The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Bartels,

Belfiglio, Briggs, Maio, Maloney, Richard Parete, and Rodriguez)

Chairman Parete and Majority Leader Gregorius offer the following:

WHEREAS, Section C-20 (A) of the Ulster County Charter states, “There

shall be a Counsel to the Legislature who shall be appointed by the Chairman of the

Legislature”; and

WHEREAS, in past years, the responsibilities of Counsel to the Legislature

were divided between two part-time positions approved in the County budget; and

WHEREAS, in recent years, a new structure was developed creating one parttime Paralegal position, and one full time Legislative Counsel position which was

subsequently removed from the Personnel listing to become a contractual expense;

and

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Legislature has determined that the most

valuable and proficient use of Legislative Counsel is to revert back to the two parttime position structure; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that 2014 Adopted Budget is hereby amended as follows:

 CREATE AMOUNT

1040-1110 (Part Time) Leg Counsel $37,500.00

(Pos #) $45,000.00

 TRANSFER

FROM AMOUNT

A4-1006-4400 Other Fees for Professional Services $50,000.00

TO

A4-1006-1807 Part Time Pay, Clerk of Leg Board $50,000.00

 INCREASE

1040-1115 Paralegal (Reclassified to Leg Counsel) $12,500.00

(Pos#) $ 5,000.00

and moves its adoption. 

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Resolution No. 31 January 30, 2014

Restoring The Positions Of Counsel To The Legislature

 ADOPTED AS AMENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

 AYES: 22 NOES: 0

 (Absent: Legislator Roberts)

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on January 22, 2014

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$50,000.00- 2014 BUDGETED APPROPRIATIONS

Legislator Gregorius motioned, seconded by Legislator Ronk, to amend the salaries

of the Legislative Counsel positions by redistributing the funds as indicated above,

with no change to the Financial Impact.

 MOTION ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

 AYES: 22 NOES: 0

 (Absent: Legislator Roberts)

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 30th Day of January, 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 3rd Day of February

in the year Two Thousand and Fourteen.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk

Ulster County Legislature