Resource Management Committee approves requests to fill beach lifeguard positions; swim-grant and lease renewal noted

The Allegany County Resource Management Committee on April 2 approved requests to fill beach seasonal positions, including up to 10 lifeguards, and approved a second beach staffing request later in the item.

Carissa (staff member) presented the request forms and answered committee questions about typical lifeguard staffing levels. She said the office usually fills most lifeguard slots: "Some years we get all that. Some years we're a little low. My understanding is last year we were able to man every single day except for 1 day," and noted a pre-COVID year when the beach had to close early because student lifeguards returned to college. She also confirmed the seasonal coordinator will return: "Yes. We we have her all lined up and ready to go. Good. She does a good job."

A committee member moved and another seconded the first request; the chair called the vote and the motion carried. The second, separate beach staffing request was also moved, seconded, and approved. The meeting record does not give a named mover or seconder for those specific votes beyond the generic motion language recorded in the transcript; individual roll-call votes were not read aloud.

Carissa told the committee to expect two related items at next month’s meeting: acceptance of a SWIMS grant to help cover personnel costs and a maintenance-of-effort (MOE) action to renew the county’s beach lease with the Rushford Lake District.

The committee did not discuss contract values or grant amounts for the upcoming SWIMS grant at the April 2 meeting.