There is hereby established a Periodic
Compensation Review Committee for Ulster County. The Committee shall
consist of five members, of which 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 the 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. The Periodic Compensation Review Committee shall keep
minutes of all meetings, including the date and time of meeting and
members in attendance. The original of said minutes shall be filed
with the Clerk of the Legislature as soon as possible, but not to
exceed 10 business days after the next regular Committee meeting at
which the minutes were reviewed and accepted. The Clerk of the Legislature
or his or her designee shall maintain an official record of the Committee's
agenda items. This official record shall include the disposition of
each agenda item, including individual votes of each member on each
item.
