Referred to: The Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning and Transit

Committee (Chairman Briggs and Legislators Allen, Archer, Bartels, Litts, Maio and

Maloney)

Chairman of the Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning, and Transit

Committee, Thomas J. Briggs, and Deputy Chairman James F. Maloney offer the

following:

WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted by the County Executive on

behalf of the Department of Transportation (Ulster County Area Transit); and

WHEREAS, the County presently operates a public transit system throughout

Ulster County, including ingress and egress to various municipalities; and

WHEREAS, the County and various municipalities desire to enhance the

public transportation service and improve passenger safety and convenience through

the installation of bus shelters within the various municipalities; and

WHEREAS, New York State’s General Municipal Law Article 5-G and

Section A3-4 (Y) of the Ulster County Administrative Code provide that the

Chairman of the Ulster County Legislature can enter into an inter-municipal

agreement on behalf of the County of Ulster; and

WHEREAS, the Director of Public Transportation is requesting that the

Chairman of the Ulster County Legislature be authorized to execute an intermunicipal agreement with the Village of Ellenville, as well as additional intermunicipal agreements with various local municipalities for the distribution to the

municipalities of bus shelters currently in the County’s inventory; and

WHEREAS, the municipalities receiving bus shelters will be responsible for

their installation and upkeep as well as for maintenance of adequate insurance

coverage; now, therefore, be it,

RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Ulster County Legislature is authorized

to execute a bus shelter agreement with the Village of Ellenville, in the form as filed

with the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature or as modified with the approval of

the County Attorney, as well as additional bus shelter agreements with various local

municipalities as may be submitted to the Chairman in the future,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 21 NOES: 0

(Legislator R. Parete arrived at 7:21 PM)

(Absent: Legislator Ronk)

Passed Committee: Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning and

Transit on November 4, 2015

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

NONE

STATE OF NEW YORK

 ss:

COUNTY OF ULSTER

I, the undersigned Clerk of the Legislature of the County of Ulster, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is

the original resolution adopted by the Ulster County Legislature on the 17th Day of November in the year Two Thousand

and Fifteen, and said resolution shall remain on file in the office of said clerk.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the County of Ulster this 19th Day of

November in the year Two Thousand and Fifteen.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk

Ulster County Legislature

Submitted to the County Executive this Approved by the County Executive this

19th Day of November, 2015. 24

th Day of November, 2015.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella |s| Michael P. Hein

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Michael P. Hein, County Executive

Ulster County Legislature