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Ulster County forum hears pleas for raises after executive veto of budget amendment; no quorum blocks formal action
Summary
At an unofficial Dec. 19 forum, workers and legislators criticized a county executive’s line-item veto of Amendment 31 to the adopted 2025 budget — a measure affecting 64 DPW/CSEA employees — but with nine legislators present (no quorum) the body could not vote to override the veto.
KINGSTON, N.Y. — County workers, union members and several Ulster County legislators urged quick action Dec. 19 after the county executive issued a line-item veto of Amendment 31 to the adopted 2025 budget, a measure supporters said was intended to correct pay disparities affecting 64 Department of Public Works employees.
The session was unofficial because only nine legislators attended — short of the 16 needed for a quorum — so no formal motion or vote could be taken to override the veto. The chair said the forum would proceed to provide a public record of concerns and to give residents a chance to speak.
Supporters framed the amendment as an attempt to “right a wrong.” “We thought we were putting money in a box to right the wrong so that these 64 workers could be brought up even…
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