Montgomery County Seal!RESOLUTION NO. 8 of 2023
DATED: January 3, 2023
     

RESOLUTION RE-APPOINTING MONTGOMERY COUNTY DIRECTOR FOR THE CAPTIAL DISTRICT REGIONAL OFF-TRACK BETTING CORPORATION (COUNTY LEGISLATURE) 


Resolution by Legislator:   Purtell
Seconded by: Pepe

WHEREAS, the Capital District Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation is a public benefit corporation formed in 1975; and

WHEREAS, the geographic area is comprised of 16 counties and the cities of Albany and Schenectady; and

WHEREAS, there is a vacancy in the position of the Montgomery County Director for the Capital District Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation; and

WHEREAS,  Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law (PML) §502 states that the directors of the Capital District Regional Off-Track Betting shall be appointed by the governing bodies of a County; and

WHEREAS, PML §501 defines the governing body as the "appropriate County legislative body."

WHEREAS, per Resolution 231 of October 18, 2022, the Montgomery County Legislature appointed Mark Hoffman as the Montgomery County Director for the Capital District Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation to serve for a term through December 31, 2022.

RESOLVED, the Montgomery County Legislature wishes to re-appoint Mark Hoffman as the Montgomery County Director for the Capital District Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation.

FURTHER RESOLVED, the Montgomery County Legislature hereby appoints Mark Hoffman as the Montgomery County Director for the Capital District Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation to serve for a term of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025.

RESOLUTION VOTE, passed with Aye(8). Legislator Duchessi was absent. (1/3/2023)


Statement of Legislative and Financial Impact:

I. Nature of Request:

RE-APPOINTING MONTGOMERY COUNTY DIRECTOR FOR THE CAPTIAL DISTRICT REGIONAL OFF-TRACK BETTING CORPORATION


II. Justification:

There is a vacancy is the position that needs to be filled.


III. Legislative Impact:

Authorized pursuant to Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law (PML) Section 502.


IV. Financial Impact:

The Director is not paid through County funds.



cc: County Clerk
County Treasurer

Voting Record
Kelly (R) Yes 
Sweet (R) Yes 
Allen (D) Yes 
Headwell, Jr. (R) Yes 
Wilson (R) Yes 
VACANT (D) Absent 
Pepe (R) Yes 
Kowalczyk (D) Yes 
Purtell (D) Yes 
     
STATE OF NEW YORK County of Montgomery ss.:

      This is to certify that I, the Undersigned, Clerk Of The Montgomery County Legislature, have compared the foregoing copy of resolution with the original resolution now on file in the office, and which was passed by the Montgomery County Legislature on the 3rd day of January, 2023, a majority of all the members elected to the Legislature voting in favor therof, and that the same is a correct and true transcript of such original resolution and of the whole thereof.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and the official seal of the Montgomery County Legislature this 13th day of January, 2023


Totals:Aye: 8
Nay: 0 
Abstained: 0
Absent: 1



Resolution was enacted on 1/13/2023