Referred to: The Legislative Programs, Education and Community Services

Committee (Chairman Wawro and Legislators Berky, Delaune, Donaldson and

Lopez), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators

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

Chairman of the Legislative Programs, Education and Community Services

Committee, Mary Wawro, and Deputy Chairman David B. Donaldson offer the

following:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Consolidated Laws of New York, Education Law

Article 5, Part II, Libraries, §256, Contracts: any authority named in section two

hundred fifty-five may, individually or jointly with another municipal or district body

or tribal government which authorities include County governments, grant money for

the support of the cost of maintaining or the cost of any capital improvements to or

expenditure for one or more: free association libraries, provided such libraries are

registered by the regents; public libraries, provided such libraries are registered by

the regents; and cooperative library systems approved by the commissioner; and

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Legislature has appropriated the sum of

Seventy Four Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($74,250.00) in the 2017 Ulster

County Budget for the Ulster County Libraries Program, to be distributed as agreed

to by the majority of libraries in Ulster County; and

WHEREAS, the majority of libraries have agreed to the distribution of such

funds as follows or equivalent resources:

• AncestryLibrary $ 6,400.00

• Capira Mobile Information Access App $ 6,000.00

• Brain Pop $ 4,000.00

• Chilton Auto Repair $ 500.00

• Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center $ 8,000.00

• E-Zines $ 7,000.00

• Foundation Center $ 1,000.00

• Gale Testing & Education $ 5,000.00

• HeritageQuestOnline/Historical NYT $10,000.00

• IndieFlix $ 8,000.00

• Mango Languages $ 4,350.00

• OverDrive audiobooks/ebooks $11,000.00

• Tumblebooks $ 2,000.00

• Outreach Initiatives $ 1,000.00

 Total $74,250.00; 

now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Ulster County Commissioner of Finance is hereby

authorized and directed to pay to the Mid-Hudson Library System the sum of

Seventy Four Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($74,250.00) for the Ulster

County Libraries Program; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that the said Mid-Hudson Library System shall render a verified

account of disbursements, including a list of the distribution; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that the County Comptroller and/or any and all officers of the

County of Ulster, their agents and representatives, shall be allowed full access upon

reasonable notice and at reasonable times to view the books, papers, records and

premises of the Mid-Hudson Library System during the period that this resolution is

in effect for the purpose of ascertaining the manner in which the above sum of money

is being used or applied; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that no County money shall be paid to the said Mid-Hudson

Library System until a memorandum of receipt, signed by the Director or Business

Manager, agreeing to comply with the terms of this Resolution, is delivered to the

County Commissioner of Finance,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 23 NOES: 0

Passed Committee: Legislative Programs, Education and Community Services on

March 6, 2017

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on March 7, 2017

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$74,250.00 – AS ALLOCATED IN THE 2017 ULSTER COUNTY BUDGET 

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 22nd Day of March 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 24th Day of March

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

24th Day of March, 2017. 30th Day of March, 2017.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature