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Resolutions approved included (1) authorizing the Sullivan County Office for the Aging to hold a public hearing and related senior resource fair in October at the county airport, (2) acceptance of a $125,000 state municipal facilities grant for design and construction work at Callicoon Riverside Park, (3) appointment of a member to the Sullivan County Land Bank Corporation to fill a vacancy, (4) directing development and issuance of an RFP for a countywide groundwater study, (5) awarding funding through the 2025 Removal of Unsafe Structures program to the towns of Rockland and Highland, and (6) establishing a sister community partnership between Sullivan County and the Turnipile Region in Ukraine.

Key vote outcomes and procedural details

1) Office for the Aging public hearing
Motion: moved by Cat Scott; seconded by Louie Alvarez. Vote: committee recorded “Aye. 4 zip.” Outcome: approved. The resolution authorizes the Office for the Aging to hold an October public hearing at the airport from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.; the hearing will be paired with a senior resource fair and likely a presentation (time and date described in committee materials).

2) State municipal facilities grant — Callicoon Riverside Park ($125,000)
Motion: moved by Cat Scott; seconded by Louie Alvarez. Vote: “Aye. 4 zip.” Outcome: approved. The $125,000 state municipal facilities grant (identified in committee materials as secured with assistance from former Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther) is to be used for design and construction of an access drive, parking area and hiking trails at Callicoon Riverside Park.

3) Appointment to Sullivan County Land Bank Corporation
Motion: moved by Louie Alvarez; seconded by Cat Scott. Vote: committee recorded “3 zip with Matt abstaining.” Outcome: approved with one abstention (Matt McPhillips). Committee staff said two letters of interest were received for the vacancy created by Susan Hart's departure and the Land Bank recommended the candidate; final confirmation requires legislative confirmation.

4) Countywide groundwater study RFP (direct development and issuance)
Motion: moved by Pat; seconded by Louie Alvarez. Vote: “Aye. 4 zip.” Outcome: approved. Committee discussion noted the county has $250,000 available in the planning fund balance to begin the work and that final project cost is uncertain until estimates are returned. Members characterized the study as important to help towns understand groundwater resources before development decisions are made.

5) 2025 Removal of Unsafe Structures (RUST) funding awards
Motion: moved by Cat Scott; seconded by Louie Alvarez. Vote: “Aye. 4 zip.” Outcome: approved. Two applications were approved: one for the Town of Rockland (for houses described as collapsed and unsafe) and one for the Town of Highland (for an area near Eldred and possible redevelopment adjacent to town facilities). Committee staff said both towns confirmed in writing that they followed their town procurement policies.

6) Sister community partnership — Turnipile Region, Ukraine
Motion: moved by Legislator Terry Blaser Bernardo; seconded by Terry Katz. Vote: “Aye. 4 zip.” Outcome: approved. In sponsoring remarks, Legislator Terry Blaser Bernardo said: “The resilience of the citizens of Ukraine in defending their homeland deserves not only our recognition, but our support.” The resolution was prepared with assistance from Ulster County and nonprofit partners; committee members said the resolution may require amendments after consultation with Ukrainian counterparts before full-board consideration.

The committee concluded its public session and moved into an executive session on collective negotiations. No executive-session details were discussed in the public record.

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Committee members and staff described the proposal as an enabling step that would let individual municipalities decide whether to create a community preservation plan, hold public hearings, and put a referendum before local voters. The program was discussed as a funding option for farmland-preservation matching funds and other open-space priorities; advocates said it could supplement, not replace, existing grant programs.

Heather (staff member) explained that if the county authorizes the program, it performs the initial home-rule action and the decision to adopt a community preservation fund would then rest with each municipality. A municipality that pursues the program must draft a community preservation plan, publish it for public review and comment (the committee was told the plan typically must be available for at least 60 days), hold a public hearing, and then submit the proposal to a local referendum. Funds collected by the county clerk would be remitted to the participating municipalities; the committee discussed whether transfers to towns would be handled monthly or quarterly and agreed that the remittance schedule would be a separate administrative policy if the program is adopted.

Committee members pressed on how the fee is assessed. The committee was told the fee applies only to the portion of a real-estate transaction above the community's median home value (the transcript cited a recent median of about $300,000 as an example). Municipalities set the rate subject to statutory caps; the committee was told the statutory cap is up to 6 percent but that municipalities generally set much lower rates (a committee member observed that locally adopted rates have tended to be nearer 2 percent or lower).

The committee heard the program can be used for farmland preservation, open-space protection, and similar conservation purposes identified in a municipality's plan. It was emphasized that funds may only be spent for items included in the locally adopted plan and that the program is separate from other housing-related pilot programs. Heather also said the Sullivan County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board requested the county explore this as a potential source of local matching funds for purchase-of-development-rights grants, because state and federal grant programs typically require substantial local matches (the committee cited match ranges commonly used in those programs of roughly 50 percent, 75 percent or 87.5 percent depending on the program).

Ulster County was cited as a nearby example: the committee was told Ulster adopted the authority in 2019 and several municipalities there have now established community preservation funds. Committee members agreed the measure should be forwarded to the County Executive for consideration by the full legislature and noted municipalities would still need to do their own planning and referendums before any local fee would take effect.

The committee did not set a date for any countywide implementation; next steps on the county side are a forwarding to the County Executive and then, if the executive and legislature approve, individual municipalities would decide whether to pursue adoption through local planning and referendum processes.

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