Referred to:  The Ways and Means Committee (Chairwoman Archer and Legislators Gerentine, Maio, James Maloney, Joseph Maloney, Petit, and Rodriguez)

Legislator Kenneth J. Ronk, Jr. offers the following:

WHEREAS, this resolution is submitted by the Acting County Executive on behalf of the Department of Finance; and

WHEREAS, the growth of the short-term rental marketplace has left local municipalities scrambling to understand the scope and size of this marketplace within their jurisdiction, while attempting to address health and safety concerns and quality of life issues determined through local zoning and code enforcement; and

WHEREAS, in an effort to assist local municipalities, the County has offered to provide the Town of Shawangunk with an inventory of all properties within the Town of Shawangunk that have been identified as advertising short term rentals; and

WHEREAS, the County and the Town of Shawangunk now desire to enter into an agreement for the sharing of the inventory information; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Chair of the Ulster County Legislature is hereby authorized to execute the Intermunicipal Agreement, and any amendments thereto, with the Town of Shawangunk, 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:                        NOES:    

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on _______________.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

NONE