[HISTORY: Adopted by the Rockland County Legislature as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Awards and recognition — See Ch. 15.
[Adopted 9-16-2008 by L.L. No. 13-2008]
This article shall be known as "The Naming of County-Owned or -Leased Real Property Law."
A. 
The County of Rockland has periodically dedicated parks, buildings, rooms or other County assets on behalf of a praiseworthy and notable individual(s). It is the desire of the Legislature to establish a uniform process for naming County property to be followed by the County.
B. 
This process shall include a specific set of guidelines to be followed before naming a County asset. Required preliminary steps shall be the generation of the back-up materials which will contain a summary of the nominee's accomplishments, together with a statement, if possible, confirming the nominee's family support or not for naming a specific County asset for the relative.
For purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings:
COUNTY ASSET
Any County-owned or -leased real property, such as a park, building, field, room, facility or other real property, be it all or part thereof. Also covered under the definition of "County asset" shall be any purchased or leased real property, facility or other real property that a third party acting under a contract with the County to provide a service on behalf of the County has acquired by lease or purchase to provide said County service.
NOMINEE
The person(s) or entity whose name is being proposed to be used as the official name for a county asset.
A. 
All naming of County assets shall be by resolution adopted by the Legislature.
B. 
The following shall be followed in naming assets:
(1) 
Any resolution seeking to name a County asset in memory of an individual(s) or organization, etc., shall be referred to the Legislature's Rules Committee.
(2) 
The Rules Committee, when considering such applications, shall take into consideration the following criteria:
(a) 
If the nominee is or was a County employee, such naming shall be deferred until:
[1] 
After the nominee has left County government for a period of three years or more; or
[2] 
In situation where nominee is deceased, the nominating resolution shall not be submitted to committee until after a period of at least 90 days after the nominee's demise and not be voted on for 12 months from the date of demise.
(b) 
Nomination of other than a current or former County employee shall have the naming resolution deferred until a period of three years or more after the proposed resolution is submitted to the Rules Committee or 12 months if the nominee is deceased.
(c) 
Before the Committee can act on a resolution to name a specifically identified County asset, the back-up materials on the resolution shall contain a summary of the nominee's accomplishments. If the nominee is deceased, a statement, if possible, reporting the nominee's family support or not for naming a specified County asset for the relative shall be obtained.
(d) 
Multiple County assets should not be named for the same individual without special circumstances being set forth.
(e) 
When the asset to be named is one used by County employees and/or under the jurisdiction of a County department, the resolution nominating the naming of the asset shall have attached a document reporting the opinion of those who work in/on or use the space or facility as to their acceptance or opposition to the proposed naming. As part of this section, a posting shall occur in and around the asset to be named for a period of not less than 14 days before the resolution is voted on in committee, calling for comments from the public and users of the asset as to the proposed naming resolution.
(f) 
Already-named assets shall not be renamed for a different person(s) or organization in less than 10 years from the prior naming except for an addition(s) or deletion of the existing name.