Referred to: The Public Works and Capital Projects Committee (Chair Nolan and Legislators Donaldson, Kovacs, Litts, and McCollough), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gavaris and Legislators Collins, Hansut, Kovacs, Nolan, Roberts, and Uchitelle)

Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, John Gavaris, 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 Department of Information Services; and

          WHEREAS, the County’s Information Technology Service Management system, Cherwell, is no longer supported; and

WHEREAS, the 2025-2030 Ulster County Capital Improvement Plan included funding for a new Information Technology Service Mangement System/Enterprise Service Management platform; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Information Services has awarded RFP-UC24-26 IT Service Management/ Enterprise Service Management platform (HaloITSM) to integration vendor Partner Vantage Point; and

          WHEREAS, the platform will provide an integrated incident management and ticketing system, service catalog, asset management and self-service portal to replace the current Cherwell ticketing system; and

WHEREAS, the Director of Information Services requests that Capital Project No. 721 be established and funded in a total amount of $192,234.00 to implement the Information Technology Enterprise Service Management Platform; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, based upon examination by the Ulster County Legislature, the County’s funding of this Project constitutes a Type II action as defined under Section 4.2.1 of the County of Ulster’s State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) Type II List, which was adopted pursuant to Resolution No. 118 dated April 20, 2010; and, be it further

RESOLVED, Ulster County has determined that this funding action does not pose a significant potential environmental impact and may be progressed as a Type II action in accordance with 6 NYCRR Part 617 of SEQRA, and does not require any further determination or procedure under SEQRA; and, be it further

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

        INCREASE                                AMOUNT

AA.9900.9900-3700.9990          Appropriated Fund                       $192,234.00

(Rev. #)                                       Balance

AA.9901.4600-9000.9025           Interfund Transfer to                   $192,234.00

(App. #)                                        Capital Projects Fund

and, be it further

           RESOLVED, that Capital Project No. 721 Information Technology Enterprise Service Management Platform is hereby established as follows:

                                        CREATE

Capital Project No. 721      Information Technology Enterprise          $192,234.00

                                        Service Management Platform

and, be it further

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

                                                  INCREASE                               AMOUNT

HH.1997.0721-2200.2200            Computer Equipment                   $192,234.00

(App. #)

HH. 1997.0721-3520.5031           Interfund Transfer In                    $192,234.00

(Rev. #),      

and moves its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES:                       NOES:      

Passed Committee: Public Works and Capital Projects on ________________.

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on ________________.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$192,234.00 – COUNTY CAPITAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS

$192,234.00 – COUNTY CAPITAL FUND INTERFUND REVENUE

$192,234.00 – COUNTY GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE

$192,234.00 – COUNTY GENERAL FUND INTERFUND TRANSFER

  APPROPRIATION