NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF LOCAL LAW SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF LOCAL LAW SUBJECT
TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a regular meeting held on the 16th day of December, 2025, the Ulster County Legislature adopted a resolution adopting a local law, which was duly adopted by the County Executive on the 13th day of January, 2026. Said local law, published herewith, is subject to a permissive referendum pursuant to Section 24 of the Municipal Home Rule Law and Section 101 of NY County Law. Annual salaries so identified shall become effective unless by no later than March 2, 2026 a petition signed by the required number of qualified electors of the County of Ulster is received in the Office of the Clerk of the Legislature, 244 Fair Street, Kingston, NY 12402, protesting such local law and requesting a referendum thereupon.
DATED:Â Â Â Â Â Â January 28, 2026Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk
              Kingston, New York         Ulster County Legislature
Resolution No. 568Â Â Â Â Â Â December 16, 2025
Adopting Proposed Local Law No. 17 Of 2025, A Local Law Applying The Salary Revisions Pursuant To The 2026 Ulster County Budget To County Officers Serving For Fixed Terms
Referred to: The Laws, Rules and Government Services Committee (Chairman Kovacs and Legislators Gavaris, Hansut, Harmon, Kitchen, Levine, and Uchitelle), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gavaris and Legislators Collins, Hansut, Kovacs, Nolan, Roberts, and Uchitelle)
Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, John Gavaris, and Deputy Chair Kevin A. Roberts offer the following:
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 546 dated November 18, 2025, set the date for the Public Hearing on Proposed Local Law No. 17 of 2025, A Local Law Applying The Salary Revisions Pursuant To The 2026 Ulster County Budget To County Officers Serving For Fixed Terms, to be held on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM in the Legislative Chambers, Ulster County Office Building, 6th Floor, 244 Fair Street, Kingston, New York; and
WHEREAS, said Public Hearing was held on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM; and
WHEREAS, said Public Hearing was advertised in the official newspapers of the County of Ulster, and posted on the signboard maintained by the Clerk of the Legislature situated in the Ulster County Office Building; and
WHEREAS, all parties in attendance were permitted an opportunity to speak on behalf of or in opposition to the Proposed Local Law; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that herein, Proposed Local Law No. 17 of 2025 is hereby adopted by the Ulster County Legislature, and, pending the approval of the County Executive, will be assigned a local law number consecutive to the last local law adopted and approved in 2026;
Proposed Local Law Number 17 Of 2025
County Of Ulster
A Local Law Applying The Salary Revisions Pursuant To The 2026 Ulster County Budget To County Officers Serving For Fixed Terms
BE IT ENACTED, by the Legislature of the County of Ulster, as follows:
SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND FINDINGS.
The Legislature finds and determines that the salaries of County Officers serving for fixed term of office may be changed and adjusted only by local law.
SECTION 2. APPLICABILITY.
The annual salaries of such County Officers as are serving for a fixed term of office shall be adjusted and changed in accordance with the provisions of the Adopted 2026 Budget. The schedule shall be increased by four per centum in 2027 and further increased by four per centum in 2028.
For the balance of the year 2026 on and after the effective date of this Local Law, the foregoing officers shall be paid at such a rate which, when added to amounts paid during the year 2026 prior to such effective date, will equal the annual salary fixed for such office for the year 2026 as above set forth.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY.
In the event that any portion of this local law is found to be invalid, such finding will not have any effect on either the remaining portions or applications of this local law or any provisions of the Ulster County Charter, which shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Local Law shall take effect upon compliance with all applicable provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York.
This Local Law is subject to a permissive referendum, and will be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the County of Ulster if within 45 days after the date on which it was so adopted, there is filed with the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature a petition protesting against this Local Law, signed and authenticated as required by Section 24 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, by qualified electors of the County of Ulster registered to vote therein at the last preceding general election, in number equal to at least ten per centum of the total number of votes cast for Governor at the last gubernatorial election held in said County.
Proposed Local Law with Addendum can be found at: https://legislature.ulstercountyny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Proposed-Local-Law-No.-17-of-2025-Salary-Increase-for-Officers-Serving-For-Fixed-Terms-with-Addendum-1.pdf
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