Town Board Agenda and Resolutions - September 30, 2026

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Town Board Workshop Meeting
September 30, 2026 - 7:00 pm
Sand Lake Town Hall

AGENDA

CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL

• Deputy Supervisor Nippes
• Councilman Glasser
• Councilwoman Mason
• Councilman Baker
• Supervisor Clemens
• Town Attorney Danaher
• Town Clerk Barbara Hansen

Approval of Meeting Minutes: September 9 Town Board Meeting

Town Clerk's Report
Supervisor's Report
Board Member's Reports
Public Works Commissioner's Report

Public Comment: NOTE - Each speaker must step to the microphone and may choose to state their name and address prior to addressing the Board and shall be granted the floor for up to five minutes. The Board thanks everyone in attendance for their understanding and for their desire to actively participate in the decision-making process. All speakers will conduct themselves in a civil manner.

Business:

• 1 Establishing the 2027 Town of Sand Lake Budget Schedule (Resolution #2026-09-160)
• 2 Authorizing Voluntary Salary Waivers And Paid Injury Leave For Highway Department Employee Josh Bucci (Resolution #2026-09-161)
• 3 Authorizing A Plan For Temporary Single Lane Reopening Of Glass Lake Road (Resolution #2026-09-162)
• 4 A Resolution Approving Local Law As To Form And Scheduling Public Hearing (Resolution #2026-09-163)
• 5 A Bond Resolution Dated September 30, 2026 (Resolution #2026-09-164)

Adjournment of the Meeting

SAND LAKE TOWN BOARD WORKSHOPMEETING
September 30, 2026

RESOLUTION #2026-09-160

Establishing the 2027 Town of Sand Lake Budget Schedule

WHEREAS, one of the primary responsibilities of New York Town Governments is to adopt a structurally balanced budget that accurately estimates revenues and expenditures of the town for the upcoming fiscal year; and

WHEREAS, the budget adoption process has several dates and steps that must adhere to statutory requirements and deadlines; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Sand Lake hereby adopts the following schedule of actions and dates associated with adoption of the 2027 Town of Sand Lake Budget:

SAND LAKE TOWN BOARD WORKSHOPMEETING
September 30, 2026

RESOLUTION #2026-09-161

AUTHORIZING VOLUNTARY SALARY WAIVERS AND PAID INJURY LEAVE FOR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE JOSH BUCCI

WHEREAS, Josh Bucci is an employee of the Town Highway Department who is unable to work due to an injury; and

WHEREAS, Town Board members have expressed their intention to voluntarily waive the salaries otherwise payable to them for the period October 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026, and the Town Supervisor and Town Clerk have expressed their intention to waive additional salary amounts that together match the amounts waived by the Town Board members; and

WHEREAS, General Municipal Law § 92 authorizes the Town Board, by resolution, to grant an employee sick leave or a leave of absence with pay; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Town Comptroller is authorized to obtain a separate, written, prospective salary waiver from each participating official, specifying the amount waived and the pay periods to which it applies; and be it further

RESOLVED, that, effective October 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026, the Town Board grants Josh Bucci paid injury leave under General Municipal Law § 92, in an amount not exceeding the aggregate salary voluntarily waived by participating officials during that period, subject to the Town's applicable personnel policies, collective bargaining agreement, and coordination with any workers' compensation or other wage replacement benefits; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Town Comptroller is authorized to calculate the waived salary amounts, prepare and record any necessary budget modification to provide for the authorized Highway Department leave payments, and administer the payments through Town payroll; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Town Comptroller shall apply the appropriate payroll withholding and reporting treatment to each official's effective salary waiver and to payments made to Mr. Bucci; and be it further

RESOLVED, that this authorization expires December 31, 2026, and any extension shall require further Town Board action.

SAND LAKE TOWN BOARD WORKSHOPMEETING
September 30, 2026

RESOLUTION #2026-09-162

AUTHORIZING A PLAN FOR TEMPORARY SINGLE LANE REOPENING OF GLASS LAKE ROAD

WHEREAS, a portion of Glass Lake Road remains closed due to conditions requiring repair; and

WHEREAS, the Town is awaiting the requisite permits and approvals from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to perform the permanent work; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to evaluate whether the road can safely accommodate traffic in one lane while the permitting and repair process continues; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Commissioner of Public Works is authorized to work with the Town Engineer to develop a plan for a temporary single lane reopening of Glass Lake Road, including any necessary traffic controls, signs, barriers, inspections, and operating restrictions; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the road may reopen to single lane traffic only after the Town Engineer determines that the proposed arrangement is safe and the Commissioner of Public Works confirms that the required traffic controls are in place; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Commissioner of Public Works is authorized to close the road again immediately if conditions change or if the Commissioner or Town Engineer determines that continued single lane use is unsafe; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the temporary arrangement shall remain in place only while it can be maintained safely. After the required permits are obtained and the permanent work is completed, the Town shall evaluate the road for a planned full reopening upon the Town Engineer's determination that it is safe for two way traffic.

