RESOLUTION NO. 495
AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ASSOCIATION OF ALBANY COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 2021
Introduced: 12/21/20
By Audit and Finance Committee:
WHEREAS, The Cooperative Extension Association of Albany County has been duly organized by and with the consent of Cornell University and is cooperating with the State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, New York State College of Human Ecology, and New York State College of Veterinary Sciences regarding community resources development, home economics and 4-H in this County and has assumed the local responsibility for educational programs relating to the betterment of individuals, families and communities of Albany County, and
WHEREAS, The State Legislature has provided funds to be expended in Albany County in 2021, and Cornell University has set aside federal funds to be expended for each Cooperative Extension agent in the Agriculture, Home Economics, and Community Resources Development and 4-H Divisions, to assist in paying the salary of each of said agents in each county, now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the sum of $1,128,491 be appropriated and paid in quarterly installments of $282,122.75 toward the maintenance of the Cooperative Extension Association of Albany County for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2021, and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the sum includes $246,552 for a lease agreement with Cornell Cooperative Extension for the use of 20,546 square feet of office and meeting space at the William Rice Extension Center at 24 Martin Road in Voorheesville during 2021, and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the County Executive is authorized to enter into an agreement with the Cooperative Extension Association of Albany County for the term January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said agreement as to form and content, and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legislature is directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the appropriate County Officials.