Madison County board approves change of hearing location for proposed Local Law No. 3; Local Law No. 4 hearing location moved with vote not recorded in minutes

Pete Walrod, chairman of the government operations committee, opened the meeting by introducing a resolution to change the location of a regular board meeting and related public hearing arrangements.

The body voted on a resolution to change the public hearing location for proposed Local Law No. 3 for the year 2025. A motion to adopt the resolution was moved and seconded; the transcript records a roll-call outcome described as “1,209 votes in favor.” Meeting discussion and roll call entries also show that 1,098 votes were present at one point and that the resolution required a three‑quarters majority (1,125 votes) to pass; the recorded 1,209 votes in favor met that threshold.

Matt Roberts, chairman of the finance ways and means committee, moved a separate resolution later in the meeting. The body also considered a final item described in the transcript as changing the location of the public hearing for proposed Local Law No. 4 for the year 2025. That motion was moved and seconded (the second recorded as “Melissa”) and was put to a voice vote, but the transcript does not include a final tally or explicit roll-call count for Local Law No. 4.

The transcript shows multiple members answering during roll call and voting “aye” during the recorded tally for Local Law No. 3; several members were noted as absent. A member of the body explained the voting rules for the session, stating that a simple majority is normally required but that the first resolution (Local Law No. 3) required a three‑quarters vote, naming 1,125 as the required count and saying the meeting’s outcome was a narrow margin in terms of member attendance.

No additional details about the new hearing locations themselves (specific addresses or venues) are included in the transcript. The motion texts as recorded in the meeting transcript refer only to changing the location of the public hearings for proposed Local Law No. 3 (2025) and proposed Local Law No. 4 (2025); no ordinance, text of the local laws, or effective dates for the laws were included in the transcript.

Votes at a glance

- Resolution to change the public hearing location for proposed Local Law No. 3 (2025): Adopted by recorded/count roll call; tally recorded in the transcript as 1,209 votes in favor. The transcript states a three‑quarters threshold (1,125) was required and met. Specific names tied to each recorded “yes” vote are included in the roll call but are not consolidated into a complete named vote list in the excerpt.

- Resolution to change the public hearing location for proposed Local Law No. 4 (2025): Motion moved and seconded (second recorded as Melissa). Transcript does not record a final vote tally or a roll-call count for this item; outcome not specified in the available excerpt.

What the record shows and what it does not

The transcript excerpt documents the motions, the chairs who introduced them and the fact that the first resolution required and received the three‑quarters vote needed. The excerpt does not specify the new hearing sites, the full text of the resolutions, or the final numeric vote for the second resolution. Several members were recorded as absent during roll call.

The meeting adjourned after the last agenda items; the transcript records a voice vote to adjourn but does not provide additional follow-up steps or implementation assignments related to the hearing-location changes.