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Seneca County supervisors approve audit, grants, contracts and routine hires; votes at a glance
Summary
At its Sept. 9 meeting the Seneca County Board of Supervisors approved a series of motions including an audit proposal, broadband grant acceptance, local‑law introduction to override the tax levy limit, multiple public‑health grants, and several personnel and contract actions.
The Seneca County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 9 approved multiple resolutions, contracts and budget amendments across standing committees. Below is a concise list of actions taken by the board during the meeting; items are listed by agenda number and reflect the motion text or a concise description, and the meeting record of passage.
Votes at a glance (selected items):
- Agenda item 11: Accept proposal for audit of the county’s financial records — Passed (board motion; recorded as carried).
- Agenda item 12: Accept broadband grant from Genesee Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council — Passed (one abstention recorded; otherwise carried).
- Agenda item 13: Introduce proposed Local Law E of 2025 to override the tax‑levy limit under General Municipal Law §3‑c — Introduced and supported (motion passed to introduce the local law).
- Agenda item 14: Adopt proclamation recognizing Sept. 21 as World Alzheimer’s Day in Seneca County — Passed (see separate article on the Alzheimer’s Association presentation).
- Agenda items 15–16: Authorize agreements to provide speech‑language therapy and related services for the state‑mandated preschool program (individual contracts with providers and Seneca Falls Central School District) — Passed.
- Agenda items 17–19: Accept New York State Department of Health public‑health Emergency Preparedness grant; Early Intervention program administration grant; and the child passenger safety program grant — Passed and 2025 budget amended where required.
- Agenda item 20: (Road/bridge funding item) — Passed (discussion noted funding sources included NYSDOT for an additional $23,000; motion carried).
- Agenda item 21: Authorize expenditure for additional mileage on County Road 129 paving project — Passed.
- Agenda item 22: Demand an independent audit of NYSEG and RG&E — Passed (see separate article on audit demand and billing complaints).
- Agenda item 23: Approve creation and filling of Director of Services position — Passed.
- Agenda item 24: Amend rules to hold a board meeting in Ovid — Passed.
- Agenda items 25–27: Personnel and staffing actions including hiring/raising pay for an assistant district attorney, absorbing salary for a domestic‑violence services coordinator, and abolishing/creating clerical positions in finance/medical billing — Passed.
- Agenda item 28: Authorize request for bids for Willard Wastewater Treatment Plant backflow preventer installation — Passed.
- Agenda items 29–33: Renew school resource officer contract with South Seneca Central School District; accept statewide inter‑municipal communications grant exceptions; accept FY24 Public Safety Answering Points grant; adopt 2025 Seneca County Hazard Mitigation Plan; and authorize contract with Motor Auto Solutions for radio system upgrades — All passed.
- Agenda items 34–35: Issue RFP for environmental consulting; designate the Seneca County Chamber of Commerce as the county tourism promotion agency and authorize application for matching funds for 2026 — Passed.
- Agenda item 36 (mis‑numbered at the microphone as 26): Reappointments to the local development corporation board — Passed.
Several motions were supported and carried by voice vote; the broadband grant recorded one abstention. Many items were routine contract approvals, grant acceptances, budget amendments and personnel actions; no item in the meeting record was shown as failed or tabled.
