ULSTER COUNTY TO TEAM UP WITH FOUR HUDSON VALLEY COUNTIES TO BETTER SERVE TAXPAYERS WITH COOPERATIVE PURCHASING TECHNOLOGY
Posted March 1, 2010
Move Continues County’s Drive to Pursue Shared Services Savings
Kingston, NY (March 1, 2010) - Currently, municipalities in New York are authorized to purchase from each others contracts; however, with no centralized database system for contracts in the Hudson Valley and no funds with which to promote and market the benefits of Cooperative Purchasing to local elected officials, the practical capacity to accomplish this on a significant scale is hindered.
