Hein, center, with the shared services committee
KINGSTON – The Ulster County-Wide Shared Services Tax Savings Plan
has been endorsed by the county’s Shared Services Panel.
The plan, which must be submitted to the state by September 15, will seek
to achieve savings of $1.7 million through its component projects.
They include a shared Saugerties highway facility, unified Ulster County
transit, New Paltz municipal center, Ulster County Law Enforcement and
Emergency Services Center, Family Court conflict defender swap, and Ulster
County municipal purchasing.
“This shared services plan is consistent with our many reformed-based
taxpayer protections that have lowered Ulster County’s tax level
to below 2010 levels,” said County Executive Michael Hein. “Although
implementing a local efficiency plan was included in the 2017-2018 New
York State Budget for the first time this year, we have always been focused
on delivering more for less through innovative reforms, and that has earned
Ulster County state-wide and national recognition.”
