[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:
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.
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.
