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, Criswell, Roberts, and Ronk)

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. 96.1 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 Town of Gardiner (the “Town”) desire to enter into an Intermunicipal Agreement (IMA) where the Town will be a subrecipient of $148,896.00 of American Rescue Plan Act – Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF); and

WHEREAS, the Town will be responsible under the IMA for administering a program to rehabilitation an existing wastewater system, including rehabilitation of manhole covers; replacement of septic risers; and sewer pipe repairs; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, the Chair of the Ulster County Legislature is hereby authorized to execute the Intermunicipal Agreement with the Town of Gardiner to partially fund the necessary repairs to the existing wastewater system 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:

$148,896.00 – PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED ARPA CAPITAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS