Referred to: The Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committee (Chairman Briggs

and Legislators Gregorius, Loughran, Maio and Ronk) and The Ways and Means

Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Bartels, Belfiglio, Briggs, Maio,

Maloney, Provenzano and Rodriguez)

Chairman of the Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committee, Thomas J. Briggs,

and Deputy Chairman Kenneth J. Ronk offer the following:

WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 8 dated January 23, 2012, the

Chairman of the Ulster County Legislature executed an agreement, and any

amendments to the agreement, with the New York State Homeland Security and

Emergency Services for the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Contract

(Contract No. C974110) in the amount of $112,216.00, for the period beginning

September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2014; and

WHEREAS, this contract is a Federally funded program to be administered by

the New York State Homeland Security and Emergency Services Agency and which

requires no matching County funds; and

WHEREAS, the goal of the State Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention

Program is to prevent, prepare for and recover from terrorist attacks; and

WHEREAS, to date, the Sheriff’s Office has spent $0.00 of the $112,216.00

leaving an unexpended balance of $ 112,216.00; and

WHEREAS, the Sheriff requests that the unexpended funds of $ 112,216.00

be appropriated and the 2014 Ulster County Budget be amended accordingly; and

WHEREAS, the remaining funds will be used for the purchase of

communication equipment and needed accessories to leverage the current equipment

for more efficient and more acute terrorism activity readiness; now, therefore, be it

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

follows:

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Resolution No. 138 April 15, 2014

Amending The 2014 Ulster County Budget - Appropriating

Unexpended Grant Funds From The New York State Office Of

Homeland Security And Emergency Services For the State

Homeland Security Program (SHSP) Anti-Terrorism Funds –

Ulster County Sheriff’s Office

 INCREASE AMOUNT

A4-1812-2857 DHSES #C974110 Equipment $ 112,216.00

(app.#)

A3-1812-4389 Federal Aid, Other Public Safety Aid $ 112,216.00

(rev.#)

and, be it further,

RESOLVED, if State and/or Federal funding for this program are eliminated,

this program will be eliminated as well,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 22 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislator Briggs)

Passed Committee: Law Enforcement and Public Safety on April 9, 2014

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on April 9, 2014

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$112,216.00– ADDITIONAL 2014 APPROPRIATION DOLLARS

$112,216.00- ADDITIONAL 2014 FEDERAL REVENUE DOLLARS

(STATE PASS THROUGH)

$ 0.00 – COUNTY DOLLARS 

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Resolution No. 138 April 15, 2014

Amending The 2014 Ulster County Budget - Appropriating

Unexpended Grant Funds From The New York State Office Of

Homeland Security And Emergency Services For the State

Homeland Security Program (SHSP) Anti-Terrorism Funds –

Ulster County Sheriff’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