Referred to:  The Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning and Transit Committee (Chairman Cahill and Legislators Archer, Corcoran, Delaune, Litts, Maio, and Uchitelle)

Chairman of the Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning, and Transit Committee, Brian B. Cahill, and Deputy Chair Herbert Litts, III offer the following:

WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted at the request of the County Executive on behalf of the Department of Tourism; and

WHEREAS, the New York State Legislature has appropriated funds to be available to tourism promotion agencies in New York State for advertising and promoting tourism; and

WHEREAS, designation as the official tourism promotion agency of Ulster County will allow the Department of Tourism to apply for and receive matching funds on behalf of the County for calendar year 2022; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Ulster County Legislature hereby designates the Ulster County Department of Tourism as the official tourism promotion agency for Ulster County thereby making it eligible to apply for and accept matching tourism promotion funds on behalf of Ulster County during calendar year 2022, and to represent Ulster County for the promotion of Tourism,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES:                       NOES:     

Passed Committee: Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning and Transit on ________________.

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