There is hereby established a Periodic Compensation Review Committee for Ulster County. The Committee shall consist of five members of whom three members shall be selected by the County Legislature with at least one member from the party with the second most number of legislative members. Two Committee members, not of the same political party, shall be appointed by the County Executive. Initial appointments to the Committee shall be made no later than April 1 in the year after this Charter is first effected. As soon as practicable after April 1 of the year, members shall be called together by the County Executive to select a Chairman from amongst their number. No member of the Periodic Compensation Review Committee shall hold an elected or appointed position in Ulster County or be compensated in whole or in part from County funds at the time of his or her appointment and during his or her term of membership. Members of the Compensation Review Committee shall receive no compensation for services rendered but shall be entitled to their reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, within appropriations made for such purposes.
One executive appointee of the Periodic Compensation Review Committee shall serve an initial term of two years and the other an initial term of three years, with appointments thereafter being for a term of three years. One legislative appointee to the Committee shall serve for an initial term of one year, one for an initial term of two years and one for an initial term of three years, with appointments thereafter being for a term of three years. No Committee member shall serve more than eight years. Appointment of a person to fill a vacancy occurring by death, resignation, or cause other than the expiration of a term shall be made for the unexpired term. Vacancies shall be filled and the appointments of successors shall be made by the appointing authority responsible for the original appointment.
[Amended 6-21-2016 by L.L. No. 2-2016]
At the call of its Chairman, the Committee shall review the salaries of all elected officials of the County of Ulster at least every second year after its first meeting. In the course of its deliberations, the Committee shall hold at least one public hearing and shall otherwise provide ample opportunity for public comment. The Committee shall provide its recommendations and the rationale for them to the County Executive and the County Legislature no later than June 30 of the same year in which it convened, except that the Committee shall not make recommendations concerning compensation of elected officials for whom, by law or judicial determination, the County Legislature does not have the power to fix compensation. Immediately upon their delivery to the County Executive and the County Legislature, the recommendations of the Committee shall be filed with the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature and posted on the County website. All changes in salaries for elected officials shall be made by local law.