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2025193
ESTABLISHING NEW HOURS WITH THE DUTCHESS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CIVIL BUREAU AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER
- Introduced
- November 9, 2025
- Latest action
- November 9, 2025
- Status
- ADOPTED
- District coverage
- scope: countywide
Document text
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PUBLIC SAFETY
RESOLUTION NO. 2025193
RE:
ESTABLISHING NEW HOURS WITH THE DUTCHESS COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE CIVIL BUREAU AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
CENTER
Legislators FAUST, POLASEK, and GORMAN offer the following and move its adoption:
WHEREAS, the Dutchess County Sheriff desires to change the Civil Bureau hours in an effort
to establish consistency of working hours and avoid overtime hours of staff stationed at the front desk at
the Law Enforcement Center from Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m., and
WHEREAS, changing the hours of the Civil Bureau to Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. will improve workflow within the Civil Bureau as well as provide the general public with time to
conduct business in the Civil Bureau prior to typical working hours, and
WHEREAS, the Civil Accreditation Standards of the New York State Sheriff's Association
requires that the Civil Bureau maintain business hours consistent with the provisions of New York State
County Law Section 206, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to New York State County Law Section 206 (2) and Dutchess County
Charter Section C-2.02(i), the Legislature may fix the hours that the civil office of the sheriff shall be
kept open for the transaction of business and may fix the number of hours constituting a legal day's work
for all classes of County employees and grant to the employing officer or board the power to stagger
working hours, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that this County Legislature hereby authorizes and changes the Civil Bureau hours
from Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
CA-135-25
TLJ/rjw
G-0224-A
10/7/2025
Fiscal Impact: See Attached
APPROVED
Sue Sereno
SUSAN J. SERINO
COUNTY EXECUTIVE
DoN 11-13-2025
STATE OF NEW YORK
sS:
COUNTY OF DUTCHESS
This is to certify that I, the undersigned Clerk of the legislature of the County of Dutchess, have compared the foregoing resolution with the
original resolution now on file in the office of said clerk, and which was adopted by said Legislature on the 10% day of November 2025, and that the same is a
true and correct transcript of said original resolution and of the whole thercof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have hercunto set my hand and scal of said legislature this 10 day of November 2025.
Ayalage
FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT
• NO FISCAL IMPACT PROJECTED
APPROPRIATION RESOLUTIONS
(To be completed by requesting department)
Total Current Year Cost $
Total Current Year Revenue $ _
and Source
Source of County Funds (check one):
• Existing Appropriations,
•Contingency,
•Transfer of Existing Appropriations, • Additional Appropriations, [Other (explain).
Identify Line Items(s):
Related Expenses: Amount $
Nature/Reason:
Anticipated Savings to County:
Net County Cost (this year):
Over Five Years:
Additional Comments/Explanation:
In an effort establish consistency of working hours and avoid overtime hours of staff stationed at the front desk at the Law
Enforcement Center of the Sheriffs Office, the Sheriff desires to change the Civil Bureau hours from Monday through
Friday 9:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to Monday through Friday 8:00a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Changing the hours to Monday through Friday from 8:00a.m. to 4:00 p.m. would improve workflow within the Civil Bureal
as well as provide the general public with time to conduct business in the Civil Bureau prior to typical working hours.
Prepared by: Robert Covone
Prepared On: 09/30/25
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Public Safety Roll Call
District
Yes
No
Present:
Absent:
Vacant:
District 7 - Hyde Park and Pleasant Valley
District 25 - Amenia, Washington, Pleasant Valley & Millbrook
District 3 - LaGrange
District 16 - Fishkill and Beacon
District 9 - City of Poughkeepsie
District 4 - Hyde Park and Town of Poughkeepsie
District 11 - Clinton, Pleasant Valley, and Rhinebeck
District 14 - Wappinger and Town of Poughkeepsie
District 15 - Wappinger
District 19 - North East, Stanford, Pine Plains, Milan & Red Hook
District 22 - Beekman and Union Vale
10
2
District 23 - Pawling, Beekman and East Fishkill
Resolution: V
Motion:
Name
Truitt*
Houston*
Polasek*
Valdés Smith*
Atkins*
| Lawler
Kearney
| Versaci
Faust (C)
Drago
Garito
Rolison (VC)
absent
Absent
Total: 10
Abstentions:
No
2025193 ESTABLISHING NEW HOURS WITH THE DUTCHESS COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE CIVIL BUREAU AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER
NOVEMBER 6, 2025
Roll Call Sheets
District
Present:
Absent:
Vacant:
District 7 - Hyde Park and Pleasant Valley
District 25 - Amenia, Washington, Pleasant Valley & Millbrook
District 3 - LaGrange
District 16 - Fishkill and Beacon
District 9 - City of Poughkeepsie
District 1 - Town of Poughkeepsie
District 2 - LaGrange, Pleasant Valley & Town of Poughkeepsie
District 4 - Hyde Park and Town of Poughkeepsie
District 5 - Town of Poughkeepsie
District 6 - Town of Poughkeepsie
District 8 - City and Town of Poughkeepsie
District 10 - City of Poughkeepsie
District 11 - Clinton, Pleasant Valley, and Rhinebeck
District 12 - East Fishkill
District 13 - East Fishkill and Wappinger
District 14 - Wappinger and Town of Poughkeepsie
District 15 - Wappinger
District 17 - Town and Village of Fishkill
District 18 - City of Beacon and Fishkill
District 19 - North East, Stanford, Pine Plains, Milan & Red Hook
District 20 - Red Hook, Tivoli, and Rhinebeck
District 21 - East Fishkill
Last Name
Truitt
Houston
Polasek
Valdés Smith
Atkins
Gorman
Travelpiece
Lawler
D'Aquanni
Kaul
Brendli
Johnson
Kearney
Metzger
Paoloni
Versaci
Faust
McHoul
Page
Drago
Munn
Caswell
District 22 - Beekman and Union Vale
Garito
District 23 - Pawling, Beekman and East Fishkill
Rolison
District 24 - Dover and Pawling
House
Resolution: _
Total :
Motion:
Abstentions:
YES
NO
absent
24
Yes
No
2025193 ESTABLISHING NEW HOURS WITH THE DUTCHESS COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE CIVIL BUREAU AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER
NOVEMBER 10, 2025