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Votes at a glance: Ulster County Public Works committee (Feb. 10, 2025)
Summary
A summary of resolutions the Public Works and Capital Projects Committee advanced or postponed on Feb. 10, including contract awards, capital-project amendments and postponed local-policy items.
The Ulster County Public Works and Capital Projects Committee took the following formal actions on Feb. 10, 2025.
Key committee outcomes
- Resolution No. 19 (Golden Hill Transportation Improvements): Approved out of committee (reported 4–0–1). Amends the 2025–2030 CIP and addresses a traffic signal at Route 32 and Golden Hill Lane.
- Resolution No. 20 (Contract with Jor Excavating Inc.): Approved; an abstention by Legislator Litz was recorded for employment reasons.
- Resolution No. 21 (Golden Hill developer cost share — Golden Hill Owner LLC): Approved; an abstention was recorded for employment conflict.
- Resolution No. 22 (Pump station contract with Penrose New York Developer LLC): Approved; staff explained federal grant dependency and buy-America concerns.
- Resolution No. 35 (HVAC campuswide upgrade — college): Approved unanimously; introduced by Michael Triber, vice president for finance at the college.
- Resolution No. 37 (Emergency preparedness — backup generators): Approved to establish project funds; details and line-item estimates to follow before floor action.
- Resolution No. 48 (Rescind and renegotiate court reimbursement agreement): Approved; staff said the courts rescinded a prior interior-project reimbursement request.
- Resolution No. 49 (Historic preservation — state grant): Approved unanimously; establishes project to accept $558,232 from NYS Parks with a 25% county match.
- Resolution No. 50 (HVAC replacement — probation building): Approved unanimously; staff said work will re-engineer systems and move toward full electrification.
- Resolution No. 51 (County pool rehabilitation — SWIMS grant): Approved unanimously; contract 100% funded by the grant.
- Resolution No. 52 (Fleet vehicle take-home policy): Postponed for one month; committee requested legislative counsel review on collective-bargaining implications.
- Resolution No. 53 (Dedication of second floor in memory of Nina Pashupac): Approved unanimously.
- Local Law No. 19 of 2024 (County parking lots): Postponed for sponsor and executive to rework language.
- Resolution No. 75 (IT enterprise service-management platform): Approved; project to modernize county ticketing/incident management.
Methodology: Vote counts are those reported in committee discussion and include several recorded abstentions for employment conflicts; where precise roll-call tallies were not read into the record, the committee reported consensus or unanimous passage as noted.
