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)

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

Transit Committee, Hector Rodriguez, offers the following:

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section C-11(O) of the Ulster County Charter and

Section A2-5(15) of the Administrative Code, the Ulster County Legislature shall

have the power to approve the execution of certain contracts and amendments in the

amount of $50,000.00 or in excess of $50,000.00 entered into by the County; and

 WHEREAS, a contract for execution by the County with Taylor-Montgomery,

LLC has been submitted for approval by the Ulster County Legislature, which is

described below:

WHEREAS, said contract has been reviewed by the Contract Manager,

County Attorney’s Office, Director of Purchasing, and the County Executive; now,

therefore, be it

RESOLVED, the Ulster County Legislature has examined the contract, and

hereby approves the contract in the form as filed with the Clerk of the Ulster County

Legislature or as modified with the approval of the County Attorney and Legislative

Counsel,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 15 NOES: 6

(Noes: Legislators Donaldson, Fabiano, Greene,

Lapp, J. Parete, and Wawro)

(Absent: Legislators Berky and Loughran) 

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

on November 9, 2017

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on November 14, 2017

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$943,000.00 – 2017/2018 APPROPRIATION DOLLARS

Legislator Greene motioned, seconded by Legislator Donaldson, to amend the

RESOLVED to add additional language as indicated in bold font:

RESOLVED, the Ulster County Legislature has examined the contract, and

hereby approves the contract in the form as filed with the Clerk of the Ulster County

Legislature or as modified with the approval of the County Attorney and Legislative

Counsel, provided that 1) the contract excludes the removal of all rail, ties and

other track materials between Basin Road and MP 11.1, which track shall

remain in place, including the siding at West Hurley, and 2) the contract allows

the County to retain one mile of dismantled rail, joint bars and tie plates for

future use in other parts of the U&D Corridor where railroad tracks are being

retained,

MOTIONED DEFEATED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 7 NOES: 14

(Ayes: Legislators Donaldson, Fabiano, Greene, Lapp, J. Parete,

R. Parete, and Wawro)

(Absent: Legislators Berky and Loughran) 

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 14th Day of November 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 16th Day of

November 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

16th Day of November, 2017. 17th Day of November, 2017.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature