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 A. Bartels offer the following:

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

behalf of the Department of Finance; and

WHEREAS, the Commissioner of Finance has requested permission to accept

a bid for a parcel of county-owned real property as hereinafter described, which was

acquired by the County by reason of non-payment of taxes, and has previously been

offered at a public auction; and

WHEREAS, said parcel # 206 of the 2014 Public Auction, listed as 3 acres,

vacant, in the Town of Ulster, section block and lot number 47.2-3-43 has unpaid

taxes in the amount of $5,718.68 dating back to the year 2009; and

WHEREAS, the prospective purchaser of parcel # 206 has bid $500.00 for the

property which is within the upset price as determined by the Real Property Tax

Service Agency; and

WHEREAS, the prospective purchasers shall be responsible for the 2014-15

school tax and all subsequent tax levies; and

WHEREAS, this conveyance constitutes a Type II action under section 4.1.5

of the County of Ulster’s State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) Type II

List that was adopted in Resolution No. 118 on April 20, 2010; and

WHEREAS, as per section 3 of the County’s Type II List, this 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; now therefore, be it.

RESOLVED, that the Ulster County Commissioner of Finance is authorized

to accept payment as follows:

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Resolution No. 334 September 23, 2014

Authorizing The Commissioner Of Finance To Accept A Bid For A

Parcel Of County-Owned Real Property For Private Sale And

Authorizing The Chairman Of The Ulster County Legislature To

Convey Such Parcel – Department Of Finance

PREVIOUS OWNER TOWN BIDDER BID AMOUNT

Obrien & Paul Ulster Cheap Lands Inc. $500.00

Parcel # 206 1947 SE Hillmoor Dr. #214

SBL# 47.2-3-43 Port St. Lucie, FL 34952

and, be it further

RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Ulster County Legislature is authorized

and directed to make, execute and deliver to said bidder making payment, a quitclaim

deed conveying the interest of the County in said parcel, which quitclaim deed shall

contain the covenant that the said County of Ulster shall in no event be or become

liable for any defects in title conveyed for any cause whatsoever, and that no claim or

demand of any nature shall ever be made against the County of Ulster arising from

such sale, conveyance or the proceedings leading thereto,

and move its adoption.

 ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

 AYES: 20 NOES: 0

 (Absent: Legislators Litts, Loughran, and Maloney)

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on September 17, 2014

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

TOTAL UNPAID TAXES: $5,718.68

TOTAL ACCEPTED BIDS: $500.00 

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Resolution No. 334 September 23, 2014

Authorizing The Commissioner Of Finance To Accept A Bid For A

Parcel Of County-Owned Real Property For Private Sale And

Authorizing The Chairman Of The Ulster County Legislature To

Convey Such Parcel – Department Of Finance

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 23rd Day of September, 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 25th Day of

September 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

25th Day of September, 2014. 2

nd Day of October, 2014.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature