Memorandum on Elected Compensation Review
Lack of Competitive Wages For Countywide Elected Officials May Adversely Impact County Several Offices Have Not Seen a Salary Change in More than a Decade Kingston, NY (January 13, 2022) – Ulster County Comptroller released a Memorandum to the Periodic Compensation Review Commission which has Charter mandated responsibility for evaluating …
2021 Third Quarter Financial Report
Comptroller’s Third Quarter 2021 Financial Report Shows Continued Strong Revenues Indicating a Likely Significant 2021 Surplus Kingston, NY (December 28, 2021) – Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher released the 2021 Third Quarter Financial Report. The third quarter of 2021 left the County in a strong financial position with continued economic …
2022 Comptroller’s Budget Request
Ulster County Comptroller March S. Gallagher Shines a Light On Comptroller’s Office Budget Request Kingston, NY (September 23, 2021) – Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher today publicly released the Comptroller’s Office budget request in anticipation of the County Executive’s Budget presentation next week. “The reasoning behind funding requests from departments …
2021 Second Quarter Financial Report
Comptroller’s Second Quarter 2021 Financial Report Shows Strong Revenues and Reduced Expenditures Indicating a Likely Surplus Kingston, NY (September15, 2021) – Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher released the 2021 SecondQuarter Financial Report. Second quarterfinancials show that the County continues to enjoy historic growth rates in sales and occupancy tax collections …
2021 First Quarter Financial Report
Comptroller’s First Quarter 2021 Financial Report Shows Ulster County Poised for Significant Economic Rebound Kingston, NY (August 16, 2021) – Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher released the 2021 First Quarter Financial Report showing better than expected results across several revenue categories and consistent results in expenditures indicating signs of economic …
2021 Ulster County Government Facilities & Properties Report
Ulster County Comptroller Recommends More Disclosures for Ulster County Private Lease Decisions Kingston, NY (July 29, 2021) Ulster County Comptroller today issued the Ulster County Government Facilities & Properties Report. The Report serves as the first publicly available inventory of Ulster County office, highway substations, and park space since 2007. …
2020 Ulster County Fiscal Stress Report
Ulster County Shows No Fiscal Stress Structurally Balanced Budgets Can Keep the County in Good Standing Kingston, NY (July 12, 2021) – Ulster County Comptroller’s Office has released the latest Ulster County Fiscal Stress Test results for the year ended 2020. The New York State Office of the State Comptroller …
Comptroller’s Statement on Chairman’s 7/1/21 Press Release
Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher Questions Value of UCRRA Audit Documents Released by Legislative Chairman While we appreciate Chairman Donaldson sharing some of the documents that he received from the UCRRA with our office, these materials raise more questions than answers. The documents, which were provided to our office indirectly, …
2021 Ulster County Fund Balance Report
Ulster County Comptroller Issues Fund Balance Report Examining Ten Years of Practice and Recommended Policy Changes (Kingston, NY – June 25, 2021) Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher issued the Ulster County Fund Balance Report. Fund Balance can be thought of as Ulster County’s “rainy day fund.” It is a reserve …
American Rescue Plan
County Comptroller March Gallagher Shares Results of American Rescue Plan Survey Comptroller’s Office Solicited Input from Ulster Residents on Potential Uses of Funds (May 12, 2021 – Kingston, New York) Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher’s office has been gathering input from Ulster County residents on how to best use the …
Turbid Release from Ashokan Reservoir
Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher Statement on Turbid Release from the Ashokan Reservoir Kingston, NY May 4, 2021– The release of turbid water from the Ashokan Reservoir into the Esopus Creek is just the latest incident of a wide range of problems caused to our communities by hosting the largest …
2020 3rd Quarter Financial Report
Comptroller’s Third Quarter 2020 Financial Report Shows Reduced County Expenditures Mitigate Pandemic Revenue Losses Kingston, NY (December 22, 2020) – Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher releases the 2020 Third Quarter Financial Report. The County recognized $212.4 million, or 61.9%, of budgeted revenues by the close of the third quarter, the …