Referred to: The Laws and Rules, Governmental Services Committee (Chairman

Roberts and Legislators Donaldson, Haynes, Heppner, and James Maloney), 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, by Resolution No. 523 dated and duly adopted on December 18,

2018, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has amended

Capital Project No. 483 for certain engineering and design expenses with regard to

the Fire Training Center for the Department of Public Works; and

WHEREAS, said capital project, as proposed, has been determined to be an

Unlisted Action pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department of

Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental

Quality Review Act, which it has been determined will not have any significant

adverse impact on the environment; and

WHEREAS, by bond resolutions dated August 16, 2016 and October 16,

2018, duly adopted on said dates, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster,

New York, authorized the issuance of an aggregate $467,000.00 bonds of said

County to pay the preliminary engineering and design for the Fire Training Center,

including incidental expenses in connection therewith, in and for said County; and

WHEREAS, it has now been determined that the maximum estimated cost of

such specific object or purpose is $643,000.00, an increase of $176,000.00 over that

previously authorized; and

WHEREAS, it is now desired to authorize the issuance of an additional

$176,000.00 bonds of said County for such specific object or purpose; now, therefore

be it

RESOLVED, by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the total

voting strength of the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York, as

follows:

Section 1. For the specific object or purpose of paying additional costs of the

preliminary engineering and design for the Fire Training Center, including incidental

expenses in connection therewith, being construction management services necessary

to effectuate the final design, in and for said County of Ulster, New York, there are

hereby authorized to be issued an additional $176,000.00 bonds of the County of

Ulster, New York, pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law.

Section 2. It is hereby determined that the maximum estimated cost of such

specific object or purpose is now determined to be $643,000.00, which specific

object or purpose is hereby authorized at said maximum estimated cost, and that the

plan for the financing thereof is as follows:

a. By the issuance of the $152,000.00 bonds of said County authorized to be

issued pursuant to a bond resolution dated and duly adopted August 16, 2016 as

described in the preambles hereof;

b. By the issuance of the additional $315,000.00 bonds of said County

authorized to be issued pursuant to a bond resolution dated and duly adopted October

16, 2018 as described in the preambles hereof; and

c. By the issuance of the additional $176,000.00 bonds of said County

authorized to be issued pursuant to this bond resolution.

Section 3. It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the

aforesaid specific object or purpose is five years, pursuant to subdivision 62(2nd) of

paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law, calculated from the date of

issuance of the first serial bonds/bond anticipation notes for said final design phase of

said specific object or purpose.

Section 4. Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power to

authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the

issuance and sale of the bonds herein authorized, including renewals of such notes, is

hereby delegated to the Commissioner of Finance, the chief fiscal officer. Such notes

shall be of such terms, form and contents, and shall be sold in such manner, as may

be prescribed by said Commissioner of Finance, consistent with the provisions of the

Local Finance Law.

Section 5. All other matters except as provided herein relating to the serial bonds

herein authorized including the date, denominations, maturities and interest payment

dates, within the limitations prescribed herein and the manner of execution of the

same, including the consolidation with other issues, and also the ability to issue serial

bonds with substantially level or declining annual debt service, shall be determined

by the Commissioner of Finance, the chief fiscal officer of such County. Such bonds

shall contain substantially the recital of validity clause provided for in Section 52.00

of the Local Finance Law, and shall otherwise be in such form and contain such

recitals, in addition to those required by Section 51.00 of the Local Finance Law, as

the Commissioner of Finance shall determine consistent with the provisions of the

Local Finance Law.

Section 6. The faith and credit of said County of Ulster, New York, are hereby

irrevocable pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as

the same respectively become due and payable. An annual appropriation shall be

made in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds

becoming due and payable in such year. There shall annually be levied on all the

taxable real property of said County, a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and

interest on such bonds as the same become due and payable.

Section 7. The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes may be

contested only if:

1) Such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which said

County is not authorized to expend money, or

2) The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of

publication of this resolution are not substantially complied with,

and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within

twenty days after the date of such publication, or

3) Such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the

Constitution.

Section 8. This resolution shall constitute a statement of official intent for

purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150 2. Other than as specified in this

resolution, no monies are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a

long term 

Section 9. This resolution, which takes effect immediately, shall be published in

full in the official newspapers of such County, together with a notice of the Clerk of

the County Legislature in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the

Local Finance Law,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 21 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislators Collins and Maio)

Passed Committee: Laws and Rules, Governmental Services on December 17, 2018

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on December 18,

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$176,000.00 – COUNTY CAPITAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS

$176,000.00 – COUNTY REVENUE – SERIAL BONDS

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