Government Services RFP Resolution 1-24 — Government-RFP-Resolution-1-24.pdf

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RESOLUTION
A regular meeting of the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency (the
“Agency”) was convened in public session on January 18, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., local time, at 335
Montgomery Street, 2"4 Floor, Syracuse, New York.
The meeting was called to order by the (Vice) Chairperson of the Agency and, upon roll
being called, the following members of the Agency were:
PRESENT: Patrick Hogan
Janice Herzog
Susan Stanczyk
Kevin Ryan
Fanny Villarreal
Cydney Johnson
Elizabeth Dreyfuss
ABSENT:
ALSO PRESENT: Robert M. Petrovich, Executive Director
Jeffrey W. Davis, Esq., Agency Counsel
Amanda M. Fitzgerald, Esq., Agency Counsel
The following resolution was offered by Susan Stanezyk, seconded by Janice Herzog, to
wit:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF A REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS FOR PROFESSIONAL GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING SERVICES
WHEREAS, the Agency is authorized and empowered by the provisions of Chapter 1030
of the 1969 Laws of New York, constituting Title 1 of Article 18-A of the General Municipal Law,
Chapter 24 of the Consolidated Laws of New York, as amended (the “Enabling Act”), Chapter 435
of the Laws of 1970 of the State of New York and Chapter 676 of the Laws of 1975 of the State of
New York, as amended, constituting Section 895 of said General Municipal Law (said Chapter and
the Enabling Act being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Act’’) to promote, develop,
encourage and assist in the acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining,
equipping and furnishing of manufacturing, warehousing, research, commercial and industrial
facilities, among others, for the purpose of promoting, attracting and developing economically
sound commerce and industry to advance the job opportunities, health, general prosperity and
economic welfare of the people of the State of New York (the “State”), to improve their prosperity
and standard of living, and to prevent unemployment and economic deterioration; and

WHEREAS, the Agency desires to engage qualified contractors to provide professional
government services to the Agency, including but not limited to consulting services regarding
government policy and legislation in the State and working with government agencies, private
sector, business and economic development in the State (collectively, the “Government Consulting
Services”); and
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WHEREAS, the Agency desires to have the Executive Director prepare and distribute a
Request for Proposals for Professional Services (the “RFP”) pursuant to its Procurement Policy to
invite proposals from qualified contractors to provide the Government Consulting Services;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONONDAGA
COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AS FOLLOWS:
Section |. The Agency hereby authorizes and directs the Executive Director: (i) to
prepare the RFP, (ii) to distribute the RFP, (iii) to review responses to the RFP, (iv) to coordinate
with those entities submitting responses to the RFP for such follow-up information as the
Executive Director deems necessary or appropriate, and (v) to provide responses to the RFP to the
Agency for the Agency’s review and consideration at a future meeting. All such action are to be
consistent in all cases with the Procurement Policy of the Agency.
Section 2. This Resolution shall take effect immediately.
The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to vote on a roll call, which
resulted as follows:

AYE NAY ABSENT
Patrick Hogan x
Janice Herzog x
Elizabeth Dreyfuss x
Cydney Johnson Xx
Susan Stanezyk Xx
Kevin Ryan xX
Fanny Villarreal x
The foregoing resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted.
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ONONDAGA )
I, the undersigned Secretary of the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY that I have compared the foregoing extract of the minutes of the meeting of
the members of the Agency, including the Resolution contained therein, held on January 18, 2024,
with the original thereof on file in my office, and that the same is a true and correct copy of such
proceedings of the Agency and of such Resolution set forth therein and of the whole of said original
so far as the same relates to the subject matter therein referred to.
IFURTHER CERTIFY that (A) all members of the Agency had due notice of said meeting,
(B) said meeting was in all respects duly held, (C) pursuant to Article 7 of the Public Officers Law
(the “Open Meetings Law”), said meeting was open to the general public and due notice of the
time and place of said meeting was duly given in accordance with such Open Meetings Law, and
(D) there was a quorum of the members of the Agency present throughout said meeting.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that as of the date hereof, the attached Resolution is in full force
and effect and has not been amended, repealed, or rescinded.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this day of January, 2024.
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