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

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

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

Chairman Thomas Briggs, offer the following:

 WHEREAS, the New York State Comptroller is authorized by Sections 34

and 334 of the Retirement and Social Security Law to adopt rules and regulations for

reporting the service and salary information for all employees of participating

employers in the New York State and Local Employees’ Retirement System

(“Retirement System”); and

 WHEREAS, Ulster County is a participating employer in the Retirement

System; and

WHEREAS, the New York State Comptroller has promulgated Regulation

315.4 which imposes certain reporting requirements for elected and appointed

officials of participating employers, and requires the governing board of each

participating employer to adopt a resolution establishing a standard work day for

each elected or appointed official; and

 WHEREAS, among the requirements for employers are a more detailed

description of a Standard Work Day along with a Legislative resolution establishing

and reporting such Standard Work Day, public posting of the Resolution, and

submission of the Resolution to the New York State Retirement System; and

 WHEREAS, pursuant to Regulation 315.4, in the event that elected or

appointed officials do not participate in an employer’s time keeping system, they are

required to keep a record of activities (ROA) for a three month period and submit it

to the clerk of the governing board within 180 days of taking office; and

WHEREAS, each of the elected or appointed officials listed in this resolution

have kept records of their actual time (ROA) worked in their current position for the

required ninety days or signed a recertification of a previous ROA or taken part in the

Ulster County time keeping system; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Ulster County Legislature hereby establishes the

following as Standard Work Days for these elected and appointed officials who are

not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, and will report the following days

worked to the New York State and Local Employees’ Retirement System based on

the established time keeping system or the record of activities (ROA) maintained and

submitted to the Clerk of the Legislature: 

E

or

A Title Last First

Standard

Day Term

Days

per

month

Participates

in time

keeping

system

E Legislator Rodriguez Hector 6

1/1/2016-

12/31/2017 14.68 no

A

Assistant

DA Blackmond Dana 6

1/1/2016-

12/31/2019

13.36

16.33 no

A

Assistant

DA Martuscello Daniel 6

1/1/2016-

12/31/2019 16.49 no

E= Elected

A= Appointed

* = Tier 1

and, be it further

RESOLVED, the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature shall post a copy of

this resolution on the County’s website or official sign-board of the County for a

period of not less than 30 days; and, be it further

 RESOLVED, the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature shall file a certified

copy of this resolution along with an affidavit of posting with the Office of the New

York State Comptroller within 45 days of the adoption of this resolution,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED AS AMENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 22 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislator Fabiano)

Postponed in Committee for One Week: Ways and Means on September 13, 2017

Passed Committee: Ways and Means as amended on September 19, 2017 

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

NONE

Legislator Gerentine motioned, seconded by Legislator Loughran, to insert the

correct number of days per month worked for Legislator Rodriguez and Assistant DA

Dana Blackmond as indicated above in bold font.

MOTION ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 22 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislator Fabiano)

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 September in the year Two Thousand

and Seventeen, 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

September in the year Two Thousand and Seventeen.

|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 September, 2017. 26th Day of September, 2017.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature