Referred to: The Energy and Environment Committee (Chairman Loughran and

Legislators R. Parete, Rodriguez, Ronk, and Wawro)

Chairman of the Energy and Environment Committee, Peter M. Loughran, and

Deputy Chairman Kenneth Ronk offer the following:

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 11-501 of the Environmental Conservation

Law (ECL)of the State of New York each County within the State is authorized to

appoint three members to serve on a Regional Fish and Wildlife Management Board;

and

WHEREAS, one appointee must be a member of the County Legislature, one

member must represent the landowners of the County and one member must

represent the sportsmen of the County; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to ECL section 11-501(4) the appointments are made by

the County Executive with the approval of the County Legislature; and

WHEREAS, the County Executive has re-appointed the following individual

to the Fish and Wildlife Management Board to represent the sportsmen of Ulster

County:

Mark Loete Term: January 1, 2016

Chichester, New York 12416 through

 December 31, 2017;

and,

WHEREAS, the County Executive has appointed the following individual to

the Fish and Wildlife Management Board as an alternate sportsmen representative of

Ulster County:

Thomas Raffaldi Term: January 1, 2016

West Hurley, New York 12491 through

 December 31, 2017;

now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Ulster County Legislature hereby confirms the reappointment of Mark Loete to the Fish and Wildlife Management Board; and be it

further

RESOLVED, that the Ulster County Legislature hereby confirms the

appointment of Thomas Raffaldi as an alternate sportsman representative to the Fish

and Wildlife Management Board,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 23 NOES: 0

Passed Committee: Energy and Environment on December 9, 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 15th Day of December 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 16th Day of

December 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

16th Day of December, 2015. 22

nd Day of December, 2015.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature