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Committee approves series of appointments, grants and contracts; UCRA appointment, watershed grant and clean‑energy contract cleared

Ulster County Legislature Energy, Environment, and Sustainability Committee · February 5, 2026
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Summary

Committee approved several routine resolutions: appointed an independent administrative hearing officer for UCRA (resolution 41), confirmed Thomas Rafaldi to the Fish & Wildlife Board (resolution 31), accepted a $150,000 Hudson River Foundation grant for a watershed coordinator (resolution 32), and authorized a $75,000 contract with the Hudson Valley Regional Council for municipal clean‑energy technical services (resolution 33).

The committee approved multiple administrative resolutions during the Feb. 4 meeting.

Resolution 41, moved earlier in the agenda to accommodate Director Ryder’s schedule, appoints Eric Zadens to serve as the independent administrative hearing officer for the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency; the item cited a $12,000 financial impact and passed by voice vote.

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