Referred to: The Public Works and Capital Projects Committee (Chairman Fabiano

and Legislators Greene, Litts, Loughran, and Maloney), and The Ways and Means

Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Bartels, Belfiglio, Briggs,

Maio, and Maloney)

Legislators James F. Maloney and Dean J. Fabiano offer the following:

WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 370 dated October 21, 2014, the

Ulster County Legislature established a policy for the naming of county-owned

assets; and

WHEREAS, the Sawkill Road Bridge over the Sawkill Creek located in the

Town of Ulster is a county-owned asset; and

WHEREAS, on December 8, 2016 at the age of forty-eight, Town of Ulster

Police Chief Anthony “Tony” Cruise passed away after dedicating his life to public

service and to our community; and

WHEREAS, on December 15, 2016, the Town Board of the Town of Ulster

unanimously adopted a resolution requesting that the County of Ulster name the

Sawkill Road Bridge the “Chief Anthony E. Cruise Memorial Bridge;” and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the policy naming county-owned assets, a public

hearing was h

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Legislature recognizes the late Anthony

“Tony” Cruise as a distinguished citizen who has made significant contributions to

the Town of Ulster and Ulster County; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, County Bridge Number 169, also known as the Sawkill School

Bridge, on County Road 10 (Sawkill Road) over the Sawkill Creek located in the

Town of Ulster shall be dedicated to and hereby proclaimed the “Chief Anthony E.

Cruise Memorial Bridge;”

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 23 NOES: 0

Passed Committee: Public Works and Capital Projects on March 1, 2017

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on March 22, 2017

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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