KINGSTON, N.Y. – The Ulster County Legislature is unanimously opposed to double-digit electricity and gas delivery charges proposed by Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., lawmakers announced on Wednesday. In a letter to the Public Service Commission, legislators have strongly objected to Central Hudson’s proposal to raise rates by 16% for electricity delivery and 19% […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. – Ulster County lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a resolution asking the beleaguered Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency to terminate any further studies on the feasibility of siting a landfill within the county’s borders. The mostly party-line 14-8 vote came despite most lawmakers speaking on the measure saying they agreed with the points raised […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. â Calling the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center the gift that keeps on giving, Ulster County lawmakers approved in a 17-4 vote spending $54,000 for engineering and design work necessary to replace the failing oil burners at the county Law Enforcement Center with natural gas burners.
The spending is the next step in what will ultimately be a multimillion-dollar project to replace the prematurely failing heating system at the jail.
The bonds approved by lawmakers Tuesday will enable the county to conduct the engineering and design work needed to replace the failing boilers.
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Since 2018, the county has spent more than $600,000 on energy efficiency projects related to the heating system at the jail, including last year when the Legislature approved issuing $242,000 in bonds to bring the natural gas line from state Route 32 into the building, which houses the county jail and sheriff s office and entered into a $220,000 contract with Central