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Allegany County Board approves a slate of resolutions on grants, contracts and personnel; audit accepted
Summary
At its April 9 meeting the Allegany County Board of Legislators approved multiple resolutions including personnel changes, grant acceptances and contract extensions. Most measures passed unanimously among those present; one contract extension drew a single recorded no vote.
The Allegany County Board of Legislators approved a package of resolutions on April 9 covering personnel changes, grant applications and acceptance, appropriation and reappropriation of state and federal grant funds, contracts for social‑service and aging programs, and insurance claim acceptances. The board also approved the monthly audit totals.
Key outcomes at a glance
- Intro 150‑25: Creation of one full‑time accountant position and abolishment of one full‑time fiscal manager position in the Department of Public Works. Motion made and seconded; roll call resulted in 14 ayes, 1 absent; resolution approved.
- Intro 151‑25: Designated the County of Allegany as lead agency for SEQR review of the 8‑year review and proposed modification of Agricultural District No. 4. Passed by voice vote (carried).
- Intros 152‑25 through 154‑25: A block of grant and letter‑of‑commitment approvals (records management funds; letter of commitment supporting Casa Trinity’s HRSA application; Allegheny County Area Foundation grant application). Motion and roll call: 14 ayes, 1 absent; all approved.
- Intro 155‑25: Increase in 2024–25 payment rate within the preschool evaluation program and maintenance of a 10% take‑back for the approved preschool evaluation team. Motion and roll call: 14 ayes, 1 absent; approved.
- Intros 156‑25 through 158‑25: Acceptance of insurance payments for vehicle repairs and a lightning‑strike claim at Whitesville Tower. Motion and roll call: 14 ayes, 1 absent; approved.
- Intro 159‑25: Budget transfer from contingency to the Board of Elections to cover two new positions approved earlier (resolution no. 106‑25). Roll call: 14 ayes, 1 absent; approved.
- Intros 160‑25 and 161‑25: Reappropriation of unspent federal public‑health grant funds (LEHI hazard reduction capacity and public‑health infrastructure). Roll call: 14 ayes, 1 absent; approved.
- Intro 162‑25: Acceptance and appropriation of a National Children’s Alliance grant for the Child Advocacy Center. Roll call: 14 ayes, 1 absent; approved.
- Intro 163‑25: Acceptance and appropriation of New York State Office of Children and Family Services grant funds for DSS. Roll call: 14 ayes, 1 absent; approved.
- Intro 164‑25: Reappropriation of unspent state poll‑book/early‑voting grant funds for the Board of Elections. Roll call: 14 ayes, 1 absent; approved.
- Intro 165‑25: Reappropriation of unspent federal Appalachian Regional Commission trails master grant funds for the Office of Planning. Roll call: 14 ayes, 1 absent; approved.
- Intro 166‑25: Reappropriation of unspent 2024 Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) funds for Public Works. Roll call: 14 ayes, 1 absent; approved.
- Intros 167‑25 through 169‑25: Preschool‑service provider and data‑use agreements (including amendments and a data‑use agreement with the New York State Department of Health). Roll call: 14 ayes, 1 absent; approved.
- Intros 170‑25 through 176‑25: Agreements and extensions for Office for the Aging services (senior day services, home care, legal assistance, adult day care, response system services). One item in the block, Intro 173‑25 (approval of agreement with the Center for Elder Law and Justice for legal services), recorded a single no vote: 13 ayes, 1 no, 1 absent; all other items in the block passed (majority approved the block overall as described at roll call).
- Intro 177‑25: Approval of agreement with Hillside Children’s Center for OneFamily services for DSS. Roll call: 14 ayes, 1 absent; approved.
- Audit approval: The board approved the monthly audit totals by roll call (audit totals and fund breakdown announced in the meeting); vote was 14 ayes, 1 absent.
Most resolutions were offered by committee with committee approval and advanced on motion with roll calls recorded in the meeting. Where roll‑call counts were read into the record, the typical outcome was 14 ayes and 1 absent; Intro 173‑25 was recorded as 13 ayes, 1 no and 1 absent. No ordinance or multi‑reading adoption items were listed; the meeting included routine budget transfers, grant acceptances and contract authorizations rather than new local law adoption.
Procedural notes
- Several groups of resolutions were considered together by motion (for example, Intros 152–154, 156–158, 167–169, and 170–176 were moved as grouped blocks at the chair’s request). The transcript records that the board voted on the grouped blocks; individual intro numbers within those blocks were announced as approved on the record.
- Where a member requested clarification (for example, a typo in minutes referring to March 23 versus March 26), staff clarified the record before the vote.
No further formal actions (appointments subject to confirmation were announced for later board consideration) were taken beyond the resolutions and audit approval recorded above.
