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

Legistators 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, this resolution has been submitted by the District Attorney; and

 WHEREAS, the District Attorney has requested that the Chairman of the

Ulster County Legislature be authorized to sign a contract with the New York State

Division of Criminal Justice Services for the purpose of participating in a twelve

month joint county crime reduction program, from July 1, 2014 thru June 30, 2015,

designated as the Gun Involved Violence Intervention (GIVE) Initiative; and

 WHEREAS, GIVE is an expanded crime reduction program related to

criminal activity pertaining to the use of drugs and gang violence and will involve the

Ulster County Offices of the Sheriff, District Attorney, and Probation; and

 WHEREAS, the GIVE Initiative provides funding in the following amounts:

$86,800.00 to the District Attorney’s Office, $17,700.00 to the Sheriff’s Office, and

$20,500.00 to the Probation Department; now, therefore, be it

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

authorized to execute all contracts, and any amendments thereto, with the New York

State Division of Criminal Justice Services for the purpose of Ulster County’s

participation in the GIVE Initiative, for the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30,

2015, in the form as filed with the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature, or as

modified with the approval of the County Attorney and; and, be it further

 RESOLVED, that if funding for this program is eliminated, the

program/position will be eliminated as well,

and move its adoption

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Resolution No. 214 June 17, 2014

Authorizing The Chairman Of The Ulster County Legislature To

Execute An Agreement With The New York State Division of

Criminal Justice Services For The Gun Involved Violence

Intervention Initiative (GIVE) – District Attorney, Sheriff And

Probation

 ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

 AYES: 22 NOES: 0

 (Absent: Legislator Roberts)

Passed Committee: Law Enforcement and Public Safety as amended on June 2, 2014

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on June 11, 2014

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$86,800.00 – BUDGETED 2014 REVENUE DOLLARS

$86,800.00 – BUDGETED 2014 APPROPRIATION DOLLARS

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 17th Day of June, 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 20th Day of June 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

20th Day of June, 2014. _____ Day of June, 2014.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella ____________________________

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

Ulster County Legislature