Sullivan County Legislature approves blocks of resolutions, waives rules to back Evergreen Meadows NYSERDA application
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The Sullivan County Legislature passed multiple grouped resolutions, amended an IT staffing resolution, and unanimously approved a handout resolution endorsing Evergreen Meadows Services’ NYSERDA Building Cleaner Communities application after waiving the rules.
The Sullivan County Legislature voted to adopt multiple grouped resolutions, amend a personnel resolution in the Division of Information Technology and to express formal support for Evergreen Meadows Services’ application to the NYSERDA Building Cleaner Communities competition.
The Legislature approved resolutions 1–5 and then voted to consider resolutions 6–9 as a block related to the county land bank; two legislators abstained from that block. Later votes included resolutions 10–23 and 25–41 as blocks. Legislators amended Resolution 24, which reorganizes and creates positions in the Division of Information Technology, to correct the stated savings before approving the amended resolution.
By a separate vote after waiving the usual rules to permit immediate consideration of a late handout, the Legislature read and approved a resolution introduced by Legislator Catherine (Kat) Scott in support of Evergreen Meadows Services’ application to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Building Cleaner Communities competition. The handout resolution describes Evergreen Meadows’ plan for a nature-based therapeutic campus for middle-school girls at risk of self-harm, notes the project’s proposed energy-efficient design and claims it would create construction jobs and “more than 100 permanent well-paying positions.” During discussion lawmakers confirmed the site under consideration is off Glenwild Road in Rock Hill and that permits would be required.
Votes on grouped resolution blocks were handled largely by voice vote. Where abstentions were recorded, the meeting transcript indicates Nick Salamone and Matt McPhillips abstained on the land-bank block (resolutions 6–9). The record shows an amendment to Resolution 24 was proposed and approved before the final vote on that resolution; the amendment corrected the savings figure that had been transcribed incorrectly during the meeting.
The Legislature also approved routine communications and filings, including the county’s annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2024, and a report of available revenues for fiscal year 2026 filed by County Treasurer Nancy Buck.
The meeting concluded with brief remarks about upcoming events and a motion to adjourn.