Votes at a glance: Orange County Legislature actions, Feb. 6, 2025

The Orange County Legislature took up a slate of local laws, resolutions, appointments and bond measures on Feb. 6. Below are the items read on the floor with the outcomes and vote tallies as recorded in the public transcript.

Votes at a glance (items listed by agenda number as read into the record):

1) Local Law Introductory No. 1 of 2025 (amend compensation for County Clerk): Passed (roll call recorded as 16 ayes). 2) Local Law Introductory No. 2 of 2025 (compensation for chair of Orange County Sewer District No. 1 Advisory Committee): Passed (16 ayes). 3) Resolution rescinding multiple resolutions and abolishing Dutchess Quarry Site's National Register District Management Committee: Passed (16 ayes). 4) Resolution amending Resolution No. 61 of 2019 (Orange County Sewer District No. 1 Advisory Committee): Passed (16 ayes). 5) Resolution appointing members of Orange County Sewer District No. 1 Advisory Committee: Passed (voice vote; carried unanimously). 6) Local Law Introductory No. 3 of 2025 (extend real property tax exemption for volunteer fire/ambulance members): Passed (roll call recorded as 17 ayes). 7) Local Law Introductory No. 4 of 2025 (increase maximum veterans real property tax exemption under RPTL §458-a): Passed (17 ayes). 8) Home Rule request to extend sales tax rate provision under NY tax law §1210 (three-quarters of 1% extension): Passed (voice vote; carried unanimously). 9) Bond resolution authorizing acquisition of a planetary scanner, estimated cost $50,000: Passed (roll call recorded as 17 ayes). 10) Resolution rescinding earlier resolution and authorizing funding of a conservation easement in the town of Warwick; public hearing set for 02/21/2025 at 3:30 p.m.: Passed (17 ayes). 11) Resolution abolishing Orange County Economic Development Gaming Committee: Passed (17 ayes). 12) Resolution authorizing acceptance/appropriation of NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services funds for public safety program: Passed (voice vote). 13) Resolution authorizing acceptance/appropriation of FY2020 Edward Byrne JAG funds: Passed (voice vote). 14) Resolution authorizing exemption from county taxation for municipal water-supply lands under RPTL §406: Passed (voice vote). 15) Supplemental appropriation to 2025 county budget for various departments: Passed (voice vote). 16) Bond resolution: computer hardware/software and cybersecurity, estimated cost $3,690,000: Passed (roll call recorded as 17 ayes). 17) Bond resolution: Heritage Trail planning (estimated max $159,000; federal funds $127,200; county bonds $31,800): Passed (16 ayes, 1 abstention). 18) Resolution authorizing implementation and funding of a transportation federal-aid project (100% federal aid and 'state Marceli program' aid eligible costs): Passed (16 ayes, 1 abstention). 19) Bond resolution authorizing replacement of parks building equipment, estimated cost $200,000: Passed (16 ayes, 1 abstention). 20) Bond resolution authorizing acquisition of park equipment, estimated cost $127,128: Passed (16 ayes, 1 abstention). 21) Bond resolution authorizing Stony Ford pump control, estimated cost $89,265: Passed (16 ayes, 1 abstention). 22) Bond resolution authorizing golf equipment at Hickory Hill, estimated cost $150,801: Passed (15 ayes, 1 no, 1 abstention). 23) Bond resolution authorizing golf equipment at Stony Ford, estimated cost $210,788: Passed (14 ayes, 2 no, 1 abstention). 24) Bond resolution authorizing construction of drainage improvements, estimated cost $300,000 (including $200,000 from State of New York): Passed (17 ayes). 25) Resolution accepting NYS DEC funds for Household Hazardous Waste State Assistance Program: Passed (voice vote). 26) Resolution authorizing filing of application and signing associated state master grant contract for Household Hazardous Waste program: Passed (voice vote). 27) Resolution accepting NYSERDA funds for Clean Energy Communities grant: Passed (voice vote). 28) Resolution recognizing February as Black History Awareness Month: Passed (voice vote). 29) Resolution creating Housing Task Force Committee: Passed (17 ayes). 30) Resolution authorizing intermunicipal agreements for senior congregate dining centers: Passed (voice vote). 31) Supplemental appropriation to 2024 county budget for payments of intergovernmental transfers (DSS): Passed (voice vote). 32) Resolution appointing members of Valley View Advisory Committee: Passed (17 ayes). 33) Resolution making supplemental appropriation to 2025 budget for Mental Health scribe intervention team balance: Passed (voice vote). 34) Resolution accepting OMH funds for Welcome Orange Geriatric Initiative: Passed (voice vote). 35) Resolution accepting NACCHO funds for Infection Prevention and Control Learning Collaborative: Passed (voice vote). 36) Resolution accepting Health Research Inc. funds for Medical Reserve Corps: Passed (voice vote). 37) Resolution confirming appointment to Orange County Community College Board of Trustees (Wilbur Higgins): Passed (voice vote). 38) Act amending County employment schedules to create legislative aid position: Passed (roll call recorded as 17 ayes). 39) Act abolishing senior secretary and creating senior account clerk (part-time) at Youth Bureau: Passed (17 ayes). 40) (Not recorded separately beyond roll call) 41) Act creating full-time case manager (Aging): Passed (roll call recorded as 17 ayes). 42) Act creating associate account clerk I at Employment & Training Administration: Passed (17 ayes). 43) Act creating two deputy sheriff and sergeant positions at Sheriff's Office: Passed (17 ayes). 44) Act creating fiscal technician at County Clerk's Office: Passed (17 ayes). 45) Act abolishing secretary and creating principal clerk at DPW: Passed (17 ayes). 46) Resolution appointing members of the Labor Relations Advisory Committee: Passed (voice vote).

Notes: Tallies above are taken verbatim from the meeting transcript. Several items were approved by voice vote; where the transcript recorded a roll call, the specific tallies are listed. Several sponsor names and some roll-call transcriptions in the record appear with inconsistent spellings; the list above follows the text read at the Feb. 6 session.