Ulster County, NY Charter

Ulster County, NY

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Table of Contents

Part A: The Charter
Ch C Charter
Ch C Art I Ulster County and Its Government
§ C-1 Title and purpose.
§ C-2 County status, powers and duties.
§ C-3 Charter effect on state laws.
§ C-4 Charter effect on local laws and resolutions.
§ C-5 Amendment or revision of Charter.
§ C-6 Definitions.
Ch C Art II Legislative Branch
§ C-7 County Legislature.
§ C-8 Members; term of office; election.
§ C-9 Qualifications.
§ C-10 Commission on Reapportionment (Redistricting).
§ C-11 Powers and duties of Legislature.
§ C-11.1 Audit Committee.
§ C-12 Submission of enactments for executive approval; veto and veto override.
§ C-13 Local laws.
§ C-14 Resolutions.
§ C-15 Confirmation of appointments.
§ C-16 Advisory committees, commissions and boards.
§ C-17 Organizational meeting.
§ C-18 Monthly and special meetings; notice.
§ C-19 Clerk of the County Legislature.
§ C-20 Counsel to the Legislature; Minority Counsel.
§ C-21 Filling membership vacancies.
Ch C Art III Executive Branch
§ C-22 County Executive.
§ C-23 Election and qualifications.
§ C-24 Term of office.
§ C-25 Powers and duties of County Executive.
§ C-26 Appointment of department heads.
§ C-27 Deputy County Executive(s).
§ C-28 Advisory committees, commissions and boards.
§ C-29 Acting County Executive.
§ C-30 Removal of County Executive.
Ch C Art IV Financial Procedures
§ C-31 Fiscal year.
§ C-32 Duties of County Executive.
§ C-33 Departmental, agency, office or unit estimates.
§ C-34 Submission of County budget.
§ C-35 Budget message.
§ C-36 Review of County budget and message.
§ C-37 Public hearings on County budget.
§ C-38 Adoption of County budget.
§ C-39 Levy of taxes; inclusion of reserve for uncollected taxes.
§ C-40 Budget modification after adoption.
Ch C Art V Department of Health
§ C-41 Commissioner of Health or Public Health Director.
§ C-42 Board of Health.
§ C-43 Medical Examiner.
Ch C Art VI Department of Mental Health
§ C-44 Commissioner of Mental Health.
§ C-45 Community Services Board.
Ch C Art VII Department of Planning
§ C-46 Appointment of Director of Planning.
§ C-47 Powers and duties of Planning Board and Director.
§ C-48 Additional duties of Director of Planning.
§ C-49 County Planning Board.
§ C-50 Additional powers and duties of Planning Board.
§ C-51 Review and approval over land use.
§ C-52 Comprehensive Plan and annual planning program.
Ch C Art VIII Department of Finance
§ C-53 Commissioner of Finance.
§ C-54 Transition.
§ C-55 Deputy Commissioners and staff.
Ch C Art IX Comptroller
§ C-56 Election; term; qualifications.
§ C-57 Powers and duties.
§ C-58 Deputy Comptrollers and staff.
§ C-59 Acting Comptroller.
§ C-60 Vacancy.
Ch C Art X Department of Personnel
§ C-61 Personnel Director.
Ch C Art XI Department of Social Services
§ C-62 Commissioner of Social Services.
Ch C Art XII Department of Public Works
§ C-63 Commissioner of Public Works.
§ C-64 Acting Commissioner of Public Works.
§ C-65 Engineering Division.
§ C-66 Rules and regulations.
Ch C Art XIII Department of Public Transportation
§ C-67 Director of Public Transportation.
§ C-68 Rules and regulations.
Ch C Art XIV County Attorney
§ C-69 Appointment and qualifications.
§ C-70 Powers and duties.
§ C-71 Assistant County Attorneys.
§ C-72 Special counsel.
Ch C Art XV Department of Information Services
§ C-73 Director of Information Services.
Ch C Art XVI Department of Purchasing
§ C-74 Director of Purchasing.
Ch C Art XVII (Reserved)
§ C-75 through § C-76. (Reserved)
Ch C Art XVIII Department of Public Defender
§ C-77 Public Defender.
§ C-78 Deputy and Assistant Public Defenders and staff.
§ C-79 Acting Public Defender.
§ C-80 Special counsel.
Ch C Art XIX County Clerk
§ C-81 Election and qualifications.
§ C-82 Powers and duties.
Ch C Art XX Sheriff
§ C-83 Election and qualifications.
§ C-84 Powers and duties.
§ C-85 Undersheriff.
§ C-86 Deputies.
Ch C Art XXI District Attorney
§ C-87 Election and qualification.
§ C-88 Powers and duties.
§ C-89 Assistant District Attorneys.
Ch C Art XXII Fire Coordinator and Fire Advisory Board
§ C-90 Fire Coordinator.
§ C-91 Fire Advisory Board.
Ch C Art XXIII Office for the Aging
§ C-92 Director of the Office for the Aging.
Ch C Art XXIV Consumer Fraud Bureau
