Committee sets multiple public hearings, approves transit grant applications and sheriff’s MOA

The Ulster County Laws, Rules and Government Services Committee on June 12 handled a series of routine and programmatic items: members set public hearings on multiple proposed local laws, authorized two Federal Transit Administration grant applications and approved a memorandum of agreement with the Ulster County Sheriff’s Employee Association.

Resolutions moved and advanced at the meeting included: • Resolution 143: set a public hearing for Local Law No. 3 of 2025 (a local law on safety for vulnerable road users) for July 15 at 7:10 p.m.; sponsors named in the transcript were Legislators Lavine, Sperry and Ushatel. • Resolution 300: set a public hearing on Local Law No. 7 of 2025 to align charter and administrative code provisions with recent changes in state public health law regarding board-of-health composition; the committee amended the public-hearing start time to 7:00 p.m. • Resolution 317: authorized submission of an FTA 5307 grant application for design, site selection and facility analysis related to transportation facilities and authorized the Ulster County Executive to execute required applications or agreements. • Resolution 318: authorized submission of an FTA 5339B grant application for capital expenditures for Ulster County Area Transit and authorized the County Executive to execute required applications/agreements. • Resolution 319: approved a memorandum of agreement between Ulster County and the Ulster County Sheriff’s Employee Association for 2025–28 and amended the 2025 county budget.

Committee members moved to approve each item and recorded the votes as indicated in the transcript; where a detailed roll call appears in the transcript the committee recorded the outcome (for example, Resolution 308 was adopted 5–2). The meeting adjourned after the final items on the agenda.