Referred to:  The Public Works and Capital Projects Committee (Chairwoman Petit and Legislators Fabiano, Greene, Litts, and Nolan), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairwoman Archer and Legislators Donaldson, Gerentine, Maio, Joseph Maloney, Petit, and Ronk)

Chairwoman of the Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, Laura Petit, and Deputy Chair Dean J. Fabiano offer 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, pursuant to Resolution No. 515 dated December 18, 2018, the County entered into an agreement with the New York State Unified Court System 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 Commissioner of Public Works has requested the Chair of the Ulster County Legislature be authorized to amend said agreement with the New York State Unified Court System for reimbursement attributed to the aforementioned services for the term of April 1, 2019 through March 30, 2020; now, therefore be it

           RESOLVED, that the Chair 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, 2019 and ending March 30, 2020, for reimbursement for cleaning and for minor and emergency repairs of court facilities, in a proposed contract amount of $376,753.00 for the 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:                  NOES:    

Passed Committee: Public Works and Capital Projects on _______________.

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on _______________.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$282,564.00 – 2019 COUNTY REVENUE DOLLARS

$  94,189.00 – 2020 COUNTY REVENUE DOLLARS