NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF LOCAL LAW

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF LOCAL LAW SUBJECT

TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a regular meeting held on the 18th day of February, 2025, the Ulster County Legislature adopted a resolution adopting a local law, which was duly adopted by the County Executive on the 6th day of March, 2025. Said local law, published herewith, is subject to a permissive referendum pursuant to Section 24 of the Municipal Home Rule Law and Section 101 of NY County Law. Annual salaries so identified shall become effective unless by no later than April 21, 2025 a petition signed by the required number of qualified electors of the County of Ulster is received in the Office of the Clerk of the Legislature, 244 Fair Street, Kingston, NY 12402, protesting such local law and requesting a referendum thereupon.

                                                 DATED: March 19, 2025                Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk

                                                Kingston, New York                         Ulster County Legislature

                                               Resolution No. 688 of 2024                February 18, 2025

Adopting Proposed Local Law No. 18 Of 2024, A Local Law Applying Salary Revisions for Certain Elected Ulster County Officials Serving For Fixed Terms

Referred to: The Laws, Rules and Government Services Committee (Chairman Kovacs and Legislators Gavaris, Hansut, Harmon, Kitchen, Levine, and Uchitelle), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gavaris and Legislators Collins, Hansut, Kovacs, Nolan, and Roberts)

Legislator Jeff Collins offers the following:

WHEREAS, Resolution No. 602 dated November 19, 2024, set the date for the Public Hearing on Proposed Local Law No. 18 Of 2024, (A Local Law Applying Salary Revisions for Certain Elected Ulster County Officials Serving For Fixed Terms), to be held on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 6:20 PM in the Legislative Chambers, Ulster County Office Building, 6th Floor, 244 Fair Street, Kingston, New York; and

WHEREAS, said Public Hearing was held on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 6:20 PM; and

WHEREAS, said Public Hearing was advertised in the official newspapers of the County of Ulster, and posted on the signboard maintained by the Clerk of the Legislature situated in the Ulster County Office Building; and

WHEREAS, all parties in attendance were permitted an opportunity to speak on behalf of or in opposition to the Proposed Local Law; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that herein, Proposed Local Law No. 18 of 2024 is hereby adopted by the Ulster County Legislature, and, pending the approval of the County Executive, will be assigned a local law number consecutive to the last local law adopted and approved in 2025,

Proposed Local Law Number 18 Of 2024

County Of Ulster

A Local Law Applying Salary Revisions For Certain Elected Ulster County Officials Serving For Fixed Terms

BE IT ENACTED, by the County Legislature of the County of Ulster as follows:

SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND FINDINGS.

Pursuant to § C-110 of the Ulster County Charter and § A34-3 of the Administrative Code, “All changes in salaries for elected officials shall be made by local law.”

SECTION 2. APPLICABILITY.

The annual salaries of Ulster County Legislators serving for a fixed term of office in the following capacities are hereby submitted and shall be adjusted as follows:

Title                                                                Current Annual Salary                                       New Annual Salary

Members of the County Legislature                       $ 16,000                                                           $ 18,000

Chairman of the County Legislature                      $ 26,000                                                           $ 28,500

Majority Leader of the County Legislature            $ 18,000                                                           $ 20,000

Minority Leader of the County Legislature            $ 18,000                                                           $ 20,000

SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY.

In the event that any portion of this local law is found to be invalid, such finding will not have any effect on either the remaining portions or applications of this local law or any provisions of the Ulster County Charter, which shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Local Law shall take effect upon compliance with all applicable provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York.

This Local Law is subject to a permissive referendum, and will be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the County of Ulster if within 45 days after the date on which it was so adopted, there is filed with the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature a petition protesting against this Local Law, signed and authenticated as required by Section 24 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, by qualified electors of the County of Ulster registered to vote therein at the last preceding general election, in number equal to at least ten percentum of the total number of votes cast for Governor at the last gubernatorial election held in said County.