Madison County supervisors approve multiple committee resolutions; several items passed by roll call
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Summary
The Madison County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 4 adopted a series of committee resolutions — including a waiver of rules, multiple interagency agreements, budget modifications and authorizations — mostly by roll call. Two items were pulled from the agenda.
Madison County supervisors on Feb. 4 adopted a large package of committee resolutions from government operations, finance, health and human services, planning, criminal justice/public safety, highway and other committees, with most votes recorded by roll call.
The board first approved a resolution waiving rules No. 24 and 24a by roll call (the clerk recorded 1,332 votes in favor), then adopted an added resolution approving an agreement and related documents. The meeting proceeded through several preferred-agenda bundles: government operations (resolutions 1–4), finance, ways and means (resolutions 5–18), health and human services (resolutions 19–21), planning (resolutions 23–27), criminal justice/public safety (resolutions 28–36), highway/buildings and grounds (resolutions 39–41) and others. Most preferred-agenda bundles were approved on roll calls showing 1,034 votes in favor unless otherwise noted.
On the regular agenda, the board adopted resolution 42 authorizing an agreement with the Madison County Sheriff’s Police Benevolent Association, and resolution 43 accepting a grant award from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for the county Department of Solid Waste. Resolution 44, a modification to the 2025 adopted county budget (listed as the second HH grant), passed by roll call with 922 votes in favor and 578 opposed; one item, resolution 45, was pulled from the agenda.
Several individual committee motions were made and seconded from the floor before roll-call votes; where roll-call tallies were announced, those counts are reported above. Other preferred-agenda blocks were adopted as presented with roll-call confirmations.
Votes-at-a-glance
- Waiver of rules Nos. 24 and 24a — Motion carried by roll call; 1,332 votes in favor. - Added resolution approving agreement and related documents — Carried (voice vote/announcement). - Government operations preferred agenda (Resolutions 1–4: ethics board reappointments; agreements with NYS Office of IT Services and NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services; Presentation Concepts Corporation; creation of a full-time case manager in Mental Health) — Adopted (roll call; 1,034 votes recorded in favor). - Finance, Ways and Means preferred agenda (Resolutions 5–18: contracts with not-for-profits including MCIDA, Madison County Soil and Water, Office for the Aging, auditing services with Bonadio & Company, tax-correction approvals, multiple grant acceptances and budget modifications; directive to county attorney to draft legislation for reauthorization of local sales tax) — Adopted (roll call; 1,034 votes in favor reported when announced). - Health and Human Services preferred agenda (Resolutions 19–21: agreements with Krause Health, Bridges, Community Action Program for Madison County) — Adopted (roll call; 1,034 votes in favor). Resolution 22 was pulled to next month’s agenda. - Planning preferred agenda (Resolutions 23–27: CDBG public hearing call, federal consolidated grant request for public transit, agreement with CND Advertising, extension of public transit MOU, support for Harriet Tubman byway nomination) — Adopted (roll call; 1,034 votes in favor). - Criminal Justice/Public Safety preferred agenda (Resolutions 28–36: various emergency services and jail physician agreements, county EMS fee updates and policy updates) — Adopted (roll call; 1,034 votes in favor). - Highway, Buildings & Grounds preferred agenda (Resolutions 39–41: equipment trade-ins and agreement with King & King Architects) — Adopted (roll call; 1,034 votes in favor). - Resolution 42 (Sheriff’s Police Benevolent Association agreement) — Adopted (voice vote/announcement). - Resolution 43 (Accept DEC grant for Solid Waste) — Adopted (voice vote/announcement). - Resolution 44 (Modification of 2025 county budget — second HH grant) — Adopted by roll call, 922 in favor, 578 opposed; an abstention was recorded for at least one member. - Resolution 45 — Pulled from the agenda.
The meeting included roll-call confirmations for routine items (minutes approval, quorum). Where the clerk announced specific tallies, those numbers are reported above. Several preferred-agenda bundles were carried with the roll-call totals repeated for those blocks in sequence.
The board moved to adjourn after a brief public comment period that drew no speakers and a presentation from the county historian.
