Delaware County Board approves multiple 2025 budget amendments, accepts aging and nutrition grants; schedules civil service hearing

The Delaware County Board of Supervisors approved a series of 2025 budget amendments, accepted several grant awards for Office for the Aging programs and approved transfers of county funds across multiple departments during a regularly scheduled meeting. The board also set a public hearing in October to consider revisions to the county's civil service rules.

The board adopted resolutions authorizing budget amendments and grant acceptances covering opioid settlement appropriation, health services funding, multiple Office for the Aging programs (including a Tai Chi for Arthritis program and SNAP-Ed produce box distribution), a Delaware County Lifeguard Certification Program administered by the Youth Bureau, and transfers for the district attorney, planning department, public health services and personal office. The meeting record does not list dollar amounts for the amendments or grants.

Why it matters: the actions move county funds and state- or grant-funded programs into place for 2025, affecting public health, senior services, youth training and departmental operations. Several items involved acceptance of outside grant funding that will support county program delivery, while other items shifted county-controlled budget lines between departments.

Board action and brief discussion The meeting included roll-call approvals or voice votes for each item. Most resolutions were approved without substantive debate on the floor. County staff introduced the civil service rule revisions and said the changes align local classifications and definitions with updated New York State civil service model rules.

Kiara, a county staff member, explained the civil service revisions as follows: “So it’s both. If you look in the middle, it takes us as for revisions to the appendices to update and add title classifications. Have approval through the state to be able to put people in those positions. Also, the revisions to definitions in rule 1, that’s in keeping with the New York State civil service model rules, which have been updated.” The board scheduled the public hearing on the proposed civil service rule changes for October in the County Boardroom; the transcript did not specify an exact date.

Votes at a glance - Resolution No. 135 — 2025 budget amendment; appropriation of opioid settlement funds. Adopted (roll call). - Resolution No. 136 — 2025 budget amendment; acceptance of health-care alliance funds for public health services (transcript: “bridal health care alliance funds”). Adopted (roll call). - Resolution No. 137 — 2025 budget amendment; acceptance of grant funding for an Office for the Aging program (transcript wording: “bingo sized, how prevention program”). Adopted (roll call). - Resolution No. 138 — 2025 budget amendment; acceptance of grant funding for a Tai Chi for Arthritis program, Office for the Aging. Adopted (roll call). - Resolution No. 139 — 2025 budget amendment; acceptance of SNAP-Ed/local roots produce box distribution grant, Office for the Aging. Adopted (roll call). - Resolution No. 141 — 2025 budget amendment; transfer of funds for the District Attorney. Adopted (roll call). - Resolution No. 142 — 2025 budget amendment; transfer of funds for the personal office. Adopted (roll call). - Resolution No. 143 — 2025 budget amendment; Delaware County Lifeguard Certification Program, Delaware County Youth Bureau. Adopted (roll call). - Resolution No. 144 — 2025 budget amendment; transfer of funds for public health services. Adopted (roll call). - Resolution No. 145 — Public hearing set on Delaware County civil service rule changes (Personnel/Personnel office). Public hearing scheduled (voice vote carried); hearing to be held in October (exact date not specified). - Resolution No. 146 — 2025 budget amendment; transfer of funds, Planning Department. Adopted (roll call). - Resolution No. 147 — Adoption of state-supplied language (item previously sent to the state; transcript: “This is the language from the state that they now want us to.”). Adopted (voice vote). - Resolution No. 148 — Payment of audit / payment of bills. Adopted (roll call); auditors and board noted audit totals in discussion.

Several roll-call segments in the meeting record show board members answering “Yes” during votes; the record contains no recorded “No,” abstain or recusal responses for these items. The transcript does not list dollar amounts for the budget amendments, the exact grant award amounts, or precise vote counts for each resolution; where the transcript omitted numbers, the article notes that those figures were not specified.

Administrative notes and introductions Early in the meeting the board introduced Elizabeth DeFalco as the new assistant to the clerk of the board of supervisors. The meeting closed with routine administrative business and a notation from staff about the audit paperwork and totals.

What’s next The civil service rule revisions will be considered at a public hearing in October in the County Boardroom; the transcript did not give the precise hearing date or dollar figures for the budget actions, so any implementation timeline or spending detail will depend on follow-up documents or subsequent board materials.