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Votes at a glance: Ways and Means Committee approves multiple capital appropriations, ARPA reallocations and routine items
Summary
The committee approved several supplemental appropriations and capital project creations, ARPA reallocations, equipment purchases and administrative changes; this item lists actions recorded on the agenda.
At its meeting the Ways and Means Committee approved a set of supplemental appropriations, capital project authorizations and administrative resolutions. The following summarizes each action recorded in the meeting transcript (motions carried unless noted):
- County Clerk: Approved a supplemental appropriation to the capital projects budget to purchase a planetary scanner (capital project 21Of2025, $50,000 bonding). - Social Services and Mental Health: Approved a supplemental appropriation from designated surplus for intergovernmental transfers, $4,581,094. - Technology/IT: Authorized creation of a new capital project for ongoing technology updates, $3,690,000 bonding for replacement of servers, networking gear and cybersecurity work. - Land/Conservation: Rescinded Resolution 277 of 2024 and scheduled required public hearing and authorized up to $272,569 for the Morcheski Farm conservation easement (see separate article). - Public Works: Approved supplemental appropriation to capital projects for various drainage improvements, $300,000 (project number 31) with additional funding source from State Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program. - Parks & Recreation: Approved multiple capital requests including trail engineering increases with NYSDOT (Heritage Trail segment), equipment replacements for parks and both golf facilities, and pump control and vehicle/equipment purchases (various project numbers and bond amounts recorded on the agenda). - Real Property: Approved local-law language to extend property-tax exemptions for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers to allow adjoining‑district volunteers under RPTL section referred to as 466‑l; approved proposals to increase veterans property-tax exemptions under the referenced local statute. - Deed sale: Committee rejected a nominal bid of $570 for a landlocked parcel and directed staff to pursue other options. - ARPA/budget: Approved reallocations and cleanups of ARPA awards, including closing or reducing awards and reallocating one award to salaries and retention; committee recorded that county has obligated a large portion of ARPA funds and staff noted 74% of allocations were in place and $55.6 million spent to date (figures reported by budget staff at the meeting). - Administrative: Rescinded Orange County Economic Development Gaming Committee and asked for quarterly tracking of casino revenue.
Most motions were passed by voice vote; the transcript does not include roll-call tallies for every item. Where the transcript recorded a voice vote the action is recorded here as approved.
