The Jefferson County Board of Legislators approved a series of resolutions, budget amendments and contractual agreements during its March meeting, including extensions and reappropriations, grant acceptances, and interagency agreements. Many measures were adopted by voice vote and multiple items required roll call votes that recorded individual "aye" votes.
Key measures approved included: extension/introduction of legislation to continue a 1% county sales and compensating use tax; amendments to the 2025 county budget for real property tax services and multiple program reappropriations; agreements related to Abbas Foods and Defariate Paper Mill projects; acceptance of state and federal public safety and communications grants; capital planning and bridge-related budget amendments; a shared services agreement with the New York State Department of Transportation for transportation emergencies; and allocations for public health, mental health, mobile crisis and code-blue shelter funding.
Several personnel and program items were also approved, including appointments to the Community Services Board, an agreement with Home Care Homebase LLC for clinical financial software, acceptance of donations to Public Health Service, and an agreement for provision of speech therapy services. The Board adopted motions to set public hearings and to table a local law regarding the director of aviation salary pending a public hearing.
Where roll calls were recorded in the transcript, legislators' individual "aye" votes were called and the chair declared the motions carried. The transcript records multiple unanimous or near-unanimous outcomes; no failed motions were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
Votes at a glance (selected items as named in meeting):
- Introduction: extend authorization of 1% county sales and compensating use tax — carries (voice vote).
- Amend 2025 budget: real property tax services general ledger coding review — carries (voice vote).
- Lay on table pending public hearing: local law amending director of aviation salary — motion to table approved.
- Amend 2025 budget: reappropriate funds for Northern Border Regional Commission broadband project — carries (roll call recorded).
- Amend 2025 budget: canine training for Watertown Police Department using federal forfeiture funds — carries (roll call recorded).
- Amend 2025 budget: District Attorney digital evidence management system server — carries.
- Authorize FY2024 NYS interoperable communications formula grant and PSAP operations grant — both carried.
- Amend 2024 budget and capital plan: Noble Street over West Creek Bridge — carried (roll call recorded).
- Authorize shared services agreement with NYSDOT for transportation emergencies — carries.
- Reappropriate Alzheimer's Association funds and multiple community services allocations, including preschool and mental health state aid — carried.
- Amend 2025 budget to reappropriate county mobile crisis program funding — carried.
- Authorize climate and health funding agreement and amend 2025 budget — carried.
- Authorize agreement with Home Care Homebase LLC for clinical financial software — carried.
- Accept donation on behalf of Jefferson County Public Health Service and amend 2025 budget — carried.
- Authorize speech therapy services agreement for Public Health Service — carried.
- Authorize participation in NYS Statewide Health Information Network common participation agreement — carried.
- Amend 2025 budget to reappropriate Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance funds for NYS Code Blue — carried.
The transcript contained additional administrative and technical resolutions reported favorably out of Finance & Rules committee and several routine committee reports; the clerk noted receipt of the NYSAC adopted resolutions packet from Albany. No measures failed in the provided excerpt.