Resolution Information
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Referred to: The Public Works and Capital Projects Committee (Chairman Fabiano
and Legislators Greene, Litts, Loughran, and Maloney)
Legislator Jonathan Heppner offers the following:
WHEREAS, county government serves an essential role as the first line of
defense in times of natural disasters and other emergency situations; and
WHEREAS, it is often the responsibility of the County to serve as a sponsor
on behalf of its municipalities to obtain state or federal grant funding related to such
disasters or emergencies; and
WHEREAS, the Ulster County Legislature hereby finds it imperative that the
Executive and Legislative branches within Ulster County government work
cohesively together, within the scope of each branch of government’s powers and
duties as prescribed by the Ulster County Charter, when confronted with a natural
disasters and other emergency situations; and
WHEREAS, to further facilitate the efficient and cohesive operation of Ulster
County Government it is essential that all available material and relevant information
relating to a natural disaster or other emergency situation be shared by and between
the Executive and Legislative branches of County Government; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ulster County Charter Section C-63 (4) the
Commissioner of Public Works “shall have charge of and have the duty of
performing such other functions concerning County real and personal property,
public works and other matters as the County Executive and Legislature may, from
time to time, direct”; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that when areas within the geographical border of Ulster County
are deemed to be in a state of emergency by the Governor of the State of New York,
pursuant to New York State Executive Law, and/or deemed to be in a state of
emergency by the President of the United States, pursuant to the National
Emergencies Act, the Commissioner of Public Works or designee shall, within fortyeight (48) hours from such a declaration, brief the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of
the Public Works Committee on the steps taken by Ulster County government to
assist those residents effected by any such natural disaster or emergency including,
but not limited to, the efforts taken by Ulster County government to obtain disaster
relief funding from State or Federal disaster relief programs; and be it further
RESOLVED, that following said briefing, the Commissioner of Public Works
or designee shall attend the next scheduled regular meeting of the Public Works and
Capital Projects Committee to provide the Committee with the updated status of the
steps taken by the County to assist its residents and municipalities; and be it further
RESOLVED, that upon transmission, a copy of any follow-up correspondence
or request for information related to natural disaster or emergency assistance sent by
any department of Ulster County government to any municipality shall be filed with
the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature,
and moves its adoption.
ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: 22 NOES: 0
(Absent: Legislator Loughran)
Passed Committee: Public Works and Capital Projects as Amended on April 7, 2016
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 19th Day of April in the year Two Thousand and
Sixteen, 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 April in
the year Two Thousand and Sixteen.
|s| Victoria A. Fabella
Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk
Ulster County Legislature
Submitted to the County Executive this Returned unsigned by the County Executive and
21st Day of April, 2016. deemed adopted this 29th Day of April, 2016.
|s| Victoria A. Fabella |unsigned|___________________________
Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Michael P. Hein, County Executive
Ulster County Legislature
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Updated: January 24, 2019
Votes on this Resolution
yes no abstained no voteVote to Adopt Resolution No. 181
Committee Vote to Adopt Resolution No. 181 As Amended
Committee Vote to Adopt Resolution No. 181 As Amended