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Tompkins County Legislature approves conservation easement, budget adjustments and workforce grants
Summary
The Tompkins County Legislature on March 18 approved several measures affecting county finances, land conservation and workforce programs.
The Tompkins County Legislature on March 18 approved several measures affecting county finances, land conservation and workforce programs.
What passed: legislators voted unanimously on an environmental determination and a related appropriation to support a Finger Lakes Land Trust conservation easement; accepted state and federal grant awards for workforce development and youth employment programs; and approved a negotiated-salary budget adjustment to reconcile departmental payrolls with recent contracts.
Conservation easement: the legislature first made a negative determination of environmental significance for a proposed conservation easement associated with the Finger Lakes Land Trust project (packet page 29) and then approved an appropriation from the Tompkins County Natural Infrastructure Capital Program to support the Guy and Sutcliffe conservation easement project. Legislator Anne Korman,…
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