EXPENSE BUDGET — All expenditures and all revenues
except outlays of federal and state grants or aid, receipts of federal
or state grants or aid, outlays by the County of Suffolk for goods
or services statutorily required by the state or federal government
and outlays used for repayment of all required debt service. "Outlays
for goods or services statutorily required by the state or federal
government" shall not mean the cost to deliver statutorily required
goods or services if the pertinent state or federal statute does not
mandate a specific level, quantity or degree of goods or services
to be provided by the County of Suffolk. Increases in expenditures
required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board through its
generally accepted accounting principles for governmental units shall
be deemed outlays by the County of Suffolk for goods or services statutorily
required by the state or federal government. The budgetary impact
of such increases in expenditures required by the Governmental Accounting
Standards Board shall be verified by the certified independent auditors
of the County of Suffolk on an annual basis.
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TAX RATE — The rate resulting from dividing
the total county tax levy by the aggregate full equalized valuation
of the 10 towns located within the County of Suffolk. This rate shall
automatically include any amount of tax levy raised which is attributable
solely to an increase in the average full valuation of taxable real
estate in Suffolk County as determined by taking the assessed valuation
of taxable real estate on the last completed assessment rolls and
applying thereto the ratio which such assessed valuation hears to
the full valuation as determined by the state agency or officer authorized
to make such determinations, which amount shall not be calculated
to increase the tax rate from one year to the next.
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"Shall Resolution No. 455 — 1989, Adopting
a Charter Law to Impose a Ceiling on Actual County Real Property Taxes
Collected for General Fund and Police District Purposes Each Year,
Equal to the Greater of 4% or the Rise in the GNP Price Deflator for
the Previous Fiscal Year, Unless a Larger Increase is Adopted by a
Vote of 3/4 of the County Legislature, Be Approved?"
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"Shall Resolution No. 234 — 1990, Adopting
a Charter Law to Amend the Suffolk County Charter and Administrative
Code to Streamline and Strengthen the Procedure for direct Citizen-Sponsored
Legislative Initiatives Subject to Voter Approval, commencing January
1, 1991, be approved?"
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"Shall Resolution No. 580-1993, Adopting a Charter
Law to Restrict the Influence of Special Interests by Limiting Terms
of Office of County Legislators and County-wide Elected Officials
to 12 Successive Years, be approved?"
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"Shall Resolution No. 870-1994, Adopting A Charter
Law to Unify and Simplify the 4% County Expenditure and Tax Caps and
Require a Separate Vote on Mandated and Discretionary County Budgets,
Be Approved"?
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"Shall Resolution No. 1100-1998, Adopting A Charter
Law, Extending the Suffolk County 1/4% Sales Tax Drinking Water Protection
Program for Environmental Protection, Limiting County-wide Property
Tax Increases, and Providing for Sewer District Tax Rate Stabilization,
Be Approved?"
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This Legislature also determines that Suffolk County, as a major
ratepayer on Long Island, expects full compliance by LIPA with the
enabling LIPA statute, including, but not limited to, compliance with
and full implementation of any terms and conditions of the PACB Resolution
which are consistent with the state statute.
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This Legislature further determines that the unelected LIPA
Board is incapable of providing consumer protection because of the
absence of independence inherent in its status as the appointees of
state officials and because of the absence of any jurisdiction over
it by any other state agency with meaningful power to effectuate change
or exercise control.
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Therefore, the purpose of this law is to obligate elected officials
of this county to enforce the statutory, common law, and consumer
rights of all ratepayers residing in this county and served by LIPA
or its predecessor in interest, the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO),
and to redress any breach or violation of those rights, whether existing
or threatened by the utility service provider by either of the aforementioned
utility service providers by mandating and obligating elected officials
of Suffolk County to take legal and administrative action as prescribed
by this law in order to secure the legally available protections and
benefits on behalf of all utility ratepayers in this county, including,
but not limited to, Suffolk County, itself a ratepayer, and to promote
the general welfare, well-being and economic interest of the citizens
of this county by mandating elected county officials to take action
in requiring LIPA and LILCO to account for its actions under law.
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"Shall Resolution No. 775 1999, A Charter Law, Obligating
Suffolk County Officials to Actively Exercise Oversight over LIPA
to Ensure Rate Reduction Guarantee, Open Competition, Consumer Protection,
and Lawful Rates through Legal and Administrative Proceedings, Be
Approved?"
