Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators

Bartels, Belfiglio, Briggs, Maio, Maloney, Provenzano and Rodriguez)

Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Richard A. Gerentine, and Deputy

Chairman Tracey Bartels offer the following:

WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted by the County Executive on

behalf of the County Attorney; and

WHEREAS, Ulster County continues to administer several flood buyout

programs (the “Programs”) with funding from various sources, including FEMA

(Federal Emergency Management Agency), the goals of each being the purchase of

resident’s flood-prone or flood-damaged property in order to remove people from

harm’s way; and

WHEREAS, the Programs are extremely detailed with various eligibility

requirements and timeframes and are therefore time and labor intensive; and

WHEREAS, the creation of the position of Disaster Assistance Coordinator

would centralize and organize the administration of the Programs, thereby creating

operational efficiency; and

WHEREAS, Ulster County residents may have questions regarding floodprone or flood-damaged property and may still be required to interact with local, state

and federal agencies in regard to disaster relief and/or assistance, therefore it is

important to have a liaison between Ulster County residents and the disaster relief

agencies; and

WHEREAS, the funding necessary for the new position will be covered by

grant money from FEMA; and

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Personnel Officer has reviewed the request

and has by order and determination deemed the classification of Disaster Assistance

Coordinator (management) and allocates as such to the non-competitive class of the

classified civil service pending New York State Civil Service Commission approval;

now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the 2014 Ulster County Budget is hereby amended as

follows:

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Resolution No. 119 April 15, 2014

Creating One Full Time Position And Amending The 2014 Ulster

County Budget – County Attorney’s Office

CREATE AMOUNT

1146-1131 Disaster Assistance Coordinator $69,000.00*

(PL#) (management) (full-time)

*Annual Salary

Annual Benefits $41,911.00

(Effective May 1, 2014)

(Salary to year end $46,268.00)

(Benefits to year end $28,103.00)

INCREASE AMOUNT

A3-1146-4089 FA, General Government Aid $73,946.00

A4-1146-1005 Regular Pay $46,268.00

A4-1301-4419 Worker's Comp Insurance $ 2,045.00

A4-1146-8001 State Retirement $ 9,254.00

A4-1146-8002 Social Security $ 3,540.00

A4-1146-8060 Empire PPO (Health Insurance) $13,264.00

and, be it further

RESOLVED, that if funding for this position is eliminated, then the position

will be eliminated as well,

move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 22 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislator Briggs)

Passed Committee: Ways and Means as amended on April 9, 2014

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$0.00 – COUNTY DOLLARS

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Resolution No. 119 April 15, 2014

Creating One Full Time Position And Amending The 2014 Ulster

County Budget – County Attorney’s Office

STATE OF NEW YORK

 ss:

COUNTY OF ULSTER

This is to certify that I, the undersigned Clerk of the Legislature of the County of Ulster have compared the

foregoing resolution with the original resolution now on file in the office of said clerk, and which was adopted by said

Legislature on the 15th Day of April, 2014, and that the same is a true and correct transcript of said resolution and of the

whole thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the County of Ulster this 16th Day of April in

the year Two Thousand and Fourteen.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk

Ulster County Legislature

Submitted to the County Executive this Approved by the County Executive this

17th Day of April, 2014. 25th Day of April, 2014.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella |s| Michael P. Hein

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Michael P. Hein, County Executive

Ulster County Legislature