Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators

Allen, Belfiglio, Briggs, Gregorius, Maio, Maloney, and Richard Parete)

Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Richard A. Gerentine, and Deputy

Chairman Donald J. Gregorius offer the following:

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Legislature requested State legislation

allowing the County to continue the additional sales and compensating use tax rate of

1% (one percent) for an additional twenty-four months, from December 1, 2015 to

November 30, 2017; and

WHEREAS, such legislation has now been introduced as Senate Bill No.

S4695 and Assembly Bill No. A6603-A so that a formal Home Rule Request is now

appropriate; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the County Executive and the Clerk of the Ulster County

Legislature be authorized to execute and submit a Home Rule Request (Request by a

Local Government for Enactment of a Special Law), pursuant to Article IX of the

Constitution, requesting the enactment of Senate Bill No. S4695 and Assembly Bill

No. A6603-A entitled “An act to amend the tax law and Chapter 200 of the laws of

2002 amending the tax law relating to certain tax rates imposed by the County of

Ulster, to impose an additional 1% sales and compensating use tax,”

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 23 NOES: 0

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on May 13, 2015

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$23,085,589.00 – COUNTY-ANNUALIZED REVENUES FOR 12 MONTHS

$ 3,105,079.00 – CITY OF KINGSTON-ANNUALIZED REVENUES FOR 12

 MONTHS

$ 810,021.00 – TOWNS-ANNUALIZED REVENUES FOR 12 MONTHS

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 19th Day of May 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 20th Day of May 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

20th Day of May, 2015. 20th Day of May, 2015.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature