Legislators Richard A. Gerentine, Donald J. Gregorius, and Kenneth Ronk offer the

following:

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Legislature requested State legislation

allowing the County to continue the additional sales and compensating use tax rate of

1% (one percent) for an additional twenty-two months, from February 1, 2014 to

November 30, 2015, and

WHEREAS, such legislation has now been introduced as Senate Bill No.

S6296 and Assembly Bill No. A7949-B so that a formal Home Rule Request is now

appropriate, and

RESOLVED, that the County Executive and the Clerk of the Ulster County

Legislature be authorized to execute and submit a Home Rule Request (Request by a

Local Government for Enactment of a Special Law), pursuant to Article IX of the

Constitution, requesting the enactment of Senate Bill No. S6296 and Assembly Bill

No. A7949-B entitled “An act to amend the tax law and Chapter 200 of the laws of

2002 amending the tax law relating to certain tax rates imposed by the County of

Ulster, to impose an additional 1% sales and compensating use tax,”

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 20 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislators Fabiano, Litts, and

Richard Parete)

Passed Committee: Committee of the Whole on January 9, 2013

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$22,535,275.00 – COUNTY-ANNUALIZED REVENUES FOR 12 MONTHS

$ 3,031,060.00 – CITY OF KINGSTON-ANNUALIZED REVENUES FOR 12

 MONTHS

$ 790,711.00 – TOWNS-ANNUALIZED REVENUES FOR 12 MONTHS

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Resolution No. 7 January 9, 2014

Approving Home Rule Request For Senate Bill No. S6296 And

Assembly Bill No. A7949-B Authorizing Ulster County To Continue

The Additional 1% Rate Of Its Sales And Compensating Use Tax

For Twenty-Two Additional Months

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 9th 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 10h Day of January

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

10th Day of January, 2014. 10th Day of January, 2014.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature