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Key votes and approvals recorded in the meeting record:

- BOA consultant contract: The legislature awarded consultant services for the BOA project to Fisher Associates for the full $160,000 grant amount received from a GRAMA/BOA award. The procurement followed an RFP and scoring process; committee staff said Fisher’s proposal best met county needs and exceeded the state MWBE requirements referenced in the discussion.

- EV charging stations (PO 4): Legislators approved installation of three dual-port chargers (six vehicle ports) at Emerson Park. County staff said the project cost is $129,465 and will be covered by several NYSERDA and related incentives; staff also noted software support and chargeback eligibility under state and federal programs.

- Museum flooring (PO 3): The legislature approved spending to replace museum carpet with modular carpet squares; the museum board had solicited quotes. Officials said the quotes include spare tiles for spot repair and staff will confirm prevailing‑wage compliance before awarding the work.

- Perkins and other workforce funds: The legislature accepted approximately $20,200 in Perkins funds (described as legacy funds dating from roughly 2005–2009) to support workforce activities. Separately, the county’s youth employment program (YAP) was reported to have secured a second-round allocation of about $414,000 for 2025–26; staff said those funds will be accepted and a resolution will follow.

- Other routine actions: The meeting record shows approval of minutes and the appointment of Joe Kinsella to the County Public Utility Service Agency; the appointment was described as vetted and the appointee characterized as a retired attorney with energy‑project experience.

Most motions were moved and seconded and passed by voice vote in the session; the transcript records “All in favor? Aye” confirmations for the listed items but does not provide roll‑call votes or numerical tallies. The BOA contract and charging‑station project were presented as grant‑funded and not expected to need additional county funds beyond the staff‑managed revenue/expense accounts noted in the record.

Where specifics were recorded in the meeting, this article lists the amounts and vendor names cited by staff; where the transcript did not provide a numeric roll call, the record shows voice votes or unanimous voice approval.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Cayuga County Committee Meetings - Government Operations & Planning (August 14, 2025)","oneSentenceSummary","The legislature approved several routine and grant-funded items including a consultant contract for a Brownfield Opportunity Areas (BOA) project, a NYSERDA-funded EV charging station project, museum carpet replacement, and acceptance of Perkins and YAP funds; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.","taxTitle","Cayuga County, New York","taxId",68314,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6495059,"Backup outage at county data center prompts review and move plan for 9-1-1 equipment",675,1871000,2546000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5586961-3edd87cd6ede823aa0739f7856b361de&start=1871&end=2546","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5586961-3edd87cd6ede823aa0739f7856b361de/thumbnail_1871000.jpg","/articles/6495059/Cayuga-County/New-York/Backup-outage-at-county-data-center-prompts-review-and-move-plan-for-9-1-1-equipment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6495059-55f0e3a49fdb58d4bee30187d6eec6c7/orig.mp4?Expires=1771138325&Signature=LDkmS7VDYi6fc07h-oVV2Xnav5ygQYkiRL16NlTkAOniEc9STT0Z-a~6WZ~fDGOBLkUciZo6~~uFa7coefnKg3aYufzlUyxxqymzYClknQ8d1bVUZiCBuHVKHwhjpIlqlVqzUKrG~L1itlEbulsylAySirWlDtDyeIUVsm28cmnTrMmEjL4Mylm6gZZyIw2Xy30dllYgHhaZdcqdXRNbuuDxzwFQv1Ig7QoTYZRltnl6cjRtsMKRvhpDhA6BzXz41AWZChXV706vfheBaMchMit1g9yxi5~nJWTZF~kHN7uNb-PIA7LF8ubQsczCsmfeRq5XeKx~Kbmmhl-IqToXgA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Cayuga County staff told legislators that a weekend power problem left backup equipment in the county office building’s basement offline, taking several 9‑1‑1 dispatch consoles out of service and prompting plans to decontaminate, test and possibly relocate critical equipment.

Tom, the county official who briefed the legislature on infrastructure projects, said there was “a failure of the UPS system” and several brownouts over the weekend that contributed to the outage. He said vendor troubleshooting is under way and that some dispatch consoles “are not powering on.”

Tom said the immediate steps are to extract the affected equipment from the basement, have it decontaminated and then run vendor diagnostics; low-cost fixes such as power‑supply swaps are being considered. He said relocating the county’s data center and 9‑1‑1 backup from the county office building will require planning and could be costly. “It would be millions of dollars?… Millions. At least 1,000,000. At least,” he said when asked about cost estimates for moving and retrofitting another site.

