Referred to: The American Rescue Plan Act Special Committee (Charmain Criswell and Legislators Corcoran, Levine, Lopez, and Sperry), The Public Works, Capital Projects and Transportation Committee (Chairwoman Petit and Legislators Fabiano, Litts, Nolan, and Stewart), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gavaris and Legislators Cahill, Fabiano, Ronk, and Walter)

Chairman of the ARPA Special Committee, Peter J. Criswell, and Deputy Chair Thomas Corcoran, Jr. offer the following:

WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted at the request of the County Executive on behalf of the Department of Finance, Division of Recovery and Resilience; and

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Legislature passed Resolution No. 333 on August 17, 2021 creating Capital Project No. 599, entitled “ARP Non-Profit, Youth and Community Programs”; and

WHEREAS, Resolution No. 333 resolved that funding for Capital Project No. 599 shall be subject to the further approval of the Ulster County Legislature; and

WHEREAS, a purpose of Capital Project No. 599 is to make a funding available for not-for-profit organizations in Ulster County; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Finance, Division of Recovery and Resilience has created a grant program to receive applications from eligible Ulster County non-profit organizations who have faced economic impacts as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency; and

WHEREAS, the grant program was created with the use of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds in mind, which can be utilized to assist non-profit organizations impacted by the economic effects of COVID-19; and

WHEREAS, the Division of Recovery and Resilience is able to immediately issue a Request for Applications to Ulster non-profits upon initial funding of $1,500,000 to the grant program; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the 2022 Ulster County Capital Fund is hereby amended as follows:

                                                            INCREASE                           AMOUNT

HH.8997.0599.4300.4505              Other Fees                             $1,500,000.00

(App. #)

HH.8997.0599.3400.4995              Federal Aid, ARPA              $1,500,000.00

(Rev. #),

and moves its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES:                     NOES:               

Passed Committee: ARPA Special Committee on _____________.

Passed Committee: Public Works, Capital Projects and Transportation on _____________.

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on _____________.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$1,500,000.00 – COUNTY CAPITAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS

$1,500,000.00 – FEDERAL CAPITAL FUND REVENUES