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Office for the Aging reconciles 2024 allocations after delayed state approval; committee approves mixed decreases and increases
Summary
Tompkins County’s Office for the Aging presented six budget adjustments at the April 10 committee meeting to reconcile 2024 spending and final state allocations after New York delayed guidance on the 2024–2027 plan; the committee approved the package unanimously.
Office for the Aging (OFA) staff told the Budget, Capital and Personnel Committee on April 10 that late state approval of a required four‑year plan forced a suite of mid‑year budget corrections for 2024 grant awards. The county committee approved the OFA adjustments unanimously.
OFA staff explained that New York State did not issue instructions for the 2024–2027 four‑year plan until July 2024; Tompkins County completed and submitted its plan in November 2024 and the state did not finalize awards until February 2025. Because the county’s 2024 budget and invoicing cycle had been based on tentative allocations, finance staff…
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