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"Shall Resolution No. 855-1999, Adopting a County
Charter Law to Simplify and Streamline Procedural Requirements for
Direct Citizen-Sponsored County Legislative Initiatives, Subject to
Voter Approval, Be Approved?"
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This Legislature also finds and determines that Local Law 6-2002,
"A Charter Law to Authorize One-Year Rolling Debt under 5-25-5 Law,"
was adopted for the purpose of waiving the application of the 5-25-5
Law for a one-year period of time during 2002 in order to deal with
the economic dislocation arising out of the September 11 terrorist
attack.
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This Legislature further finds that Local Law 8-2003, "A Charter
Law to Reauthorize One-Year Rolling Debt under 5-25-5 Law;- was adopted
to renew the waiver of the application of the 5-25-5 Law for another
one-year period of time during 2003 in order to deal with the current
fiscal pressures arising out of state-imposed mandates, the aftermath
of the September 11 terrorist attack, and sluggish economic growth.
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This Legislature further finds that Local Law 15-2004, "A Charter
Law to Authorize Two-Year Rolling Debt under 5-25-5 Law to Address
Budgetary Shortfall," was adopted to waive the application of the
5-25-5 Law for a two-year period of time in order to deal with an
anticipated budget shortfall in 2005.
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This Legislature also finds that the County is facing a projected
budgetary shortfall in 2007 of $7,990,000 at the current time.
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This Legislature further determines that interest rates are
really low by historical standards, thereby permitting substitution
of low-cost debt for a limited number of recurring expenses during
2006 and 2007 in order to deal with the enormous impact of the anticipated
budget shortfall which will require very dramatic action at the federal,
state, and local level in order to avoid substantial reductions in
service and/or substantial increases in taxes.
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The adopted 2006 capital budget extended the 5-25-5 Law to cover
items and projects that are not legally required to be paid for from
the operating budget in an amount of $15,349,762.
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Therefore, the purpose of this law is to waive the application
of the 5-25-5 Law for a two-year period of time and to permit traditional
normal bonding for items that would otherwise be required to be paid
for under the 5-25-5 Law in order to deal with the anticipated budget
shortfall, said bonding to occur simultaneously with the traditional
normal bonding of items that are not mandated to be paid for under
the 5-25-5 Law.
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This Legislature further finds that the County of Suffolk has
waived the application of the 5-25-5 during periods of significant
economic downturns.
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This Legislature also finds that the County of Suffolk faces
the prospect of a budget deficit between $130,000,000 and $150,000,000
in 2009.
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This Legislature further determines that interest rates are
still low by historical standards, thereby permitting substitution
of low cost debt for a limited number of recurring expenses during
2008 and 2009 in order to deal with the impact of the anticipated
budget shortfall.
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Therefore, the purpose of this law is to waive the application
of the 5-25-5 Law for a two-year period of time and to permit traditional
normal bonding for items that would otherwise be required to be paid
for under the 5-25-5 Law in order to deal with the anticipated budget
shortfall.
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This Legislature further finds that the County of Suffolk has
waived the application of the 5-25-5 during periods of significant
economic downturns.
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This Legislature also finds that the County of Suffolk faces
a continuing slow down in the economy that could have a negative impact
in 2010.
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This Legislature further determines that interest rates are
still low by historical standards, thereby permitting substitution
of low cost debt for a limited number of recurring expenses during
2010 in order to deal with the impact of the anticipated budget shortfall.
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Therefore, the purpose of this law is to waive the application
of the 5-25-5 Law for a one-year period of time and to permit traditional
normal bonding for items that would otherwise be required to be paid
for under the 5-25-5 law in order to deal with the anticipated budget
shortfall.
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This Legislature further finds that the County of Suffolk has
waived the application of the 5-25-5 during periods of significant
economic downturns.
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This Legislature also finds that the County of Suffolk faces
severe budget difficulties in 2012 as a result of this downturn and
resulting slow recovery.
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Therefore, the purpose of this law is to waive the application
of the 5-25-5 Law for a one-year period of time and to permit traditional
normal bonding for items that would otherwise be required to be paid
for under the 5-25-5 law in order to deal with the anticipated budget
shortfall.
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This Legislature further finds that the County of Suffolk has
waived the application of the 5-25-5 during periods of significant
economic downturns.
