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Cayuga County Ways and Means committee advances multiple resolutions including salary adjustments and sales tax extension request
Summary
Committee moved several bundled resolutions covering legislative contracts, legal services, sales tax home-rule request, tax error correction, easements, and a county-wide nonbargaining salary adjustment.
The Ways and Means Committee of the Cayuga County Legislature moved a package of resolutions covering contracts, legal services, tax corrections, easements, and county employee compensation.
Committee members moved and approved WM1 and WM2 together: WM1 authorizes signing a set of legislative contracts with local organizations (including tourism, soil and water, Central New York Regional Broadband, Cornell Cooperative Extension) and WM2 authorizes the county attorney to hire or contract for legal services up to amounts budgeted, including use of budget lines to cover contract legal costs.
WM3 is a resolution requesting state home-rule legislation to extend the county's additional 1% sales tax beyond its November expiration; the chair was authorized to begin outreach to state and local representatives to seek inclusion in the governor's budget. WM4 cancels penalty and interest of $76.21 for a parcel in the town of Victory to correct an assessor roll omission. WM5 and WM6 grant temporary and permanent easements and declare the county lead agency under SEQR (State Environmental Quality Review Act) for Water District No. 2 improvements in the town of Sterling to allow installation of a backflow prevention system and a master meter on Erwin Road.
Finally, WM7 authorizes salary adjustments to the Cayuga County compensation plan for nonbargaining employees for 2025: a $2,300 flat increase for full-time nonbargaining staff effective Jan. 1 and a 2% increase for part-time nonbargaining employees, plus corresponding grade movements where budgeted. Committee members discussed the timing and standard language for the resolution before moving it.
Votes at a glance: Committee approved the bundled motions for WM1, WM2, WM3, WM4, WM5, WM6 and WM7 during the meeting; individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript beyond unanimous "Aye" confirmations.
Ending: Chairpersons and department leads will execute contract signings and administrative steps; staff were tasked to follow up on the home-rule outreach and corrective assessor action.
