One week after Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher released an audit identifying the need to analyze alternative investment opportunities, the county finance office has changed bank accounts doubling the county’s interest rate on a little less than half of the $165 million in the bank. Mid Hudson News | 4/5/22

“While this is an improved investment strategy, we should continuously analyze investment opportunities, monitor available rates, and investigate the ability to pay off higher-interest debt to optimize the use of available cash,” County Comptroller March Gallagher said in a press release Monday. “There remain other safe, liquid, diverse investment opportunities open to municipalities like Ulster … Read More

County Comptroller March Gallagher has been seeking to determine whether agency officials have met terms of grant awards, followed contractual obligations, and played favorites when selling dirt produced through a large-scale food waste disposal program. Daily Freeman | 2/28/2022

Certified Public Accountant Samuel Sonenberg joins Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher’s staff as Director of Internal Audit and Control, a position which had been vacant for nearly two years as a cost-saving measure during the pandemic. Mid Hudson News| 02/24/2022

“For the second year in a row, Ulster County revenues exceed budgeted projections resulting in a growing surplus and fund balance,” Gallagher said in a statement. “Ulster County policymakers should look to prepare for an uncertain future as we steward these funds going forward. Prudent investment can return even more to offset the costs to … Read More

The county recognized $244.5 million, or 73.1%, of budgeted revenues through the third quarter of the year, compared to 69.1% during the same period in the previous fiscal year, according to a press release from Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher. The county expended $190.5 million, or 57%, of budgeted expenditures compared to 55.8 percent through … Read More

[Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher] said she is primarily concerned about the decision by the agency to authorize a contract of sale before getting an appraisal on the site and the lack of a justification by the agency to sell the property at a price that will likely be less than fair market value. Gallagher … Read More

“Taxpayers deserve to know how much the pandemic has cost in total and for specific services such as the drive through testing facilities,” Gallagher said. “That level of specificity is not available because cost tracking was not ubiquitous or consistent as the county ramped up COVID operations. Mid Hudson News| 12/10/21

Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher released a report on emergency housing in the county last month. She says things aren’t good. “We have a housing crisis on our hands here in Ulster County,” she said. Spectrum 1 News | 11/09/21

“I’m proud of all we’ve accomplished over the last two years in terms of improving transparency and accountability in county government,” Gallagher said. “I look forward to continuing to serve the people of Ulster County, and to highlighting quality of life issues such as housing, mental health services, and the cost of hosting the New … Read More