[Amended 9-8-1994 by L.L. No. 6-1994]
The County Legislature shall be the elected governing body of
the county, and shall, when lawfully convened, constitute the legislative,
appropriating, governing and policymaking body of the County of Sullivan.
[Amended 1-23-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
A.
The County Legislature shall be composed of nine legislators elected
from single member legislature districts, each member elected for
a term of four years and having one vote. Legislators shall be resident
in the legislative district from which they are elected.
B.
The Legislators of Sullivan County shall be elected from the Legislative
Districts described as municipalities, census tracts and census blocks
as defined by the United States Census Bureau, as follows:
[Amended 7-17-2014 by L.L. No. 3-2014; 8-18-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
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District
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Population
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District 1
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Town of Highland
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2,197
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Part of Town of Bethel
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3,760
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Parts of census tract 9519.00
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Blocks: 1004-1008, 1011, 1015-1017, 1021-1038, 2004-2014, 2018-2073
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Parts of census tract 9520.00
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Blocks: 1000-1058, 2000-2077, 3000-3093
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Part of the Town of Callicoon
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369
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Parts of census tract 9504.00
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Blocks: 3002, 3017-3030, 3043-3044
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Part of the Town of Liberty
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580
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Parts of census tract 9506.00
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Blocks: 2000-2003, 2022-2024, 3001-3002, 3004-3012, 3023-3028,
3030-3032
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Parts of census tract 9507.02
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Blocks: 2020-2026
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Part of the Town of Thompson
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1,729
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Parts of census tract 9516.00
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Blocks: 2018-2044, 2049-2052, 2054-2057, 4003-4018, 4020
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Parts of census tract 9518.02
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Blocks: 1004, 1006, 3004, 4001, 4003, 4005
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Total District Population: 8,635
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District 2
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Town of Forestburgh
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809
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Town of Lumberland
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2,244
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Part of the Town of Thompson
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5,589
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Parts of census tract 9515.00
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Blocks: 1010, 1023-1025, 1033-1034, 1037, 2035-2036
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Parts of census tract 9516.00
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Blocks: 1004-1017, 1023-1031, 2012, 2045-2048, 3000-3005, 3007,
4000-4002, 4019
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Parts of census tract 9518.01
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Blocks: 2000-2004, 2006-2015, 2018-2019
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Parts of census tract 9518.02
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Blocks: 1000-1003, 1005, 1007, 2001-2008, 2013-2019, 3000-3003,
4000, 4002, 4004, 4006-4008, 5000-5019
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Total District Population: 8,642
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District 3
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Town of Neversink
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3,370
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Town of Rockland
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3,305
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Part of the Town of Liberty
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1,974
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Parts of census tract 9505.00
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Blocks: 2000-2018, 2020-2022, 2025, 2028-2029, 2031, 2035-2037,
4000-4061
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Parts of census tract 9506.00
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Blocks: 1000-1030, 1032-1033, 1037-1041
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Parts of census tract 9507.01
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Block: 4000
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Total District Population: 8,649
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District 4
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Part of the Town of Mamakating
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8,629
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Parts of census tract 9512.01
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Blocks: 1000-1015, 2000-2024, 2026-2042, 3000-3036, 3038-3041,
4000-4017
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Parts of census tract 9512.02
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Blocks: 1000-1003, 1007-1008, 2000-2033, 3000-3019
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Parts of census tract 9513.01
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Blocks: 2000-2001
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Parts of census tract 9513.02
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Blocks: 1008-1013, 1017-1024, 1057-1060, 2000, 2034, 2036, 2038,
2041-2049, 2051-2054, 2056, 2058, 3001-3006, 3008, 3042-3044, 3046-3048
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Total District Population: 8,629
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District 5
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Town of Cochecton
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1,450
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Town of Delaware
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2,210
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Town of Fremont
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1,161
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Town of Tusten
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1,407
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Part of the Town of Callicoon
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2,401
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Parts of census tract 9504.00
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Blocks: 1000-1033, 1035-1043, 1045, 2000-2056, 3000-3001, 3003-3016,
3031-3034
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Total District Population: 8,629
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District 6
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Part of the Town of Bethel
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205
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Parts of census tract 9519.00
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Blocks: 1000-1003, 1009-1010, 1012-1014, 1018-1020, 2000-2003,
2015-2017
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Part of the Town of Callicoon
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223
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Parts of census tract 9504.00
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Blocks: 1034, 1044, 1046-1047, 3035-3042
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Part of the Town of Liberty
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7,654
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Parts of census tract 9505.00
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Blocks: 1000-1038, 2019, 2023-2024, 2026-2027, 2030, 2032-2034,
2038-2054, 3000-3028
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Parts of census tract 9506.00
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Blocks: 1031, 1034-1036, 2004-2021, 2025-2031, 3000, 3003, 3013-3022,
3029
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Parts of census tract 9507.01
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Blocks: 1000-1008, 2000-2013, 3000-3013, 4001-4016
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Parts of census tract 9507.02
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Blocks: 1000-1033, 2000-2019, 2027-2028
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Part of the Town of Thompson
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535
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Parts of census tract 9515.00
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Blocks: 2000-2015, 2020, 2029-2030, 2038
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Parts of cenus tract 9516.00
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Blocks: 2000-2005
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Total District Population: 8,617
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District 7
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Part of the Town of Fallsburg
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7,078
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Parts of census tract 9508.01
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Blocks: 3000-3002, 3014-3018, 3020, 3027-3028, 3030
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Parts of census tract 9508.02
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Blocks: 1000-1036, 2000-2007, 2016-2017, 2019-2025, 2030-2047
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Parts of census tract 9509.00
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Blocks: 3000, 3002-3007, 3021
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Parts of census tract 9510.00
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Blocks: 1000-1001, 2000-2023, 3000-3043
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Parts of census tract 9511.00
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Blocks: 1000-1027, 1029-1047, 1050-1051, 2000-2026, 3000-3057
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Part of the Town of Mamakating
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1,527
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Parts of census tract 9513.02
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Blocks: 1000-1007, 1014-1016, 1025-1055, 1061-1068, 2001-2033,
2035, 2037, 2055, 2057, 3000, 3007, 3009-3041, 3045
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Total District Population: 8,605
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District 8
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Part of the Town of Fallsburg
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5,916
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Parts of census tract 9508.01
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Blocks: 1000-1033, 2000-2035, 3003-3013, 3019, 3021-2026, 3029
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Parts of census tract 9508.02
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Blocks: 2008-2015, 2018, 2026-2029
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Parts of census tract 9509.00
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Blocks: 1000-1026, 2000-2029, 3001, 3008-3020, 3022
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Parts of census tract 9510.00
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Blocks: 1002-1043
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Parts of census tract 9511.00
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Blocks: 1028, 1048-1049
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Part of the Town of Thompson
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2,697
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Parts of census tract 9515.00
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Blocks: 1000-1009, 1011-1022, 1029-1032, 1038-1040, 2016-2019,
2021-2028, 2031-2034, 2037, 2039-2043, 3000-3024
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Parts of census tract 9516.00
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Blocks: 2006-2011, 2013-2017, 2053
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Parts of census tract 9517.01
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Blocks: 1017-1022, 1028, 1033
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Parts of census tract 9518.01
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Block: 2005
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Total District Population: 8,613
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District 9
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Part of the Town of Mamakating
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2,533
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Parts of census tract 9512.01
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Blocks: 2025, 3037
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Parts of census tract 9512.02
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Blocks: 1004-1006, 1009-1026
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Parts of census tract 9513.01
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Blocks: 1000-1021, 2002-2041
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Parts of census tract 9513.02
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Blocks: 1056, 2039-2040, 2050
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Part of the Town of Thompson
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6,091
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Parts of census tract 9515.00
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Blocks: 1026-1028, 1035-1036, 1041-1047
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Parts of census tract 9516.00
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Blocks: 1000-1003, 1018-1022, 3006, 3008-3009
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Parts of census tract 9517.01
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Blocks: 1000-1016, 1023-1032, 1034-1069, 2000-2048, 3000-3038
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Parts of census tract 9518.01
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Blocks: 1000-1011, 2016-2017, 2020, 3000-3013, 4000-4030
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Parts of census tract 9518.02
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Blocks: 2000, 2009-2012, 2020-2023
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Total District Population: 8,624
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The County Legislature shall exercise all the powers and duties
imposed by New York State law or this Charter on a Board of Supervisors
or county legislative body, and all powers and duties necessarily
implied or incidental thereto. Among such powers and duties, but not
by way of limitation, it shall:
A.
Make appropriations, levy taxes, incur indebtedness, authorize contracts
and adopt the county budget.
B.
Enact, amend or repeal the County Administrative Code, local laws,
legalizing acts or resolutions, and provide for the administrative
implementation thereof.
C.
Adopt, by resolution, all rules and regulations for its own conduct
and procedure.
D.
By local law, create, alter, combine or abolish administrative units
of county government not headed by elective officers or designated
in this Charter, establishing or abolishing positions of employment
in connection therewith.
E.
Fix the compensation of all officers and employees paid from county
funds, except members of the judiciary, and except that compensation
of any elected official paid from county funds shall not be decreased
during that official's term of office.
F.
Appoint, subject to the provisions of this Charter, and at its pleasure
remove, the County Manager, and appoint, or confirm as the case may
be, such other officials as provided in this Charter or in the Administrative
Code.
G.
Make, or cause to be made, such studies, audits and investigations
as it deems necessary and also obtain professional and technical advice,
appoint temporary advisory boards of citizens, subpoena witnesses,
administer oaths and require the production of books, papers and other
evidence deemed necessary or material to such study, audit or investigation.
H.
Equalize real property taxes on the basis of data supplied by the
New York State Board of Equalization and Assessment,[1] various administrative units and towns within the County
of Sullivan, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Real Property
Tax Law of the State of New York.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Board of Equalization and Assessment was
changed to the Board of Real Property Services by L.1994, c. 385,
effective 1-1-1995.
I.
