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Board approves a slate of resolutions on bridges, contracts, grants, budgets and audits
Summary
At its April 23 meeting the Allegany County Board of Legislators approved multiple resolutions including bridge dedications, capital project accounts, grant acceptances, agreements and the county audit. Most measures passed on voice or unanimous roll calls; several items were considered together as blocks.
The Allegany County Board of Legislators approved a block of resolutions and individual measures on April 23 covering bridge namings, capital projects, agreements, grant acceptances, budget modifications and the county audit.
Major items approved included a resolution dedicating County Road 26 Local Bridge Number 807 over the Genesee River in the town of Belfast in honor of William “Bill” Nichols (Resolution Intro 17925), and an amendment to Resolution 13925 to abolish one full-time cleaner position in the Department of Public Works (Resolution Intro 18025). The board also approved acceptance of maintenance jurisdiction from the New York State Department of Transportation for a Belfast parcel and amended conveyance language to transfer county interest by quitclaim deed to neighboring property owners rather than the initially named individual (Resolution Intro 18125, amended).
The board established several new capital project accounts (Resolutions Intro 18225–18525) to fund culvert and bridge work across multiple towns and approved transfers to support those projects. Additional administrative approvals included acceptance of an insurance payment to replace a county vehicle rear window (Resolution Intro 18625), acceptance of state grant funds for probation alternatives to incarceration (Resolution Intro 18725), and a budget modification in Public Works to cover increased Trimble GPS equipment costs (Resolution Intro 18825).
Grants for district attorney discovery reform and a critical infrastructure grant for the sheriff’s office were approved (Resolutions Intro 18925–19025). The board also approved several agreements for right‑of‑entry, construction and acquisition costs related to county bridge projects (Resolutions Intro 19125–19325), a fire-service and smoke-head testing agreement with Otis Elevator Company (Resolution Intro 19425), a lease agreement with the Rushford Lake Recreation District to operate the Rushford Lake public beach swim area (Resolution Intro 19525), and a supplemental engineering agreement for a bridge rehabilitation project (Resolution Intro 19625).
Committee chairs moved several items as blocks; most votes were roll-call approvals that recorded 13 ayes with 2 members absent, except where the record shows individual roll-call variations. The board also received and approved annual reports submitted electronically by several departments and approved the county audit covering multiple funds and a grand total of $5,682,287.19 as presented.
Below is a concise list of the resolutions considered and the recorded outcome.