SAND LAKE TOWN BOARD WORKSHOPMEETING
September 30, 2026

RESOLUTION #2026-09-163

A RESOLUTION APPROVING LOCAL LAW AS TO FORM AND SCHEDULING PUBLIC HEARING

WHEREAS, The Town of Sand Lake is desirous of having the ability to override the New York State Tax Cap, if needed, for the 2027 Town Budget pursuant to New York State General Municipal Law Section 3-c, Subdivision 5, and

WHEREAS, the Town Board has reviewed proposed Local Law No. 4 of the year 2026, a copy of which is attached hereto, and

WHEREAS, such Local Law appears appropriate as to form and it appearing appropriate for a Public Hearing to be scheduled so as to consider public comments on such proposed Local Law,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that proposed Local Law No. 4 of the year 2026 is hereby approved as to form, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a Public Hearing will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at the Town Hall of the Town of Sand Lake located at 8428 NY Route 66, Averill Park, New York, 12018 so as to allow the Town Board to hear Public Comment on proposed Local Law No. 4 of 2026, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to issue appropriate Public Notice of the Public Hearing scheduled herein.

SAND LAKE TOWN BOARD WORKSHOPMEETING
September 30, 2026

RESOLUTION #2026-09-164

BOND RESOLUTION DATED September 30, 2026 OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF SAND LAKE AUTHORIZING NOT TO EXCEED $1,659,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SERIAL GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO FINANCE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE THAIS ROAD BRIDGE OVER WYNANTSKILL CREEK, AT AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF $1,659,000, LEVY OF TAX IN ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS IN PAYMENT THEREOF, THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH SUM FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AND DETERMINING OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF SAND LAKE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The Town of Sand Lake (the "Town") is hereby authorized to (a) replace the current bridge carrying Thais Road over the Wynantskill Creek, and (b) issue its serial general obligation bonds (the "Bonds") in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $1,659,000 pursuant to the Local Finance Law of New York, in order to finance the class of objects or purposes described herein.

Section 2. The class of objects or purposes to be financed pursuant to this Resolution is the replacement of the current bridge carrying Thais Road over the Wynantskill Creek, including, but not limited to, demolition of the existing road and sub-base, existing culverts and concrete headwalls, and excavating down to the natural creek bed, construction and installation of a new bridge, including preliminary costs thereof, costs incidental thereto, and issuance costs of the Bonds and bonds anticipation notes hereinafter referred to (collectively, the "Purpose").

Section 3. It is hereby determined and declared that (a) the maximum cost of the Purpose, as estimated by the Board, is $1,659,000, (b) no money has heretofore been authorized to be applied to the payment of the cost of the Purpose, and (c) the Town plans to finance the cost of the Purpose from funds raised by the issuance of the Bonds and bond anticipation notes hereinafter referred to, and the expenditure of funds received from a federal aid, New York State aid and one or more grants.

Section 4. It is hereby determined that said Purpose is an object or purpose described in Subdivision 10 of Paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law, and that the period of probable usefulness of said purpose is 20 years. The proposed maturity of the Bonds authorized herein will be in excess of five (5) years.

Section 5. 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 sale of the Bonds, including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Supervisor of the Town, the chief fiscal officer.

Section 6. The power to further authorize the issuance of the Bonds and bond anticipation notes and to prescribe the terms, form and contents of the Bonds and bond anticipation notes, including the consolidation with other issues and the use of substantially level debt service, subject to the provisions of this Resolution and the Local Finance Law, and to sell and deliver the Bonds and bond anticipation notes, is hereby delegated to the Supervisor of the Town. The Supervisor of the Town is hereby authorized to sign and the Town Clerk is hereby authorized to attest any Bonds and bond anticipation notes issued pursuant to this Resolution, and to affix to such Bonds and bond anticipation notes the corporate seal of the Town.

Section 7. The faith and credit of the Town of Sand Lake, New York, are hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such Bonds and bond anticipation notes 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 obligations becoming due and payable in such year, to the extent the necessary funds are not provided from other sources. There shall be levied annually on all taxable real property in the Town, a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such obligations as the same become due and payable, to the extent the necessary funds are not provided from other sources.

Section 8. This Resolution shall constitute the Town's "official intent", within the meaning of Section 1.150-2 of the Treasury Regulations, to finance the cost of the Purpose with the Bonds and notes herein authorized. The Town shall not reimburse itself from the proceeds of the Bonds or notes for any expenditures paid more than sixty days prior to the date hereof, unless specifically authorized by Section 1.150-2 of the Treasury Regulations.

Section 9. Pursuant to Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of New York, as amended, and the regulations of the Department of Environmental Conservation of the State of New York promulgated thereunder (collectively referred to hereinafter as "SEQRA"), the Town Board of the Town of Sand Lake (the Town") hereby determines that the Purpose (as herein defined ) is a Type II Action, and that no further action is required to satisfy the requirements of SEQRA.

Section 10. This Resolution is adopted subject to a permissive referendum pursuant to Section 35.00 of the Local Finance Law and Section 90.00 of the Town Law. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed within ten (10) days after the adoption of said resolution, to cause to be published a notice which sets forth the date of this Resolution's adoption and contains an abstract of the resolution concisely stating its purpose and effect.

Section 11. A summary of this Resolution, when effective, shall be published in full by the Town Clerk together with a notice in substantially the form prescribed by Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law, and such publication shall be in each official newspaper of the Town. The validity of the Bonds or of any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the sale of the Bonds may be contested only if such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which the Town is not authorized to expend money, or 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 (20) days after the date of such publication; or if said obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

Section 12. The firm Barclay Damon LLP is hereby appointed to serve as Bond Counsel to the Town in connection with the Bonds and notes herein authorized.

Section 13. This Resolution shall take effect upon the earlier of (a) expiration of the time for filing a petition requesting that the issuance of the Bonds be submitted to referendum or (b) a positive vote upon the referendum authorizing the issuance of the Bonds.

The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was seconded by , and duly put to vote on a roll call, which resulted as follows:

STATE OF NEW YORK )
) SS.:
COUNTY OF RENSSELAER )

I, the undersigned Clerk of the Town of Sand Lake, do hereby certify as follows:

1. A Regular Meeting of the Board of the Town of Sand Lake, State of New York, was duly held on September 30, 2026, and Minutes of said meeting have been duly recorded in the Minute Book kept by me in accordance with law for the purpose of recording the Minutes of meetings of said Board. I have compared the attached Extract with said Minutes so recorded and said Extract is a true copy of said Minutes and of the whole thereof insofar as said Minutes relate to matters referred to in said Extracts.
2. Said Minutes correctly state the time when said Meeting was convened and the place where such meeting was held and the members of said Board who attended said Meeting.
3. Public Notice of the time and place of said Meeting was duly given to the public and the news media in accordance with Article 7 of the Public Officers Law (the "Open Meetings Law"), and that the members of said Board had due notice of said Meeting and that the Meeting was in all respects duly held and a quorum was present and acted throughout.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and have hereunto affixed the corporate seal of the Town of Sand Lake this day of September, 2026.

[Seal

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF BOND RESOLUTION
SUBJECT TO A PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM

At a regular meeting held on the 30th day of September, 2026, the Town Board of the Town of Sand Lake, New York duly adopted a resolution, an abstract of which follows, which resolution is subject to a permissive referendum pursuant to Section 35.00 of the Local Finance Law of the State of New York. If, after thirty days of the resolution's adoption by the Town Board, no petition objecting to the resolution and requesting approval by the voters is filed with the Town Clerk of the Town of Sand Lake, the resolution will be declared duly adopted.

ABSTRACT OF BOND RESOLUTION DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

The following is a summary of a resolution adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Sand Lake on September 30, 2026. Said resolution authorizes the issuance and sale of serial bonds, and bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of said serial bonds, in an amount not to exceed $1,659,000. The proceeds from the sale of the obligations authorized in said resolution shall be used for the object or purpose of the replacement of the current bridge carrying Thais Road over the Wynantskill Creek, including, but not limited to, demolition of the existing road and sub-base, existing culverts and concrete headwalls, and excavating down to the natural creek bed, and construction and installation of a new bridge, including preliminary costs thereof, costs incidental thereto, and the issuance costs of the Bonds and bonds anticipation notes. The estimated maximum cost of said object or purpose is $1,659,000, and the period of probable usefulness thereof is twenty (20) years.

Dated: September 30, 2026

Town Clerk
Town of Sand Lake
Rensselaer County, New York

LEGAL NOTICE

The resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted on the 30th day of September, 2026, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the Town of Sand Lake is not authorized to expend money or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty (20) days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the constitution. The permissive referendum period for the resolution has expired.

A complete copy of the bond resolution summarized herewith is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Sand Lake for a period of twenty days from the date of publication of this Notice.

Town Clerk

BOND RESOLUTION DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF SAND LAKE AUTHORIZING NOT TO EXCEED $1,659,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SERIAL GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO FINANCE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE THAIS ROAD BRIDGE OVER WYNANTSKILL CREEK, AT AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF $1,659,000, LEVY OF TAX IN ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS IN PAYMENT THEREOF, THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH SUM FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AND DETERMINING OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.

Class of objects or purposes:

Replacement of the current bridge carrying Thais Road over the Wynantskill Creek, including, but not limited to, demolition of the existing road and sub-base, existing culverts and concrete headwalls, excavating down to the natural creek bed and construction, and installation of a new bridge, including preliminary costs thereof, costs incidental thereto and issuance costs of the Bonds and bonds anticipation notes.

Maximum Estimated Cost:

$1,659,000

Period of probable usefulness:

Twenty (20) years. The proposed maturity of the Bonds will exceed five (5) years.

Maximum amount of obligations to be issued:

$1,659,000