Fix the amount of bonds of officers and employees paid from county
funds.
J.
Fill vacancies in any elective County office except as provided otherwise
by this Charter. The person or persons so appointed shall hold office
by virtue of such appointment until the certification of the first
general election after the happening of the vacancy, upon which certification
the vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the term, if any, and
the person so elected shall take office immediately.
[Amended 10-18-2007 by L.L. No. 10-2007]
K.
Contract annually with a Certified Public Accountant to conduct an
audit of the general purpose financial statements of the county.
L.
To the maximum extent permitted by law and consistent with responsible
sound fiscal policies, follow and adhere to sustainable energy and
sound environmental principles and processes in all of its policies
and operations.
[Amended 10-18-2007 by L.L. No. 11-2007]
M.
Review, adopt and update a strategic plan that would establish the
recommended programs and fiscal priorities of the County. It is suggested
that said plans be adopted biannually (every other year) commencing
on June 30 of the year in which the Legislature takes office. The
adopted strategic plan shall be comprehensive and inclusive of all
County divisions, offices, agencies, and contracted services.
[Added 10-18-2007 by L.L. No. 12-2007]
N.
Establish and maintain a standing committee that will review, adopt
and update, as necessary, a six-year capital plan that will establish
capital programs and priorities that will assure responsible debt
management. This committee shall also consider impacts to the County
operating budget. This capital plan will be adopted by a majority
vote of the Legislature, but deviation therefrom will require a two-thirds
vote.
[Added 10-18-2007 by L.L. No. 12-2007]
(1)
Said committee will be comprised of the following voting members:
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Chairman of Management and budget Committee; Chairman of Public
Works Committee; County Manager; County Treasurer; Chairman of Personnel
Committee, and a member of the Majority and Minority Caucus. Commissioners
and other county staff appointed by the County Manager shall be available
as resources to the committee at the discretion of the County Manager.
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(2)
The Capital Planning Committee shall also formulate and make recommendations
to the County Legislature regarding the strategic plan described in
§ C2.02M of this charter.
O.
Shall create and appoint a Council of Government that shall serve
in an advisory capacity to the County Legislature. The Council of
Government should include representatives of the Legislature, Town
Supervisors, Village Mayors, Boards of Education, the County Manager,
County Treasurer, and other appropriate officials.
[Added 10-18-2007 by L.L. No. 12-2007]
P.
Shall require a certificate of availability of funds to be issued,
prior to the submission of any resolution that appropriates funds,
or authorizes a contract to be executed that requires an expenditure
of funds.
[Added 10-18-2007 by L.L. No. 12-2007]
Q.
In the event that the County Treasurer and the County Manager do
not agree on the annual estimate of revenues for the succeeding year's
operating budget, then the County Legislature shall determine the
estimate of revenues, at a public hearing conducted for that purpose,
after receiving information from the County Manager, County Treasurer,
and Commissioner of Management and Budget, by the 10th day of November.
[Added 10-18-2007 by L.L. No. 12-2007]
R.
Determine and make provision for any matter of County Government
not otherwise provided for, including but not restricted to, any necessary
matter involved in the transition of this Charter.
[Added 10-18-2007 by L.L. No. 12-2007]
Confirmations of appointments, when required, shall be by a
majority of the votes cast by the legislators at a regular or special
meeting of the County Legislature except where a different majority
is provided for in this Charter.
[Amended 12-7-1997 by L.L. No. 7-1998[1]]
Only on January 1 of each and every even-numbered year following
the election of Legislators or as soon thereafter as is practical,
the County Legislature shall meet and organize by election, by majority
vote from among its members, a Chairman, a Vice Chairman and such
other officers as it deems required. The Chairman shall be deemed
the Chief Elected Official of the County of Sullivan, and shall appoint
members of the County Legislature to serve on such committees as are
provided for in the Rules of the County Legislature. The Chairman
shall preside over all meetings of the County Legislature, and the
Vice Chairman shall preside in the absence of the Chairman pursuant
to the provisions of the Sullivan County Administrative Code.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law was approved by a majority of
the qualified electors voting at the general election held 11-3-1998.
On January 1 of the even-numbered year next following the election
of a County Legislature, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the
Legislature shall appoint a Clerk who shall serve at the pleasure
of the Legislature and until a successor is appointed and has qualified.
The Legislature shall also appoint a Deputy Clerk, and such other
personnel as are required for the efficient operation of the office
of the Clerk, within budgetary limitations. The Clerk shall act as
secretary to all committees of the Legislature and shall perform such
other duties as may be conferred or imposed by New York State law,
this Charter or the County Legislature.
[Amended 12-16-1999 by L.L. No. 8-1999[1] ; 12-16-2004 by L.L. No. 5-2004; 12-20-2007 by L.L. No.
1-2008; 12-15-2011 by L.L. No. 6-2011; 12-19-2019 by L.L. No. 6-2019]
The annual salary of the members of the County Legislature shall
be established from time to time and shall be subject to the provisions
of County Law § 200 and the Municipal Home Rule Law.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also provided that it would
take effect January 1, 2000.
