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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" 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 Fanny Villarreal, seconded by Janice Herzog, to wit:
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, to improve their prosperity and standard of living, and to prevent unemployment and economic deterioration; and
WHEREAS, the Agency desires to engage qualified firms to provide professional legal
services to the Agency, including but not limited to counseling the Agency on legal matters relating to the issuance of bonds, commercial and industrial real estate transactions, compliance with the Act, the Public Authorities Accountability Act of 2005, the Public Authorities Reform Act of 2009, and the New York Environmental Quality Review Act, participating in meetings with Agency staff
and board members, facilitating active projects and related and similar services (collectively, the “Legal Services”); and
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 firms to provide the Legal Services;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONONDAGA
COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 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 ona roll call, which resulted as follows:
AYE NAY ABSENT
Patrick Hogan Xx Janice Herzog x Elizabeth Dreyfuss Xx Cydney Johnson xX Susan Stanezyk x Kevin Ryan x Fanny Villarreal x The foregoing resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted.
) ss.:
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.
1 FURTHER 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, | have hereunto set my han nish) day of January, 2024.
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