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

Chairwoman of the Ways and Means Committee, Lynn Archer, and Deputy Chair Richard A. Gerentine offer the following:

WHEREAS, this resolution is submitted by the 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 Gardiner (the “Town”) with an inventory of all properties within the Town that have been identified as advertising short term rentals; and

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

            RESOLVED, that the Chairwoman of the Ulster County Legislature is hereby authorized to execute an intermunicipal agreement for the sharing of inventory information and any related amendments with the Town, in the form as filed with the Clerk of the Legislature or as modified with the approval of the County Attorney,