Resolution: Approving the transfer of the Cornell Cooperative Extension building from Sullivan County to the Sullivan County Funding Corporation

RESOLUTION

A regular meeting of the Sullivan County Funding Corporation was convened on November 12, 2013 at 10:00 a.m, at the Sullivan County Government Center, 100 North Street, Monticello, New York.

The following resolution was duly offered and seconded, to wit: 

Resolution No. 05 – 13 

RESOLUTION OF THE SULLIVAN COUNTY FUNDING CORPORATION TO ACCEPT TITLE TO THE CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ASSOCIATION OF SULLIVAN COUNTY FACILITY FROM THE COUNTY AND TO TRANSFER THE CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION FACILITY AS CONTEMPLATED BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTY RESOLUTION 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 402 and 1411 of the Not-For-Profit Corporation Law of the State of New York, the SULLIVAN COUNTY FUNDING CORPORATION (the “Corporation”) was established for certain charitable and public purposes including, among other things, relieving and reducing unemployment, promoting and providing for additional and maximum employment, bettering and maintaining job opportunities, instructing or training individuals to improve or develop their capabilities for such jobs, carrying on scientific research for the purpose of aiding a community or geographical area by attracting new industry to the community or area or by encouraging the development of, or retention of, an industry in the community or area, and lessening the burdens of government and acting in the public interest; and 

            WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1411 of the NPCL, the Sullivan County Legislature published a ten (10) day notice, held a public hearing and thereafter passed the resolution attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “County Authorizing Resolution”) authorizing the transfer of the Cornell Cooperative Extension Facility located at 64 Ferndale-Loomis Road, Liberty, NY,  (“Cornell Cooperative Facility”) to SCFC with SCFC later transferring the Cornell Cooperative Facility to Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Sullivan County (“Cornell Cooperative Extension”); and 

            WHEREAS, the Corporation now wishes to accept title to the Cornell Cooperative Facility and to authorize the giving of Ninety (90) day notice of intent to transfer under the Public Authorities Accountability Act and thereafter transfer the Cornell Cooperative Facility to Cornell Cooperative Extension. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Board as follows: 

            Section 1.        The Corporation hereby: (i) accepts fee title to the Cornell Facility subject to the terms and conditions of the County Authorizing Resolution and continued occupancy and use by Cornell Cooperative Extension; (ii) authorizes the giving of Ninety (90) day notice of intent to transfer under the Public Authorities Accountability Act; and (iii) authorizes the transfer the Cornell Cooperative Facility to Cornell Cooperative Extension after said ninety day period; provided the agreements shall provide for the Corporation to be held harmless and other terms acceptable to counsel to the Corporation. 

            Section 2.        The Directors, officers, employees and agents of the Corporation are hereby authorized and directed for and in the name and on behalf of the Corporation to execute and deliver all documents and agreements to accept title to the Cornell Cooperative Facility 

Section 3.        This Resolution shall take effect immediately. 

The question of the adoption of the foregoing Resolution was duly put to a vote on roll call, which resulted as follows: 

 

Yea

Nea

Absent

Abstain

Ira Steingart

[    X     ]

[      ]

[       ]

[       ]

Harold Gold

[         ]

[      ]

[   X    ]

[       ]

Sean Rieber

[   X      ]

[      ]

[       ]

[       ]

Edward T. Sykes

[    X     ]

[      ]

[       ]

[       ]

Charles Barbuti, Jr.

[         ]

[      ]

[       ]

[   X    ]

Harris Alport

[    X     ]

[      ]

[       ]

[       ]

Suzanne Loughlin

[    X     ]

[      ]

[       ]

[       ]

Cindy Garlinghouse

[         ]

[      ]

[   X    ]

[       ]

Steve White

[   X     ]

[      ]

[       ]

[       ]

 

The Resolution was thereupon duly adopted.

STATE OF NEW YORK                   )

                                                            ss.:

COUNTY OF SULLIVAN   )

            I, the undersigned Secretary of the Sullivan County Funding Corporation, DO HEREBY CERTIFY:

            That I have compared the annexed extract of the minutes of the meeting of the Sullivan County Funding Corporation (the “Corporation”), including the resolutions contained therein, held on November 12, 2013, with the original thereof on file in my office, and that the same is a true and correct copy of the proceedings of the Corporation and of such resolutions set forth therein and of the whole of said original insofar as the same related to the subject matters therein referred to.

            I FURTHER CERTIFY that public notice of the time and place of said meeting was duly given in accordance with Article 7 of the New York Public Officers Law, that all members of the Corporation had due notice of the meeting and that the meeting was in all respects duly held.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand on this 12th day of November, 2013. 

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Secretary 

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