Referred to: The Laws, Rules and Government Services Committee (Chairman Heppner and Legislators Gavaris, Levine, Roberts, and Ronk), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gavaris and Legislators Cahill, Fabiano, Ronk, and Walter)

Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, John Gavaris, and Minority Leader Ronk offer the following:

WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 251 dated July 21, 2020, Ulster County entered into a lease agreement with CPR Kingston, LLC, for 3,566 square feet of office space located at 284 Wall Street, Kingston, New York, to be used to house the Ulster County Board of Elections, for the period beginning August 14, 2020 and ending August 13, 2025; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Elections storage space is currently housed at building 61 on Golden Hill Drive; and

WHEREAS, to consolidate these locations and provide efficiencies for the Board of Elections operations, Ulster County entered into a new lease agreement with Higginsville Station, LLC pursuant to Resolution No. 283 dated July 20, 2021, for 2,831 square feet of office space and 9,680 square feet of storage space for the Board of Elections, all located at 79 Hurley Avenue, Kingston, N.Y., effective January 1, 2022; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 25 of the current lease agreement with CPR Kingston, LLC, the County shall have the option to terminate the lease for any or no reason whatsoever upon a sixty (60) day written notice to Lessor; and

WHEREAS, as the policy making and appropriating body, the Ulster County Legislature believes it is necessary and in the best interest of the taxpayer to terminate the current lease with CPR Kingston, LLC prior to its expiration; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the Chair of the Ulster County Legislature is hereby authorized to mail written notice of termination in accordance with Article 25 of the Lease Agreement with CPR Kingston, LLC for office space located at 284 Wall Street, Kingston, New York, effective April 30   no later than September 1, 2022,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES:                      NOES:   

Postponed in Committee: Laws, Rules, and Government Services on February 10, 2022 with consent

Postponed in Committee: Laws, Rules, and Government Services on March 10, 2022 with consent

Postponed in Committee: Laws, Rules, and Government Services on April 14, 2022 with consent

Postponed in Committee: Laws, Rules, and Government Services on May 12, 2022 with consent

Postponed to a Special Meeting on June 21, 2022 in Committee: Laws, Rules, and Government Services as amended on June 16, 2022

Postponed in Committee: Laws, Rules, and Government Services on June 21, 2022

Passed Committee: Laws, Rules, and Government Services on ____________.

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on ____________.

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