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This Legislature also finds that the County of Suffolk continues
to face severe cash-flow difficulties in 2013 as a result of the slow
economic recovery.
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Therefore, the purpose of this law is to waive the application
of the 5-25-5 Law for a one-year period of time and to permit traditional
normal bonding for items that would otherwise be required to be paid
for under the 5-25-5 Law in order to deal with the anticipated budget
shortfall.
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This Legislature further finds that the County of Suffolk has
waived the application of the 5-25-5 during periods of significant
economic downturns.
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Therefore, the purpose of this law is to waive the application
of the 5-25-5 Law for a one-year period of time and to permit traditional
normal bonding for items that would otherwise be required to be paid
for under the 5-25-5 law in order to deal with the anticipated budget
shortfall.
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Resolution No. _____-2014 A Charter Law Amending the 1/4% Suffolk
County Drinking Water Protection Program (DWPP) For Enhanced Water
Quality Protection, Wastewater Infrastructure And General Property
Fund Tax Relief For Suffolk County
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Resolution No. _____-2014, is a Charter Law that:
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The phrase 'excess Assessment Stabilization Reserve Fund Balance'
means balances in the sewer rate stabilization component of the DWPP
greater than needed for sewer district tax rate stabilization only
in those instances in which the pertinent sewer district will experience
an increase in rates of at least 3% in the aggregate.
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Shall Resolution No. _____-2014 be approved?
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Resolution No. _____-2014 A Charter Law to Consolidate Financial
Management Functions in the County Department of Audit and Control
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"Resolution No. _____-2014, is a Charter Law that proposes to
transfer and consolidate the functions of the Department of Finance
and Taxation into the Department of Audit and Control, headed by a
County Comptroller elected from the general population. If approved,
this Resolution will eliminate the existing office of County Treasurer
and consolidate all powers and duties of the Treasurer in the office
of the County Comptroller, effective January 1, 2018.
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Shall Resolution No. _____-2014 be approved?"
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This law shall not take effect until it has been approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the County of Suffolk voting upon a proposition for its approval in conformity with the provisions of Section 34 of the New York Municipal Home Rule Law and has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and the repeal of Article XV of the Suffolk County Charter and Article XV of the Suffolk County Administrative Code shall not take effect until January 1, 2016. It shall be implemented on the dates set forth in section 3 hereinabove, as amended.
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This Legislature further finds that the County of Suffolk has
waived the application of the 5-25-5 during periods of significant
economic downturns.
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Therefore, the purpose of this law is to waive the application
of the 5-25-5 Law for a one-year period of time and to permit traditional
normal bonding for items that would otherwise be required to be paid
for under the 5-25-5 law in order to deal with the anticipated budget
shortfall.
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This Legislature further finds that the County of Suffolk has
waived the application of the 5-25-5 during periods of significant
fiscal stress on County finances.
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Therefore, the purpose of this law is to waive the application
of the 5-25-5 Law for a one-year period of time and to permit traditional
normal bonding for items that would otherwise be required to be paid
for under the 5-25-5 Law in order to deal with the anticipated budget
shortfall.
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This Legislature further finds that the County of Suffolk has
waived the application of the 5-25-5 during periods of significant
fiscal stress on County finances.
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Therefore, the purpose of this law is to waive the application
of the 5-25-5 Law for a one-year period of time and to permit traditional
normal bonding for items that would otherwise be required to be paid
for under the 5-25-5 Law in order to deal with the anticipated budget
shortfall.
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reducing/eliminating unnecessary spending by departments;
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managing risk of spending outside contract parameters;
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managing purchases to generate volume discounts;
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overseeing and reviewing warehouse/stock levels;
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pursuing creative procurement opportunities, cooperative purchasing
options and strategic sourcing;
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implementing Countywide procurement procedures in accordance
with State Law;
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establishing training programs for department employees participating
in procurement activities;
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facilitating shared services and shared purchase opportunities;
and
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developing and maintaining technology and data to assist and
enhance procurement practices
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This Legislature further finds that the County of Suffolk has
waived the application of the 5-25-5 during periods of significant
fiscal stress on County finances.
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Therefore, the purpose of this law is to waive the application
of the 5-25-5 Law for a set period of time and to permit traditional
normal bonding for items that would otherwise be required to be paid
for under the 5-25-5 law in order to deal with the anticipated budget
shortfall.
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