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Committee advances multiple infrastructure and operating items including fuel system, Hurley drainage and salt funding
Summary
The committee approved cloud‑based fuel management, a Hurley drainage project and a $600,000 transfer for highway salt, and moved several land‑use and historic‑designation items; contract awards and budget amendments were adopted in the meeting.
Beyond the pool debate, the Ulster County Public Works & Capital Projects Committee advanced several items across highways, bridges and facilities on July 6.
The committee approved a move to a cloud‑based fuel management system (capital project 758) and a related $161,978.46 contract; staff said the vendor upgrade removes direct vendor access to county infrastructure and reduces a cybersecurity risk. That resolution and its implementing contract passed unanimously.
The committee accelerated and funded a water‑control and catch‑basin project in the Town of Hurley (an increase of $2.4 million in the CIP) and approved a roughly $2.12 million contract to Osterhout Excavating for the work. One legislator recorded an abstention on the contract due to employment; otherwise the measures passed.
Members also authorized accepting a 0.7‑acre highway dedication along Horsendon Road to improve sight lines; the committee postponed formal acceptance for one month to allow review by legislative counsel and the county attorney because members requested additional documentation about liability and maintenance.
The committee supported evaluating three county‑owned Kingston properties for listing on the New York State and National Registers of Historic Places to make them eligible for restoration grants; staff said designation can be limited to exteriors and that previous interior alterations reduce the likelihood of major constraints.
Resolution 388 extended an intermunicipal winter maintenance agreement with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, bringing about $1.25 million for winter maintenance around the Esopus Reservoir. The committee also approved a $600,000 operating‑budget transfer from contingency to purchase highway salt after supply and delivery shortages during a heavy winter season.
The committee adjourned after discussing old business about building façade tiles and confirming follow‑up steps.
