Resolution No. 375

Amending The 2025 Ulster County Budget To Appropriate Funds To Hire A Civil Rights Attorney – County Clerk

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Referred to:  The Laws, Rules and Government Services Committee (Chairman Kovacs and Legislators Gavaris, Hansut, Harmon, Kitchen, Levine, and Uchitelle), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gavaris and Legislators Collins, Hansut, Kovacs, Nolan, Roberts, and Uchitelle)

 

Chairman of the Laws, Rules and Government Services Committee, Jason Kovacs, and Deputy Chair Aaron Levine offer the following:

 

WHEREAS, the Acting Ulster County Clerk has come to require the representation of a Civil Rights Attorney; and

 

WHEREAS, the specialized representation which is required is beyond the scope of the Ulster County Attorney’s Office; and

 

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Attorney’s Office has recommended that outside counsel be retained; and

 

WHEREAS, this representation is necessary to defend the Acting Ulster County Clerk during the course of normal business duties; now, therefore, be it

 

RESOLVED, that the 2025 Ulster County Operating Budget is hereby amended as follows: 

 

 

INCREASE 

 

          AMOUNT 

AA.1410.1131-4300.4430 

(App.#) 

 

Professional Services  

Legal Services 

 

           $ 50,000.00 

 

 

 

 

DECREASE

 

          AMOUNT

AA.1990.1331-4600.4660 

(App.#), 

Contingency

 

           $ 50,000.00 

 

and move its adoption.

 

 

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

 

AYES:                    NOES:    

 

 

 

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

 

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on _______________.

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$ 50,000.00 – 2025 COUNTY CONTIGENCY APPROPRAITION DOLLARS

$          0.00 – ADDITIONAL 2025 FUNDS

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Updated: August 1, 2025

Votes on this Resolution

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Thu, Aug 14, 2025 Ways And Means
Committee Vote to Adopt Resolution No.375
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Abstained
No Vote
Thu, Aug 14, 2025 Laws, Rules And Government Services
Committee Vote to Adopt Resolution No. 375
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Abstained
No Vote

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