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

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. 96 amending and funding Capital Project No. 604 in the amount of $5,000,000 to create a program to partner with Ulster County municipalities and match up to 33% of water and sewer projects with a maximum contribution of $500,000 per project; and

WHEREAS, the County and the Village of New Paltz (the “Village”) desire to enter into an Intermunicipal Agreement (IMA) where the Village will be a subrecipient of $500,000.00 of American Rescue Plan Act – Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF); and

WHEREAS the Village will be responsible under the IMA for administering a program to replace the water main infrastructure along North and South Chestnut Streets; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, the Chair of the Ulster County Legislature is hereby authorized to execute the IMA with the Village of New Paltz to fund the replacement of Village water main infrastructure 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: American Rescue Plan Act on ______________.

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

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on ______________.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$500,000.00 – PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED ARPA CAPITAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS