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

Maio and Legislators Collins, Eckert, Fabiano, and Haynes), and The Ways and

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

James Maloney, Joseph Maloney, and Petit)

Chairwoman of the Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committee, Mary Beth

Maio, and Deputy Chair Julius Collins offer the following:

WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted by the District Attorney; and

WHEREAS, the County of Ulster and the State of New York had previously

entered into an agreement for the Aid to Prosecution Program, in the amount of

$79,380.00, for the purpose of improving the prosecution of repeat violent and

serious felony offenders, the term of which expired September 30, 2017; and

WHEREAS, the State of New York has now appropriated funds to continue

such program for an additional year, in the amount of $79,380.00, for the period

October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018; and

WHEREAS, the District Attorney is requesting that the Chairman of the

Ulster County Legislature be authorized to execute an agreement, and any

amendments thereto, in the amount of $79,380.00 with the NYS Division of Criminal

Justice Services to renew the Aid to Prosecution Program; now, therefore, be it

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

authorized to execute an agreement, and any amendments thereto, in the amount of

$79,380.00 for the Aid to Prosecution Program with the New York State Division of

Criminal Justice Services, in the form as filed with the Clerk of the Legislature, or as

modified with the approval of the County Attorney in consultation with the Chairman

of the Legislature and the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Law Enforcement

and Public Safety Committee; and, be it further

RESOLVED, if funding for this program is eliminated, the program will be

eliminated as well,

and moves its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 22 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislator Collins) 

Passed Committee: Law Enforcement and Public Safety on January 31, 2018

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on February 6, 2018

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$39,690.00 – BUDGETED 2017 APPROPRIATION DOLLARS

$39,690.00 – BUDGETED 2017 STATE REVENUE DOLLARS

$39,690.00 – BUDGETED 2018 APPROPRIATION DOLLARS

$39,690.00 – BUDGETED 2018 STATE REVENUE DOLLARS

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 13th Day of February 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 14th Day of

February 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

15th Day of February, 2018. 23rd Day of February, 2018.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature