Referred to: The Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committee (Chairwoman

Maio and Legislators Collins, Eckert, Fabiano, and Haynes), The Public Works and

Capital Projects Committee (Chairman Fabiano and Legislators Greene, Litts, Nolan,

and Roberts), The Energy and Environment Committee (Chairwoman Wawro and

Legislators Bartels, Greene, Joseph Maloney and Woltman), and The Ways and

Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Archer, Bartels, Lopez,

Maio, James Maloney, Joseph Maloney, and Petit)

Chairman of the Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, Dean Fabiano, and

Deputy Chair Manna Jo Greene offer the following:

WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted by the County Executive’s

Office on behalf of the Department of Public Works; and

WHEREAS, between 2015 and 2017, Ulster County spent on average

$842,492 per year on energy to operate two buildings: the Ulster County Law

Enforcement Center and the Ulster County Office Building, generating a total of

2,366 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year; and

WHEREAS, per Executive Order Number 2-2018, Ulster County endeavors to

decrease greenhouse gas emissions associated with its operations (through

conservation, efficiency, and on-site renewable generation) by 25% by 2025 and 80%

by 2050 using the County’s 2012 greenhouse gas emission inventory as a baseline;

and

WHEREAS, Ulster County plans to replace multiple boilers at both facilities

as outlined in the 2018 Capital Program; and

WHEREAS, the NYSERDA Flexible Technical Assistance (FlexTech)

program provides cost-shared energy efficiency technical analyses and strategic

energy management assistance to existing facilities, providing credible, objective

information and site-specific targeted analysis to help customers make informed

clean energy investment decisions; and

WHEREAS, Ulster County has determined that a FlexTech energy study

should be completed prior to investment in new heating equipment to assess alternate

technologies and develop an energy master plan, to inform the design of a system

that meets the heating needs of each facility and simultaneously reduces energy

intensity and greenhouse gas emissions; and

WHEREAS, Capital Project No. 519 was established pursuant to Resolution

No. 95, dated March 20, 2018, in an amount of $250,000; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the 2018-2023 Ulster County Capital Improvement

Program is hereby amended to increase Capital Project No. 519 – Ulster County Law

Enforcement Center Energy Upgrades from $250,000 to $281,000 an increase of

$31,000; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that Capital Project No. 519 is hereby amended as follows:

INCREASE AMOUNT

Capital Project No. 519 UCLEC Energy Upgrades $31,000.00

and, be it further;

RESOLVED, the 2018 Ulster County Capital Fund Budget is hereby amended

as follows:

 INCREASE AMOUNT

HH.1997.0519-4300.4305 Capital Project No. 519 $31,000.00

(App. #) Professional Services

HH.1997.0519-3500.5710 Serial Bonds $31,000.00

(Rev. #),

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 20 NOES: 0

(1 Abstention: Legislator Litts)

(Legislator Petit arrived at 8:53 PM)

(Absent: Legislator Fabiano)

Passed Committee: Law Enforcement and Public Safety on September 4, 2018

Passed Committee: Public Works and Capital Projects on September 5, 2018

Passed Committee: Energy and Environment on September 6, 2018

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on September 12, 2018

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$31,000.00– CAPITAL PROJECT NO. 519 APPROPRIATIONS

$31,000.00 – SERIAL BOND PROCEEDS

($15,340 ANTICIPATED STATE AID- NYSERDA OFFSET)

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 20th Day of September in the year Two Thousand

and Eighteen, 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 21st Day of

September in the year Two Thousand and Eighteen.

|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 September, 2018. 1st Day of October, 2018.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature