Referred to:  The Health, Human Services and Housing Committee (Chairman Uchitelle and Legislators Corcoran, Erner, Lopez, Nolan, Petit, and Stewart), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gavaris and Legislators Cahill, Criswell, Roberts, and Ronk)

Chairman of the Health, Human Services and Housing Committee, Abe Uchitelle, and Deputy Chair Craig V. Lopez offer the following:

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

WHEREAS, Sections A3-4 (Y) and A2-6(A)(3) of the Administrative Code provide that the Chair of the Ulster County Legislature can, upon approval of the County Legislature, enter into an inter-municipal agreement on behalf of the County of Ulster; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to General Municipal Law, Section 119-n(a), the definition of a municipal corporation includes a school district; and

WHEREAS, the Commissioner of the Ulster County Department of Social Services requests that the Chair of the Ulster County Legislature be authorized to execute an Inter-Municipal Agreement with the Onteora Central School District in the amount of $252,000.00 for the Preschool Special Education and Related Services Program (the “Program”), for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027; and

WHEREAS, the Program is an approved program under Section 4410 of New York State Education Law, which defines “special education itinerant services” and provides that such services shall include direct individual and/or group instruction to preschoolers with disabilities, by a certified special education teacher, as part of an approved program; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the Chair of the Ulster County Legislature is authorized to execute inter-municipal agreements, and any amendments thereto, with Onteora Central School District, in the amount of $252,000.00 for the Preschool Special Education and Related Services Program, for the period beginning July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027, in the form as filed with the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature, or as modified with the approval of the County Attorney,         

and moves its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES:                        NOES:      

Passed Committee: Health, Human Services and Housing on ________________.

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on ________________.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$   31,500.00 – BUDGETED 2023 APPROPRIATION DOLLARS

$   18,742.50 – BUDGETED 2023 STATE REVENUE DOLLARS

$   12,757.50 – BUDGETED 2023 COUNTY DOLLARS

$    63,000.00 – ANTICIPATED 2024 APPROPRIATION DOLLARS

$    37,485.00 – ANTICIPATED 2024 STATE REVENUE DOLLARS

$    25,515.00 – ANTICIPATED 2024 COUNTY DOLLARS

$    63,000.00 – ANTICIPATED 2025 APPROPRIATION DOLLARS

$    37,485.00 – ANTICIPATED 2025 STATE REVENUE DOLLARS

$    25,515.00 – ANTICIPATED 2025 COUNTY DOLLARS

$    63,000.00 – ANTICIPATED 2026 APPROPRIATION DOLLARS

$    37,485.00 – ANTICIPATED 2026 STATE REVENUE DOLLARS

$    25,515.00 – ANTICIPATED 2026 COUNTY DOLLARS

$   31,500.00 – ANTICIPATED 2027 APPROPRIATION DOLLARS

$   18,742.50 – ANTICIPATED 2027 STATE REVENUE DOLLARS

$   12,757.50 – ANTICIPATED 2027 COUNTY DOLLARS