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

Committee (Chairman Maloney and Legislators Berky, Delaune, Lapp, Litts, Maio

and Rodriguez), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and

Legislators Allen, Bartels, Belfiglio, Briggs, Maio, and Maloney)

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

Committee, James F. Maloney, and Deputy Chairman Hector Rodriguez offer the

following:

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

behalf of the Department of Information Services; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Information Services procures and manages

an extensive communications network to provide data, voice and video

communications to County employees; and

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Legislature, by the adoption of Resolution No.

313, dated August 18, 2015, authorized the Ulster County Board of Cooperative

Educational Services (BOCES) to act on behalf of Ulster County to secure a bid for

internet and network services; and

WHEREAS, the COUNTY, participated in a Mid-Hudson Regional Network

Services Bid #16-29 (BID) which combined the network needs of four BOCES

organizations, the County, the City of Kingston, the Mid-Hudson Library System,

and several school districts; and

WHEREAS, the bid responses were received and evaluated by Information

Services and will result in reduced pricing over our current internet and network

costs; and

WHEREAS, BOCES, acting as the lead agency on the BID, will coordinate

services for all parties of the BID; and

WHEREAS, it is determined that purchasing the internet and network services

from BOCES for a five year term is in the best interest of the County, it will be

necessary to execute an inter-municipal agreement with BOCES; now therefore, be

it; 

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

to execute an inter-municipal agreement to make such a purchase; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the agreement to purchase such services shall be in such

form as will be presented to the Clerk of the Legislature or as modified with the

approval of the County Attorney, and the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of

Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning and Transit Committee,

and moves its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 22 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislator Gerentine)

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

Transit on May 3, 2016

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on May 10, 2016

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$ 447,827.46 – BUDGETED 2016 APPROPRIATIONS DOLLARS

$2,239,137.29 – TOTAL COST 

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 May 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 18th Day of May in

the year Two Thousand and Sixteen.

|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 May, 2016. 26th Day of May, 2016.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature