Ulster County, NY Administrative Code

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

The Charter
Ch C Charter
The Administrative Code
Ch A Administrative Code
Ch A Art I Government of Ulster County
§ A1-1 Title.
§ A1-2 Purposes.
§ A1-3 Effect of local laws and other enactments.
§ A1-4 County status, powers and duties.
§ A1-5 Charter effect on state laws.
§ A1-6 Charter effect on local laws and resolutions.
§ A1-7 Amendment or revision of Charter.
§ A1-8 Definitions.
Ch A Art II Legislative Branch
§ A2-1 County Legislature.
§ A2-2 Members; term of office; election.
§ A2-3 Qualifications.
§ A2-4 Commission on Reapportionment (Redistricting).
§ A2-5 Powers and duties of Legislature.
§ A2-5.1 Audit Committee.
§ A2-6 Powers and Duties of Chairman.
§ A2-7 Submission of enactments for executive approval; veto and veto override.
§ A2-8 Local laws.
§ A2-9 Resolutions.
§ A2-10 Confirmation of appointments.
§ A2-11 Advisory committees, commissions and boards.
§ A2-12 Organizational meeting.
§ A2-13 Monthly and special meetings; notice.
§ A2-14 Clerk of the County Legislature.
§ A2-15 Counsel to Legislature; Minority Counsel.
§ A2-16 Filling membership vacancies.
Ch A Art III Executive Branch
§ A3-1 County Executive.
§ A3-2 Election and qualifications.
§ A3-3 Term of office.
§ A3-4 Powers and duties of County Executive.
§ A3-5 Appointment of department heads.
§ A3-6 Deputy County Executive(s).
§ A3-7 Advisory committees, commissions and boards.
§ A3-8 Acting County Executive.
§ A3-9 Removal of County Executive.
§ A3-10 Conflict of Interest.
§ A3-11 Seal of County Executive.
§ A3-12 Bond of County Executive.
Ch A Art IV Financial Procedures
§ A4-1 Fiscal year.
§ A4-2 Duties of County Executive.
§ A4-3 Departmental, agency, office or unit estimates.
§ A4-4 Submission of County budget.
§ A4-5 Budget message.
§ A4-6 Review of County budget and message.
§ A4-7 Public hearings on County budget.
§ A4-8 Adoption of County budget.
§ A4-9 Levy of taxes; inclusion of reserve for uncollected taxes.
§ A4-10 Budget modification after adoption.
Ch A Art V Department of Health
§ A5-1 Commissioner of Health or Public Health Director.
§ A5-2 Deputy Commissioner of Health or Deputy Public Health Director.
§ A5-3 Board of Health.
§ A5-4 Medical Examiner.
Ch A Art VI Department of Mental Health
§ A6-1 Commissioner of Mental Health.
§ A6-2 Deputy Commissioner of Mental Health.
§ A6-3 Community Services Board.
Ch A Art VII Department of Planning
§ A7-1 Appointment of Director of Planning.
§ A7-2 Powers and duties of Planning Board and Director.
§ A7-3 Additional duties of Director of Planning.
§ A7-4 Deputy Director of Planning.
§ A7-5 County Planning Board.
§ A7-6 Additional powers and duties of Planning Board.
§ A7-7 Review and approval over land use.
§ A7-8 Comprehensive Plan and annual planning program.
Ch A Art VIII Department of Finance
§ A8-1 Commissioner of Finance.
§ A8-2 Transition.
§ A8-3 Deputy Commissioner of Finance.
§ A8-4 Acting Commissioner of Finance.
§ A8-5 Conflict of Interest.
§ A8-6 Bond of Commissioner of Finance.
§ A8-7 Seal of Commissioner of Finance.
Ch A Art IX Comptroller
§ A9-1 Election; term; qualifications.
§ A9-2 Powers and duties.
§ A9-3 Deputy Comptrollers and staff.
§ A9-4 Acting Comptroller.
§ A9-5 Vacancy.
§ A9-6 Bond of Comptroller.
Ch A Art X Department of Personnel
§ A10-1 Personnel Director.
§ A10-2 Deputy Personnel Director.
Ch A Art XI Department of Social Services
§ A11-1 Commissioner of Social Services.
§ A11-2 Deputy Commissioner of Social Services.
§ A11-3 Bond of Commissioner of Social Services.
Ch A Art XII Department of Public Works
§ A12-1 Commissioner of Public Works.
§ A12-2 Deputy Commissioner of Public Works.
§ A12-3 Acting Commissioner of Public Works.
§ A12-4 Engineering Division.
§ A12-5 Administration Division.
§ A12-6 Highways and Bridges Division.
§ A12-7 Buildings and Grounds Division.
§ A12-8 Rules and regulations.
Ch A Art XIII Department of Public Transportation
§ A13-1 Director of Public Transportation.
§ A13-2 Deputy Director of Public Transportation.
§ A13-3 Rules and regulations.
Ch A Art XIV County Attorney
§ A14-1 Appointment and qualifications.
§ A14-2 Powers and duties.
§ A14-3 Assistant County Attorneys.
§ A14-4 Special counsel.
Ch A Art XV Department of Information Services
§ A15-1 Director of Information Services.
§ A15-2 Assistant Directors.
§ A15-3 Deputy Director of Information Services.
Ch A Art XVI Department of Purchasing
§ A16-1 Director of Purchasing.
§ A16-2 Deputy Director of Purchasing.
§ A16-3 Bond of Director of Purchasing.
Ch A Art XVII Department of Economic Development
§ A17-1 Director of Economic Development.
§ A17-2 Deputy Director of Economic Development.
§ A17-3 (Reserved)
Ch A Art XVIII Department of Public Defender
§ A18-1 Public Defender.
§ A18-2 Deputy and Assistant Public Defenders and staff.
§ A18-3 Acting Public Defender.
§ A18-4 Special counsel.
Ch A Art XIX County Clerk
§ A19-1 Election and qualifications.
§ A19-2 Powers and duties.
§ A19-3 Deputy County Clerk and Acting County Clerk.
§ A19-4 Bond of County Clerk.
Ch A Art XX Sheriff
§ A20-1 Election and qualifications.
§ A20-2 Powers and duties.
§ A20-3 Undersheriff.
§ A20-4 Deputies.
§ A20-5 Salary of Sheriff; accounting for fees and funds.
§ A20-6 Bond of Sheriff.
Ch A Art XXI District Attorney
§ A21-1 Election and qualification.
§ A21-2 Powers and duties.
§ A21-3 Assistant District Attorneys.
Ch A Art XXII Fire Coordinator and Fire Advisory Board
§ A22-1 Fire Coordinator.
§ A22-2 Deputy Fire Coordinator.
§ A22-3 Fire Advisory Board.
Ch A Art XXIII Office for the Aging
§ A23-1 Director of Office for the Aging.
§ A23-2 Deputy Director of Office for the Aging.
Ch A Art XXIV Consumer Fraud Bureau
§ A24-1 Consumer Fraud Bureau; Division of Weights and Measures.
§ A24-2 Director of Consumer Affairs.
§ A24-3 Deputy Director of Consumer Affairs.
§ A24-4 Director of Weights and Measures.
§ A24-5 Deputy Director of Weights and Measures.
Ch A Art XXV Veterans' Service Agency
§ A25-1 Director of Veterans' Service.
§ A25-2 Deputy Director of Veterans' Service.
Ch A Art XXVI Department of Probation
§ A26-1 Director of Probation.
§ A26-2 Deputy Director of Probation.
Ch A Art XXVII Board of Elections
§ A27-1 Appointment; term.
§ A27-2 Powers and duties.
§ A27-3 Deputy Commissioners of Board of Elections.
Ch A Art XXVIII County Jury Board; Commissioner of Jurors
§ A28-1 Powers and duties.
Ch A Art XXIX Department of Residential Health Care Facilities
§ A29-1 Director of Budget.
§ A29-2 Deputy Director of Budget.
Ch A Art XXX Commission of Human Rights
§ A30-1 Commissioner of Human Rights.
§ A30-2 Commission membership; duties; appointments; terms of office.
§ A30-3 Authority.
Ch A Art XXXI County Historian
§ A31-1 Appointment; powers and duties.
Ch A Art XXXII Ulster County Community College
§ A32-1 Continued operation; Board of Trustees.
Ch A Art XXXIII Board of Ethics
§ A33-1 Purpose and intent.
