County Executive Mike Hein And The Ulster County Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA) Announce Three Year Contract Agreement

Posted April 3, 2018

Kingston, NY – Ulster County Executive Mike Hein and the Ulster County Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA) announce a three year contract agreement.  County Executive Mike Hein signed a resolution approving a Memorandum of Agreement between Ulster County and its largest labor union, the Ulster County CSEA, a bargaining unit which represents over 900 members within county government.  The agreement covers the period of January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2019.  The County employees represented by CSEA will receive a 2% wage increase for 2017, a 2% wage increase for 2018, and a 2% wage increase for 2019.  

Michael P. Hein, Ulster County Executive

“I am extremely pleased to reach this three year agreement with the extraordinary workforce of Ulster County’s CSEA while addressing a number of critical workforce issues,” said County Executive Mike Hein.  “We are fortunate to have outstanding men and women who are committed to providing essential services to our citizens and I want to thank President Janet Knott for her professionalism and the entire CSEA negotiating team for working with me to arrive to a successful outcome and the Ulster County Legislature for quickly approving this well-deserved contract.” 

Janet Knott, Ulster County CSEA Unit 8950 President, Mental Health/Health

“It was great to work with County Executive Hein and his team, who were not only fair and professional, but clearly appreciate the hard work of our over 900 CSEA members,” said Janet Knott, Ulster County CSEA Unit 8950 President, Mental Health/Health.  “I am excited to be able to come to a contract that will be a fair deal for our members and fair deal for our taxpayers.”

The Ulster County Legislature approved the Resolution #109 - Memorandum of Agreement between the County of Ulster and the Ulster County Civil Service Employees Association, for the years 2017, 2018, and 2019 – Amending the 2018 Ulster County Budget on March 20, 2018 which was signed by Ulster County Executive Mike Hein on March 29, 2018.

Pictured Above: County Executive Mike Hein and Ulster County CSEA President Janet Knott