Ulster County’s Laws, Rules and Government Services Committee on Aug. 14 approved a late resolution (4‑05) to continue the county’s authority to collect an additional 1% sales and compensating use tax.

County staff said the late memo was necessary because the governor signed enabling legislation on Aug. 7, creating a new administrative requirement for counties. The committee noted the item had previously been approved in April and introduced the late resolution to conform county action to the newly signed state law.

The committee held a brief discussion, moved the resolution and adopted it by voice vote. No substantive changes to the county’s tax rate or county budget were recorded in the committee discussion; the action continues the existing local sales tax authorization for the county.

The resolution will be processed consistent with the governor’s recent legislation; the committee did not record additional implementation steps in the meeting transcript.