§ A33-2 Prior Board dissolved.
§ A33-3 Governing provisions as reestablished by Local Law 2 of 2022, the Ulster County Ethics Law.
Ch A Art XXXIV Periodic Compensation Review Committee
§ A34-1 Establishment; membership; compensation.
§ A34-2 Terms of office; limits of service; filling vacancies.
§ A34-3 Duties.
Ch A Art XXXV Environmental Management Council
§ A35-1 Membership; terms of office; limits of service; compensation.
§ A35-2 Powers and duties.
Ch A Art XXXVI Department of Emergency Communications/Emergency Management
§ A36-1 Director of Emergency Communications/Emergency Management; Office of Civil Defense.
§ A36-2 Deputy or Assistant Directors.
Ch A Art XXXVII Intermunicipal Relations
§ A37-1 Contracts with public corporations and authorities; implementation.
§ A37-2 Intermunicipal Collaboration Council.
Ch A Art XXXVIII Department of Employment and Training
§ A38-1 Director of Employment and Training.
§ A38-2 Deputy Director of Employment and Training.
§ A38-3 Workforce Investment Board.
Ch A Art XXXIX Department of Tourism
§ A39-1 Director of Tourism.
§ A39-2 Deputy Director of Tourism.
Ch A Art XL Traffic Safety
§ A40-1 Coordinator of Traffic Safety.
§ A40-2 Deputy Coordinator of Traffic Safety.
§ A40-3 Traffic Safety Board.
Ch A Art XLI Youth Bureau
§ A41-1 Director of Youth Bureau.
§ A41-2 Deputy Director of Youth Bureau.
§ A41-3 Youth Board.
Ch A Art XLII Department of Community Corrections
§ A42-1 Director of Community Corrections.
§ A42-2 Assistant Director or Deputy Director of Community Corrections.
Ch A Art XLIII Safety Department
§ A43-1 Safety Officer.
§ A43-2 Deputy Safety Officer.
Ch A Art XLIV Insurance Department
§ A44-1 Insurance Officer.
§ A44-2 Deputy Insurance Officer.
§ A44-3 Ulster County Self-Insurance Plan.
Ch A Art XLV General and Transitional Provisions
§ A45-1 Existing laws continued.
§ A45-2 Continuation of authority.
§ A45-3 Civil service rights continued.
§ A45-4 Existing terms of office.
§ A45-5 Transfer of functions, duties and personnel; other County departments, boards, offices and agencies.
§ A45-6 Charter clarification.
§ A45-7 Amendments to Administrative Code.
§ A45-8 Severability.
§ A45-9 Dates.
§ A45-10 Amendments to Charter.
§ A45-11 Completion of unfinished business.
§ A45-12 Repealer clause.
§ A45-13 Effective date.
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
Ch 65 Inmate Health Care
Ch 80 Local Laws, Adoption of
Ch 83 Meetings
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 139 Affordable Housing
Ch 145 Alarm Systems
Ch 148 Alcoholic Beverages and Controlled Substances
Ch 152 Animals
Ch 166 Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 169 Consumer Protection
Ch 171 Conversion Therapy
Ch 173 Cyberbullying
Ch 181 Dredge Material Sites and Disposal Facilities
Ch 185 Electrical Standards
Ch 190 Energy
Ch 198 Fees and Charges
Ch 205 Food Service
Ch 216 Human Rights
Ch 218 Hunting
Ch 221 Insurance
Ch 232 Living Wage
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 298 Single-Use Carryout Bags
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

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Chapter A Administrative Code

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Ulster County Legislature 11-12-2008 by L.L. No. 10-2008. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL INFORMATION

This Administrative Code incorporates relevant provisions of the Ulster County Charter. Charter language is included in italics.