Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gavaris and Legislators Cahill, Roberts, Ronk, and Walter)

Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, John Gavaris, and Deputy Chair Kenneth J. Ronk, Jr. offer the following:

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

WHEREAS, there are several parcels of real property located within the Villages of Ellenville, New Paltz and Saugerties that the County anticipates acquiring due to non-payment of taxes (the “Parcels”), and the County will offer these Parcels for sale at a public auction; and

WHEREAS, portions of the delinquent taxes owed on the said Parcels of real property are owed to the respective villages; and  

WHEREAS, the Commissioner of Finance has recommended entering into agreements with the Villages of Ellenville, New Paltz and Saugerties, to provide for the division of the proceeds from the sale of Parcels within said Villages; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Chair of the Ulster County Legislature is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the Village of Ellenville, the Village of New Paltz, and the Village of Saugerties, relative to the division of proceeds of the sale of said Parcels, such agreements to be in the form as filed with the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature or as modified with the approval of the County Attorney,

and move its adoption.

        ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

        AYES:                     NOES:    

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on _______________.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

NONE