This chapter shall be known as the "Ulster County
Administrative Code."
The Ulster County Administrative Code is intended
to outline the organizational structure of the County government as
prescribed in the New York State Municipal Home Rule Law, to delineate
the location of the responsibilities of the County government and
to make provision for administrative leadership in order to promote
an efficient and responsible County government.
All existing laws, ordinances, legalizing acts
and resolutions of the County shall remain operative except where
inconsistent with this Administrative Code as adopted by local law.
Upon adoption of the Charter, Ulster
County shall be and remain a municipal corporation under its same
name and shall exercise all of the rights, privileges, functions and
powers conferred upon it by the Charter, and any other applicable
statute not inconsistent with such Charter. Ulster County shall be
subject to all duties and obligations imposed upon it by existing
or subsequent laws not inconsistent with the provisions of the Charter,
including all powers necessarily incidental to or which may be fairly
implied from the powers specifically conferred upon it.
The Charter provides a form for and
structure of County government in accordance with the provision of
Article 4 of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York.
All special laws relating to Ulster County and all general laws of
the State of New York shall continue in full force and effect except
to the extent that such laws have been repealed, amended, modified
or superseded in their application to Ulster County by enactment and
adoption of the Charter. Within the limits prescribed in Article 4
of the Municipal Home Rule Law, wherever and whenever any state law,
general, special, or local in effect, conflicts or is inconsistent
with the Charter, such law shall be deemed, to the extent of such
conflict or inconsistency, to be superseded by the Charter insofar
as the County of Ulster and its government are affected.
Whenever used in the Administrative Code, unless
otherwise expressly stated, or unless the context or subject matter
otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
The Administrative Code as adopted by the County Legislature,
and any amendments thereto.
ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT
Any department, division, bureau, office, board or
commission or other agency of County government, or any subordinate
part of the foregoing.
AUTHORIZED AGENCY
Any agency authorized by the Charter, Administrative
Code or applicable law, including, but not limited to, those authorized
by the County Law, to receive and expend County funds for a County
purpose.
CAPITAL PROGRAM
The plan of capital projects proposed to be undertaken
during a five-year period, the estimated cost of such projects, and
the proposed method of financing. It shall be arranged in such manner
as to indicate the order of priority of each project, and to state
for each project:
A.
A description of the proposed project
and the estimated total cost;
B.
The proposed method of financing, indicating
the amount proposed to be financed by direct budgetary appropriation
of duly established reserve funds; the amount, if any, estimated to
be received from the federal and/or state government; and the amount
to be financed by the issuance of obligations, showing the proposed
type or types of obligations, together with the period of probable
usefulness for which they are proposed to be issued; and
C.
An estimate of the effect, if any, upon
operating costs of the municipal corporation within each of the three
fiscal years following completion of the project.
CAPITAL PROJECT
A.
Any physical betterment or improvement,
including furnishings, machinery, apparatus or equipment for such
physical betterment or improvement when first constructed or acquired;
or
B.
Any preliminary studies and surveys
relating to any physical betterment or improvement; or
C.
Land or rights in land; or
D.
Any combination of Subsection A, B or C.
CHARTER
The Ulster County Charter and all its amendments,
if any.
CLERK
The Clerk of the County Legislature.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE
The elective chief executive officer of the County,
who shall govern according to those powers provided for in the Charter,
or under any other provision of applicable law.
COUNTY LAW
The County Law of the State of New York.
COUNTY LEGISLATURE
The elective legislative, appropriating and policy-determining
body of the County of Ulster. Whenever the term "County Board," "Board
of Supervisors," "County governing board" or "elective governing body
of the County" is referred to in any law, it shall be deemed to mean
and refer to the County Legislature.
DEPARTMENT
The administrative unit which is the primary level
of County government.
DEPARTMENT HEAD
The administrative head of any department, and may
also be referred to herein as a "commissioner" or "director."
DIVISION
The administrative unit which is the secondary level
of County government.
E-MAIL
A written communication exchanged between people by electronic
means such as a computer or other devices, through either a local
area network or the Internet.
EX OFFICIO
A voting member unless there is governing legislation that
specifically provides otherwise.
LOCAL LAW
A legislative act of the County Legislature adopted
pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law, but shall not mean or include
a resolution, ordinance or similar act of the County Legislature.
PUBLIC OFFICE
Any office of federal, state or local government
whether elected or appointed.
VACANCY
The lack of occupancy in an office or post due to the death,
resignation or official removal of an elected or appointed public
official.
WHOLE NUMBER
The total number of persons which the County Legislature
or other group of persons would have were there no vacancies and none
of the persons disqualified from acting.
WRITING
Any intentional recording of words in a visual form, whether
in the form of handwriting, printing, typewriting, or any other tangible
form.