Referred to: The Public Works, Capital Projects and Transportation Committee (Chairwoman Petit and Legislators Fabiano, Litts, Nolan, and Stewart), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gavaris and Legislators Cahill, Fabiano, Ronk, and Walter)

Chairwoman of the Public Works, Capital Projects and Transportation Committee, Laura Petit, and Deputy Chair Dean J. Fabiano offer the following:

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

WHEREAS, the project expenditures in the amount of $1,550,000.00 for the County Vehicle Fleet, were approved in the 2022 – 2027 Capital Program; and

WHEREAS, these fleet acquisitions are needed to replace existing vehicles because of extensive rust and corrosion and as such are not cost effective to repair, and

WHEREAS, the project is established to purchase a total of 26 vehicles: ten vehicles for the Sheriff’s Office (Criminal Division), three vehicles for DSS, three vehicles for Probation, one vehicle for DA’s Office, three vehicles for OFA, six vehicles for B&G; and

WHEREAS, the Commissioner of Public Works requests that Capital Project No. 617 be established and funded; now therefore, be it

          RESOLVED, that the 2022-2027 Ulster County Capital Improvement Program is amended as follows:

INCREASE                                             AMOUNT

    2022 Central Auto Vehicles                      $50,000.00

and, be it further

RESOLVED, that Capital Project No. 617 for the purchase of replacement of County vehicles during the year 2022 be established as follows:

                                                      CREATE                              AMOUNT

Capital Project No. 617                     Central Auto Vehicles              $1,600,000.00

and, be it further

RESOLVED, that the 2022 Ulster County Capital Fund budget is hereby amended as follows:

                                              INCREASE                                 AMOUNT

HH.1997.0617-2100.2140            Capital Project No. 617                $1,600,000.00

(App. #)                                         Vehicles

HH.1997.0617-3500.5710             Revenue- Serial Bonds                 $1,600,000.00

(Rev. #),

and moves its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES:                     NOES:               

Passed Committee: Public Works, Capital Projects and Transportation on _____________.

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on _____________.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$1,600,000.00 – COUNTY CAPITAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS

$1,600,000.00 – COUNTY REVENUES – SERIAL BONDS

***A BOND RESOLUTION WILL BE REQUIRED*