File #: 25-070    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Proclamation Status: Passed
File created: 1/24/2025 In control: Law Committee
On agenda: Final action: 3/10/2025
Title: AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 74 FOR 2022, AS AMENDED, REGARDING THE THIRD COUNSEL AT FIRST APPEARANCE GRANT
Sponsors: Law Committee
Attachments: 1. RLA 6310 Cover Letter - Signed.pdf, 2. RLA Form 6310, 3. Approved Extension to 12-31-2025-Albany-3rd CAFA-CAFA301.pdf, 4. Resolution 23-216 - Authorizing Two Year Extension of 3rd CAFA Grant.pdf, 5. 25-070 Law 23 - TMP-6310 - Amendment Third Counsel at First Appearance

RESOLUTION NO. 70

 

AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 74 FOR 2022, AS AMENDED, REGARDING THE THIRD COUNSEL AT FIRST APPEARANCE GRANT

 

                     Introduced: 3/10/25

By Law Committee:

 

WHEREAS, By Resolution No. 74 for 2022, this Honorable Body authorized an agreement with the New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services regarding the Third Counsel at First Appearance grant in the amount of $749,700 for the term commencing January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2022, and

 

WHEREAS, By Resolution No. 216 for 2023, this Honorable Body authorized an amendment to the aforementioned agreement to amend the term to reflect an ending date of December 31, 2024, and

 

WHEREAS, The Public Defender has requested to further amend the agreement with the New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services to reflect a term ending date of December 31, 2025 rather than December 31, 2024, now, therefore, be it

 

RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that Resolution No. 74 for 2022, as amended, is hereby amended to reflect a term ending date of December 31, 2025, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said amendment 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.