Warren County supervisors shorten community solar lease, approve tax-roll corrections and budget amendment

Warren County supervisors voted during a board meeting to amend a community solar lease, approve clerical corrections to the 2025 Town of Haig and Warren County tax rolls under the New York Real Property Tax Law, and adopt a 2025 budget amendment.

The board approved an amendment to Resolution 454 to reduce the stated lease length for a community solar program from 20 years to 15 years, moving the contract termination from 2045 to 2040 and retaining an option for two additional mutually agreed five-year extensions. Supervisor Runyon moved the amendment; Supervisor Malino seconded it. The amendment was approved by voice vote after brief procedural discussion.

The board also approved Resolution 24 and Resolution 26, each described in the meeting as correcting clerical errors in the 2025 Town of Haig and Warren County tax rolls pursuant to section 552-h and section 552-i of the New York Real Property Tax Law and authorizing the chair of the board to sign and issue corrected tax bills. Both corrections were adopted following roll-call voting. The meeting record states each resolution "passes with 1,002 votes in favor." The transcript records a roll-call sequence in which many supervisors responded "Yes" when called; the chair was authorized to sign the corrected bills.

Separately, the board approved Resolution 28, described on the agenda as an amendment to the Warren County budget for 2025. The meeting transcript records the motion passing; no detailed roll-call tally tied to named votes appears in the excerpted record beyond the meeting’s verbal confirmation that the resolution passed.

At the start of the segment addressing resolutions, a supervisor asked whether they needed to recuse themselves from Resolution 20 because their name appeared on it; the transcript indicates the question was raised but does not show a formal recusal being recorded for the resolutions discussed in this excerpt.

What happened next: the chair was authorized to sign corrected tax bills under the approved resolutions; staff were given the green light to proceed under the amended community solar lease and the adopted budget amendment. No further motions related to these items were recorded in the provided excerpt.

Votes at a glance

- Resolution 454 (amend lease length for community solar program): Amendment to change the lease from 20 years to 15 years (terminating 2040) with option for two additional five-year extensions; mover: Supervisor Runyon; second: Supervisor Malino; outcome: approved (voice vote).

- Resolution 24 (correct 2025 Town of Haig and Warren County tax roll pursuant to Real Property Tax Law §552-h): outcome: approved; meeting record: "passes with 1,002 votes in favor." Chair authorized to sign corrected bills.

- Resolution 26 (correct 2025 Town of Haig and Warren County tax roll pursuant to Real Property Tax Law §552-i): outcome: approved; meeting record: "passes with 1,002 votes in favor." Chair authorized to sign corrected bills.

- Resolution 28 (amend Warren County budget for 2025): outcome: approved; vote recorded as passing in the meeting transcript.

Why it matters: shortening the county’s stated community solar lease term changes the explicit contract horizon and the year the agreement is set to end; corrected tax rolls and signed corrected bills address clerical errors that affect property-tax billing for the Town of Haig and Warren County. A budget amendment for 2025 can change planned spending or revenues for county departments.

Speakers and attributions in the provided record are limited to procedural prompts, roll-call responses and brief announcements; no substantive policy debate or technical detail on the solar contract, tax corrections, or budget line items appears in the excerpt provided.