§ C-93 Director of Consumer Affairs.
§ C-94 Director of Weights and Measures.
Ch C Art XXV Veterans' Service Agency
§ C-95 Director of Veterans' Service.
Ch C Art XXVI Department of Probation
§ C-96 Director of Probation.
Ch C Art XXVII Board of Elections
§ C-97 Appointment; term; powers and duties.
Ch C Art XXVIII County Jury Board; Commissioner of Jurors
§ C-98 Powers and duties.
Ch C Art XXIX Department of Residential Health Care Facilities
§ C-99 Director of Residential Health Care Facilities.
Ch C Art XXX Commission of Human Rights
§ C-100 Commissioner of Human Rights.
§ C-101 Membership; duties; appointments; terms of office.
§ C-102 Authority.
Ch C Art XXXI County Historian
§ C-103 Appointment; powers and duties.
Ch C Art XXXII Ulster County Community College
§ C-104 Continued operation; Board of Trustees.
Ch C Art XXXIII Board of Ethics
§ C-105 Purpose and intent.
§ C-106 Membership; appointment; compensation.
§ C-107 Powers and duties.
Ch C Art XXXIV Periodic Compensation Review Committee
§ C-108 Establishment; membership; compensation.
§ C-109 Terms of office; limits of service; filling vacancies.
§ C-110 Duties.
Ch C Art XXXV Environmental Management Council
§ C-111 Membership; terms of office; limits of service; compensation.
§ C-112 Powers and duties.
Ch C Art XXXVI Department of Emergency Communications/Emergency Management
§ C-113 Director Emergency Communications/Emergency Management; Office of Civil Defense.
§ C-114 Deputy or Assistant Directors.
Ch C Art XXXVII Intermunicipal Relations
§ C-115 Contracts with public corporations and authorities; implementation.
§ C-116 Intermunicipal Collaboration Council.
Ch C Art XXXVIII Department of Employment and Training
§ C-117 Director of Employment and Training.
Ch C Art XXXIX Department of Tourism
§ C-118 Director of Tourism.
Ch C Art XL Traffic Safety
§ C-119 Coordinator of Traffic Safety.
§ C-120 Traffic Safety Board.
Ch C Art XLI Youth Bureau
§ C-121 Director of the Youth Bureau.
§ C-122 Deputy Director.
§ C-123 Youth Board.
Ch C Art XLII Department of Community Corrections
§ C-124 Director of Community Corrections.
§ C-125 Assistant Director.
Ch C Art XLIII Safety Department
§ C-126 Safety Officer.
Ch C Art XLIV Insurance Department
§ C-127 Insurance Officer.
Ch C Art XLV General and Transitional Provisions
§ C-128 Existing laws continued.
§ C-129 Continuation of authority.
§ C-130 Civil service rights continued.
§ C-131 Existing terms of office.
§ C-132 Transfer of functions, duties and personnel; other County departments, boards, offices and agencies.
§ C-133 Charter clarification.
§ C-134 When effective.
§ C-135 Severability.
§ C-136 Dates.
§ C-137 Amendment.
§ C-138 Completion of unfinished business.
§ C-139 Submission of electors.
Part B: The Administrative Code
Ch A Administrative Code
Part C: The Code
Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 16 Catskill Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation
Ch 26 Contracts
Ch 28 Defense and Indemnification
Ch 37 Elections
Ch 39 Empire Zones
Ch 41 Environment, Department of the
Ch 44 Ethics and Disclosure
Ch 65 Inmate Health Care
Ch 80 Local Laws, Adoption of
Ch 85 Mental Health Services
Ch 90 Officers and Employees
Ch 98 Personnel Policies
Ch 110 Records
Ch 117 Sheriff's Department
Ch 122 Surplus Property, Sale of
Ch 126 Tax Bill Inserts
Ch 129 Tobacco Settlement Revenues
Ch 131 Vehicles, County
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 145 Alarm Systems
Ch 148 Alcoholic Beverages and Controlled Substances
Ch 152 Animals
Ch 166 Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 169 Consumer Protection
Ch 173 Cyberbullying
Ch 181 Dredge Material Sites and Disposal Facilities
Ch 190 Energy
Ch 198 Fees and Charges
Ch 205 Food Service
Ch 221 Insurance
Ch 245 Mobile Homes and Manufactured Homes
Ch 249 Motor Vehicle Fuel, Sale of
Ch 258 Notification of Defects
Ch 265 Obscene Materials
Ch 273 Peace and Good Order
Ch 276 Peddling, Soliciting and Vending
Ch 284 Property Maintenance
Ch 296 Secondhand Dealers
Ch 299 Sky Lanterns
Ch 301 Smoking and Tobacco Products
Ch 304 Solid Waste
Ch 305 Sparkling Devices
Ch 306 Streets and Roads
Ch 308 Storm Sewers
Ch 312 Taxation
Ch 325 Vehicles and Traffic
Appendix
Ch A400 Ellenville Hospital
Ch A401 Industrial Development Agency
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

