Chemung County committees approve multiple resolutions on purchases, staffing and grants

Various Chemung County committees read and voted on a series of resolutions and motions during the meeting. Most items were approved without extended debate. A nonexhaustive, committee-by-committee summary follows. All actions listed were read and then carried by voice vote unless noted.

Aviation committee - Authorized Task Order No. 11 with McFarland Johnson on behalf of the county airport (motion approved by voice vote). - Rejected all bids received for RFB 2789 for the airport (motion approved by voice vote).

Buildings and Grounds committee - Declared various county-owned property surplus (approved). - Authorized a NYSEG utility easement on county-owned property (approved). - Authorized a purchase agreement with Bay Automation Systems Inc. on behalf of Buildings and Grounds (approved). - Authorized an agreement with Firefly Reservation and authorized AC as a preferred credit card processor on behalf of Buildings and Grounds (approved).

Corrections and Law Enforcement (summary of items read and approved) - Confirmed appointments to the Traffic Safety Board. - Extended an agreement with Davis Ulmer for the county jail. - Authorized purchase agreements with Axon Enterprise Inc., Black Creek Integrated Systems Corporation, Chevy of Smithtown, Strack Inc., and others on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office. - Authorized application for and acceptance of a U.S. Department of Justice grant and acceptance of state funding through the Office of Indigent Legal Services for the Public Advocate and Public Defender (approved).

Health and Human Services committee - Amended a resolution and attached memorandum of understanding with Arvin Health Inc. to remove the three-year automatic renewal, making the MOU ongoing unless terminated on 60 days' written notice; the committee approved the amendment and the amended resolution. - Extended various agreements for nursing facility staffing on behalf of the county nursing facility (approved). - Accepted funding for the Chemung County Foundation/Holly Sanders Education Fund on behalf of the Youth Bureau (approved).

Public Works and Planning / Multi-services committees - Authorized agreements and supplemental agreements with LaBella Associates and the New York State Department of Transportation for several projects on behalf of Public Works (approved). - Accepted funding from Kennedy Valve Company (a McWane division) for the Sherman Canal Connector Trail project (approved). - Authorized application for and acceptance of Community Development Block Grant funding through New York State Office of Homes and Community Renewal (approved). - Authorized purchase agreements for planning department services and engineering agreements with Fagan Engineers and Land Surveyors PC (approved). - Adopted a resolution to maintain the local sales and use tax rate at the current 8 percent; committee members clarified the action preserves the existing rate rather than increasing it (approved).

Personnel committee - Confirmed multiple appointments (Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board; Transit Board) and confirmed the appointment of the Director of Real Property Tax Services (approved). - Created several part-time and grant-funded positions in the Public Advocate’s office (including a mitigation specialist, a special investigator, and an assistant public advocate); the committee noted the positions are fully funded by grants and that if grant funding ends the positions would end (approved).

Procedure and context: Most of the resolutions were read in batches and approved by voice vote with no roll-call tallies recorded in the meeting transcript. Where committees debated changes — notably the Arvin Health MOU — the amendment was moved, seconded and approved before the main motion was carried.

Ending: Meeting minutes show a broad set of procurement, staffing and grant applications approved across committees. Several items noted as approved will require follow-up by county staff for procurement, contract execution and reporting to the appropriate committees.