Delaware County board approves election grants, mental‑health budget transfer and public‑works lettings; accepts lead‑agency notice for Colchester bridge

The Delaware County Board of Supervisors at its meeting adopted multiple resolutions including the acceptance of two election grants, a budget transfer for the Department of Mental Health and several public‑works authorizations; the board also accepted a lead‑agency notice for the replacement of a Colchester bridge.

The measures were approved mostly by roll call; the bridge notice was adopted by voice vote.

Board members moved quickly through several routine items before devoting discussion to a budget amendment for the Department of Mental Health. A board member said the county now bears roughly half of a state‑mandated cost and that the county budget had a $50,000 line entered by a staff member identified as Doug. “We’ve talked about this before. … It’s just so expensive. And it’s court ordered, and we have nothing we can do anything about it,” the board member said, adding that the county had already spent money early in March and…