3. Resolution No. 68

Authorizing The Chairman Of The Ulster County Legislature To Execute An Intermunicipal Agreement With Various Municipalities For The Operation Of U.C.E.R.T (Ulster County Emergency Response Team) – Ulster County Sheriff

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Adopted

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Referred to: The Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committee (Chairman Briggs

and Legislators Fabiano, Provenzano, Ronk, and Wishnick)

Chairman of the Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committee, Thomas J. Briggs,

and Deputy Chairman Kenneth J. Ronk offer the following:

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Emergency Response Team (UCERT)

operates as a county-wide emergency response team consisting of law enforcement

personnel from various agencies throughout Ulster County; and

 

WHEREAS, the existence of a specialized unit to provide a rapid tactical

response to critical incidents will benefit Ulster County and serve as a resource for all

police and law enforcement agencies within the County; and

WHEREAS, UCERT is overseen by the Sheriff of Ulster County; and

WHEREAS, local municipalities have been invited to participate in UCERT

and have been given a Cooperative Agreement for execution to formalize their

participation; and

WHEREAS, the Towns of New Paltz, Saugerties, Ulster, and Woodstock, and

the SUNY New Paltz Police Department have active members in UCERT and are

anticipated to renew their commitment for 2015 via resolution; and

WHEREAS, it is anticipated that additional municipalities will elect to

participate in UCERT and seek to become parties to the Cooperative Agreement;

now, therefore, be it

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

authorized to execute an intermunicipal agreement, and any amendments thereto,

with the various municipalities participating in the county-wide UCERT, for the term

January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015, in the form as filed with the Clerk of the

Ulster County Legislature, or as modified with the approval of the County Attorney;

and, be it further

RESOLVED, that additional municipalities that desire to participate shall be

added as additional signatories to the Cooperative Agreement upon the review and

authorization by the County Attorney and Chairman of the Ulster County Legislature,

and move its adoption.

 

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 23 NOES: 0

 

Passed Committee: Law Enforcement and Public Safety on February 3, 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 February 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

February 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 February, 2015. 27th Day of February, 2015.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature

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Updated: October 27, 2020