Legislators and staff discussed moving portions of the 9‑1‑1 equipment temporarily to Auburn Fire Department, where fiber connectivity work and other infrastructure upgrades are underway to improve resilience. Tom said fiber connectivity work and new Motorola dispatch consoles are expected to align in the October–November timeframe; the county is coordinating with Motorola and other vendors on equipment readiness and timelines.

County participants described six dispatch consoles in the affected space and characterized each console as a significant cost item; Tom said consoles can be “six figures a piece.” Lawmakers urged prioritizing the data‑center move and agreed to meet with Tom and other staff to develop a plan and cost estimate.

The legislature did not adopt final funding during the session; Tom said prior internal plans were paused for financial reasons earlier in the summer and that staff will follow up with estimates and a plan for moving the equipment.","A weekend power incident and a failed UPS left some 9‑1‑1 dispatch consoles offline; county staff described steps to decontaminate and relocate equipment and discussed potential multimillion-dollar costs to move the data center.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6495064,"Cayuga County legislator apologizes, pulls resolution on acting clerk",2082,651000,2733000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5586961-3edd87cd6ede823aa0739f7856b361de&start=651&end=2733","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5586961-3edd87cd6ede823aa0739f7856b361de/thumbnail_651000.jpg","/articles/6495064/Cayuga-County/New-York/Cayuga-County-legislator-apologizes-pulls-resolution-on-acting-clerk","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6495064-cf06fa7edadfaa74b320fa90033e92a8/orig.mp4?Expires=1771138325&Signature=ZgQQSJm-N3Y0tt2YNX1PNfJ8w2GmyVQdu58GafTEq3mp9CF~HHZx5Lus2fO8VurkAkMZoU4GKyEFkE5ykuJp5zwTCb-rOIzmODamSIC1KQBSCVUMhv7Wy64csUk7XWuU-hTT~JeCcnBzkhWkIXxf9ujgR12aDrep-ZxLsPazTYCUf2KIMot7boIe414zkM7zhTs10J4UJ5OXr5BRKNIKS2himK~EOKnwkFeqCvYZw7AOOOb5XTI0u2kDtTuy5slWeXrJo0xQSqx7AOCv~px0N~RnWDOIxYTN-IwpMl~FinDTvArlw66c7zoV4rpBDcXUyeFcnj6qdMyUUzjERz87bA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A Cayuga County legislator serving as oversight chair apologized publicly to two county employees and announced he had pulled a pending resolution — referred to in the meeting as “GO 2” — concerning the acting county clerk position.

The legislator said he should have contacted both Sally Patterson, identified in the meeting as the county’s acting clerk, and Christine Lytle, who had expressed interest in the position, before proceeding. “I want to sincerely apologize to Sally Patterson, who is our acting clerk at this point, and Christine Lytle… I apologize for not reaching out to the both of you,” the legislator said during the meeting.

The chair said he would remove the current resolution from the agenda and reintroduce it later after speaking with both Patterson and Lytle so the change and implementation plan “come from both of you so we’re all on the same page.” He added that if any other legislator brings the resolution before both parties and the chair have agreed on the language and implementation, “they won’t have my support.”

The chair framed the action as an effort to repair communication and preserve continuity in the clerk’s office, noting Patterson’s service to the county and thanking her for stepping in. The meeting record does not show any formal vote to approve a new clerk appointment; instead, the chair described the resolution as pulled and to be returned later with the parties’ input.

The announcement came early in the meeting, during the government operations portion of the agenda. No statutory citations or formal personnel actions were read into the record at that time; the chair indicated the resolution will be revised and reintroduced when the parties agree on language and implementation.

The legislator also said, as government operations chair, he wants to be involved earlier in future conversations affecting departments under his committee’s purview, including possible relocations and other operational matters. He closed by asking colleagues to pause any separate attempts to move the resolution forward until the reworked version is submitted.","An oversight chair apologized to two county employees after a communication breakdown over an acting clerk appointment and said he pulled a pending resolution (GO 2) to rework it with the staff involved.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Cayuga County Legislature approves multiple resolutions, awards contracts and accepts grants

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Cayuga County legislator apologizes, pulls resolution on acting clerk