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

and Legislators Greene, Litts, Nolan, and Roberts), 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 J. Fabiano,

offers the following:

WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted by the County Executive on

behalf of the Department of Public Works; and

WHEREAS, the counties and cities are required by law to furnish and

maintain adequate court facilities for use by the trial courts of the State of New York;

and

WHEREAS, Chapter 686 of the Laws of 1996 was enacted to invest the State

of New York with the fiscal responsibility of managing the interior cleaning of court

facilities and the performance of minor repairs therein, and with the ability to cover

the costs thereof; and

WHEREAS, Chapter 686 of the Laws of 1996 requires the State of New York

to contract with political subdivisions of the State for the cleaning of court facilities,

as well as minor and emergency repairs; and

WHEREAS, the County of Ulster is responsible for furnishing and

maintaining the Ulster County Courthouse, the Ulster County Family Court, and the

Ulster County Surrogate’s Court; and

WHEREAS, said contract with New York State Unified Court System

provides reimbursement to the County of Ulster for costs expended in the provision

of services pursuant to agreement for the term of April 1, 2018 through March 31,

2019; and

WHEREAS, the Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Works

Buildings & Grounds Capital Projects has requested the Chairman of the Ulster

County Legislature to enter into an agreement with the New York State Unified

Court System for reimbursement attributed to the aforementioned services; now,

therefore be it 

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

authorized to execute an agreement, and any amendments thereto, with the New York

State Unified Court System, for a term beginning April 1, 2018 and ending March

31, 2019, for reimbursement for cleaning and for minor and emergency repairs of

court facilities, in a proposed contract amount of $371,498.00 for the initial year, in

the form as filed with the Clerk of the Legislature or as modified with the approval of

the County Attorney,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 21 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislators Collins and Maio)

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

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on December 11, 2018

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$371,498.00 – 2018-2019 COUNTY 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 18th Day of December 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 19th Day of

December 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

21st Day of December, 2018. 27th Day of December, 2018.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature