| Certificate of Designation |
| For Service of Notice of Claim |
| of |
| TOWN OF CONSTANTIA |
| (Pursuant to Section 53 of the General Municipal Law) |
| It is hereby certified that: |
| FIRST: TOWN OF CONSTANTIA is a public corporation as defined in Section 66 of the General Construction Law of the State of New York. |
| SECOND: The name of the public corporation is: TOWN OF CONSTANTIA |
| THIRD: The principal location of the public corporation is in the county of: OSWEGO |
| FOURTH: The public corporation hereby designates the Secretary of State of the State of New York as its agent upon whom a Notice of Claim against the public corporation may be served. |
| FIFTH: The name, post office address and email address of an officer, person or designee, nominee or other agent-in-fact to which the Secretary of State shall transmit a copy of any Notice of Claim served upon the Secretary of State as the Public Corporation’s agent is: |
| Post Office Address: | CLARE HAYNES - TOWN CLERK
PO BOX 222 14 FREDERICK ST CONSTANTIA, NY 13044 |
| Email Address: | CLAREDHAYNES@YAHOO.COM |
| SIXTH: The time limit for service of a Notice of Claim upon the public corporation is: 90 days after the claim arises, or in the case of a wrongful death action, 90 days from the appointment of a representative of the decedent’s estate; |
| SEVENTH: Any statutory provisions uniquely pertaining to the public corporation and the commencement of an action or proceeding against it are as follows: Upon motion of Councilman Colesante, seconded by Councilman Moran, the following motion was made: WHEREAS General Municipal Law, §53 requires towns to file a certificate with the Secretary of State designating the Secretary of State as an agent for service of a notice of claim; and WHEREAS, General Municipal Law, §53 requires the certificate to include the applicable time limit for filing the notice of claim and the name, post office address and electronic mail address, if available, of an officer, person, for the transmittal of notices of claim served upon the Secretary as the town’s agent; and WHEREAS, the Town of Constantia must file such certificate with the Secretary of State no later than thirty (30) days of the date upon which General Municipal Law §53 took effect; and WHEREAS, pursuant to General Municipal Law, §50-e(1)(a), the applicable time limit for the filing of a notice of claim upon a town is 90 days after the claim arises, or in the case of a wrongful death action, 90 days from the appointment of a representative of the decedent’s estate; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Constantia, County of Oswego designates the Town Clerk of the Town of Constantia to receive notices of claims served upon the Secretary of State by mail at the Town Hall of the Town of Constantia at 14 Frederick Street, P.O. Box 222 Constantia, New York 13044; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby directs the Town Clerk to file on or before July 14, 2013, the required certificate with the New York State Secretary of State designating the Secretary of State as the Town’s agent for service of a notice of claim and designating the Town Clerk as the public officer of the Town responsible for receiving notices of claim served upon the Secretary of State and informing him of the applicable time limitation for filing a notice of claim with the Town. The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote and upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Richard Colesante Councilman Voted Yes John Metzger Councilman Voted Yes Tom Moran Councilman Voted Yes Frank Tomaino Councilman Absent Chuck Gilkey Supervisor Voted Yes The foregoing resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted. DATED: June 18, 2013 |
| EIGHTH: The New York State Vendor Identification Number (Vendor ID) for the public corporation is: REDACTED |
| Note: If the public corporation does not have a Vendor ID issued by the Office of the State Comptroller the Department of State will contact the public corporation regarding issuance of a Vendor ID when fees for service of Notices of Claim are available for distribution. The public corporation will not receive distributions of its share of fees for service of Notices of Claim until it has been assigned a Vendor ID by the Office of the State Comptroller. |
| NINTH: Distributions to the public corporation for its share of fees for service of Notices of Claim will be sent to the following Remittance Address: |
| CONSTANTIA TOWN OF
PO BOX 167 CONSTANTIA, NY 13044 |
| Note: The Remittance Address for public corporations with a Vendor ID must match the public corporation’s Remittance Address in the New York State Vendor Management System. If the Remittance Address provided does not match the address on file in the New York State Vendor Management System, the public corporation’s share of fees cannot be distributed. To update the public corporation’s Remittance Address on file in the New York State Vendor Management System the public corporation must access and update its vendor record at www.osc.state.ny.us. | ||
| Date: June 25, 2013 | ||
| CLARE HAYNES | TOWN CLERK | |
| Signature | Title of Signer |
| FILED BY THE NYS DEPARTMENT OF STATE ON: 06/25/2013 |
| FILE NUMBER: 20130625000156 |