RESOLUTION NO. 270
PROVIDING A SUSPENSION OF THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYEES OF ALBANY COUNTY
Introduced: 7/11/22
By Mr. Ward, Ms. Lekakis, Messrs. A. Joyce, Kuhn, and Grimm:
WHEREAS, By Resolution No. 245-C for 1995, this Honorable Body established a requirement that all employees hired by Albany County subsequent to October 16, 1995, must be residents of Albany County, and
WHEREAS, That residency requirement policy was amended by Resolution No. 587 for 2013 to require, among other things, all employees be residents of Albany County upon the start of their employment, and
WHEREAS, Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the departments of Albany County have had difficulty finding qualified applicants who reside within Albany County, and
WHEREAS, Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, departments of Albany County have sought and received waivers of the residency requirement allowing them to hire qualified out-of-county applicants, and
WHEREAS, It is the opinion of this Honorable Body that a two-year suspension of the residency requirement is in the best interest of Albany County, and
WHEREAS, It is the opinion of this Honorable Body that the two-year suspension of the residency requirement shall be used by this Honorable Body and the departments of Albany County to assess the utility and/or value of continuing the residency requirement policy, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That effective the date this resolution is adopted by this Honorable Body and until the second anniversary of that date, the residency requirement established in the aforementioned resolutions is suspended and, be it further
RESOLVED, During the two-year suspension, all departments of Albany County may hire qualified applicants without regard to their residency or non-residency in Albany County and, be it further
RESOLVED, Subject to the exceptions set forth below, any employee initially hired by any department in Albany Cou...
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