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Allegany County Board approves appointments, contracts and grants in unanimous votes; several items voice-voted
Summary
At its Jan. 22 meeting the Allegany County Board of Legislators approved a series of resolutions including reappointments, service agreements, insurance acceptances, grant applications and two intermunicipal agreements. Most measures passed by voice vote or roll call with 12 ayes and 3 members absent.
The Allegany County Board of Legislators approved a package of resolutions on Jan. 22 that included reappointments to county boards, contracts for public works and environmental monitoring, insurance acceptances, and a federal transit grant application. Most measures were approved either by voice vote or by roll call; roll-call tallies in the transcript show 12 ayes and 3 absent for the items recorded with individual votes.
Key actions the board approved included the chairman’s reappointment of Michael D. Hennessy as director of the County Veterans Service Agency (Intro. 17-25), several appointments and reappointments to the Traffic Safety Board, Soil and Water Conservation District Board and Region 9 Fish and Wildlife Management Board (Intros. 18-25 through 20-25), and multiple public-works contracts including collection of county recycling and engineering services for the county landfill (Intros. 25-25 through 28-25).
Other approved items included acceptance of insurance payments for vehicle repair (Intro. 21-25); acceptance of an insurance proposal through Gallagher Risk Management Services (Intro. 22-25); a New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Ignition Interlock Device Monitoring Program grant for the Probation Department (Intro. 23-25); a preschool service agreement for the Department of Health (Intro. 24-25); authorization for the county attorney to retain Phillips Lytle LLP for tax-search review and in rem foreclosure work (Intro. 29-25); and approval of the 2024–25 application for a Federal Transit Administration Section 5311 rural formula grant (Intro. 30-25). The Section 5311 resolution required and received the two-thirds vote to bring it to the floor before adoption.
Most measures were offered by standing committees noted on the agenda and carried either by voice vote or by roll call. For roll-call items the transcript records identical tallies: 12 ayes, 3 absent. Where the transcript recorded a mover and seconder, that information is noted below; when not specified in the audible record the motion origin is listed as not specified.
Votes at a glance
- Intro. 17-25 — Reappointment of Michael D. Hennessy as director, County Veterans Service Agency. Motion: Richard Swales; Second: Ricky. Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
- Intro. 18-25 — Reappointments/appointment to County Traffic Safety Board. Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
- Intro. 19-25 — Appointment/reappointment to Alleghany County Soil and Water Conservation District Board. Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
- Intro. 20-25 — Reappointment to Region 9 Fish and Wildlife Management Board. Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
- Intro. 21-25 — Acceptance of insurance payment (repair of 2022 Chevrolet Equinox). Motion: not specified in audio; Outcome: Approved (roll call: 12 ayes, 3 absent).
- Intro. 22-25 — Acceptance of insurance proposal from Niemir through Gallagher Risk Management Services. Motion: Richard Swales; Second: Ricky. Outcome: Approved (roll call: 12 ayes, 3 absent).
- Intro. 23-25 — Acceptance of NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services Ignition Interlock Device Monitoring Program grant for Probation. Motion: Havey; Second: Rumpfel. Outcome: Approved (roll call: 12 ayes, 3 absent).
- Intro. 24-25 — Approval of preschool service provider and evaluation service agreement with Aaron Baldwin for Department of Health preschool program. Motion: Burdick; Second: Rickett Swails. Outcome: Approved (roll call: 12 ayes, 3 absent).
- Intros. 25-25 through 28-25 — Public Works agreements: Sun King Inc. (recycling collection), La Bella Associates DPC (landfill environmental monitoring), Terracon (geotechnical engineering), and intermunicipal mutual aid with Town Highway Superintendents Association. Motion: Havey/Curran (as moved from the floor); Outcome: Approved (roll call: 12 ayes, 3 absent).
- Intro. 29-25 — Authorization to retain Phillips Lytle LLP for tax-search review and in rem foreclosure proceedings. Motion: Stockton; Second: Ricky. Outcome: Approved (roll call: 12 ayes, 3 absent).
- Intro. 30-25 — Approval of 2024–25 FTA Section 5311 rural formula grant application. Motion to consider (two-thirds): Rumpfel; Second: Healy. Motion on resolution: Stocken; Second: Root. Outcome: Approved (two-thirds motion carried; resolution approved on roll call: 12 ayes, 3 absent).
Where the record noted committee sponsorship, the articles reflect that committee approval was recorded on the agenda. No defeats or tablings were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
