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NOTICE OF ADOPTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the County Legislature of the County of Dutchess at a meeting held on June 8, 2026, adopted a local law entitled:

LOCAL LAW NO. 4 OF 2026, A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND LOCAL LAW NO. 6 of 2013, WITH RESPECT TO THE DUTCHESS COUNTY SELF-INSURED WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PLAN.

The intent of this Local Law is to allow the County’s Workers’ Compensation Plan Manager to acquire and keep in force during the life of the Plan, an Excess Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Insurance Policy, the cost therof to be paid from the funds of the Plan, or to allow the Plan Manager to join a public group self-insurer pursuant to Section 50(3-a) of Workers’ Compensation Law.

A copy of the local law is available at the Office of the Clerk of the Legislature where it may be inspected during regular office hours.

                                                                                                JULIE SHIROISHI
                                                                                                Clerk
                                                                                                Dutchess County Legislature

Dated:  July 17, 2026

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LEGAL NOTICE OF ESTOPPEL

The following entitled bond resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted on June 8, 2026, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the County of Dutchess, New York, is not authorized to expend money, or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

A complete copy of the resolution summarized herewith is each available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Office of the Clerk of the Legislature for a period of twenty days from the date of publication of this Notice.

Dated:  Poughkeepsie, New York,

June 22, 2026.

                    /s/Julie Shiroishi

Clerk, County Legislature

RESOLUTION NO. 2026076

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS TRANSFORMATION PROJECT. IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF DUTCHESS, NEW YORK, AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST OF $4,731,679, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $2,365,840 BONDS OF SAID COUNTY TO PAY A PORTION OF THE COST THEREOF.

Specific object or purpose:                                         Construction Management Services Building
Period of probable usefulness:                                   5 years
Maximum estimated cost:                                          $4,731,679
Amount of bonds to be issued:                                   $2,365,840 bonds
Other monies:                                                             $2,365,839 State grants-in-aid
SEQRA status:                                                           Type II Action

Posted: June 26, 2026

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LEGAL NOTICE OF ESTOPPEL

The following entitled bond resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted on June 8, 2026, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the County of Dutchess, New York, is not authorized to expend money, or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

A complete copy of the resolution summarized herewith is each available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Office of the Clerk of the Legislature for a period of twenty days from the date of publication of this Notice.

Dated:  Poughkeepsie, New York,

June 22, 2026.

                    /s/Julie Shiroishi

Clerk, County Legislature

RESOLUTION NO. 2026077

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DESIGN COSTS FOR THE CAMPUS TRANSFORMATION PROJECT FOR THE DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF DUTCHESS, NEW YORK, AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST OF $8,707,356, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $4,353,678 BONDS OF SAID COUNTY TO PAY A PORTION OF THE COST THEREOF.

Specific object or purpose:                                         Design costs for the DCC transformation project
Period of probable usefulness:                                   5 years
Maximum estimated cost:                                          $8,707,356
Amount of bonds to be issued:                                   $4,353,678 bonds
Other monies:                                                             $4,353,678 State grants-in-aid
SEQRA status:                                                           Type II Action

Posted: June 26, 2026

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Yvette Valdes Smith, Chair 
Yvette Valdés Smith
Chair
Julie Shiroishi, Clerk 
Julie Shiroishi
Clerk