore anticipates cooperation with the Town of Tonawanda, Buffalo Water Board, and ECWA will result in cost reductions and efficiencies of service delivery, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED, that the Town of Tonawanda intends to serve as the lead agency, in cooperation with the ECWA, Buffalo Water Board, and Village of Kenmore for the purpose of submitting a grant application to study the alternatives associated with the future provision of public water to the Town of Tonawanda and Village of Kenmore, and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Kenmore Village Board hereby authorizes the Town of Tonawanda to serve as lead agency for the submission of a grant application in cooperation with the ECWA, Buffalo Water Board, and Village of Kenmore to the New York State Local Government Efficiency (LGE) Efficiency Planning Grant 2011-2012 program for a project in the amount of $88,700, consisting of a grant in the amount of $79,830 with a 10% project cost match of $8,870 to conduct the Town of Tonawanda Treated Public Water Supply Alternatives Evaluation Study and, BE IT FUTHER

RESOLVED, that the Kenmore Village Board hereby authorizes the Mayor and/or his designee to enter into an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Town of Tonawanda, Buffalo Water Board, and ECWA, contingent on the awarding of the grant; and BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, that the Kenmore Village Board hereby authorizes the Mayor and/or his designee to apply for, an Efficiency Planning Grant from the New York State Department of State for a project in the amount of $88,700, consisting of a grant in the amount of $79,830, with a local match of 10 percent of the total project cost ($8,870) to be paid in equal shares of $4,435 each by the Town of Tonawanda and Buffalo Water Board; and BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, that the Mayor and/or his designee is authorized and directed to execute all financial and/or administrative processes related to acquisition of said funding.