Public Documents

Chapter C: Charter

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Ulster County Legislature 8-23-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006, approved 11-7-2006. Amendments noted where applicable.]

Chapter C : Charter

Article I Ulster County and Its Government

§ C-1 Title and purpose.

§ C-2 County status, powers and duties.

§ C-3 Charter effect on state laws.

§ C-4 Charter effect on local laws and resolutions.

§ C-5 Amendment or revision of Charter.

§ C-6 Definitions.

Article II Legislative Branch

§ C-7 County Legislature.

§ C-8 Members; term of office; election.

§ C-9 Qualifications.

§ C-10 Commission on Reapportionment (Redistricting).

§ C-11 Powers and duties of Legislature.

§ C-11.1 Audit Committee.

§ C-12 Submission of enactments for executive approval; veto and veto override.

§ C-13 Local laws.

§ C-14 Resolutions.

§ C-15 Confirmation of appointments.

§ C-16 Advisory committees, commissions and boards.

§ C-17 Organizational meeting.

§ C-18 Monthly and special meetings; notice.

§ C-19 Clerk of the County Legislature.

§ C-20 Counsel to the Legislature; Minority Counsel.

§ C-21 Filling membership vacancies.

Article III Executive Branch

§ C-22 County Executive.

§ C-23 Election and qualifications.

§ C-24 Term of office.

§ C-25 Powers and duties of County Executive.

§ C-26 Appointment of department heads.

§ C-27 Deputy County Executive(s).

§ C-28 Advisory committees, commissions and boards.

§ C-29 Acting County Executive.

§ C-30 Removal of County Executive.

Article IV Financial Procedures

§ C-31 Fiscal year.

§ C-32 Duties of County Executive.

§ C-33 Departmental, agency, office or unit estimates.

§ C-34 Submission of County budget.

§ C-35 Budget message.

§ C-36 Review of County budget and message.

§ C-37 Public hearings on County budget.

§ C-38 Adoption of County budget.

§ C-39 Levy of taxes; inclusion of reserve for uncollected taxes.

§ C-40 Budget modification after adoption.

Article V Department of Health

§ C-41 Commissioner of Health or Public Health Director.

§ C-42 Board of Health.

§ C-43 Medical Examiner.

Article VI Department of Mental Health

§ C-44 Commissioner of Mental Health.

§ C-45 Community Services Board.

Article VII Department of Planning

§ C-46 Appointment of Director of Planning.

§ C-47 Powers and duties of Planning Board and Director.

§ C-48 Additional duties of Director of Planning.

§ C-49 County Planning Board.

§ C-50 Additional powers and duties of Planning Board.

§ C-51 Review and approval over land use.

§ C-52 Comprehensive Plan and annual planning program.

Article VIII Department of Finance

§ C-53 Commissioner of Finance.

§ C-54 Transition.

§ C-55 Deputy Commissioners and staff.

Article IX Comptroller

§ C-56 Election; term; qualifications.

§ C-57 Powers and duties.

§ C-58 Deputy Comptrollers and staff.

§ C-59 Acting Comptroller.

§ C-60 Vacancy.

Article X Department of Personnel

§ C-61 Personnel Director.

Article XI Department of Social Services

§ C-62 Commissioner of Social Services.

Article XII Department of Public Works

§ C-63 Commissioner of Public Works.

