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Ways and Means committee approves grants, hires and tax apportionments in April 23 session
Summary
The Allegany County Ways and Means Committee approved multiple grant applications, insurance recoveries, personnel fills and mortgage tax apportionments by voice vote on April 23.
At its April 23 meeting the Allegany County Ways and Means Committee approved a series of routine administrative actions including grant acceptances and applications, settlement recoveries, county personnel fills, and mortgage tax apportionments.
Clerk of the Board presented insurance recoveries for approval: a Progressive Insurance check for $774.43 after a private citizen struck a county vehicle; an Erie/Nymer (listed as Nymer in the transcript) check for $893.97 representing a $500 deductible for repairs to a 2024 Chevy Equinox assigned to Community Services; and an Erie/Nymer supplemental payment of $11,296.39 to repair a 2020 Kenworth truck assigned to Public Works when additional tarp-system charges were not included in the original estimate. The committee approved each recovery by voice vote.
The committee approved mortgage tax apportionments for the period Oct. 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, and a related mortgage tax apportionment rebate retained by the county clerk's office for the same period. Resolutions authorized the treasurer to issue payments to towns and villages as listed in the clerk's spreadsheets; the committee approved both resolutions by voice vote.
The committee accepted a $4,000 grant from Lifespan of Greater Rochester to support elder-abuse prevention and education administered through the Office for the Aging. The Office for the Aging also received authorization to apply for an Accelerated Community Transportation Grant (up to $25,000 over two years) from the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York and Independent Transportation Network (ITN) America; that grant would provide ITN platform access and enhanced support for volunteer transportation programs if awarded.
On personnel, the Office for the Aging obtained permission to fill one part-time luncheon center manager position; the transcript lists an annual salary estimate of "between 3,100 with benefits" (transcript language, amount not clarified). Public Health Director Tyler Shaw presented and the committee accepted a $1,500 grant from the Allegany County Area Foundation to provide free radon test kits to residents and authorized filling one full-time quality coordinator position in Public Health with an estimated annual salary of $47,000 to $65,000 funded entirely with federal funds.
Commissioner of Social Services Don Horne received permission to fill one full-time secretary to the DSS commissioner (salary estimated between $43,000 and $62,000) as part of a planned transition, and to fill one full-time senior case worker position (transcript lists the salary range as "$47.09 and 60,000"). The Director of Community Mental Health Services, Dr. Robert Anderson, received permission to fill one full-time intensive case manager position with an annual salary estimated between $53,000 and $73,000 funded through Medicaid-billable revenues.
The Employment and Training Department, represented by Bridal Selbeck Lynch, received approval to transfer $1,950 in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grant funds among line items (details included in the meeting record). All motions were approved by voice vote; the committee recorded the motions as carried.
Items were presented as routine referrals from departments and carried without extended debate. No executive sessions or public-comment controversies are recorded in the transcript for these items.
