Referred to: The Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning and Transit

Committee (Chairman Maloney and Legislators Berky, Delaune, Lapp, Litts, Maio

and Rodriguez), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and

Legislators Allen, Bartels, Belfiglio, Briggs, Maio, and Maloney)

Chairman of the Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning, and Transit

Committee, James F. Maloney, and Deputy Chairman Hector Rodriguez offer the

following:

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

behalf of the Department of Public Transportation; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to reduce highway congestion and reduce the

number of single occupancy vehicles on the roads; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 218, July 9, 2008, the Chairman of

the Ulster County Legislature executed a three-year agreement ending November 30,

2011 with the Town of New Paltz, to provide public transit service between the

Town of New Paltz, the Village of New Paltz, and the State University of New York

at New Paltz (the “New Paltz LOOP”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 229, October 18, 2011, the Chairman

of the Ulster County Legislature executed a three-year agreement ending November

30, 2014 with the Town of New Paltz, to continue to provide the New Paltz LOOP

service; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 318, September 23, 2014, the

Chairman of the Ulster County Legislature executed a two-year agreement ending

November 30, 2016 with the Town of New Paltz, to continue to provide the New

Paltz LOOP service; and

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Director of Public Transportation is requesting

the execution of a two-year contract extension with the Town of New Paltz to

continue the New Paltz LOOP public transit service for the term December 1, 2016

through November 30, 2018 at an estimated operating cost of $145,000.00; and 

WHEREAS, this program will continue contingent upon the availability of

local operating funds from the Town of New Paltz, and adequate bus fares; and

WHEREAS, operating funds have been approved in the 2017 Ulster County

Budget to continue such services for the period ending November 30, 2018; now,

therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that this service will continue contingent upon the availability of

local operating funds from the Town of New Paltz and adequate bus fares,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 19 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislators Gerentine, Maio, Roberts and

 Ronk)

Passed Committee: Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning and Transit

on February 7, 2017

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on February 7, 2017

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$ 57,703.00 – BUDGETED 2017 APPROPRIATION DOLLARS

$ 57,703.00 – BUDGETED 2017 REVENUE DOLLARS 

STATE OF NEW YORK

 ss:

COUNTY OF ULSTER

I, the undersigned Clerk of the Legislature of the County of Ulster, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is

the original resolution adopted by the Ulster County Legislature on the 15th Day of February in the year Two Thousand and

Seventeen, and said resolution shall remain on file in the office of said clerk.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the County of Ulster this 17th Day of

February in the year Two Thousand and Seventeen.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk

Ulster County Legislature

Submitted to the County Executive this Approved by the County Executive this

17th Day of February, 2017. 23rd Day of February, 2017.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature