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Votes at a glance: Seneca County committee approvals Aug. 26, 2025
Summary
Committees approved a series of contracts, grant acceptances, appointments and capital adjustments. This roundup lists each recorded action and its outcome from the Aug. 26 committee meetings.
At its Aug. 26 committee meetings, the Seneca County Board of Supervisors moved and carried multiple resolutions and motions across Health & Human Services, Economic Development, Ways & Means, Public Works, Water & Sewer and Public Safety committees. The items below summarize formal actions recorded in the meeting minutes and voice votes noted in the transcript.
Summary of actions recorded and carried (motions moved/seconded and voted by voice unless otherwise indicated):
- Renew contract with Kelly Shermer to provide speech-language therapy services for the county preschool program (Health & Human Services). Outcome: approved.
- Authorize agreement with Seneca Falls School District to provide related services for the state-mandated preschool program (UPK) for children with IEPs (Health & Human Services). Outcome: approved.
- Accept New York State Department of Health Public Health Emergency Preparedness grant, $52,099, and amend 2025 public-health budget. Outcome: approved.
- Accept New York State Department of Health Early Intervention Program Administration grant and amend 2025 budget (amount stated as same as last year; not specified in committee remarks). Outcome: approved.
- Accept child passenger safety program grant (~$6,000) and amend 2025 public-health budget. Outcome: approved.
- Approve a county proclamation supporting World Alzheimer’s Day. Outcome: approved.
- Authorize issuance of a request for proposals for an environmental consulting firm (Economic Development, Tourism & Housing). Outcome: approved.
- Designate the Seneca County Chamber of Commerce as the county tourism promotion agency and authorize application for matching funds (application shows a maximum eligible amount listed; staff noted counties rarely receive the maximum). Outcome: approved.
- Reappoint Heather Robson and Don Legasse to the local development corporation for three-year terms (Economic Development). Outcome: approved.
- Accept audit proposal from Bonadio & Company for three-year audit engagement; first-year fee noted at $69,500 for 2025 (Ways & Means). Outcome: approved.
- Accept broadband grant reimbursement from the Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council (approx. $39,000) to reimburse the Town of Tyre (Ways & Means). Outcome: approved.
- Introduce proposed Local Law E of 2025 to override the tax levy limit established in General Municipal Law §3-c (Ways & Means). Outcome: introduced; committee approved submission to full board.
- Authorize supplemental agreement/adjustment for snow-and-ice state reimbursement (Public Works). Outcome: approved.
- Authorize an additional expenditure not to exceed $70,000 for County Road 129 paving project to be paid from CHIPS funding (Public Works). Outcome: approved.
- Approve installation of a backflow-preventer at a treatment facility (Water & Sewer) with an estimated cost of about $30,000 to be funded from remaining project sewer funds. Outcome: approved.
- Authorize acceptance of FY '24 Statewide Intermunicipal Communications grant (Public Safety) and a FY '24 PSAP grant; allocate $215,000 for radio maintenance and $160,000 toward a county-building generator from the interop grant. Outcome: approved.
- Authorize contract with Motorola Solutions for public-safety radio system upgrades to modernize software and prepare for NG911 functionality. Outcome: approved.
- Approve multiple staffing and vacancy-committee recommendations across Human Resources including creation/filling of a director of services position in the Department of Human Services; assorted position changes were approved. Outcome: approved.
- Amend Board rules to hold an upcoming full board meeting in Ovid on Oct. 14. Outcome: approved.
Notes on votes and recording: The meeting transcript records motions, seconds and voice votes at committee level for the items above and characterizes most as "carried" or "approved." The transcript frequently records only voice votes with "Aye" or "Carried" and does not list roll-call tallies or named yes/no votes for most items. When a dollar amount was discussed in committee remarks it is noted above; where the transcript omitted an amount (for example the Early Intervention grant total), that omission is noted as 'not specified.'
For follow-up details — including full resolution texts, contract amounts, and precise appropriation language — readers should consult the county’s official repository of meeting resolutions and budget amendment documents or contact the county finance office.
