Referred to: The Public Works, Capital Projects and Transportation Committee (Chairwoman Petit and Legislators Fabiano, Litts, Nolan, and Stewart), 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 Laws, Rules and Government Services Committee, Jonathan R. Heppner, and Deputy Chair Kevin A. Roberts offer the following:

WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted at the request of the County Executive on behalf of the Board of Elections; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Elections desires to purchase approximately 140 voting systems, with a minimum of 100 having accessibility, and 2 workstations for creating the ballots; and

WHEREAS, this project will go through the County RFP process for quotes for new voting machines; and

          WHEREAS, the project expenditures in the amount of $1,400,000.00 for the purchase of new voting systems were approved in the 2022–2027 Capital Improvement Program; and

          WHEREAS, the Commissioners of the Board of Elections request that Capital Project No. 621 be established and funded for completion of annual elections; now, therefore be it

          RESOLVED, that Capital Project No. 621 for Voting System Replacement be established as follows:

                                                  CREATE                                   AMOUNT

Capital Project No. 621               New Voting Systems                   $1,400,000.00

and, be it further

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

                                                   INCREASE                               AMOUNT                                  

HH-1997-0621-2300-2380            Voting Machines                         $1,400,000.00

(App. #)                                        

HH-1997-0621-3500-5710           Serial Bonds                              $1,400,000.00

(Rev. #),

and moves its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES:                     NOES:               

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

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

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on _____________.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$1,400,000.00 – COUNTY CAPTIAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS

$1,400,000.00 – COUNTY REVENUE – SERIAL BONDS

***A BOND RESOLUTION WILL BE REQUIRED ***