§ C-64 Acting Commissioner of Public Works.

§ C-65 Engineering Division.

§ C-66 Rules and regulations.

Article XIII Department of Public Transportation

§ C-67 Director of Public Transportation.

§ C-68 Rules and regulations.

Article XIV County Attorney

§ C-69 Appointment and qualifications.

§ C-70 Powers and duties.

§ C-71 Assistant County Attorneys.

§ C-72 Special counsel.

Article XV Department of Information Services

§ C-73 Director of Information Services.

Article XVI Department of Purchasing

§ C-74 Director of Purchasing.

Article XVII (Reserved)

§ C-75 through § C-76. (Reserved)

Article XVIII Department of Public Defender

§ C-77 Public Defender.

§ C-78 Deputy and Assistant Public Defenders and staff.

§ C-79 Acting Public Defender.

§ C-80 Special counsel.

Article XIX County Clerk

§ C-81 Election and qualifications.

§ C-82 Powers and duties.

Article XX Sheriff

§ C-83 Election and qualifications.

§ C-84 Powers and duties.

§ C-85 Undersheriff.

§ C-86 Deputies.

Article XXI District Attorney

§ C-87 Election and qualification.

§ C-88 Powers and duties.

§ C-89 Assistant District Attorneys.

Article XXII Fire Coordinator and Fire Advisory Board

§ C-90 Fire Coordinator.

§ C-91 Fire Advisory Board.

Article XXIII Office for the Aging

§ C-92 Director of the Office for the Aging.

Article XXIV Consumer Fraud Bureau

§ C-93 Director of Consumer Affairs.

§ C-94 Director of Weights and Measures.

Article XXV Veterans' Service Agency

§ C-95 Director of Veterans' Service.

Article XXVI Department of Probation

§ C-96 Director of Probation.

Article XXVII Board of Elections

§ C-97 Appointment; term; powers and duties.

Article XXVIII County Jury Board; Commissioner of Jurors

§ C-98 Powers and duties.

Article XXIX Department of Residential Health Care Facilities

§ C-99 Director of Residential Health Care Facilities.

Article XXX Commission of Human Rights

§ C-100 Commissioner of Human Rights.

§ C-101 Membership; duties; appointments; terms of office.

§ C-102 Authority.

Article XXXI County Historian

§ C-103 Appointment; powers and duties.

Article XXXII Ulster County Community College

§ C-104 Continued operation; Board of Trustees.

Article XXXIII Board of Ethics

§ C-105 Purpose and intent.

§ C-106 Membership; appointment; compensation.

§ C-107 Powers and duties.

Article XXXIV Periodic Compensation Review Committee

§ C-108 Establishment; membership; compensation.

§ C-109 Terms of office; limits of service; filling vacancies.

§ C-110 Duties.

Article XXXV Environmental Management Council

§ C-111 Membership; terms of office; limits of service; compensation.

§ C-112 Powers and duties.

Article XXXVI Department of Emergency Communications/Emergency Management

§ C-113 Director Emergency Communications/Emergency Management; Office of Civil Defense.

§ C-114 Deputy or Assistant Directors.

Article XXXVII Intermunicipal Relations

§ C-115 Contracts with public corporations and authorities; implementation.

§ C-116 Intermunicipal Collaboration Council.

Article XXXVIII Department of Employment and Training

§ C-117 Director of Employment and Training.

Article XXXIX Department of Tourism

§ C-118 Director of Tourism.

Article XL Traffic Safety

§ C-119 Coordinator of Traffic Safety.

§ C-120 Traffic Safety Board.

Article XLI Youth Bureau

§ C-121 Director of the Youth Bureau.

§ C-122 Deputy Director.

§ C-123 Youth Board.

Article XLII Department of Community Corrections

§ C-124 Director of Community Corrections.

§ C-125 Assistant Director.

Article XLIII Safety Department

§ C-126 Safety Officer.

Article XLIV Insurance Department

§ C-127 Insurance Officer.

Article XLV General and Transitional Provisions

§ C-128 Existing laws continued.

§ C-129 Continuation of authority.

§ C-130 Civil service rights continued.

§ C-131 Existing terms of office.

§ C-132 Transfer of functions, duties and personnel; other County departments, boards, offices and agencies.

§ C-133 Charter clarification.

§ C-134 When effective.

§ C-135 Severability.

§ C-136 Dates.

§ C-137 Amendment.

§ C-138 Completion of unfinished business.

§ C-139 Submission of electors.