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 fiscal health of Ulster County is acutely affected by the nonpayment and late payment of taxes, and Article 11 of the Real Property Tax Law has

been enacted to enable delinquent real property taxes to be more aggressively

pursued and to encourage the prompt payment of taxes; and

WHEREAS, the enforcement of Article 11 carries a financial burden in and of

itself, in that a great number of measures are taken so that parties with an interest in

an In Rem parcel are given every opportunity to redeem; and

WHEREAS, the time to redeem parcels in the 2012 In Rem tax foreclosure

proceeding will expire on February 19, 2015; and

WHEREAS, in the interest of equity and fairness, it is the primary intent of

the Legislature to collect delinquent real property taxes; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Ulster County Legislature hereby authorizes the Ulster

County Commissioner of Finance to accept monies equal to the amount due, plus

interest to the date of payment, in the 2012 In Rem Proceeding, plus an additional late

redemption fee of $100.00, pending approval by this Legislature; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that the Ulster County Commissioner of Finance can accept said

payments and late redemption fee up to the date the County takes title to said

properties; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that from the date the County takes title to said properties until

five o’clock pm Eastern Time on the Friday before the Ulster County Public Auction,

the Ulster County Commissioner of Finance can accept monies equal to the amount

due, plus interest to the date of payment, plus the aforesaid $100 redemption fee, plus

a $250.00 buy-back fee, plus the recording fees in connection with the buy back of

the property; and, be it further 

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Resolution No. 362 October 21, 2014

Authorizing The Ulster County Commissioner Of Finance To

Accept Redemption Offers Relative To Payment Of Real Property

Taxes In The 2012 In Rem Foreclosure Proceeding – Department

Of Finance

RESOLVED, pursuant to Article 11, Section 1125, subdivision 1(c), as

amended by Chapter 415 of the laws of 2006, the Ulster County Commissioner of

Finance is authorized to add an additional $100 posting fee, if necessary; and, be it

further

RESOLVED, that the aforementioned monies held in escrow are considered

an offer of redemption, and this offer is subject to the approval of the Ulster County

Legislature in its sole and absolute discretion; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that all payments must be in the form of certified check, bank

check, cash or money order,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 23 NOES: 0

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on October 15, 2014

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

TO BE DETERMINED

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Resolution No. 362 October 21, 2014

Authorizing The Ulster County Commissioner Of Finance To

Accept Redemption Offers Relative To Payment Of Real Property

Taxes In The 2012 In Rem Foreclosure Proceeding – 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 21st Day of October, 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 22nd Day of

October 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

22nd Day of October, 2014. 31st Day of October, 2014.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature